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General Information 4 Agenda-at-a-Glance 5 space Space Space Space Space Space Space Space Space Space Lounge Lounge Open Meeting Meeting Open Meeting Open Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Meeting Open Open meeting meeting Open Studio Studio EAB EAB EAB to finalize finalize to discussion Robotics Robotics Leadership with iDigBio iDigBio with Reserved for for Reserved for Reserved Reserved for for Reserved EAB meeting EAB meeting EAB meeting EAB meeting Kickoff Kickoff Meeting LepNet TCN TCN LepNet TCN LepNet LepNet TCN TCN LepNet Kilobytes Kilobytes (continued) (continued) Kickoff Meeting Meeting Kickoff Meeting Kickoff NSCAlliance NSCAlliance NSCAlliance NSCAlliance NSCAlliance NSCAlliance NSCAlliance Reserved for for Reserved Reserved for for Reserved for Reserved Reserved for for Reserved Board Meeting Board Board Meeting Board Meeting Board Board Meeting Board Cultural Arts Cultural Cultural Arts Cultural Q&A Q & A Effort iDigBio iDigBio Session National National Welcome 2011 TCN 2011 2011 TCN TCN 2011 Lightning Orientation Digitization Digitization Presentations Main Space Main Main Space Main own Break Other Other Corridor or Corridor or Lunch on your your on Lunch Break Breakfast on your own your on Breakfast Check-in Summit Adjourn own your on Dinner Travel Day for Participants for Day Travel own your on Breakfast Check-in Summit Break Transition 3:15 9:50 1:00 5:00 3:00 9:30 9:00 5:00 8:30- 3:15 - 3:15 10:15 10:10 9:55 - 9:55 Time Time 10:25 10:55 3:00 - 1:00 - 9:00 - 8:30 - 9:30 - 10:00 11:30 10:25- 8-8:30 8-8:30 10:15 - 10:15 10:10 - 10:10 10:00 - 10:00 11:30 - 11:30 Morning Morning Daytime Evening 9:50-9:55 Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - Summit Day 1 Day - Summit 2, 2016 November Wednesday, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - Travel Day / Business Meetings / Orientation Meetings Business / Day - Travel 2016 1, November Tuesday, space space space Space Space Space Space Space Space Space Space Space Meeting Lounge Specify Users Users Specify Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open meeting meeting Open Open meeting meeting Open Open meeting meeting Open Studio Meeting Paleo TCNs TCNs Paleo Robotics Meeting Symbiota Symbiota Kilobytes Working Group Group Working Cultural Arts Cultural Q&A Q&A Q&A Q&A Q&A Q&A 2012 TCN 2012 2014 TCN 2014 2012 TCN TCN 2012 2013 TCN 2013 2014 TCN TCN 2014 2013 TCN TCN 2013 2015 TCN 2015 2016 TCN 2016 2015 TCN TCN 2015 TCN 2016 Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Working & Working Overview of of Overview Presentations Presentations Presentations Presentations Presentations Main Space Main Day 1 wrap-up 1 wrap-up Day Interest Groups Interest group meetings, Q&A, etc. meetings, group Other Meeting rooms open for TCN meetings, working working meetings, TCN for open rooms Meeting Corridor or Break Adjourn Transition Transition Lunch on your own your on Lunch Transition cash bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres provided d’oeuvres hors heavy and bar - cash Aquarium Tennessee the at program Evening (TNACI) Institute Conservation Aquarium Tennessee the of Director George, Anna Dr. Speaker: Conservation.” Aquatic Southeastern for Collections History Natural and Living of Power the “Harnessing 3:15 2:15 1:15 2:10 3:45 2:45 1:45 1:50 5:00 3:30 5:00 2:30 1:40 2:00 1:30 3:15 - 3:15 2:15 - 2:15 12:10 1:15 - 1:15 7:00 - 7:00 2:10 - 2:10 3:45 - 3:45 2:45 - 2:45 11:15 1:45 - 1:45 Time 11:35 11:55 1:50 - 1:50 3:30 - 2:30 - 2:00 - 10:00 1:30 - 12:10 - 12:10 11:15 - - 11:15 11:35 - 11:35 10:55 - 10:55 11:55 - 11:55 11:40 - 11:40 Wednesday, November 2, 2016 (continued) 2, 2016 November Wednesday,

