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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please join us
</span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TOMORRROW,
<span style="color:black">October 9th </span></span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">for the first webinar in a two-part series on Arctos geographical data.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the first of two of our Geography webinars, we will focus on how the Arctos database models and organizes geographic information (including localities). We view Geography in Arctos
as fundamental data that, together with a timestamp, adds critical value to a specimen or an observation; it is what transforms a preserved organism into a scientific specimen. However, geographic information is often not as easily recorded and standardized
as, say, physical measurements. Arctos uses a series of tables to normalize as much as possible all geographic information that is shared among collections in Arctos while still allowing each collection control over georeferencing textual geographic descriptions
of localities and allow sharing of common ones. We will demonstrate this data structure and how implementation of consistent geographical standards allows Arctos to offer the most useful locality data possible. If time allows, we will discuss work in progress
and future goals for geographical data in Arctos.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the second part of our Geography webinars (Part II: November 13<sup>th</sup>), we will focus on Georeferencing and best practices of locality management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Presenters:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span>Michelle Koo (GIS & Biodiversity Informatics Curator, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology) and Tom Giermakowski (Sr. Collection Manager, Division of Amphibians
and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">When:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Tuesday October 9<sup>th</sup> 2018, at 3:00 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><a href="https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room" target="_blank" id="LPlnk428565">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Can’t make it?</span></b><span style="color:black"> View our archived recordings here: </span><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars" target="_blank" id="LPlnk999674"><span style="color:#4472C4">https://arctosdb.org/learn/<span class="xhighlight"><span style="background:white">webinar</span></span><span style="background:white">s</span></span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This is the 11th in a series of webinars on Arctos brought to you by the Arctos Working Group and kindly hosted by iDigBio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Emily Braker</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">University of Colorado Museum of Natural History</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Boulder, CO 80309-0218</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Phone: 303-492-8466</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">http://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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