ADBC Summit 2017: Difference between revisions

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Overview of the iDigBio Portal with emphasis on use cases, features introduced since last presentation and NSF survey results.<br><br>
Overview of the iDigBio Portal with emphasis on use cases, features introduced since last presentation and NSF survey results.<br><br>
'''Session Notes:''' https://goo.gl/hVThKY
'''Session Notes:''' https://goo.gl/hVThKY
| '''Rapid digitization of incoming insect material''' (Neil Cobb, Crystal Maier, Jen Zaspel)<br>
| '''Three Insect Projects''' (Neil Cobb, Crystal Maier, Jen Zaspel, Catherine Hulshof, Akito Kawahra, Caitlin Chapman)<br>
'''Goal:''' Develop workflow(s) for rapidly digitizing material from “collecting events”, especially where a large amount of material is brought into the collection from inventories. The workflow would be database neutral (Arctos [Derek], EMu [Crystal], institutional [Chris], Specify [Andrew], Symbiota [ Neil for now]), it would be scalable from small to large institutions, and it would be cross-phyla functional (e.g., plants/herbaria, insects/museums).<br>
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'''Rationale:''' There are an estimated 256 million specimens in US collections, we are currently digitizing 2.5 million per year, which is the same amount of new material that is added to collections per year. Thus, we are currently running in place and we need to implement workflows that will help us at least double our current rate of digitization. Several collections have already developed workflows that greatly increase the rate of digitizing new specimens that need to be integrated into the collection from surveys and inventories: https://vimeo.com/184611446<br>
1. Database Before You Label Protocol
'''Action Items:''' Provide workflows that can be shared by all museums. This may involve options that take into consideration the type of specimens, the size of the museum, and the size and diversity of material. We will initially share drafts via Dropbox. During this meeting we will produce a first draft and if there is time left we will outline a strategy to overcome the top 10 challenges in digitizing arthropods.<br><br>
2. Inselect and insect soups (Jen and Neil)
'''Session Notes:''' https://goo.gl/YUCSy5
3. Puerto Rico Hurricane support: Developing a reference base for a re-survey of butterflies (Catherine)
Database Before You Label Protocol: Finalize workflow(s) for rapidly digitizing material from “collecting events”, especially where a large amount of material is brought into the collection from inventories. The workflow would be database neutral (Arctos [Derek Sikes], EMu [Crystal Maier], institutional [Chris Marshall], Specify [AndrewShort], Symbiota [ Neil Cobb]), it would be scalable from small to large institutions, and it would be cross-phyla functional (e.g., plants/herbaria, insects/museums). Develop strategy to ensure all museums adopt workflow.
Inselect: With the newer DSLR cameras that have 50 megapixel capacity it is possible that many museums might be able to use Inselect https://vimeo.com/160792078 can be used more widely.  Puerto Rico: Catherine Hulshof (U. of Puerto Rico) will discuss a Puerto Rican-Caribbean Lepidoptera project to study butterfly (maybe some moths) recovery/recolonization of areas destroyed. We will develop a strategy to have museums digitize their holdings of Puerto Rican/Caribbean butterflies as a good reference data set.  
 
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