Agenda-at-a-Glance 6 Agenda-at-a-Glance 7 Space Space Space Space Space Lounge Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Open Meeting Meeting Open Meeting Open Studio Outreach Robotics resources Educational Data Quality Data use data Data What to to What schemas Extending Extending quality for for quality Kilobytes downstream downstream digitize next? digitize NSF NSF your your effort of the the of project Meeting of TCNs of national managing managing Effectively Effectively digitization digitization digitization digitization Sustainability Sustainability Sustainability Sustainability Cultural Arts Cultural and and your your together Citation Welcome skills for skills for research audience Exanding Exanding using the the using Tools and and Tools Discussion Open Room Room Open Open Room Room Open Attribution Attribution Discussion - Discussion Inspiration & Inspiration Collaboration services for for services Bringing it all it Bringing iDigBio data data iDigBio Main Space Main Other Corridor or Summary Powerpoint Summary format: in bullet-point summaries their up write All groups Summary Powerpoint Summary format: in bullet-point summaries their up write All groups Summary Powerpoint Summary format: in bullet-point summaries their up write All groups Breakfast on your own your on Breakfast Arrival Break Break Adjourn Lunch on your own your on Lunch Break 4:15 2:15 2:45 4:30 5:00 1:00 9:00 9:30 2:30 4:00 8:30- 4:15 - 4:15 2:15 - 2:15 10:15 2:45 - 2:45 Time 11:45 12:00 9:00 - 4:00 - 1:00 - 2:30 - 9:30 - 10:30 8-8:30 10:15 - 10:15 11:45 - 11:45 12:00 - 12:00 10:30 - 10:30 Morning 3:45-5:00 Thursday, November 3, 2016 - Summit Day 2 Day - Summit 3, 2016 November Thursday, Robotics Kilobytes Robotics Robotics Robotics Robotics Kilobytes Kilobytes Cultural Arts Cultural Pre-function Main Space Main Cultural Arts Cultural Cultural Arts Cultural Cultural Arts Cultural Pre-function Pre-function

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 1, November Tuesday, Business Meetings; Travel Day for All Other Attendees All Other for Day Travel Meetings; Business Research Capacity Research Capacity Pokemon LepSnap, LepXlore, Education-Outreach Summary Imaging protocols Imaging Lightning Roundtable Lightning Digitization Introduction and major issues issues major and Introduction Alphabet soup [Deborah Paul] [Deborah soup Alphabet McCaffrey] [Joanna iDigBio to data get to How Jennings] [David year first in your expect to What James] [Shelley involved get to How & Answers Questions Introduction & history [Larry Page] [Larry & history Introduction Afternoon Break (provided) Break Afternoon LepNet TCN Kickoff Meeting Kickoff TCN LepNet • • • Reserved for NSC Alliance Board Meeting Board Alliance NSC for Reserved session) (closed Meeting Board Advisory External iDigBio for Reserved session) (closed Lunch (on your own) your (on Lunch Leadership iDigBio with Meeting EAB Lunch LepNet TCN Kickoff Meeting (continued) Meeting Kickoff TCN LepNet • Reserved for NSC Alliance Board Meeting Board Alliance NSC for Reserved session) (closed Meeting Board Advisory External iDigBio for Reserved session) (closed Morning Break (provided) Break Morning • • LepNet TCN Kickoff Meeting Kickoff TCN LepNet • Reserved for NSC Alliance Board Meeting Board Alliance NSC for Reserved session) (closed Meeting Board Advisory External iDigBio for Reserved session) (closed Breakfast (on your own) your (on Breakfast Check-in Summit Adjourn own your on Dinner • • • • • iDigBio Orientation Session Orientation iDigBio • Reserved for NSC Alliance Board Meeting Board Alliance NSC for Reserved session) (closed Meeting Board Advisory External iDigBio for Reserved session) (closed 3:00pm - 3:15pm 3:00pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm 1:00pm 11:30am - 1:00pm 11:30am - 1:00pm 11:30am 10:15am - 11:30am 10:15am 10:15am - 11:30am 10:15am - 11:30am 10:15am 10:00am - 10:15 am - 10:15 10:00am 8:30am - 10:00am 8:30am - 10:00am 8:30am - 10:00am 8:00am - 8:30am 8:00am - Morning 5:00pm Evening 3:15pm - 5:00pm 3:15pm 3:15pm - 5:00pm 3:15pm - 5:00pm 3:15pm

Schedule 8 Schedule 9 Main Space Main Main Space Main Main Space Main Main Space Main Main Space Main Main Space Main Space Main Pre-function Pre-function Neil Cobb Tom Nash Tom Larry Page Larry Talia Karim Talia Zack Murrell Zack Chris Neefus Chris Robert Gropp Ken Cameron Mike Webster Matthew Foltz Petra Sierwald Petra Roland Roberts David Jennings David Patrick Sweeney Bruce Lieberman Bruce Muriel Poston, NSF Poston, Muriel David Reed, FLMNH FLMNH Reed, David Summit Day 1 Day Summit Wednesday, November 2, 2016 2, November Wednesday, Welcome Welcome Logistics Logistics ADBC BCON iDigBio iDigBio InvertEBase SERNEC Great Lakes Aquatic Invasives (GLI) (GLI) Invasives Aquatic Lakes Great Macroalgal