Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center: NYBG: Difference between revisions

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!  !! Day 1: Thursday, March 23
!  !! Day 1: Thursday, March 23
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| 8:30–9:00 AM || Breakfast
| 8:00–9:00 AM || Breakfast @ NYBG
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| 9:00–9:30 AM || Opening (Nelson) <br> a. Workshop Objectives (Sessa)<br>
| 9:00–9:30 AM || Opening (Gil Nelson) <br> a. Workshop Objectives (Emily Sessa)<br>
b. Participants
b. Participants
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  <br> Speakers: Pam Soltis (Moderator); Andy Bentley; Joe Cook; Scott Edwards; Talia Karim; Shirley Pomponi; Barbara Thiers
  <br> Speakers: Pam Soltis (Moderator); Andy Bentley; Joe Cook; Scott Edwards; Talia Karim; Shirley Pomponi; Barbara Thiers
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| 12:15–1:15 PM || Open discussion leading into lunch. <br> Lunch break (on-site)
| 11:40 - 12:00 || Navigating NSF opportunities <br> Steve Ellis (virtual)
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| 1:15–2:00 PM || Field collection to repository ––Part II  <br> a. Specimen records, from museum to aggregator (Why? How?). <br>
| 12:00 - 1:30 || Lunch @ NYBG
b. Data management software (eMu, Symbiota, Arctos) <br>
Discussion Leaders: N. Neu-Yagle/T. Karim
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| 2:00–2:45 PM || Online resources to support specimen records (iDigBio, Symbiota, GBIF) <br> Discussion Leader: T. Karim
| 1:30 - 3:00 || Large group brainstorm: Refining ADBC components/topics/questions: Combine; Merge; Refine; Augment; Delete <br>
Emily Sessa (Moderator)
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| 2:45–3:15 PM || Break 2: Tour of Collections & Collections Workshop (Sub-Level B2), Dave Krause, K. MacKenzie, and Pat O’Connor.
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM || Break 2
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| 3:15–3:45 PM || A Case Study: The Mahajanga Basin Project and Symbiota  <br> Discussion Leaders:  D. Krause, L. Wagner, K. Mackenzie
| 3:15 - 3:45 PM || Large group brainstorm: Refining ADBC components/topics/questions: Combine; Merge; Refine; Augment; Delete <br>
Breda Zimkus (Moderator)
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| 3:45–4:15 PM || Open Discussion <br> Facilitators: P. O’Connor, D. Krause
| 5:00 || Wrap-Up (Joe Cook)
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| 4:15–5:00 PM || Museum Exhibition Access
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| 5:00–6:30 PM || Pre-dinner Break
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| 7:00 || Dinner: On Your Own <br> Reservations have been made at: Phoenician Kabob, 5709 E COLFAX AVE., DENVER, CO 720-477-0046
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!  !! Day 2: Thursday November 17
!  !! Day 2: Friday, March 24
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| 8:30–9:00 AM || Breakfast—DMNS
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|  || Extending Specimens
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| 9:00–9:30 AM || Expanding the Specimen Record <br>
a. Beyond traditional records (e.g., incorporating 4D [geography, stratigraphy, other paleo environmental data] data; 3D data management and dissemination. <br>
Discussion Leaders: D. Blackburn/ P. O’Connor
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| 9:30–10:20 AM || Keeping things connected from field to publication and beyond to access/utilization by others. <br>
a. Persistent Identifiers (extended specimen network) in 21st Century natural history collections — ensuring that things that should stay connected do stay connected. <br>
Discussion Leader: M. Mabry
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|  || '''Dissemination and Access'''
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| 10:20–10:50 AM || Getting information out to others (researchers, educators, public) <br>
a. Role of the research teams. <br>
b. Role of the educator teams. <br>
c. Role of the museums. <br>
Discussion Leader: D. Blackburn
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| 10:50–11:30 AM || Break 3: Archives Department (Sub-level B1), with Laura Uglean-Jackson (DMNS).
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| 11:30 AM–12:15 PM || 3D Data: MorphoSource <br>
a. Hosting/dissemination 3D data—Basics. <br>
b. Team/Project/Organization Levels of Organization in Morphosource. <br>
Discussion Leaders: D. Boyer, J. Winchester
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| 12:15–1:15 PM || Open discussion leading into lunch. <br> Lunch Break (on-site)
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|  || '''Skills Development I'''
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| 1:15–2:00 PM || Current/Future Training Efforts <br>
a. Field Training. <br>
b. Collections Training. <br>
c. Training across the internet. Barriers (e.g., technical) and opportunities (shared resources and specimen record platforms). <br>
d. Formal programs (university degrees & certificates, museum certificates). <br>
e. Professional Development opportunities. <br>
Discussion Leaders: P. O’Connor, N. J. Stevens, D. Krause
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|  || '''Supporting Efforts'''
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| 2:00–2:45 PM || Collections without Borders. <br>
a. Working across boundaries (national, cultural, economic). <br>
Discussion Leaders: H. Randrianaly, S. el-Sayed
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| 2:45–3:15 PM || Break 4: Digital Research Lab, 3rd Floor, Lindsay Dougan (DMNS)
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM || Breakfast @ NYBG
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| 3:15–3:45 PM || What, How, and Who to fund these efforts? <br>
| 9:00 - 10:30 || Break-out Discussions
a. Institutional, Governmental, Private (Corporate, Individual). <br>
b. Perspectives from funding agencies Ian Miller—National Geographic Society. <br>
Discussion Leaders: D. Krause, I. Miller
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| 3:45–4:15 PM || The Global Future of Collections: Co-Creating Next Steps <br>
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM || Break
a. Collections management in a global context—and shared responsibilities among research teams, institutions, and governments. <br>
''Summary of workshop and overview of next steps (near-term vs. long term).'' <br>
Facilitators: P. O’Connor, D. Krause, N. J. Stevens, D. Blackburn
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| 4:15–5:00 PM || Museum Exhibition - self-guided tours to areas if interest
| 10:45 - 12:00 PM || Break-out Discussions
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| 5:00–6:30 PM || Pre-dinner Break
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM || Lunch @ NYBG
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| 7:00 || Dinner: On Your Own <br> Location TBD
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