[Nhcoll-l] Reminder: Small Collections Network Webinar tomorrow, 22 October.

[Gil Nelson]

Reminder: SCNet webinar tomorrow, 22 October, 3:00 p.m., Eastern. Free, 
open to anyone. See 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__smallcollections.net_content_leveraging-2Dpaleobiology-2Ddatabase-2Ddata-2Dundergraduate-2Deducation&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=DzXMiHF3dDPLolpBjxHay6d3qDTEnWzbAnGFqNayXXo&e= .

*Title: Leveraging the  Paleobiology Database data for undergraduate 
education*
*Date: 22 October 2015*
*Time: 3-4 pm EDT*
*Virtual meeting place:https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet*
*Presenter: Mark H. Uhen, Assistant Professor, Department of 
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoes.gmu.edu_&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=u2Mevr4gmCvro-Q-ijQonm64b3veSs1B_S_DNI2DWgQ&e= >Affiliate, 
Department of Environmental Science and Policy <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__esp.gmu.edu_&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=wdcBGzXb7T5Sx7jaW_1CtPfesmabqbv7lf02Dhvt15k&e= >*
With the rapid growth of "big data" in the sciences, the need to 
understand and manage their use in undergraduate education has become 
increasingly important. Dr. Uhen will investigate how the Paleobiology 
Database (PBDB), a large database of fossil information, can be 
leveraged to provide research experiences to undergraduates at two and 
four-year colleges that do not necessarily have extensive fossil 
collections of their own. The Paleobiology Database (PaleoBioDB) is a 
non-governmental, non-profit public resource for paleontological data. 
Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and 
taxonomic data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data 
services to allow easy access to data for independent development of 
analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all types. 
The Database’s broader goal is to encourage and enable data-driven 
collaborative efforts that address large-scale paleobiological 
questions. This project will guide how other large scientific databases 
can be used to craft research experiences for undergraduate students, 
and provide the means for other earth science programs to engage their 
undergraduates in scientific research.

-- 
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

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20151021/e8a8b03e/attachment.html