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TDWG 2017 meeting announcement and call for symposia
by Stanley Blum 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Dear TDWG list subscribers, (Please excuse our cross-posting.) We are excited to announce that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Museum of Nature will host the 2017 Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) conference in Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 1 - Oct. 6. Below, we describe the conference and solicit proposals for workshops and symposia. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2017. A call for contributed papers and posters will be made in April 2017 after the symposia and workshops have been selected and announced. Standards for the description and exchange of biodiversity information help promote research, support decision-making for conservation and planning, and provide a means of communicating observations across taxa, sub-disciplines, and political boundaries. The annual TDWG conference serves two purposes: - it is a forum for developing, refining and extending standards in response to new challenges and opportunities; and - it is a showcase for biodiversity informatics - much of which relies on the specifications provided by TDWG and other standards organizations. Our theme this year is "Data Integration in a Big Data Universe: Associating Occurrences with Genes, Phenotypes, and Environments". For more information on the conference, including links to accommodations, please visit https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2017. We invite you to submit proposals for workshops and symposia, which can be organized around already established themes, or which can be used to explore emerging topics of interest. At TDWG, a symposium is typically a collection of talks, sometimes with a panel or open discussion; a workshop may have talks, but typically encourages more active engagement through training activities, or through facilitating consensus around a key issue. Symposia and workshops addressing the conference theme are encouraged, but other topics relating to biodiversity information management, integration, analysis, and standards are also welcomed, such as: - knowledge graphs - metagenomics - citizen science - semantics and ontologies (e.g., sampling, traits) - biological field station data management - collections - data visualization - data quality assessment and improvement - agricultural biodiversity - conservation informatics - illuminating dark data - phyloinformatics - ePublications - standards for image processing (e.g. computer vision for organismal identification) - wikis for biodiversity knowledge. For full consideration, please submit your proposal via email to conf-submissions(a)tdwg.org by 1 March 2017. Proposals should be fewer than 400 words, and should include the following: 1. Names, email addresses, and affiliations of all organizers. 2. Whether the proposal is for a workshop or a symposium. 3. Whether the organizer(s) will accept unsolicited abstract submissions (vs. inviting all speakers themselves). 4. Number of 90 minute sessions requested. Please note: As mentioned above, this is a call for workshop and symposium proposals only. The general call for contributed papers and posters will be announced in April 2017, after the symposia and workshops have been selected and announced. Please address questions to conference(a)tdwg.org. Sincerely, The 2017 TDWG Program Committee

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Re: [tdwg] tdwg Digest, Vol 115, Issue 2
by Paul, Deborah 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Hi Again! Just found out abstracts for SPNHC will be accepted through Monday Jan 16th. So if you didn't make yesterday's deadline - you have just a bit more time! :-) Deb Sent from shoe (iPhone) > On Jan 14, 2017, at 6:00 AM, "tdwg-request(a)lists.tdwg.org" <tdwg-request(a)lists.tdwg.org> wrote: > > Send tdwg mailing list submissions to > tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tdwg-request(a)lists.tdwg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tdwg-owner(a)lists.tdwg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tdwg digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TODAY is SPNHC 2017 Call for Abstracts DeAdLiNe! (Deborah Paul) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:59:54 -0500 > From: Deborah Paul <dpaul(a)fsu.edu> > To: <tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org> > Subject: [tdwg] TODAY is SPNHC 2017 Call for Abstracts DeAdLiNe! > Message-ID: <e28c74f8-d228-3919-5cb2-a08dafe0c21e(a)fsu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > Hi all tdwg'rs > > TODAY is the SPNHC 2017 Abstract Deadline. You're typing like mad, > right? This year's SPNHC meeting presents a key opportunity to develop > and explore some ideas for the SPNHC-TDWG 2018 meeting. Hoping to see > lots of TDWG folks at SPNHC. > > Targeted at the collections community, TDWG areas related to natural > history collections data standards, needs and developments for exchange > formats, novel uses for ways to explore collections data and improve > data quality, are just some topics that would be great. > > ONLINE Abstract Submission Form: > http://www.spnhc2017denver.org/abstract-submission/ > > The SPNHC 2017 theme is: "The Next Generation in Best Practices." > > There are 9 symposia to choose from: > Disaster Preparedness > Impacts of Changing Regulations > Moving Collections > New Solutions to Old Problems > Public Access to Collections > Sustainability > Demo Camp > Advances in Digitization Worldwide: an iDigBio Symposium > Innovative Uses of Collections Data: an iDigBio Symposium > > SPNHC 2017: iDigBio call for SPNHC abstracts > https://www.idigbio.org/content/spnhc-2017-call-abstracts SPNHC 2017 is > in Denver, CO from June 18 - 24. See you there! > > Best, > Deb and Shelley, et al at iDigBio > (please excuse cross-postings) > > -- > -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar > -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist > iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative > Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB > Florida State University > Tallahassee, Florida 32306 > 850-644-6366 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > tdwg mailing list > tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg > > > ------------------------------ > > End of tdwg Digest, Vol 115, Issue 2 > ************************************

