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Monday 10/29 Darwin Core Hour Webinar: Representing Attribution
by Erica Krimmel 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

Darwin Core (DwC) Hour #14 is almost here: *An Attribution Darwin Core Extension - What Would That Look Like? <https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-attribution-darwin-core-ex…>* WHEN: Monday, October 29 at 11:00am EDT / *15:00* UTC WHERE: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room PRESENTERS: *Anne Thessen* (Oregon State University, ORCID) & *David Shorthouse* (CMN, ORCID). ABSTRACT: Research collections are an important tool for understanding the Earth, its systems, and human interaction. Despite the importance of collections, many are not maintained or curated as thoroughly as we desire. Part of the reason for this is the lack of professional reward for collection, curation, or maintenance. To address this gap in attribution metadata, the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) organization co-endorsed a Working Group to create recommendations for the representation of attribution metadata. After 18 months, this Working Group recommended the use of PROV entities and properties to link people (Agent), the curatorial actions they perform (Activity), and the digital or physical objects they are curating (Entity). Assigning a Role to an Agent is optional. These recommendations are discussed in the context of the RDA, TDWG, and existing standards. Future work includes (1) adapting these recommendations to the specific needs of TDWG and the natural history collections community, which could include development of a Darwin Core extension, (2) recommendations on how to best record agents, activities, and entities in collections management platforms such that these data can be shared, and (3) recommendations and possible solutions to help accelerate the process of reconciling agents and their activities in legacy data. EXTRAS: - Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki - See which of your questions have been asked and answered so far: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues - Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a webinar on a DwC topic: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz - See what terms DwC recommends using a controlled vocabulary for: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies - Compare the above to what's actually inside some of the DwC fields that suggest using a controlled vocabulary (data from GBIF, iDigBio, VertNet, and soon ALA): https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, and hope to see you soon! Erica Krimmel, et al. from the iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group and the Darwin Core Hour Team *Please kindly excuse cross-postings! Webinar series brought to you by the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (DMI). We use Adobe Connect for our webinars; see **https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing> for hints on best experience.*

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics, Tulane University
by Bart, Henry L 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

This position is not yet filled. We are looking for more applicants from the Biodiversity Informatics community. Please see the latest posting on indeed.com. Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics The Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (TUBRI) invites applications for the position of Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics to continue the excellence TUBRI has established developing technology for accessing and using biodiversity specimens and data in research and education. TUBRI houses the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, the world's largest collection of preserved, post-larval fish specimens. TUBRI manages FishNet 2, a global network of fish collection databases providing researchers access to records of over 40 million fish specimens. TUBRI is innovating hardware and software systems for rapid 3D digitization of biodiversity specimens. TUBRI is a collaborating partner in the HydroClim Project (http://www.hydroclim.org/), which is generating current and future streamflow and water temperature predictions for stream segments in all major watersheds across the United States and Canada (the HydroClim data portal is being developed at TUBRI) and will soon manage FishNet2's new role as the global node to specimen-vouchered fish records to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Please see http://www.tubri.org/informatics/ for a list of additional software and information system tools developed at TUBRI. The Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics is responsible for maintaining TUBRI's existing biodiversity information infrastructure (e.g., FishNet2), and day-to-day operations of TUBRI's computing network and server administration (managing databases, backup and storage technology, and general IT support). Other responsibilities include assisting the TUBRI director with developing and pursuing a vision for innovative uses of biodiversity specimens and information, collaboration building, proposal preparation, providing technology oversight and managing technology staff and data for funded projects. We are interested in candidates with knowledge of biodiversity specimens (fishes preferred, but other taxonomic groups acceptable) and biodiversity data systems, an outstanding record of achievement in this area, or a very promising research program and trajectory. The range of skills needed for the position include software and database development, database networking and data integration, familiarity with taxonomic naming conventions, GIS, web development. Experience with relational database management, SQL, Postgres/PostGIS experience, API development. Required programming skills include C#, C++, C, JavaScript, Python. Database skills include: MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, SQLite. Desired skills for projects currently under development include mechanical and electronic design and engineering, hardware design and fabrication, experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software. Desired (but not necessarily required) skills include experience with ontologies and semantics, high performance computing, cloud computing architecture, data flows and pipelines. Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or natural science and five years' biodiversity data systems experience to include relational database management, SQL, Postgres/PostGIS, API development, as well as C#, C++, C, JavaScript, Python programming experience. Preferred Education and Experience: M.S. or Ph.D. in computer science or natural sciences. Experience in planning, development, and implementation of highly technical biodiversity informatics projects. Application: If you are interested or have questions about the position, please contact Hank Bart (hbartjr(a)tulane.edu<mailto:hbartjr@tulane.edu>). To apply, please visit Tulane Jobs at: http://bit.ly/2OVIQlK. Review of applications will begin 20 August 2018; the search will remain open until the position is filled. The position is based at the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (http://www.tubri.org/), located on the grounds of the Tulane University's Hebert Research Center Campus in Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Belle Chasse is a small town within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area, 10 miles from downtown New Orleans and 16 miles from Tulane University's main campus in uptown New Orleans. Tulane University embraces principles of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence in its hiring practices and at every level within the university, in order to foster a diverse and inclusive community that respects and embraces people of all racial, ethnic, sexual, socioeconomic, religious, cultural, and educational backgrounds on its campuses. Henry L. Bart Jr., Ph.D. Director, Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute Curator, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection 3705 Main Street Belle Chasse, LA 70037 Voice: 504-394-1711; Fax: 504-394-5045 Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Tulane University 400 Lindy Boggs Hall New Orleans, LA 70118 Voice: 504-862-8283; Fax 504-862-8706 http://people.tubri.org/hank/

