<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The iDigBio Symbiota Working Group would like to invite you to:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Symbiotia Webinar Series</span></b><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">: 3rd Friday of every month at 3-4pm EST from January – June 2016</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Project Managers from several NSF TCNs (MiCC, SERNEC, LBCC, SCAN, and MaCC) will present a series of six webinars focused on understanding all aspects of Symbiotic software and how this web-based collections management tool is used in various plant, fungus and animal portals. Each 30-45 minute webinar will focus on a different topic including: 1) a general overview of collections management features, 2) record creation, 3) transcription, 4) georeferencing, 5) crowdsourcing, and 6) a topic chosen by the webinar series participants.</span></font><span class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class="">For an introduction to Symbiotia: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__symbiota.org_docs_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=H0N7xRqj0FhVd0sD3WWtj3PqdC6a3Zeqid68L8AJREo&s=EYRTG-rDrcdcxMQLUYY-iGzbP1impuZJZGDU8Jwkm-g&e=" class="">http://symbiota.org/docs/</a> and<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class="">Gries C, Gilbert E, Franz N (2014) Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1114. <span class="" style="white-space: nowrap;">doi: <a target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dx.doi.org_10.3897_BDJ.2.e1114&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=78wg5fJmB74FJoRRoTn1ERU3Zz5o1rFvy-D28VyXWXU&m=rT8sXJJSCZnS5Mabopnr81ckOVT6n2dww_w0bPRaAhE&s=91w4i1khQ7MC2RhnQ2yFE2pCOq53JEptKWLvYWg6tqU&e=" class="" style="text-decoration: none;">10.3897/BDJ.2.e1114</a> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bdj.pensoft.net_articles.php-3Fid-3D1114&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=78wg5fJmB74FJoRRoTn1ERU3Zz5o1rFvy-D28VyXWXU&m=rT8sXJJSCZnS5Mabopnr81ckOVT6n2dww_w0bPRaAhE&s=VaZJRLGz-B4jjmmGEyr0DNtfLD_HWpuMi6LadywzYIk&e=" class="">http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1114</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><br class=""></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); background-color: white;">To attend the webinar, login at </span><span class="" style="color: purple;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_room_&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=78wg5fJmB74FJoRRoTn1ERU3Zz5o1rFvy-D28VyXWXU&m=rT8sXJJSCZnS5Mabopnr81ckOVT6n2dww_w0bPRaAhE&s=zCoFrKvlj9f3nANomq0ET-WI2SL_e7hDR4sCA2n2fdo&e=" target="_blank" class="">http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room/</a></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); background-color: white;">, select “Enter as guest,” enter your name, and click Enter room. </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></p><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">As always, the webinar will be recorded and made available via the iDigBio Symbiotia Working Group wiki. If you missed a webinar, check the wiki to watch again on your own time: <span class="" style="color: purple;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_wiki_index.php_SWG-5FWebinar-5FSeries&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=78wg5fJmB74FJoRRoTn1ERU3Zz5o1rFvy-D28VyXWXU&m=rT8sXJJSCZnS5Mabopnr81ckOVT6n2dww_w0bPRaAhE&s=CIYCB6Fbxg96HjEVrfTM-oazGZvhOAFfxxv_v2GjdWM&e=" target="_blank" class="">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/SWG_Webinar_Series</a></span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><u class=""></u><font face="Times New Roman" class=""> </font><u class=""></u></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Test your connection: </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 153, 204); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-color: white;"><font color="#800080" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__admin.acrobat.com_common_help_en_support_meeting-5Ftest.htm&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=78wg5fJmB74FJoRRoTn1ERU3Zz5o1rFvy-D28VyXWXU&m=rT8sXJJSCZnS5Mabopnr81ckOVT6n2dww_w0bPRaAhE&s=wzfG4n_qH-C8LRDtc_tHUxvSZ_5_WMgKdPDgdKTqOYU&e=" target="_blank" class="">https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm</a></font></span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Get a quick overview: </span><span class="" style="color: purple;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.adobe.com_products_adobeconnect.html&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=78wg5fJmB74FJoRRoTn1ERU3Zz5o1rFvy-D28VyXWXU&m=rT8sXJJSCZnS5Mabopnr81ckOVT6n2dww_w0bPRaAhE&s=oKOhFNArM9KcR-Ql2CiKumU6py8f51m1wU90MKwoM_Q&e=" target="_blank" class="">http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html</a></span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><u class=""></u><font face="Times New Roman" class=""> </font><u class=""></u></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><u class=""></u><font face="Times New Roman" class=""> </font><u class=""></u><b class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><u class="">Symbiotia Webinar Series schedule</u></span></b></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">1. Collection Management Features – Elizabeth Lippoldt (MiCC) <b class="">January 15, 2016 from 3-4pm EST</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">An overview of collection management features used in Symbiota portals including creating accounts and assigning permissions, entering skeletal records, searching via the Occurrence Editor, monitoring statistics, duplicate cleaning, and downloading data.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">2. Record Creation – Michael Denslow (SERNEC) <b class="">February 19, 2016</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u><b class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">An overview of methods used in Symbiota portals for creating skeletal (Stage 1) records and transcribed (Stage 2) occurrence records.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">3. Transcription – Julianne Smith (LBCC) <b class="">March 18, 2016</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u><b class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">A walkthrough of the full occurrence record form used in Symbiota portals including defining terms, navigating the image display, and the general protocol for transcribing Stage 1 records into Stage 2 records with the assistance of OCR and NLP.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">4. Georeferencing – Anne Barber (SCAN) <b class="">April 15, 2016</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u><b class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">A walkthrough of the process of batch-georeferencing specimens in Symbiota portals using Geolocate and Google Maps as well as the sharing of tips and tricks.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">5. Crowdsourcing – Mari Roberts (MaCC) <b class="">May 20, 2016</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u><b class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">An overview of the Symbiota crowdsourcing features for establishing, performing, and reviewing crowdsourced data from both the volunteer and portal manager perspectives.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">6. Webinar Request <b class="">June 17, 2016</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u><b class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">A webinar focused on the most popular request(s) from the webinar participants and the Symbiota Working Group members.</font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Cheers,</font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Andy</font></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class=""><div class="">–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</div><div class="">Andrew Miller, Ph.D.</div><div class="">Mycologist and Director of the Herbarium/Fungarium</div><div class="">University of Illinois</div><div class="">Illinois Natural History Survey</div><div class="">1816 South Oak Street</div><div class="">Champaign, IL 61820-6970</div><div class="">phone: (217) 244-0439</div><div class="">email: <a href="mailto:amiller7@illinois.edu" class="">amiller7@illinois.edu</a></div><div class="">website:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wwx.inhs.illinois.edu_research_pi_amiller&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=H0N7xRqj0FhVd0sD3WWtj3PqdC6a3Zeqid68L8AJREo&s=Nawb99T3Ltzm0GFxkARlgbxpIU4fVP0c8LrZ_Yk3reY&e=" class="">http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/research/pi/amiller</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Office address:</div><div class="">Robert A. Evers Laboratory</div><div class="">Room 2003</div><div class="">1909 South Oak Street, MC-652</div></div></div></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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