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= Workshops =
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== NYBG: March 2023==
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= Workshop at NYBG: March 2023=
'''When:''' March 23-24, 2023 <br>
'''When:''' March 23-24, 2023 <br>
'''Where:''' New York Botanical Garden<br>
'''Where:''' New York Botanical Garden<br>
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=Logistic information=
=Logistic information=
'''Airport:''' <br>
'''''Invited participant support: Hotel cost, travel, $75 registration, and per diem expenses reimbursed following workshop.''''' <br>
'''Airport transportation:''' <br>
'''Airport:''' ''Please contact Jill Goodwin at jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu to approve flights prior top booking'' 
'''Workshop hotel:'''   <br>
*LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 10 mi from NYBG
'''Transportation from hotel to venue:''' Uber, Lyft, or taxi from hotel at 3203 Quebec Street to museum at 2001 Colorado Blvd (3.1 miles; ~10 minutes). Entrance for participants will be through the security subpost (small door to left of Main Exit). Security personnel will notify staff of arrival.  Staff will come to subpost to usher participants to meeting room.  Once inside museum, participants will have full access to public areas of the museum.<br>
*JFK Airport (JFK) 20 mi from NYBG<br>
'''Workshop venue:''' Denver Museum of Nature & Science (2001 Colorado Blvd) Community Room on 3rd floor of museum.<br>
*Newark (EWR) <br>
'''Wifi networks:''' Once on-site, workshop participants can log into the DMNS guest network for internet access. <br>
*Westchester County (HPN) <br>
'''Meals:''' Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be catered on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided.<br>
'''Airport transportation:''' Uber/Lyft/taxi/rental car is the easiest and most convenient way to get from any of these airports to the Bronx; the fastest public transportation will take at least an hour and require several switches of bus and/or train. By car the trip will take 20-30 minutes or less, depending on traffic (and be sure to account for traffic and leave plenty of time to reach return flights). <br>
'''Invited participant support:''' Hotel cost covered, travel, and per diem expenses reimbursed. <br>
'''Recommended workshop hotels:''' ''Please book a room ASAP to ensure availability and stay under $200/night.'' <br>
* [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/3/36/Overview_Map.png Overview Map]
* [https://www.choicehotels.com/new-york/bronx/rodeway-inn-hotels/ny324/rates?ratePlanCode=LZOO&checkInDate=2023-03-22&checkOutDate=2023-03-25 Rodeway Inn] 0.6 mi from NYBG
* [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/9/9c/Map_of_Restaurants.png Map of Area Restaurants]
* <del>[https://www.reservationdesk.com/hotel/69262cb/sleep-inn-bronx-new-york/?cid=sem::TPRD::AW::Reservation_Desk_US_Northeast_New_York_New_York_City_Area::::sleep%20inn%20bronx::e&creative=620347116390&device=c&AdPos=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=sleep%20inn%20bronx&utm_campaign=Reservation_Desk_US_Northeast_New_York_New_York_City_Area&iv_=__iv_p_1_a_944090107_g_143959657667_w_kwd-813987502000_h_9011578_ii__d_c_v__n_g_c_620347116390_k_sleep%20inn%20bronx_m_e_l__t__e__r__vi__&gclid=CjwKCAiAzp6eBhByEiwA_gGq5OjKBV-iePLyNrZ7owKO1DQM-H-14XbrdfnsfQFCfrG6jiSZjEBJzhoC1NYQAvD_BwE Sleep Inn] 0.6 mi from NYBG</del>
* [https://tremonthotelbronx.com/ Tremont Hotel Bronx]
'''Transportation from hotel to venue:''' Uber, Lyft, or taxi from any of the suggested hotels to NYBG should be 5-10 minutes. The Rodeway Inn is walking distance, though walkers should use common sense while traveling on foot in the Bronx. Participants should come to the Mosholu gate and check in with security, who will direct them to the appropriate building and entrance. <br>
'''Workshop venue:''' New York Botanical Garden<br>
William & Lynda Steere Herbarium <br>
NYBG Mosholu entrance: 2950 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458 <br>
Workshop location: Reading Room, LuEsther T. Mertz Library <br>
Breakfast and lunch: Pfizer Laboratory Conference Room <br>
PLEASE NOTE: Workshop participants should come directly to the Mosholu gate, NOT the main entrance to the Garden. Be sure to use the Mosholu address given above for your Uber/taxi driver or GPS (2950 Southern Blvd). When you arrive at the gate, if you are coming by car, you will need to check in with Security at the booth, and ask them to direct you to either the Pfizer lab or Ross Gallery entrance, depending on the time you arrive (see schedule and map provided). Walkers can turn left upon entering the gate and proceed directly to the appropriate building; do not go to the visitor ticket booths.
On the accompanying map, the Pfizer lab entrance is marked A, and the Ross Gallery B. <br>
[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/a/a6/NYBG-Floor-Map.jpg NYBG Map]<br>
'''Wifi networks:''' Once on-site, workshop participants can log into the NYBG_Guest network for internet access. <br>
'''Meals:''' Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be provided at NYBG on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided following the workshop.<br>
 
