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TDWG promotional video?
by Mark Mayfield 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

The promotional video shown near the end of the TDWG conference would be useful for showing to administrators when asking for TDWG financial support through institutional membership. What is the status of the release, or is it possibly available already? I thought I heard during questions that it was going to be made available to TDWG members for use in promoting TDWG and TDWG standards before it is officially released. Am I right? I'm sure others would like to know. Thanks, Mark Mayfield Herbarium Kansas State University

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JOB ANNOUCEMENT: Invasive Species Coordinator - Plants, UGA Bugwood Network
by Chuck Bargeron 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE: Position: Invasive Species Coordinator Location: University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia USA Appointment: Grant-funded full-time position (salary $39,781 with benefits). The position is currently funded for one year with renewal contingent upon availability of continuing grant funds and satisfactory progress of employee Available: Closing date for receipt of applications is November 1, 2007. Position could be available as early as December 1, 2007. Position Description: This is a grant-funded position in the Bugwood Network that will oversee the plant-related invasive species programs of the Bugwood Network, www.bugwood.org. The Bugwood Network is a technology-based working group collaboration between faculty in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (WSFNR). The Bugwood Network focuses on developing and providing information on forest health, invasive and exotic species, entomology, silviculture, integrated pest management, agriculture, and natural resource management that operates and serves 20 web sites that receive 130 million hits a year (see www.bugwood.org/bugwood2007.pdf). Qualifications: MS or higher in one of the following or related fields: ecology, forestry, weed science, botany, horticulture or plant sciences. Cross-discipline experience with focus on invasive species preferred. Ability and experience using Windows-based computers, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and utilizing the Internet as a research tool. Experience using geographic information system (GIS) software such as ArcGIS and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment is desired. A thorough understanding of scientific nomenclature and systematics is preferred. Candidates must have good communication skills, both written and verbal, the ability to work independently and with others. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: This position will serve as the plant-related invasive species coordinator for Bugwood Network projects and duties will include: classification of images and information into the Bugwood Image Database System (IDS), expanding the development and operation of the Georgia Invasive Species Task Force, overseeing components of the Georgia Cogongrass Cooperative Weed Management Area, development and training associated with the Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS), and working with aspects of the USDA-APHIS-PPQ-sponsored Georgia Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program. The candidate will be required to develop and deliver presentations to groups including professional organizations at state, regional, and national levels. Some out-of-town and overnight travel will be required. Location: The University of Georgia Tifton Campus, Tifton, GA. The campus provides agricultural and environmental research, outreach and instruction with almost 100 UGA scientists working with USDA Agricultural Research Service researchers. Tifton is listed as one of the "100 Best Small Towns in America". Tifton is located 180 miles south of Atlanta and has a county population of 40,000. Applications: Interested persons must complete official online University application at: https://www.ugajobsearch.com; Select Search Postings, Enter Position Number: 20070628. Please direct any and all questions to: Dr. G. Keith Douce, Dr. David J. Moorhead or Chuck Bargeron The Bugwood Network The University of Georgia Phone: 229-386-3298 Fax: 229-386-3352 Email: cbargero(a)uga.edu

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Web Programmer Position -- Kansas Biodiversity Institute
by Beach, James H 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Web Programmer Position Available Biodiversity Institute University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, USA The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute seeks a full-time, web programmer to develop and oversee all aspects of the Institute's research and public web services and products. We require a Bachelor's degree, two years professional experience in software development with object-oriented languages, experience in software development using PHP or Python, web application servers, JavaScript and XML, CSS and web server/SQL database server configuration. For a complete position description and to apply, visit https://jobs.ku.edu (select "Search Postings" and then search on position number 00206451). Application review begins 26 October 2007. EO/AA. We celebrate diversity in all life forms. The workplace is located in Dyche Hall on the University campus within an open-office Informatics Department which includes a high-energy, friendly, smart, good-looking, and experienced group of 10 software engineers and associated technical staff. The BI is a healthy, dynamic, nourishing intellectual environment which values creativity, professional growth and collaborative interaction. The University of Kansas offers a fine health and retirement benefits package with this permanent full-time position. Lawrence Kansas is a progressive university town with a full complement of cultural, intellectual, athletic and spiritual options. Far from the traffic jams and maddening crowds of the U.S. east or west coast, average commute times are measured in seconds. Lawrence has an award winning micro-brewery, and amazingly good Japanese, Indian, Italian and Thai restaurants, as well as other satisfying regional and international dining options. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas http://www.larryville.com/ http://www.visitlawrence.com/ _____________________________ James H. Beach Biodiversity Research Center University of Kansas 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS 66045, USA T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335

