Fwd: [Nhcoll-l] Biodiversity Digitation Conference Lightning Rounds: Register Now

[Sarah Ramdeen]

Hello Everyone, 

Thought this event might be of interest to our community.

Thanks!
Sarah

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From: Nelson,Gil <gne...@floridamuseum.ufl.edu>
Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 8:33 AM
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Biodiversity Digitation Conference Lightning Rounds: Register Now
To: nhco...@mailman.yale.edu <nhco...@mailman.yale.edu>

From: Goodwin,Jillian <jgoo...@floridamuseum.ufl.edu>

We are pleased to announce a sampling of the lightning rounds to be offered at BioDigiCon. Remember, registration is free and all events will be pre-recorded or recorded live for asynchronous viewing to suit your time zone or schedule. Registration is free but required.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-biodigicon-tickets-367104919697

Lightning Rounds: Up to 30 rounds will be offered. Here is a sampling:

A set of four rounds focusing on comparing popular collections management systems (CMS) for folks deciding which CMS to adopt, determining whether to switch from a custom CMS, adopt a new CMS, or just to learn more of these options. Talks will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A. Included are:

•  Arctos, with Emily Braker, University of Colorado
• Emu, with Larry Gall, Yale University
• Specify, with Randy Singer, University of Michigan 
• Symbiota, with Katie Pearson, California Polytechnic State University

A set of five rounds focusing on digitization activities at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian. 

• Coordinating digitization at NMNH, Sylvia Orli

• A completely digitized collection – what does digitization maintenance look like for NMNH botany, Sylvia Orli

• Digitizing the Odonata, Torsten Dikow

• Creating an Informatics and Data Science Center, Rebecca Snyder

• New generation digitization of specimens in situ, Holly Little

 Individual lightning rounds will include:

• Extending the model for digitized data, Ely Wallis

• Software-based capture of 2D barcodes on duplicate herbarium sheets during digitization & subsequent data discovery via GBIF, including a sample script to adapt and reuse, David Shorthouse, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada

• Digitization as art, Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History

• Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), Jorrit Poelen, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration

• A workflow for cleaning Notes from Nature data transcriptions, Peter Oboyski, Essig Museum

• Digitizing the CSIRO Collections, Australia, Nicole Fisher, CSIRO

• An open, continuously updated Fern Tree of Life, Joel Nitta, University of Tokyo

• 10 minute Q&A with U.S. National Science Foundation representatives, Steve Ellis

• MorphoBank, Brooke Long-Fox

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