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Fwd: PSA: Position Available at Harbor Branch Oceanographic: Research Collections Manager
by Anne Thessen 18 Sep '18

18 Sep '18

Thought this might be of interest to the TDWG community. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: PSA: Position Available at Harbor Branch Oceanographic: Research Collections Manager Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:54:14 +0000 From: Dennis Hanisak via PSA <psa(a)lists.spu.edu> Reply-To: Dennis Hanisak <dhanisak(a)fau.edu> To: psa(a)lists.spu.edu <psa(a)lists.spu.edu> Colleagues: Here is an opportunity for someone who is interested in managing a unique collection of specimens, many of them sampled from deeper waters with our research submersibles. While the majority of the collections are animals, there are about 7,000 macroalgal specimens catalogued (and may more waiting), so I thought I would send this out to the phycological realm for consideration. And feel free to distribute to you non-algal colleagues, too! Thanks Dennis *Florida Atlantic University* *Harbor Branch Oceanographic* *Ft. Pierce, FL* ** *Research Collections Manager: REQ04453* ** *Position Summary: *** Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is seeking a Research Collections Manager. The Research Collections Manager is responsible for the development, management, and care of specimen-based collections at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, including, but not limited to, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Museum (HBOM) and the Marine Biotechnology Reference Collection (MBRC). Responsible for ensuring the proper storage, care and preservation of biological and geological samples held by HBOI. Primary responsibilities are management and oversight of daily operations, curation, and research activities of the HBOM and MBRC. *Summary of Responsibilities:* * Works with HBOI collection curators to help set collections policy, goals, and guidelines. * Assigns accession numbers, compiles accession records, classifies, and physically numbers museum specimens. This will initially involve bar-code labelling the MBRC collections. * Performs data entry, including annotation of videos related to specimen collections. * Manages and assures accuracy, security, and retrievability of collection databases. * Conducts regular inventories of collections and performs reconciliation with databases. This will initially involve review and revision of specimen-based collection databases, including the HBOM and MBRC, and involve manual comparison of field notes and other documentation with existing databases. * Performs routine curation of specimens. * Manages, orders supplies for, and upgrades storage, maintenance, care, and preventive conservation of collections. * Works with the collection curators regarding possible deaccessions and manages documentation and disposal according to collections policy. * Manages collection-related budget in consultation with supervisor. * Assists with development of proposals for collections use, management and care. * Oversees development, maintenance, security, and upgrades of collections database. * Provides limited access to collections in response to requests for loans, research, and specimen information, consistent with HBOI collections policies. * Retrieves and prepares specimens for research, education, outreach, and other museum needs. * Handles arrangements, condition reporting, packing, shipping, and insurance for both incoming and outgoing loans and assures that sample shipments are in compliance with hazardous materials and CITES requirements. * Trains and oversees part-time and volunteer personnel in clerical work, collection duties, and collections care. * Assists faculty, students, staff, and collaborators with questions on identification of specimens. * Responds to collection-related inquiries, surveys, etc., from museums, researchers, and students. * Tracks publication citations of collections and provides data as requested. * Presents information on collection-related topics as needed. * Evaluates current practices, stays current with professional standards, and develops new practices in collections management and care in order to develop multiple access systems, meet the needs of a diverse audience, make use of changing technology, address legal issues of collections, and plan for changing needs of staff and the public. * Ensures research and facility compliance with all institutional and occupational requirements. * Develops reports for the collection curators, HBOI, Division of Research or others as needed. * Oversees issues of intellectual property and rights which pertain to collections. * Performs other duties as assigned. ** ** *Minimum Qualifications:*** * Master’s degree in biology or a related field from an accredited institution; or a Bachelor’s degree in biology or a related field from an accredited institution and at least two years of applicable experience in a museum, including work with collections required. * Prior experience working in a biological specimen museum preferred. * Working knowledge of principles, and practices of collections management, care, documentation, and classifications required. * Experience with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and general office equipment required. * Skilled in use of Microsoft Office Access database and WoRMS required. * Working knowledge of collections conservation required. * Ability to work in a team-oriented environment and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with volunteers, assistants, supervisor, and the public required. * Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing required. * Skilled in use of ArcGIS preferred. * Ability to travel between office location and on-site collections locations required. * A valid driver’s license is required. *To Apply* To be considered, you must apply on the FAU Career site, _https://fau.edu/jobs/apply/_. *Special Instructions to Applicant: *** Final candidate will be required to have official, sealed transcripts and original NACES evaluation, if applicable, sent from their educational institution to Human Resources prior to the start of employment. Successful completion of a background check, which may include a motor vehicle check, credit check, fingerprinting or additional screening, is required for the selected candidate prior to the start date. FAU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status or any other characteristic protected by law. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please call 561-297-6057, TTY/TDD 711.