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programmablebiodiversity.org ?
by Shorthouse, David 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Now that GBIF is releasing lots of cool web services (thanks to Dave Martin, Tim Robertson, and others) and similar web services can be found in other organizations, ought we consider a www.programmableweb.com knock-off called something like www.programmablebiodiversity.org? This way, we can have a user-driven repository / show-and-tell for useful applications that can be built for the wider biodiversity informatics community. At the very least, this will provide some positive feedback for providers who can then point to examples of how the data can be used, mashed-up, or otherwise repurposed in imaginative ways. Plus, this could be like a communal grab-bag of tricks for organizations like EOL. If anyone wants to take the initiative on this, I'll most certainly contribute. The kinds of things I am thinking of are Rod Page's iSpecies (http://ispecies.org) or my temporary, development knock-off using nothing but JSON (http://ispiders.blogspot.com/2007/09/ispecies-clone.html), or Rod's bioGUID reference parser and my simple way to tap into this in real-time (http://tinyurl.com/ytqxo6), PygmyBrowse (http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125562), etc. Along the same sort of lines, the TDWG link to its "Biodiversity Projects of the World" is buried under "Activities". Shouldn't this be front and center on the TDWG homepage? Cheers, David P. Shorthouse ------------------------------------------------------ Department of Biological Sciences CW-403, Biological Sciences Centre University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9 mailto:dps1@ualberta.ca http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.org http://www.spiderwebwatch.org http://ispiders.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------

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Interactive key update
by Timothy M. Jones 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

New additions to Carex Interactive Key - Added an "AVOID" character state to certain characters. It is a "neutral" character that allows a user to skip a character. This character was added to remove a character from the "best character" list. If required, the character can easily be unchecked and used in the same determination. It is present in "*country, state and floristic zone*" and in "*Carex section*". Added histograms to certain characters and states to allow the user to visualize the data within the data matrix. Error and absence data are not represented (for clarity). All histograms can be easily seen by expanding the features tree. Key at http://utc.usu.edu/keys/Carex/Carex.html Any input is greatly appreciated, Tim

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Job - Database administrator, NMNH Smithsonian Institution
by Orrell, Thomas 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

SALARY RANGE: 66,767.00 - 86,801.00 USD per year SERIES AND GRADE: GS-2210-12 PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 13 ANNOUNCEMENT: 07-JB-293501-JNT-NMNH OPEN DATE: DATE: September 12, 2007 to October 5, 2007 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time, Career/Career-Conditional DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 Vacancy - Washington, DC WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: U.S. citizens or nationals of the United States. JOB SUMMARY: This position is a database administrator located in the Informatics Branch, Information Technology Office, of the National Museum of Natural History. The database administrator is responsible for the design, development and administration of databases related to the Research and Collections Information System (RCIS) and other research and collections-based database projects requested by other NMNH departments. As such, the database administrator is a technical resource to database development project teams. - - - - This is a new position at NMNH, and includes work on both EMu and other database projects. The full announcement is attached as a PDF. An online version of the announcement is available at: http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/ftva.asp?seeker=1&JobID=62359242 - - - - Dr. Thomas M. Orrell Research Biologist Acting Director ITIS/Informatics Branch Chief Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 National Museum of Natural History, W623, MRC-136 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Phone: 202 633-2151 Cell: 202-294-0514 Fax: 202-357-4122 Email: orrellt(a)si.edu URL: http://www.itis.gov For UPS and FedEx shipments please use: National Museum of Natural History, MRC-153 10th and Constitution Avenues, NW Washington, DC 20560-0153

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Software Development position for Morphbank
by Greg Riccardi 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

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Job advert: GBIF Web Developer
by Donald Hobern 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

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RE: [tdwg] Interesting example of tree navigation
by Richard Pyle 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

> As Rod suggested, this is pretty old news. This begs the question: has this style of user-interface failed to catch on more widely because of: 1) Technological limitations; 2) Insufficient creativity and inspiration; or 3) Insufficient usability? I'm tempted to eliminate #3 on the grounds that I don't think this style of UI has been widespread enough to have been subjected to, and then failed, some sort of usability meta-experiment. This is not to say that it won't ultimately fail such a meta-experiment -- just that it hasn't really had a chance to fail it yet. Rich

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Interesting example of tree navigation
by Rebecca Shapley 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

This is not only a fascinating website in general, but in one spot has a quite novel - not perfect, but nicely innovative - interaction model for a tree of information. Does a decent job of both showing the overview of information available and offering more information at various levels, in context, in response to interaction. http://www.schematic.com/#/HowWeDoIt/ProjectProcess/ -R.

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