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iDigBio Workshop and Symposium at Botany 2012
by Austin Mast 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

It is our pleasure to announce the Specimen Digitization Tools and Practices Workshop at the Botany 2012 Conference. The workshop is designed to introduce current and future biological and paleontological specimen collections staff to resources and workflows that can lead to greater efficiencies in the digitization of their collections. The workshop is organized by iDigBio, the National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections. It will be held from 8–5 on Thursday, July 12, the day after the conference at the conference facility. A dinner for workshop participants will follow. Up to 25 participants will be supported by reimbursement of up to $500 to attend the workshop. Those interested in attending should describe three things in an email: (1) the status of digitization of biological or paleontological specimens at your institution (including total number of specimens and percent databased, imaged, and georeferenced), (2) your role in digitization of biological or paleontological specimens at your institution, and (3) your degree of interest in presenting a short talk (5-10 minutes) on your experiences with digitization. It is not necessary for every participant to present a talk, nor is it necessary for all participants to be currently employed as staff at a biological or paleontological specimen collection. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to apply, but a clear connection should be made in the email between your career objectives and the topic of the workshop. If you are interested in presenting a short talk, please specify the topic of your presentation in <200 words in the email. Topics could include particularly efficient digitization workflows, ad hoc solutions to digitization bottlenecks, lessons from digitization coordination across multiple institutions, etc. Further directions regarding reimbursement will be sent to the successful applicants in late March. Send the email to Cathy Bester via the form at https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Cathy_Bester by Monday, March 19, 2012. Notification of selection by the committee will be made by March 23. The workshop is designed to include a mix of new perspectives on digitization with hands-on presentations of production-version tools, presentations of ad hoc innovations in digitization, and discussions. iDigBio has also organized a symposium entitled “Building a High-Resolution, Specimen-Based Picture of Life: Possibilities and Challenges” for the Botany 2012 conference. It will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 11. More details on the symposium will appear later on the conference website (http://www.2012.botanyconference.org/). iDigBio is the National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) funded by the National Science Foundation. The mission of iDigBio is to develop a national infrastructure that supports the vision of ADBC by overseeing implementation of standards and best practices for digitization; building and deploying a customized cloud computing environment for collections; recruiting and training personnel, including underserved groups; engaging the research community, collections community, citizen scientists, and the public through education and outreach activities; and planning for long-term sustainability of the national digitization effort. For more information, visit http://www.idigbio.org/. Austin Mast and Pam Soltis Austin Mast Associate Professor Director of the Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium Member of the Steering Committee of iDigBio, The National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections Department of Biological Science 319 Stadium Drive Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 U.S.A. Office: King Life Science Building, room 4065 Lab: King Life Science Building, rooms 4068 and 4084 Herbarium: Biological Science Unit One, room 100 Voice: 1 (850) 645-1500 Fax: 1 (850) 645-8447 amast(a)bio.fsu.edu

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NISO/DCMI Joint Webinar -- Karen Coyle: "Taking Library Data From Here to There"
by DCMI Announce 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

*** Please excuse the cross-posting *** =============================================================== NISO/DCMI Joint Webinar on February 22: Taking Library Data From Here to There DATE: February 22, 2012 TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern (18:00-19:30 UTC) INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/library_data/ =============================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR Libraries have been creating metadata for resources for well over a century. The good news is that library metadata is rules-based and that the library cataloging community has built up a wealth of knowledge about publications, their qualities, and the users who seek them. The bad news is that library practices were fixed long before computers would be used to store and retrieve the data. Library cataloging practice continues to have elements of the era of printed catalogs and alphabetized cards, and needs to modernize to take advantage of new information technologies. This metadata, however, exists today in tens of thousands of databases and there is a large sigh heard around the world whenever a librarian considers the need to make this massive change. As with all large problems, this one becomes more tractable when broken into smaller pieces. Karen Coyle will present her "five stars of library data," an analysis of the changes needed and some steps that libraries can begin to take immediately. She will also discuss the "open world" view of the linked data movement and how this view can increase the visibility of libraries in the global information space. This webinar will give an introduction to the types of changes that are needed as well as the value that can be realized in library services. Attendees will learn of some preparatory steps have already been taken, which should confirm that libraries have indeed begun the journey "From Here to There." TOPICS AND SPEAKERS Karen Coyle is a librarian specializing in metadata development, with a particular interest in the future of bibliographic control. She recently served on the W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data, and has written three Library Technology Reports on the Semantic Web and library data. Thomas Baker, Chief Information Officer of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, was recently co-chair of the W3C Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and currently co-chairs a W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data. REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on February 22, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and DCMI members and students. Can’t make it on the webinar date/time? You can still register and obtain access to the recorded archive for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/library_data/ Register for all four NISO/DCMI webinars and get one free: https://www.regonline.com/nisodcmiwebinarbuythreegetonefree_1052378

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CfP (2nd notice): DC-2012 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
by DCMI Announce 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

