7:55–8:00
Mast, Austin and Dunckel, Betty
iDigBio; Dept. of Biological Science, Florida State Univ./iDigBio; Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Florida
Introduction to the workshop.
8:00–8:15
Maglia, Anne
U.S. National Science Foundation
Introduction to NSF's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections.
8:15–8:30
Page, Larry
iDigBio; Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Florida
Introduction to iDigBio. The thematic collections networks: overview of project goals and digitization methods, with
recognition of steps that could involve the public.
8:30–8:45
Nash, Thomas.
Lichens and Bryophytes Thematic Collections Network Project. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
The lichen and bryophyte and climate change (LBCC) TCN: an overview, current progress and relationship to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society.
8:50–9:05
Brinda, John.
Lichens and Bryophytes Thematic Collections Network Project. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri.
A few ideas on how public participation can improve the specimen digitization process at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
9:10–9:25
Seltmann, Katja.
Tri-Trophic Thematic Collections Network Project. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
Opportunities for public involvement and outreach associated with the Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the study of Tri-Trophic Associations Project.
9:30–9:45
Speelman, Julie A.
InvertNet Thematic Collections Network Project. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Indiana.
Community assisted digital imaging of insect specimens.
9:50–10:05
Thiers, Barbara.
Macrofungi Thematic Collections Network Project. New York Botanical Garden, New York, New York.
The Macrofungi CollectionConsortium TCN and North American mycophiles: enhancing a long-standing relationship.
