Vert digi interest group
This wiki supports the work of iDigBio's Vertebrate Digitization Interest Group
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Workshops
- Jointly sponsored iDigBio/American Society of Mammalogists digitization workshop, June 2015
- Strategies for Vertebrate Digitization workshop, Cornell, May 2015
Webinars
iDigBio's Vertebrate Digitization Interest Group is offering a 4-part webinar series entitled The Value of Digitizing Vertebrate Collections, all to be held on Tuesdays in September, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. These will be the first four of several webinars leading up to a second iDigBio-sponsored vertebrate digitization workshop to be held spring 2016. The purpose of this first series of four is to outline the value and importance of digitizing vertebrate collections, including herps, mammals, birds, and fishes, with an emphasis on imaging. The target audience includes vertebrate zoologists, curators, collections managers, and others interested in vertebrate digitization. As defined for these webinars, digitization includes the transcription of label data into electronic records, production of one or more 2D or 3D images per selected specimen, the potential enrichment of label data (e.g. appending georeferences and/or links to catalogs, journals, and other source materials), and making transcribed data and associated images available via the web.
All webinars are 3-4 p.m. EDT and accessible at https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/vertdigitization. Here is the schedule:
- September 8: The Value of Digitizing Mammal Collections, Cody Thompson, University of Michigan
- September 15: The Value of Digitizing Fish Collections, Andy Bentley, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and President of SPNHC
- September 22: The Value of Digitizing Herpetology Collections, Chris Phillips, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
- September 29: The Value of Digitizing Bird Collections, Carla Cicero, UC Berkeley and Lead PI for Vertnet