Consortium Macroalgal (FIC) Collaborative Insect Fossil Vouchered Animal Communication (VACS) Communication Animal Vouchered Macrofungi (MaCC) (MaCC) Macrofungi SCAN Paleoniches Paleoniches New England Vascular Plants (NEVP) Plants Vascular England New Lichens & Bryophytes (LBCC) (LBCC) & Bryophytes Lichens Breakfast (on your own) your (on Breakfast Check-in Summit • • Welcome & Orientation • • • National Digitization EffortTalks - Digitization National • • • 2013 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion Answers, - Questions, TCNs 2013 own) your (on Lunch each 5 slides - 5 minutes, Talks - Lightning TCNs 2014 • 2014 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion Answers, - Questions, TCNs 2014 Transition • • 2012 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion Answers, - Questions, TCNs 2012 Transition each 5 slides - 5 minutes, Talks - Lightning TCNs 2013 • • • 2011 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion Answers, Questions, - TCNs 2011 (provided) Break Morning each 5 slides - 5 minutes, Talks - Lightning TCNs 2012 • • National Digitization Effort - Digitization National & Discussion Answers, Questions, Transition each 5 slides - 5 minutes, Talks Lightning - TCNs 2011 • Morning 8:00am - 8:30am 8:00am - 8:30am - 9:00am 9:00am - 9:30am 11:55am - 12:10pm 11:55am - 1:15pm 12:10pm - 1:30pm 1:15pm 1:30pm - 1:45pm 1:30pm - 1:50pm 1:45pm 11:15am - 11:35am 11:15am - 11:40am 11:35am - 11:55am 11:40am 10:10am - 10:25am 10:10am am - 10:55 10:25am - 11:15am 10:55am 9:30am - 9:50am - 9:55am 9:50am - 10:10am 9:55am Studio Lounge Main Space Main Space Main Space Main Space Main Space Main Pre-function Deb Paul Deb Neil Cobb Andy Miller Andy Erica Clites Erica Cynthia Skema Cynthia Bruce Lieberman Bruce Microfungi (MiCC) Microfungi (EPICC) Invertebrates Marine Fossil LepNet (MAM) Megalopolis Mid-Atlantic Cretaceous World Cretaceous Larry Page: Introduction Page: Larry Southeasten for Collections History Natural and Living of Power the “Harnessing George: Anna Conservation” Aquatic viewing for open Aquarium Specify users Meeting users Specify 5 minutes, 5 slides each 5 slides - 5 minutes, Talks - Lightning TCNs 2015 • • • • 2015 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion Answers, - Questions, TCNs 2015 Transition each 5 slides - 5 minutes, Talks - Lightning TCNs 2016 • & Discussion Answers, - Questions, TCNs 2016 (provided) Break Afternoon Groups & Interest Working of Overview Discussion & Answers, - Questions, 1 wrap-up Day Meeting TCNs Paleo Group Working Symbiota the of Meeting . Developments Technological and Funding Symbiota Building go? to want we do where and be to want we do What working/interest meetings, TCN for open rooms Meeting Q&A, etc. meetings, group Adjourn Tennessee Aquarium Tennessee the by co-sponsored program Evening provided d’oeuvres hors heavy and bar Cash • • • Wednesday continued Wednesday 3:45pm - 5:00pm 3:45pm 1:50pm - 2:00pm 1:50pm 2:00pm - 2:10pm 2:00pm - 2:15pm 2:10pm - 2:30pm 2:15pm - 2:45pm 2:30pm - 3:15pm 2:45pm - 3:30pm 3:15pm - 3:45pm 3:30pm - 5:00pm 3:45pm - 5:00pm 3:45pm - 5:00pm 3:45pm 5:00pm - 10:00pm 7:00pm

Schedule 10 Schedule 11 Robotics Kilobytes Main Space Main Main Space Main Main Space Main Main Space Main Cultural Arts Cultural Pre-function Pre-function 2 videos Neil Cobb Gil Nelson Gil Mary Klein Mary Dan Stoner Ben Brandt Ben Matt Collins Matt Austin Mast Rich Rabeler Deborah Paul Deborah Shelley James Shelley David Jennings David David Jennings David Andre Poremski Andre Patrick Sweeney John Coddington John Joanna McCaffrey Joanna Jennifer Hammock Jennifer Doug Jones, FLMNH Jones, Doug - Summit Day 2 Day Summit ​. Thursday, November 3, 2016 3, November Thursday, Welcome Digitize? Why GUODA Conservation Logistics Logistics GGBN Morning Break (provided) Break Morning Data Quality Data portal people, informatics TCNs, veteran TCNs, New Audience: iDigBio to data getting of recap generators, data managers, with session (1) An informational audience) on (depending (2) GUIDs feedback; and answers, questions, for time ample (3) Special many; for a challenge be to continue rights and (re)publishing; and : identifiers users Symbiota to attention images and data for (4) Attribution This session will brainstorm