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Director, Atlas of Living Australia – CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
by Corinna.Paeper＠csiro.au 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

CSIRO is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced person for the prestigious role of Director for the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). As the Director you will be responsible for providing the vision, direction and leadership in the delivery of the ALA to and for Government, industry and community stakeholders. The Director is also responsible for leadership and the professional management of the ALA’s talented people, as well as the associated infrastructure and financial resources. The Atlas of the Living Australia is Australia’s national biodiversity database. It provides free, online access to information about Australia's amazing biodiversity. It supports research, environmental monitoring, conservation planning, education, and biosecurity activities. ALA has a significant track record of achievement in providing critical infrastructure to a wider Australian research community. ALA has aggregated over 75 million records representing vouchered specimens in Australian Biological collections as well as human observations from a range of institutions and organisations around Australia. The Atlas is a world leading system that allows for the storage, discovery, visualisation and analysis of biodiversity information, and is a component of the national research data infrastructure fabric. The job announcement and application instructions can be found on the CSIRO website (applications must be submitted through this site): https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2C-ACT-Director%2C-Atlas-of-Living-Austr… For further information about this role, please contact: Michelle Hamilton, michelle.hamilton(a)csiro.au<mailto:michelle.hamilton@csiro.au>

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Taxonomic Names and Concepts Interest Group reconvened
by Niels Klazenga 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Dear all, At the joint SPNHC-TDWG conference last week we had a 'Names for Biodiversity' workshop where we decided to re-activate the Taxonomic Names and Concepts Interest Group (TNC). There will be a new charter before the end of the year, but the group's first order of business will be to work on a replacement - or new version - of the Taxonomic Names and Concepts Transfer Schema (TCS) that (i) is compliant with the TDWG Standards Documentation Standard<https://github.com/tdwg/vocab/tree/master/sds> and Vocabulary Maintenance Standard<https://github.com/tdwg/vocab/tree/master/vms>; (ii) provides for the needs of the various types of users and use cases of Taxonomic Names (and Concepts) in the biodiversity informatics space and (iii) as much as possible synthesises and takes benefit of the work that has been done in the TDWG community so far. The work of the Interest Group will mostly take place in our GitHub repository, https://github.com/tdwg/tnc, and I invite everyone with an interest in the subject to watch this repository. A very interesting discussion<https://github.com/tdwg/tnc/issues/1> has already been developing since the workshop and we, the participants of that discussion, feel that we are making good progress towards pinning down some of the core concepts. As with other TDWG Interest Groups, everybody watching the repository will be considered a member of the TNC. In order to keep the momentum going we'll have monthly phone meetings. As the current membership is spread all over the world, including some members pretty close to and on either side of the international date line, we'll have two meetings at different times within a 24 hour period each time, similar to what the TDWG council does. Meetings will be announced in GitHub issues. I plan to organise the first meeting(s) next week or the week after. Best wishes, Niels Niels Klazenga Biodiversity Informatics Developer Information Services [cid:logo_2_ff30248f-6e61-4c33-bb0b-a09cbc61c8a311111111111.gif] Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Birdwood Avenue Melbourne Victoria 3004 T +61 3 9252 2346<tel:+61%203%209252%202346> Niels.Klazenga(a)rbg.vic.gov.au<mailto:Niels.Klazenga@rbg.vic.gov.au> rbg.vic.gov.au<http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/> [cid:Facebook_56f147cd-6adf-4dcf-ab69-636c71e80d6611111111111.gif]<https://www.facebook.com/BotanicGardensVictoria/> [cid:Twitter-icon_6b9fc726-60b7-4e37-9e1b-12706c452eaf11111111111.gif] <https://twitter.com/RBG_Victoria> [cid:Instagram_792da4d9-4dfc-45ac-befa-d6559151cde511111111111.gif] <https://www.instagram.com/royalbotanicgardensvic/> We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and learn, the peoples of the Kulin (Koolin) Nation, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the prior written consent of the sender and/or copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the recipient to check for and remove viruses. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. You are not authorised to use, communicate or rely on the information contained in this email. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Two NEON Biorepository positions remain open for applications at Arizona State University
by Nico Franz 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

