[Nhcoll-l] Small Collections Network: Upcoming webinars

[Gil Nelson]

Below are the announcements for the June and July Small Collections 
Network webinars. These are also available on the SCNet website: 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scnet.acis.ufl.edu_tags_webinar-2Dseries&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=XKlgqVdvGIGUph9AP6_8AgY1XtB3t1MmBUGtge-AVAQ&e= . No registration required. 
Navigate with any browser to https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=_ZCZfjR_F_B8UJDAy27A4MkJMIeJjPReZVeFCzEPpkc&e= .

*18 June 2015*
**3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT**
***Virtual meeting place:* https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet-2A-2A&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=pknY5rsDYpGmfEQ6jlilHw_TDZqhqDWZrPIiop_3Jfk&e= 
*Handy-Dandy Biodiversity Database for Field Stations*
***Presenter: Beth Rogers, Librarian, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre 
(BMSC)***
TheBamfield Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC) <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bms.bc.ca_&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=8C3Ngnogz8j7HP2lCWeorGlsTUWu7b0K28kVL0zeDm0&e= >created 
a web-based, geo-referenced database to track biodiversity in Barkley 
Sound. Bamfield and Barkley Sound are located on the west coast of 
Vancouver Island, Canada.  The database could easily be customized for 
use by other field stations.
BMSC wanted this database to serve three functions: 1) list species 
known to occur in Barkley Sound; 2) recorded collections and 
observations (both positive and negative); 3) generate annual reports 
required by federal agencies such as DFO and CCAC.
The database includes plants and animals, and collections/observations 
from marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments. The project 
manager and developer were familiar with NatureServe’s Biotics database 
and had worked together previously to create the BC Species and 
Ecosystems Explorer web application.
The presentation will walk through the BMSC Biodiversity Database, 
demonstrating the types of reports that can be generated as well as the 
data entry interface. The goal is to help staff at other field stations 
imagine how they might customize the database to meet their own needs.
The database is accessible at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__biodiv.bms.bc.ca_&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=l69j1tnUZwY83Tzwxh_SUu9wKcLkUtR8v5tha6ngR5g&e= 
Basic specifications of the database are summarized in the linked 
document:BDDB_info.pdf. 
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.idigbio.com_sites_default_files_working-2Dgroups_SCNet_BDDB-5Finfo.pdf&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=4_I6RZR26zUo4Vzjd7X053ULIuLBtxj1BnqB6n_niGw&e= >

*23 July 2015*
**3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT**
***Virtual meeting place:* https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet-2A-2A&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=pknY5rsDYpGmfEQ6jlilHw_TDZqhqDWZrPIiop_3Jfk&e= 
*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)*
Museum collections offer a lens into the past and a way to predict the 
future. These functions are especially valuable now as we try to 
anticipate how biodiversity will change with global shifts in climate 
and land use. Collections also offer a way to learn about the species 
that live with us in our most immediate environments, species that 
arguably should have the most pronounced effects on our wellbeing. 
Several recent projects leverage small collections from the past and 
larger, more recent collections built by the public to ask questions in 
biology while connecting citizens to native biodiversity. At NCSU, we 
house several such projects at various stages of development that use 
large and small collections for education. The most developed project 
School of Ants forged new symbioses between science and education. The 
most nascent of our projects will use herbaria to track herbivory across 
unprecedented scales of space and time. Here, we present this project as 
an example of how traditional research on small collections can be 
expanded to include a public component that builds larger collections 
and involves K-12 students in science.

-- 
Gil Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Steering Committee
Integrated Digitized Biocollections
Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
College of Communication and Information

Courtesy Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
Florida State University
gnelson at bio.fsu.edu
Twitter: @idiggilnelson

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