=Referencing Pre-workshop webinars=
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6g7sH4CX5uM3U4WnmHG--CuK6wkBeFno7gXykky8CE/edit?usp=sharing Potential Workshop Topics from the Pre-workshop webinars] <br>
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/envisioning-biological-collections-action-center <strong>Links to the pre-workshop webinars can be found here]<br>
 
==Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center==


=Agenda=
=Agenda=
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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 || Breakfast @ NYBG ||
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| 9:15 || <strong>Why we are here:</strong>  
| 9:00–9:30 AM || Opening (Nelson) <br> a. Workshop Objectives (Sessa)<br>
*NASEM Report
b. Participants
*Recognize NASEM authors present
*CHIPs and Science Act
*Goal is to add detail and definition to the NASEM-recommended concept
*This is not proposal-writing workshop
*[https://discourse.idigbio.org/c/discussiontopics Discourse platform: https://discourse.idigbio.org/c/discussiontopics]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/7/78/DiscourseInstructions2023.pdf Discourse instructions]
<strong>Welcome and introductions (organizing team first)</strong>
*Name
*Affiliation
*What is your interest in this workshop?
*What is one goal you would like to see a Biological Collections Action Center accomplish?
|| Libby Ellwood
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| ||
| 9:45 || <strong>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_dbVm3pgd1cUGrW35wZPy6ELG2ZKui9bXVKCjM2UPU4/edit#slide=id.p30 Highlights of NASEM report and webinars]</strong> <br> [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aH-pY1Jjykr8rrAS6qLBOdIXsS6_PeZGIcLoMAEH8xU/ NASEM doc] || Pam Soltis<br>Andy Bentley
|-
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| 9:30–10:30 AM || NASEM panel: Action Center Q&A/Discussion based on the previous webinars and recordings.
| 10:15 || <strong>Break</strong> ||
<br> Speakers: Pam Soltis (Moderator); Andy Bentley; Joe Cook; Scott Edwards; Talia Karim; Shirley Pomponi; Barbara Thiers
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|-
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM || Break 1
| 10:45 || <strong>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eGbPaRVu73kXF9lBDQZdbREuhhe1795MFyKvqq9Pb0I/edit?usp=sharing Impacts and Challenges</strong>] || Gil Nelson<br>Libby Ellwood
|-
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| 10:45 - 11:40 PM || NASEM panel continued: Action Center Q&A/Discussion based on the previous webinars and recordings.
| 11:30 || <strong>Lunch @ NYBG</strong> ||
  <br> Speakers: Pam Soltis (Moderator); Andy Bentley; Joe Cook; Scott Edwards; Talia Karim; Shirley Pomponi; Barbara Thiers
|-  
| || align="center" style="background-color:lightgray;"| '''Priorities Breakout Group Deliberations'''<br>
'''Please develop a consensus list of at least 5 priorities an action center could achieve.'''<br>
'''(More than 5 is permissible)'''<br>
'''Discussion Notes: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12MK8rB1JH9QWk3cXcOkYlDH8UZlVCBT5sRzaJTbZOlQ/edit?usp=sharing Group1], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H81nUty16AWUSoGjJ2a_UHwRdpppRSFc7ZbZG6mrwCo/edit?usp=sharing Group2], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FkXVsRMdOb74KRr_Bb-1pmPc5rNq_9LSCYlmvME-708/edit?usp=sharing Group3], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWH-164KKRIKkTV4BvUmJktsot_eBZFH2-R0KOvJJ-I/edit?usp=sharing Group4]'''<br>
'''[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlYYtL8PntkJ7CkvFL0f7-5DwpkMqwyELCyn8FZnrZs/edit#slide=id.p Slide Presentation: Record Priorities here:]'''<br>
|-
