EMu SIG workshop

Workshop: Axiell EMu NHSIG (Natural History Special Interest Group)
Place: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, PA)
Date: morning, 7 October, 2015

Overview:

• time: 8:30 - 12:30, room yet to be assigned
• format of talks - 30 minutes: ~20 minute talks, with at least 10 for discussion

Schedule:

• 7:30 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast

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• 8:30 - 9:00 Intro to the Alphabets (NIBA (now BCON), ADBC, TCN, PEN, iDigBio, funding) (Gil Nelson, iDigBio)

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• 9:00 - 9:30 Digitization Workflows - task clusters, more detail (Gil Nelson, iDigBio)

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• 9:30 - 10:00 Data Usage - Showing the Value of Collections (Christine Johnson, AMNH)

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• 10:00 - 10:30 Data Standards & Mobilization (Joanna McCaffrey, iDigBio)

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• 10:30 - 11:00 BREAK

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• 11:00 - 11:30 Imaging Workflows and Protocols (Paul Mayer, FMNH)

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• 11:30 - 12:00 Proactive Digitization with FIMS (Beth Gamble, Jamie Whitacre, SI NMNH)

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• 12:00 - 12:30 Round table - wrap up - digitization discussion (All - plus moderators: Larry Gall / Beth Gamble / Sharon Grant / Rebecca Snyder / Melissa Tulig)

Segue to lunch and afternoon EMu NHSIG meeting