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TODAY is SPNHC 2017 Call for Abstracts DeAdLiNe!
by Deborah Paul 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Hi all tdwg'rs TODAY is the SPNHC 2017 Abstract Deadline. You're typing like mad, right? This year's SPNHC meeting presents a key opportunity to develop and explore some ideas for the SPNHC-TDWG 2018 meeting. Hoping to see lots of TDWG folks at SPNHC. Targeted at the collections community, TDWG areas related to natural history collections data standards, needs and developments for exchange formats, novel uses for ways to explore collections data and improve data quality, are just some topics that would be great. ONLINE Abstract Submission Form: http://www.spnhc2017denver.org/abstract-submission/ The SPNHC 2017 theme is: "The Next Generation in Best Practices." There are 9 symposia to choose from: Disaster Preparedness Impacts of Changing Regulations Moving Collections New Solutions to Old Problems Public Access to Collections Sustainability Demo Camp Advances in Digitization Worldwide: an iDigBio Symposium Innovative Uses of Collections Data: an iDigBio Symposium SPNHC 2017: iDigBio call for SPNHC abstracts https://www.idigbio.org/content/spnhc-2017-call-abstracts SPNHC 2017 is in Denver, CO from June 18 - 24. See you there! Best, Deb and Shelley, et al at iDigBio (please excuse cross-postings) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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RDA/TDWG Attribution Metadata Group
by Anne Thessen 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

Greetings! If you are interested in participating in or receiving updates from the joint RDA/TDWG Attribution metadata for the curation and maintenance of collections please remember to join the group via the RDA website here <https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/metadata-standards-attribution-physical-…>. You will have to register with RDA and log in. We are having a conference call to prepare for the next meeting <https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-ninth-plenary-meeting-barcelona> of the group in Barcelona. Please go to the doodle poll <http://doodle.com/poll/8tfdq6mafr76wwep> to indicate when you are free to join a call. In the future all messages about this group will be sent through the mailing list of the group in RDA and TDWG, so please join at least one, preferably both. Thank you. -- Anne E. Thessen, Ph.D. The Data Detektiv, Owner and Founder Ronin Institute, Research Scholar 443.225.9185

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Ho! Ho! Ho! - SPNHC 2017: Call for Abstracts - Prepare for TDWG-SPNHC18!
by Deborah Paul 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hi All, Ho! Ho! Ho! Can't believe it's almost Christmas and just 10 months to #TDWG18. Are you going to SPNHC 2017 in Denver from June 21-22? Or the joint TDWG-SPNHC 2018 meeting? Then, please give SPNHC 2017 organizers the best Christmas and New Year's present ever - the gift of your abstract. Certainly, the SPNHC community benefit immensely from TDWG member efforts, and the TDWG community, in turn, needs input and collaboration from the collections community. What can we as TDWG members share and start now, at SPNHC 2017, that we can continue at the joint 2018 meeting? What's been learned this year at #TDWG16 that's critical and exciting to share with the SPNHC peeps? What groups at TDWG are working on issues directly related to collections digitization, data quality, data mobilization, and innovative collections data use? Which TDWG members are also SPNHC members - who can help foster collaboration and tighter integration between the two organizations? Got ideas? Got software? SPNHC 2017 organizers have very eager elves who have requested to see your abstracts by January 13th. The theme is: "The Next Generation in Best Practices." SPNHC 2017: Call for Abstracts https://www.idigbio.org/content/spnhc-2017-call-abstracts Symposium 1: Advances in Digitization Worldwide: an iDigBio Symposium Symposium 2: Innovative Uses of Collections Data: an iDigBio Symposium ONLINE Abstract Submission Form: http://www.spnhc2017denver.org/abstract-submission/ Looking forward to seeing your SPNHC 2017 abstract gifts (real abstracts) :-) Best, Deb and Shelley, et al at iDigBio (please excuse cross-postings) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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"Best Practices for Digital Repositories" - ALA Midwinter 2017 ALCTS CaMMS CNIG Program Announcement
by Sai Deng 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