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| 12:15–1:15 PM || Open discussion leading into lunch. <br> Lunch break (on-site)
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| 1:00 || <strong>Looking back from the Future: Nobel Prize exercise</strong> || Emily Sessa
|-
|-
| 1:15–2:00 PM || Field collection to repository ––Part II  <br> a. Specimen records, from museum to aggregator (Why? How?). <br>
| 1:30 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12MK8rB1JH9QWk3cXcOkYlDH8UZlVCBT5sRzaJTbZOlQ/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 1</strong>] || <strong>Moderator: </strong>Joe Cook <strong>Scribe: </strong> Shyla Davison<br>
b. Data management software (eMu, Symbiota, Arctos) <br>
Andy Bentley, Matthew Pace, Doug Jones, Angelo Soto-Centeno, Scott Miller, Kim Watson, Jenn Yost
Discussion Leaders: N. Neu-Yagle/T. Karim
|-
|-
| 2:00–2:45 PM || Online resources to support specimen records (iDigBio, Symbiota, GBIF) <br> Discussion Leader: T. Karim
| 1:30 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H81nUty16AWUSoGjJ2a_UHwRdpppRSFc7ZbZG6mrwCo/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 2</strong>] || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Breda Zimkus <strong>Scribe:</strong> Lauren Cohen
Matt Borths, Pam Soltis, Chris Johnson, Talia Karim, Jose Fortes, Steve Ellis, Nicole Tarnowsky
|-<strong>
| 1:30 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FkXVsRMdOb74KRr_Bb-1pmPc5rNq_9LSCYlmvME-708/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group</strong> 3] || <strong>Moderator:</strong>John Bates <strong>Scribe:</strong> Jesse Grosso<br>
Austin Mast, Jyotsna Pandey, Hilary Swain, Patrick Sweeney, Barbara Thiers, Kelcie Brown
|-
|-
| 2:45–3:15 PM || Break 2: Tour of Collections & Collections Workshop (Sub-Level B2), Dave Krause, K. MacKenzie, and Pat O’Connor.
| 1:30 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWH-164KKRIKkTV4BvUmJktsot_eBZFH2-R0KOvJJ-I/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 4</strong>] || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Carol Butler <strong>Scribe:</strong> David Jennings
Bill Moser, Shirley Pomponi, Libby Ellwood, Nelson Rios, Reed Beaman, Larry Gall, Leanna McMillin
|-
|-
| 3:15–3:45 PM || A Case Study:  The Mahajanga Basin Project and Symbiota  <br> Discussion Leaders:  D. Krause, L. Wagner, K. Mackenzie
| 3:00 || <strong>Break</strong> ||
|-
|-
| 3:45–4:15 PM || Open Discussion <br> Facilitators: P. O’Connor, D. Krause
|-
|-
| 4:15–5:00 PM || Museum Exhibition Access
| 3:30 - 5:00 || align="center" style="background-color:lightgray;"| <strong> Presentations & Discussion: Action Center Priorities from Group Breakouts
[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlYYtL8PntkJ7CkvFL0f7-5DwpkMqwyELCyn8FZnrZs/edit#slide=id.p Slide Presentation: Recorded Priorities here:]
<br>Each group should designate speaker(s) to review group priorities<br>and field questions as needed.</strong>
|| <strong>Moderators:</strong> Emily Sessa, Gil Nelson
|-
|-
| 5:00–6:30 PM || Pre-dinner Break
| 5:00 || <strong>Wrap-Up</strong> || <strong>Moderator: </strong>Joe Cook
|-
|-
| 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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=Workshop Agenda Day 2 Goal of the Day:<br>Develop detailed written draft statements describing the priority components for an Action Center<br>(not to be confused with polished prose).=
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!  !! Day 2: Thursday November 17
!  !! Day 2: Friday, March 24 ||
|-
| 8:30–9:00 AM || Breakfast—DMNS
|-
|  || Extending Specimens
|-
| 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
|-
|  ||
|-
| 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
|-
|  || '''Dissemination and Access'''
|-
| 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
|-
 
