Blogs and News

Citizen Science: A Symbiotic Future for Research and Education Using Biological Collections

23 July 2015
3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT
Virtual meeting place: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet
Citizen Science: A Symbiotic Future for Research and Education Using Biological Collections
Presenters: Emily Meineke (North Carolina State, Entomology), Steven D. Frank (North Carolina State, Entomology), Robert Dunn (North Carolina State, Biology)

Small Collections Symposium at SPNHC 2015

iDigBio, SCNet, and NSCA (Natural Science Collections Alliance) are pleased to sponsor a second small collections symposium at the upcoming SPNHC 2015 conference, to be held 17-23 May 2015 in Gainesville, FL. iDigBio has established a wiki for the symposium that includes the annotated agenda as well as a brief list of presentations: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Small_Collections_Symposium_SPNHC_2015. Please see the annotated agenda, which includes abstracts, for more detail about the sessions. Remote attendance is available for those who cannot attend in person. Login as guest to https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet to participate. The sessions will also be recorded and made available on the wiki as will PDF copies or the PowerPoint presentations.
 
For more information, contact symposium convenors Anna Monfils (monfi1ak@cmich.edu) or Gil Nelson (gnelson@bio.fsu.edu).
 
See conference reports from 2014 here: http://www.brightcopy.net/allen/cfnl/28-2/index.php#/16 and http://www.brightcopy.net/allen/cfnl/28-2/index.php#/34.
 
 

Increasing Capacity for Small Natural History Collections: Developing Protocol for Volunteer-Based Inventorying Programs

15 January 2015
3:00-4:00 p.m Eastern
Virtual meeting place: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet
Increasing Capacity for Small Natural History Collections:  Developing Protocol for Volunteer-Based Inventorying Programs.
Presenters: Shana Hawrylchak, Manager of Exhibits and Collections, EcoTarium; Kaleigh Pare, Collections Specialist; EcoTarium; Emma Westling, Collections Consultant.