sustainability strategies for for strategies sustainability will brainstorm This session (1) to: limited are not but include, will topics Discussion TCNs. (2) planning; sustainability TCN of basics the Understanding - collec TCN cooperating active of mass Critical Partnerships: and TCNs other with collaborating PENs, of use Effective tions, 2021. beyond (3) TCNs and projects; 3rd party next? digitize to What institu of number the and year sixth is in its ADBC that Now many exponentially, expanded has collections digitizing tions to needs future and experiences past are using collections and we will discuss session, this In goals. digitization refine What activities. digitization prioritize institutions how on reflect to specimens which about selections making into go factors data digital available in currently gaps do How next? digitize strategies What digitize? to choose institutions what impact prioritizations Should prioritizations? make to used been have methods are there or goals, institutional individual to limited be institutions? of a network across prioritization collaborative for digitization tracking for developed been have strategies What success? Concentrating on our priorities for the next five years: Where do Where years: five next the for priorities our on Concentrating are our What like? look future our does What here? from go we concentrate to us for important is most What goals? common on? audience your Expanding in public the engage to opportunities new will brainstorm We might Topics research. and digitization collections-centered for Engagement Worldwide the for innovations future include science citizen and event (WeDigBio) Biocollections Digitizing cyberinfrastructure. TCNs of Sustainability Discussion Room Open Breakfast (on your own) your (on Breakfast Arrival • • • • Welcome & Orientation • & Collaboration Inspiration • 10:30am - 11:45am 10:30am 10:30am - 11:45am 10:30am 10:15am - 10:30am 10:15am 10:30am - 11:45am 10:30am 10:30am - 11:45am 10:30am 9:30am - 10:15am Morning 8:00am - 8:30am 8:00am - 8:30am - 9:00am 9:00am - 9:30am

Robotics Kilobytes Main Space Main Main Space Main Cultural Arts Cultural Pre-function Cultural Arts Cultural Tom Nash Tom Gil Nelson Gil Gil Nelson Gil Pam Soltis Pam Pam Soltis Pam Andy Miller Andy Ben Brandt Ben Matt Collins Matt Matt Collins Matt Rich Rabeler Deborah Paul Deborah Deborah Paul Deborah Molly Phillips Molly Ken Cameron Rüdiger Bieler Shelley James Shelley Shelley James Shelley David Jennings David Michael Denslow Adania Flemming Adania Bruce MacFadden Bruce - Afternoon Break (provided) Break Afternoon All groups write up their summaries in bullet-point for in bullet-point summaries their up write All groups mat: Powerpoint Summary Citation and Attribution big in large-scale, used are increasingly data As biodiversity provide community collections the can how projects, data attribution ensure to information appropriate and sufficient to relayed be can recommendations What tracking? and community ADBC in the researchers and publishers literature from downloads data within data that ensure to beyond and within adequately, cited be can aggregators data biodiversity brainstorm, us Help information? supplementary or article the this of aspects technical and sociological both explore we as topic. important Outreach brainstorming an introductory with will begin This session the to mean outreach does What outreach: TCN about round in engage actively more TCNs can How projects? different outreach, between distinction is the what and outreach? will session The engagement? community and marketing, a of concept the introducing MacFadden Bruce with conclude ADBC all of for project outreach a collective as Museum Virtual and beyond. Effectively managing your digitization project digitization your managing Effectively effectively for strategies will brainstorm This session the will discuss We project. digitization your managing in administration and management project of importance budget. within and time on project digitization your keeping collective on based techniques and ideas will brainstorm We learned. lessons and experience use downstream for quality Data iDigBio publishers, many our from data of ingestion the During quality data provides and