Hi Everyone,

Are you interested in data quality? Wondering what sort of automated processes might be run against known data sources to help you clean and enhance your biodiversity data? Please join us tomorrow, Thursday, May 28th from 2 - 4 PM EDT for a Webinar and Demo about Kurator.

**Where: **http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt

*What's Kurator*? Read all about it here: https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-towards-user-definable-semi-automate...

*What to expect*? The first hour will focus on an overall explanation of Kurator's "automated workflow for quality control of biodiversity data." The software focuses on: checking scientific names, georeferences, and collecting event dates. Three Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs) use, or are planning to use this software as part of their efforts to provide quality data: SCAN TCN https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Southwest_Collections_of_Arthropods_Network_%28SCAN%29, NEVP TCN https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Mobilizing_New_England_Vascular_Plant_Specimen_Data, and InvertEBase TCN https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/InvertEBase:_Reaching_Back_to_See_the_Future:_Species-rich_Invertebrate_Faunas_Document_Causes_and_Consequences_of_Biodiversity_Shifts.

The second half of this webinar is IT-focused and provides developers with a chance to learn more about how to install the software and test it on their own using sample data sets from iDigBio or Symbiota.

Many thanks for the concerted efforts of the Kurator software development team to put this in-depth presentation together!

See you there!** **Deb, et al with special thanks from the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group and the iDigBio Cyberinfrastructure Working Group (apologies for cross-posting) Please use headsets for best sound experience.