*** Please excuse cross-posting *** The ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging Norms Interest Group is pleased to announce its program at the ALA Midwinter Conference to be held in Atlanta, GWCC, Room A312, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Saturday, January 21st, 2017. This year's theme is "Best Practices for Digital Repositories," featuring six speakers who will bring two regular talks and four short talks. Our goal is to present more programs with a great deal of relevant information, and encourage follow-up with presenters as needed. Regular Talks (10 minutes each): * Minnesota Digital Library's Geospatial Metadata Work (Greta Bahnemann, University of Minnesota Libraries) An overview of the geospatial metadata enhancement project that was recently completed for the Minnesota Digital Library collections. Greta Bahnemann, MDL's Metadata Librarian, will discuss the foundation of this metadata work, including her participation in the Mountain West Digital Library's Geospatial Discovery Task Force and the set of best practices that were produced. The benefits associated with this work will be summarized, including the anticipated uses of geospatial metadata as well as being in better compliance with new national best practices as adopted by the Digital Public Library of America. * A Lightweight Structured Data Implementation Using JSON-LD and Schema.org for Digital Repository (Lucas Mak, Lisa Lorenzo, Nicole Smeltekop, Michigan State University Libraries) The Islandora digital repository has been serving as a testbed for new services and tools for the Digital Information Division at Michigan State University Libraries. One of those recent endeavors is the incorporation of structured data on item display page using JSON-LD and schema.org vocabularies to enhance discoverability by search engines. This presentation will give a brief project overview, discuss the MODS and schema.org mapping process and its implementation in Islandora, and talk about moving into exposing URI (the real linked data) through the same implementation. Short Talks (7-8 minutes each): * Metadata Migration Managed: Fixing Metadata That Was Up to No Good (Jeremy Myntti and Anna Neatrour, University of Utah) The University of Utah's Marriott Library has been working on migrating all digital collections out of CONTENTdm to a system incorporating open source software using Apache Solr (indexer), NGINX (webserver), and phalcon (PHP framework). This presentation will provide an overview of the metadata cleanup and standardization tasks that have been completed during the migration along with future plans for post-migration remediation to ensure that our metadata is consistent with best practices. * XML MARCs the Spot: Mapping Multiple Metadata Standards for Consolidated Use in An Institutional Repository (Jennifer Fagan-Fry and Sarah Davis, LAC Group at NOAA Affiliate) This presentation will address the challenges of building the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Institutional repository with a special focus on the solutions to the key problems of: combining disparate metadata schemas (MARC21 and EndNote) into one standardized version (MODS), accommodating specific Fedora requirements without major edits to the existing catalog metadata; and collaborating with NOAA's repository partner, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a custom export and conversion file for NOAA's standardized (MARC XML and Excel) metadata. * Mapping a Digital Repository to Linked Data (Maura Valentino, Oregon State University) In 2014, Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) made the decision to move its institutional repository from DSpace to a linked data instance of Sufia. This involved mapping each field currently used in DSpace to a linked data field within an existing namespace, however some DSpace fields cannot find a match. OSULP curates a namespace, OpaqueNamespace, for necessary fields that currently don't have a namespace. This presentation will focus on how the linked data fields were chosen, when OpaqueNamespace was chosen and how using linked data will allow for more accurate use of the repository and its collections. * Getting Started with DOIs in the Institutional Repository (Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Georgia Southern University; Ashley D. Lowery, East Tennessee State University) Assigning DOIs in the institutional repository builds legitimacy and extends the reach of your IR content. This session will cover the basics of CrossRef membership and DOI management for institutional repositories, with special emphasis on Digital Commons. Topics will include membership costs and responsibilities, DOI structure and syntax, recommended workflows for manual and automated deposits, and considerations for Memoranda of Understanding. We look forward to seeing many of you there! ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging Norms Interest Group Sai Deng (Sai.Deng(a)ucf.edu<mailto:Sai.Deng@ucf.edu>) and Jessalyn Zoom (jiwu(a)loc.gov<mailto:jiwu@loc.gov>), Co-Chairs Elizabeth Bridges (ebridges(a)txwes.edu<mailto:ebridges@txwes.edu>) and Debra Skinner (dskinner(a)georgiasouthern.edu<mailto:dskinner@georgiasouthern.edu>), Co-Vice Chairs

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any TDWG2016 weather updates
by Shorthouse, David 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

All - I have heard reports of landslides & washed out roads near Upala ~80km NW of La Fortuna. I also see that there will be rain throughout the upcoming week. Can the TDWG2016 Local Organizing Committee give us an update on local conditions & roads post-Otto? Thanks, David

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Call for Proposals: "Best Practices for Digital Repositories" at ALA MidWinter
by Sai Deng 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

