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Below are the announcements for the June and July Small Collections
Network webinars. These are also available on the SCNet website: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scnet.acis.ufl.edu_tags_webinar-2Dseries&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=XKlgqVdvGIGUph9AP6_8AgY1XtB3t1MmBUGtge-AVAQ&e=">http://scnet.acis.ufl.edu/tags/webinar-series</a>.
No registration required. Navigate with any browser to <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=_ZCZfjR_F_B8UJDAy27A4MkJMIeJjPReZVeFCzEPpkc&e=">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet</a>.<br>
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255);">18 June 2015</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;
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255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">3:00-4:00
p.m. EDT</strong></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;
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255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Virtual
meeting place:</strong> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=_ZCZfjR_F_B8UJDAy27A4MkJMIeJjPReZVeFCzEPpkc&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);
text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet</a></strong></strong><br
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color:
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255);">Handy-Dandy Biodiversity Database for Field Stations</strong><br
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color:
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255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Presenter:
Beth Rogers, Librarian, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC)</strong></strong></strong><br
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bms.bc.ca_&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=8C3Ngnogz8j7HP2lCWeorGlsTUWu7b0K28kVL0zeDm0&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; color:
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Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
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background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
(BMSC)</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</span><br style="box-sizing:
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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.</span><br
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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.</span><br
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The
database is accessible at: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__biodiv.bms.bc.ca_&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=l69j1tnUZwY83Tzwxh_SUu9wKcLkUtR8v5tha6ngR5g&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box;
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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://biodiv.bms.bc.ca/</a><br
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Basic
specifications of the database are summarized in the linked
document:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.idigbio.com_sites_default_files_working-2Dgroups_SCNet_BDDB-5Finfo.pdf&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=4_I6RZR26zUo4Vzjd7X053ULIuLBtxj1BnqB6n_niGw&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);
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rgb(255, 255, 255);">BDDB_info.pdf.</a><br>
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255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">3:00-4:00
p.m. EDT</strong></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color:
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255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Virtual
meeting place:</strong> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux2JwoHicbTwOUBaub2Utkvpe18lAejiQxfTqWvjIkA&s=_ZCZfjR_F_B8UJDAy27A4MkJMIeJjPReZVeFCzEPpkc&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);
text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet</a></strong></strong><br
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color:
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255);">Citizen Science: A Symbiotic Future for Research and
Education Using Biological Collections</strong><br
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color:
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Presenters: Emily Meineke (North Carolina State,
Entomology), Steven D. Frank (North Carolina State, Entomology),
Robert Dunn (North Carolina State, Biology)</strong><br
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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.</span><br>
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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
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a>
Twitter: @idiggilnelson</pre>
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