| 10:50–11:30 AM || Break 3: Archives Department (Sub-level B1), with Laura Uglean-Jackson (DMNS).
|-
| 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
|-
| 12:15–1:15 PM || Open discussion leading into lunch. <br> Lunch Break (on-site)
|-
|  || '''Skills Development I'''
|-
|-
| 1:15–2:00 PM || Current/Future Training Efforts <br>
| 8:00 || <strong>Breakfast @ NYBG </strong>||
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
|-
|-
|  || '''Supporting Efforts'''
|  9:30 || <strong>Reviewing and Refining the Action Center Components recommended on the Day 1</strong>
<em>The goal of Day 2 is to review and prioritize the Action Center Components from the slide decks completed on Day 1 and to expand each component into one or more explanatory paragraphs, not to be confused with polished prose. We will begin the day with the same four groups. Each group should structure its own time, taking breaks as needed, with the goal of completing its work by noon.  </em>
|| <strong>Moderators:</strong> Carol Butler, Gil Nelson, Jyotsna Pandey
|-
|-
| 2:00–2:45 PM || Collections without Borders. <br>
| 9:45 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12MK8rB1JH9QWk3cXcOkYlDH8UZlVCBT5sRzaJTbZOlQ/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 1 Notes]  [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlYYtL8PntkJ7CkvFL0f7-5DwpkMqwyELCyn8FZnrZs/edit#slide=id.p Slide Deck]</strong>] || <strong>Moderator: </strong>Joe Cook <strong>Scribe: </strong> Shyla Davison<br>
a. Working across boundaries (national, cultural, economic). <br>
Andy Bentley, Matthew Pace, Doug Jones, Angelo Soto-Centeno, Scott Miller, Kim Watson, Jenn Yost
Discussion Leaders: H. Randrianaly, S. el-Sayed
|-
|-
| 2:45–3:15 PM || Break 4: Digital Research Lab, 3rd Floor, Lindsay Dougan (DMNS)
| 9:45 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H81nUty16AWUSoGjJ2a_UHwRdpppRSFc7ZbZG6mrwCo/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 2 Notes]  [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlYYtL8PntkJ7CkvFL0f7-5DwpkMqwyELCyn8FZnrZs/edit#slide=id.p Slide Deck]</strong>]</strong>] || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Breda Zimkus <strong>Scribe:</strong> Lauren Cohen
Matt Borths, Pam Soltis, Chris Johnson, Talia Karim, Jose Fortes, Steve Ellis, Nicole Tarnowsky
|-<strong>
| 9:45 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FkXVsRMdOb74KRr_Bb-1pmPc5rNq_9LSCYlmvME-708/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 3 Notes]  [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlYYtL8PntkJ7CkvFL0f7-5DwpkMqwyELCyn8FZnrZs/edit#slide=id.p Slide Deck]</strong>]</strong>] || <strong>Moderator:</strong>John Bates <strong>Scribe:</strong> Jesse Grosso<br>
Austin Mast, Jyotsna Pandey, Hilary Swain, Patrick Sweeney, Barbara Thiers, Kelcie Brown
|-
|-
| 3:15–3:45 PM || What, How, and Who to fund these efforts? <br>
| 9:45 || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWH-164KKRIKkTV4BvUmJktsot_eBZFH2-R0KOvJJ-I/edit?usp=sharing <strong>Group 4 Notes]  [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FlYYtL8PntkJ7CkvFL0f7-5DwpkMqwyELCyn8FZnrZs/edit#slide=id.p Slide Deck]</strong>]</strong>] || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Carol Butler <strong>Scribe:</strong> David Jennings
a. Institutional, Governmental, Private (Corporate, Individual). <br>
Bill Moser, Shirley Pomponi, Libby Ellwood, Nelson Rios, Reed Beaman, Larry Gall, Leanna McMillin
b. Perspectives from funding agencies Ian Miller—National Geographic Society. <br>
Discussion Leaders: D. Krause, I. Miller
|-
|-
| 3:45–4:15 PM || The Global Future of Collections: Co-Creating Next Steps <br>
| Noon || <strong>Lunch @ NYBG</strong> ||
a. Collections management in a global context—and shared responsibilities among research teams, institutions, and governments. <br>
|-|  1:30 || <strong>Defining and Expanding Action Center Components (continued) || <strong>Team leaders:</strong> John Bates, Carol Butler, Matt Borths, Joe Cook, Jyotsna Pandey, Emily Sessa, Pam Soltis, Breda Zimkus
''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
|-
|-
| 4:15–5:00 PM || Museum Exhibition - self-guided tours to areas if interest
| 1:30 || <strong>Group reports<br>[https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/global-centers-gc?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Global Centers (GC)]</strong> || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Libby Ellwood
|-
|-
| 5:00–6:30 PM || Pre-dinner Break
| 3:00 || <strong>Break</strong> ||
|-
|-
| 7:00 || Dinner: On Your Own <br> Location TBD
| 3:30 || <strong>Wrap-up<strong> || <strong>Moderator:</strong> Libby Ellwood
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Latest revision as of 12:18, 19 April 2023