*** Please excuse cross-posting *** The ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging Norms Interest Group (CNIG) seeks speakers to present at the ALA Midwinter Conference to be held in Atlanta on Saturday, January 21st, 2017, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. The Cataloging Norms Interest Group offers a forum for the exploration, communication, and exchange of ideas and best practices on the dynamics of cataloging/metadata norms and workflows in the hybrid environment. Presentation topics should be of current interest to catalogers, cataloguing managers and administrators, and be approximately 15-20 minutes in length. Additional time will be allowed for questions and discussion. Our MidWinter meeting's theme is "Best Practices for Digital Repositories" and potential topics may include (but are not limited to): * Metadata application in digital repositories; * Archiving, curating and preserving special and cultural heritage collections; * Linked data implementation in or related to digital repositories; * Research data, datasets and digital repositories; * Implementing guidelines and standards for digital repositories; * Metadata choices in digital repositories and in the traditional library environment; * Support open data and open scholarship using digital repositories; * Assessment of content and impact in digital repositories; * Use metadata and data to improve digital repository services; * Issues, challenges and opportunities in cataloging in digital repositories. Please email proposal abstracts to co-chairs Jessalyn Zoom (jiwu(a)loc.gov<mailto:jiwu@loc.gov>) and Sai Deng (sai.deng(a)ucf.edu<mailto:sai.deng@ucf.edu>) by Friday, November 11th, 2016. If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you! ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging Norms Interest Group Sai Deng and Jessalyn Zoom, Co-Chairs Elizabeth Bridges and Debra Skinner, Co-Vice Chairs

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Biodiversity Informatics Scientist wanted! German synthesis centre sDiv is hiring
by Winter, Marten 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Dear all, Please see attached and here: https://www.idiv.de/the-centre/career.html - https://www.idiv.de/fileadmin/content/Vacancies_PDF/STM201_iDiv_sDiv_BDU_Po… sDiv, the German synthesis centre (www.idiv.de/sdiv) is hiring a Biodiversity Informatics Scientist. Please distribute this job advertisement among your relevant colleagues and/or apply :). Don't hesitate to contact me with questions. Thanks a lot! cheers sMarten -- ______________ Dr. Marten Winter Scientific Coordinator Synthesis Centre sDiv / Wissenschaftlicher Koordinator Synthesezentrum sDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Phone +49(0)341-97-33129 Fax +49(0)341-97-39358 Emailmarten.winter(a)idiv.de Homepagehttps://www.idiv.de/the-centre/employees/details/eshow/winter-marten.html German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Deutscher Platz 5e 04103 Leipzig Germany iDiv is a research centre of the DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft iDiv ist eine zentrale Einrichtung der Universität Leipzig im Sinne des § 92 Abs. 1 SächsHSFG und wird zusammen mit der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg und der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena betrieben sowie in Kooperation mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ. Beteiligte Kooperationspartner sind die folgenden außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen: das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, das Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie (MPI BGC), das Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie (MPI CE), das Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie (MPI EVA), das Leibniz-Institut Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) und das Leibniz-Institut Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (SMNG). USt-IdNr. DE 141510383

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iDigBio Webinar: Mass Digitizing a Working Herbarium using a conveyor belt - Sylvia Orli from Smithsonian
by Deborah Paul 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

Hi Everyone, Wondering how we can scale up digitization? What can we learn from institutions trying industrial methods? Join us for our next webinar at iDigBio coming up this Tuesday October 18th, from 3 - 4 PM EDT. *Subject:* Mass Digitizing a Working Herbarium using a conveyor belt: Workflows, Strategies, Challenges *Presenter: *Sylvia Orli, IT and Digitization Manager, US Herbarium *Day and Time:* Tuesday October 18th, from 3 - 4 PM EDT *Where: *http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt *Tips for *Best Webinar Experience:**https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing *Abstract: *The US Herbarium is attempting to digitize over one million botanical specimens in 14 months using a digitization conveyor belt. Given that the smallest problem in process can result in huge data errors, the workflows and strategies are continually revised to create a streamline of 16-20,000 specimen images and data records per week. The challenge is to do this in a working herbarium where the landscape can change from week to week. I’ll be discussing our workflows, tips and tricks to keep the data flowing efficiently, and lessons learned from a fast-paced digitization project. *Relevant reading.* Museum drawers go digital Science Vol. 352. Issue 6287. Pp. 762-765. 13 May 2016. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6287/762 See you there!, Deb Paul, et al Data Mgmt Interest Group *Calendar Announcement: *https://www.idigbio.org/content/mass-digitizing-working-herbarium-using-conveyor-belt-workflows-strategies-challenges apologies for cross-postings -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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