*** Please excuse the cross-posting *** ============================================= DC-2012 Call for Participation (2nd Notice) ============================================= International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications: "Metadata for Meeting Global Challenges" 3-7 September 2012, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia DC-2012 will explore the global, national and regional roles of metadata in addressing global challenges such as food security, the digital divide, and sustainable development. Metadata plays a significant role globally in information systems shaping how we know, monitor and change social and governmental systems affecting everything from the environment, human rights and justice to education and peace. DC-2012 will bring together in Kuching the community of metadata scholars and practitioners to engage in the exchange of knowledge and best practices in developing languages of description to meet these global challenges. DC-2012 is part of Knowledge Technology Week 2012 in Malaysia. For more information, see http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/ktw2012. Collocated events include: --DC-2012 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications --PRICAI 2012 The 12th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence --PRIMA 2012 The 15th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems --Artificial Intelligence Workshops (AIW2012) ---------------------------------- DEADLINES & IMPORTANT DATES: --SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 23 March 2012 --AUTHOR NOTIFICATION: 25 May 2012 --FINAL COPY: 29 June 2012 ---------------------------------- IMPORTANT URLS: --SUBMISSION URL: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2012/author/submit?requ… --ONLINE CFP: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2012/schedConf/cfp --CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2012 --ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2012/about/organizingTe… ---------------------------------- Beyond the conference theme, papers, reports, and poster submissions are welcome on a wide range of metadata topics, such as: -- Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices -- Metadata quality (methods, tools, and practices) -- Conceptual models and frameworks (e.g., RDF, DCAM, OAIS) -- Application profiles -- Metadata generation (methods, tools, and practices) -- Metadata interoperability across domains, languages, time, structures, and scales. -- Cross-domain metadata uses (e.g., recordkeeping, preservation, curation, institutional repositories, publishing) -- Domain metadata (e.g., for corporations, cultural memory institutions, education, government, and scientific fields) -- Bibliographic standards (e.g., RDA, FRBR, subject headings) as Semantic Web vocabularies -- Accessibility metadata -- Metadata for scientific data, e-Science and grid applications -- Social tagging and user participation in building metadata -- Usage data (paradata/attention metadata) -- Knowledge Organization Systems (e.g., ontologies, taxonomies, authority files, folksonomies, and thesauri) and Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) -- Ontology design and development -- Integration of metadata and ontologies -- Search engines and metadata -- Linked data and the Semantic Web (metadata and applications) -- Vocabulary registries and registry services ---------------------------------- SUBMISSIONS --All submissions for papers, reports, extended poster abstracts, community workshop and special sessions must do so through the DCMI Peer Review System at http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/index.php/pubs/. Author registration with the peer review system and instructions for the submission process appear under the "Information for Authors" link. --All submissions must be in English. --All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the International Program Committee. --Unless previously arranged, accepted papers, project reports and posters must be presented in Kuching by at least one of their authors. Submissions for Asynchronous Participation: With prior arrangement, a few exceptional papers, project reports and extended poster abstracts will be accepted for asynchronous presentation by their authors. Submissions accepted for asynchronous presentation must follow both the general author guidelines for submission as well as additional instructions located at http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2012/remote. ---------------------------------- PUBLICATION -- Accepted papers, project reports and poster abstracts will be published in the permanent online conference proceedings and in DCMI Publications ( http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/). -- Special session and community workshop session abstracts will be published in the online conference proceedings. -- Papers, research reports and poster abstracts must conform to the appropriate formatting template available through the DCMI Peer Review System. -- Unless previously arranged, accepted papers, project reports and posters must be presented at The Hague by at least one of their authors. -- Submitting authors in all categories must provide basic information regarding current professional positions and affiliations as a condition of acceptance and publication. ---------------------------------- SUBMISSION CATEGORIES FULL PAPERS (8-10 pages; Peer reviewed): Full papers either describe innovative work in detail or provide critical, well-referenced overviews of key developments or good practice in the areas outlined above. Full papers will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) Originality of the approach to the topic and potential for implementation (2) Quality of the contribution to the implementation community (3) Significance of the results presented (4) Clarity of presentation PROJECT REPORTS (4-5 pages; Peer reviewed): Project reports describe a specific model, application, or activity in a concise presentation. Project reports will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) Conciseness and completeness of technical description (2) Usability of the technical description by other potential implementers (3) Clarity of presentation POSTERS (1-2 pages; Peer reviewed): Posters are for the presentation of projects or research under development or late-breaking results. Poster submission should consist of a one-two page extended abstract. Posters will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) Concise statement of research or project goals and milestones (2) Significance of the research or project (3) Framing of key barriers and future research (4) Statement of results and accomplishments (5) Clarity of presentation One or more sessions will be scheduled for display and discussion of posters at the conference venue. Instructions on the preparation of the display poster can be found at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/posterAut… . SPECIAL & PANEL SESSIONS: Special and panel sessions are organized by experts in a specific area of metadata. Each special session serves as a focused exchange of the latest research and/or best practice in the area. A proposal for a special session consists of a single document of approximately 800-1,200 words in length containing: --Session title --35-50 word abstract for use in promoting the session --Brief description of the scope and motivation for the session --Names and brief CVs of session facilitators, presenters, or panelists --Brief CVs of the organizers DCMI COMMUNITY & TASK GROUP WORKSHOP SESSIONS: DCMI Community Workshop & Task Group Sessions are intended to: (1) advance the specific work of DCMI entities as defined at http://dublincore.org/groups/#communities; and (2) to set the work agenda for the Community or Task Group for the coming year. Note: Communities wanting to present a special session or a panel in the area of the Community's interest should submit a proposal under Special & Panel Sessions above. ---------------------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS --Schubert Foo, Professor and Associate Dean, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore --Hans Overbeek, Ministry of Internal Affairs, The Hague, Netherlands

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