Series Page: Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center

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Workshop at NYBG: March 2023

When: March 23-24, 2023
Where: New York Botanical Garden
Organizers: John Bates, Field Museum of Natural History; Carol Butler, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian; Matt Borths, Duke Lemur Center; Joe Cook, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico; Libby Ellwood, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Jillian Goodwin, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; David Jennings, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Gil Nelson, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Natural Science Collections Alliance; Emily Sessa, New York Botanical Garden; Pam Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio, UF Biodiversity Institute; Breda Zimkus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Biological Collections Network
Expected number of participants: 30 - 40

Logistic information

Invited participant support: Hotel cost, travel, $75 registration, and per diem expenses reimbursed following workshop.
Airport: Please contact Jill Goodwin at jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu to approve flights prior top booking

  • LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 10 mi from NYBG
  • JFK Airport (JFK) 20 mi from NYBG
  • Newark (EWR)
  • Westchester County (HPN)

Airport transportation: Uber/Lyft/taxi/rental car is the easiest and most convenient way to get from any of these airports to the Bronx; the fastest public transportation will take at least an hour and require several switches of bus and/or train. By car the trip will take 20-30 minutes or less, depending on traffic (and be sure to account for traffic and leave plenty of time to reach return flights).
Recommended workshop hotels: Please book a room ASAP to ensure availability and stay under $200/night.

Transportation from hotel to venue: Uber, Lyft, or taxi from any of the suggested hotels to NYBG should be 5-10 minutes. The Rodeway Inn is walking distance, though walkers should use common sense while traveling on foot in the Bronx. Participants should come to the Mosholu gate and check in with security, who will direct them to the appropriate building and entrance.
Workshop venue: New York Botanical Garden
William & Lynda Steere Herbarium
NYBG Mosholu entrance: 2950 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458
Workshop location: Reading Room, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Breakfast and lunch: Pfizer Laboratory Conference Room
PLEASE NOTE: Workshop participants should come directly to the Mosholu gate, NOT the main entrance to the Garden. Be sure to use the Mosholu address given above for your Uber/taxi driver or GPS (2950 Southern Blvd). When you arrive at the gate, if you are coming by car, you will need to check in with Security at the booth, and ask them to direct you to either the Pfizer lab or Ross Gallery entrance, depending on the time you arrive (see schedule and map provided). Walkers can turn left upon entering the gate and proceed directly to the appropriate building; do not go to the visitor ticket booths. On the accompanying map, the Pfizer lab entrance is marked A, and the Ross Gallery B.
NYBG Map
Wifi networks: Once on-site, workshop participants can log into the NYBG_Guest network for internet access.
Meals: Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be provided at NYBG on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided following the workshop.