Dear TDWG community: Both of the below positions remain open for a short time still and we are looking to expand the candidate pool. We believe that these are attractive, potentially long-term collections/research/biodiversity informatics positions, serving a key role in the success of the National Ecological Observatory Network, and situated in a vibrant and growing collections environment (https://tinyurl.com/asubiorepository). 1. NEON Biorepository Cryo-Collections Manager http://life.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir/Jobs/ArizonaStateU.Cr yoCollectionsManager 2. NEON Biorepository Cryo-Collections Manager http://life.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir/Jobs/ArizonaStateU.Bi odiversityInformatician E-mail inquiries welcome. Nico Nico M. Franz, Ph.D. School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874108 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4108 E-mail: nico.franz(a)asu.edu Web: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1804402

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Ready to make WeDigBio 2018 the best yet!
by Austin 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

Supercharge your biodiversity collection's education and outreach activities this October 18–21 with WeDigBio 2018. The WeDigBio support team just published a short blog post that positions onsite event hosts for success. Check it out at https://wedigbio.org/content/ready-make-wedigbio-2018-event-best-ever <https://wedigbio.org/content/ready-make-wedigbio-2018-event-best-ever>. And if you are teaching this semester, consider adding WeDigBio activities to your syllabus. Personally, I’ve had a lot of success doing the activities posted at https://wedigbio.org/content/educational-exercises <https://wedigbio.org/content/educational-exercises> in my Field Botany class. The students transcribe 30 professionally done labels then reflect on what about the formatting and content makes the info maximally useful (or less so) for research. Then, they start on their own collections, making their own labels. To learn more about the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections, check out the recently refreshed wedigbio.org <http://wedigbio.org/> or send the support team an email at wedigbio(a)gmail.com <mailto:wedigbio@gmail.com>. Austin, on behalf of the big team of WeDigBio organizers Austin Mast · Professor · Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. · (850) 645-1500 · amast(a)bio.fsu.edu

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Re: [tdwg] current location of TDWG proceedings?
by Tim Robertson 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

You can find proceedings on the conferences here Dan: https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/ And that one: https://static.tdwg.org/conferences/2009/tdwg_2009_pre-proceedings.pdf perhaps? I hope this helps, Tim On 22/08/2018, 16.45, "tdwg on behalf of Stoner, Dan" <tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org on behalf of dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu> wrote: I am trying to locate the publication that is cited as follows: Riccardi, G., White, R., Cryer, P., Hyam, R., Miller, C., Nicolson, N., Ó Tuama, E., Page, R., Rees, J. & Richards, K. (2009) Persistent Identifiers for Biodiversity Informatics: Status and Likely Directions. Proceedings of TDWG 2009, Abstracts. Available from: http://www.tdwg.org/proceedings/issue/current (accessed: January 2012). Please direct me to the current location of TDWG proceedings, or less preferably, to that one in particular. Thanks! Dan Stoner _______________________________________________ tdwg mailing list tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg

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current location of TDWG proceedings?
by Stoner, Dan 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

I am trying to locate the publication that is cited as follows: Riccardi, G., White, R., Cryer, P., Hyam, R., Miller, C., Nicolson, N., Ó Tuama, E., Page, R., Rees, J. & Richards, K. (2009) Persistent Identifiers for Biodiversity Informatics: Status and Likely Directions. Proceedings of TDWG 2009, Abstracts. Available from: http://www.tdwg.org/proceedings/issue/current (accessed: January 2012). Please direct me to the current location of TDWG proceedings, or less preferably, to that one in particular. Thanks! Dan Stoner

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by Christy Semmens 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

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