Hi, everyone. If you’re like me, you are currently thinking about class schedules for next semester I encourage you to consider adding WeDigBio to those schedules on October 20 or 21 (a Thursday or Friday) this year. Last year I reserved a computer lab for my Field Botany class during WeDigBio, and the students transcribed specimen labels at Notes from Nature while working through the exercises at https://www.wedigbio.org/content/educational-exercises <https://www.wedigbio.org/content/educational-exercises>. It was very popular.
Not offering a plant-focused class? No problem. There are transcription projects focused on other taxa as well at Notes from Nature and the other participating online citizen science platforms. For an overview of last year’s options, visit https://www.wedigbio.org/find-a-project <https://www.wedigbio.org/find-a-project>. These are expected to expand to include even more diversity in 2016.
If you decide to participate in WeDigBio in this way, be sure to fill out the very short event host survey at https://www.wedigbio.org/content/wedigbio-2016-event-hosts <https://www.wedigbio.org/content/wedigbio-2016-event-hosts> so that you can receive updates.
And if you create your own WeDigBio-focused exercise, don’t keep it a secret. Share it with the community at https://www.wedigbio.org/ <https://www.wedigbio.org/> and http://collectionseducation.org/ <http://collectionseducation.org/>.
It’s a great opportunity to familiarize your students with biodiversity specimens and specimen data while making a genuine contribution to science. Thanks for considering!
Austin
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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*Registration is now open for:*
*Dublin Core @ 21*
*Satellite meeting of the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress
(13-19 August, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, USA) *
The event is co-sponsored by:
- IFLA Information Technology Section
- DCMI (The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative)
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*Date/time:*
Friday, August 19, 2016 from 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
*Where:*
The Conference Center at OCLC
(Lakeside Room) 6600 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017
*Official Schedule:*
http://lanyrd.com/2016/dublin-core-at-21/
*Register:*
https://dublincoreat21.eventbrite.com
($85 including lunch and afternoon break. Note: a complimentary reception
will follow the event)
*Transportation and Hotel Information*:
https://www.oclc.org/events/2016/ifla-2016/dc21.en.html
(including discounted hotels in Dublin)
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*Dublin Core @ 21* celebrates DC's amazing 21 year history.
The Dublin Core originated in 1995 at a meeting at OCLC. This special event
will bring a historical view from people who were there when the Web was
young, and Dublin Core was new and evolving rapidly.
The Web does not stand still. Presentations will provide information on the
latest metadata standards-related work underway by DCMI (The Dublin Core
Metadata Initiative) and OCLC's current work with metadata models,
standards, and technologies advancing the state of the art for libraries
and archives.
Presenters and others in attendance will include metadata experts with long
ties to Dublin Core including several who were at the original invitational
meeting in 1995. A panel discussion will permit speakers and attendees to
reflect on activities and trends past and present, and project what the
future will look like.
*Schedule:*
*9:00am*
Tour of OCLC (optional) [see
http://2016.ifla.org/programme/library-visits/local-library-visits ]
*11:30am*
Registration
*12:00pm*
Lunch
*1:00pm*
Welcome and Opening presented by May Chang and Thom Hickey
*1:15pm*
The Geeks, the Freaks, and the People with Sensible Shoes: Reflections on
the origins of the Dublin Core / presented by Stuart Weibel
*2:00pm*
Linked Data for Professional Education (LD4PE) project /presented by Mike
Crandall
*2:30pm*
>From Dublin Core to Linked Data: Some Milestones in OCLC's Journey Beyond
MARC /presented by Jean Godby
*3:30pm*
Dublin Core at 21: Personal reflections / presented by Stuart Sutton
*4:00pm*
Panel Discussion (The day's speakers & others with Dublin Core stories to
tell)
*5:15pm*
Closing remarks / presented by Joseph T. Tennis, DCMI Governing Board Chair
*5:30pm*
Reception (sponsored by OCLC)
Attendees are invited to attend a complimentary wine & appetizer reception
and special unveiling following the presentation portion of the day.
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*Final Call for DC-2016 Presentation & Poster Submissions*
The submission deadline is rapidly approaching for the *Presentations*
and *Best
Practice Posters & Demos* tracks at DC-2016. Both presentations and
posters/demos provide the opportunity for practitioners and researchers
specializing in metadata design, implementation, and use to present their
work as well as work in progress at the *International Conference on Dublin
Core and Metadata Applications* in Copenhagen. *No paper is required for
presentations or posters/demos*. Accepted submissions in the
*Presentations* track
will have approximately 20-25 minutes to present and 5-10 minutes for
questions and discussion.
Proposal abstracts will be reviewed for selection by the Program Committee.
The presentation slide decks and the poster images will be openly available
as part of the permanent record of the DC-2016 conference.
If you are interested in presenting at DC-2016, please submit a proposal
abstract through the DC-2016 submission system before the 15 July deadline.
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*:: Submission Deadline:* 15 July 2016
*:: Presenter Notice:* 22 July 2016
*:: Presentation Track Description:*
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/pre16
*:: Submission System:*
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2016/schedConf/cfp
*:: Conference Website:*
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2016/schedConf/
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*Best Practice Posters & Demos* on work on topics from across the metadata
ecosystem are invited. For the *Presentation* track, submissions are
encouraged in the following *broad* themes:
:: Identifiers, persistent or not
:: Metadata profiles and validation
:: Maintaining vocabularies
:: Practicalities of data integration
Program Committee Chairs:
*Technical Program:*
::* Valentine Charles*, Europeana Foundation, Netherlands
:: *Lars G. Svensson*, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Germany
*Professional Program:*
::* Thomas Baker*, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, & Dublin Core
Metadata Initiative (DCMI), Germany
*:: Michael D. Crandall*, University of Washington, United States
*:: Stuart A. Sutton*, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), United
States
*Full Organizing Committee:*
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/dc-2016/about/organizingTeam