Referencing Pre-workshop webinars

Potential Workshop Topics from the Pre-workshop webinars
Links to the pre-workshop webinars can be found here

Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center

Agenda

Day 1: Thursday, March 23
8:00 Breakfast @ NYBG
9:15 Why we are here:

Welcome and introductions (organizing team first)

  • Name
  • Affiliation
  • What is your interest in this workshop?
  • What is one goal you would like to see a Biological Collections Action Center accomplish?
 Libby Ellwood
9:45 Highlights of NASEM report and webinars
NASEM doc		 Pam Soltis
Andy Bentley
10:15 Break
10:45 Impacts and Challenges Gil Nelson
Libby Ellwood
11:30 Lunch @ NYBG
Priorities Breakout Group Deliberations

Please develop a consensus list of at least 5 priorities an action center could achieve.
(More than 5 is permissible)
Discussion Notes: Group1, Group2, Group3, Group4
Slide Presentation: Record Priorities here:

1:00 Looking back from the Future: Nobel Prize exercise Emily Sessa
1:30 Group 1 Moderator: Joe Cook Scribe: Shyla Davison

Andy Bentley, Matthew Pace, Doug Jones, Angelo Soto-Centeno, Scott Miller, Kim Watson, Jenn Yost

1:30 Group 2 Moderator: Breda Zimkus Scribe: Lauren Cohen

Matt Borths, Pam Soltis, Chris Johnson, Talia Karim, Jose Fortes, Steve Ellis, Nicole Tarnowsky

1:30 Group 3 Moderator:John Bates Scribe: Jesse Grosso

Austin Mast, Jyotsna Pandey, Hilary Swain, Patrick Sweeney, Barbara Thiers, Kelcie Brown

1:30 Group 4 Moderator: Carol Butler Scribe: David Jennings

Bill Moser, Shirley Pomponi, Libby Ellwood, Nelson Rios, Reed Beaman, Larry Gall, Leanna McMillin

3:00 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Presentations & Discussion: Action Center Priorities from Group Breakouts

Slide Presentation: Recorded Priorities here:
Each group should designate speaker(s) to review group priorities
and field questions as needed.

Moderators: Emily Sessa, Gil Nelson
5:00 Wrap-Up Moderator: Joe Cook

Workshop Agenda Day 2 Goal of the Day:
Develop detailed written draft statements describing the priority components for an Action Center
(not to be confused with polished prose).

Day 2: Friday, March 24
8:00 Breakfast @ NYBG
9:30 Reviewing and Refining the Action Center Components recommended on the Day 1

The goal of Day 2 is to review and prioritize the Action Center Components from the slide decks completed on Day 1 and to expand each component into one or more explanatory paragraphs, not to be confused with polished prose. We will begin the day with the same four groups. Each group should structure its own time, taking breaks as needed, with the goal of completing its work by noon.

Moderators: Carol Butler, Gil Nelson, Jyotsna Pandey
9:45 Group 1 Notes Slide Deck] Moderator: Joe Cook Scribe: Shyla Davison

Andy Bentley, Matthew Pace, Doug Jones, Angelo Soto-Centeno, Scott Miller, Kim Watson, Jenn Yost

9:45 Group 2 Notes Slide Deck]] Moderator: Breda Zimkus Scribe: Lauren Cohen

Matt Borths, Pam Soltis, Chris Johnson, Talia Karim, Jose Fortes, Steve Ellis, Nicole Tarnowsky

9:45 Group 3 Notes Slide Deck]] Moderator:John Bates Scribe: Jesse Grosso

Austin Mast, Jyotsna Pandey, Hilary Swain, Patrick Sweeney, Barbara Thiers, Kelcie Brown

9:45 Group 4 Notes Slide Deck]] Moderator: Carol Butler Scribe: David Jennings

Bill Moser, Shirley Pomponi, Libby Ellwood, Nelson Rios, Reed Beaman, Larry Gall, Leanna McMillin

Noon Lunch @ NYBG
1:30 Group reports
Global Centers (GC)		 Moderator: Libby Ellwood
3:00 Break
3:30 Wrap-up Moderator: Libby Ellwood
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