fields data certain standardizes users. data and providers for issues potential indicating flags needed being are increasingly fields data biodiversity Which and vocabularies, standards, Do applications? research for with help to developed or updated be to need flags data the can How use? downstream for quality data improving involved? more become community ADBC Tools and skills for using the iDigBio data services for for services data iDigBio the using skills for and Tools research synthetic for tools of a list will brainstorm group Our will We data. specimen digitized using research biodiversity to need and available are currently that tools both discuss that but exist yet don’t that those and accessible more be skills that the discuss will also We useful. broadly be would iDigBio how and tools such use to will need researchers skills and in data training important foster can others and we will identified, tools promising most the For analysis. funding what and implementation and testing for ideas explore ​ so. do to available be might All groups write up their summaries in bullet-point in bullet-point summaries their up write All groups Powerpoint Summary format: own) your (on Lunch NSF with meeting iDigBio Thursday continued Thursday 1:00pm - 2:15pm 1:00pm 1:00pm - 2:15pm 1:00pm 2:30pm - 2:45pm 2:30pm - 4:00pm 2:45pm 1:00pm - 2:15pm 1:00pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm 12:00pm 11:45pm - 12:00pm - 12:00pm 11:45pm 1:00pm - 2:15pm 1:00pm 2:15pm - 2:30pm 2:15pm

Schedule 12 Schedule 13 Robotics Kilobytes Cultural Arts Cultural Pre-function Neil Cobb Gil Nelson Gil Larry Page Larry Zack Murrell Zack Greg Riccardi Greg Deborah Paul Deborah Andy Bentley Jon Hendricks Jon Alex Thompson Bruce MacFadden Bruce All groups write up their summaries in bullet-point in bullet-point summaries their up write All groups Powerpoint Summary format: Break Educational resources Educational and training available sharing is on focus our breakout, In this informatics, biodiversity digitization, for resources education an with begin We’ll data. collections using and managing and about brainstorming to move then and format informational - digiti enhance to developed be might resources new what webinars, what Specifically, skills. biodiversity and zation address to are needed conferences and symposia, workshops, sustain to is needed What 5 years? next in the topics these forward? moving informatics biodiversity and digitization steps. next synthesize to try we’ll brainstorms, the Following Extending data schemas data Extending the into nicely fit not does data biodiversity of Much in are included that schemas other and Darwin Core existing will: (a) we session, this In repositories. and tools biodiversity (b) represented, well are not that types data of a list Create schemas, and fields data new defining for strategies Discuss fields new the on consensus building for strategies (c) Discuss new formalizing for strategies (d) Discuss and schemas, and community. broader for schemas and fields data Discussion Room Open we do Where learn? we did What all together: it Bringing our achieve to together work we do How here? from go action Community ADBC are the What goals? common items? Adjourn own your on Dinner Sustainability of the national digitization effort digitization national the of Sustainability effort to a sustained for a call included Plan Strategic NIBA The NSF by Responses collections. biodiversity nation’s the digitize digitization new catalyze to program ADBC the included have of development the support to RCN BCoN the and activities U.S. all that ensure to practice of community a sustainable will concentrate This session available. digitally are collections effort digitization national the of elements what identifying on are mechanisms what and sustain to important are most elements. those sustain to likely most 2:45pm - 4:00pm 2:45pm 2:45pm - 4:00pm 2:45pm 2:45pm - 4:00pm 2:45pm 4:00pm - 4:15pm 4:00pm 4:15pm - 4:30pm - 4:30pm 4:15pm 4:30pm - 5:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm Evening Thursday continued Thursday Project Website Project http://bcon.aibs.org Biodiversity Collection Network (BCoN) Principal Investigators Principal Bentley & Andrew Gropp Robert Natural Sciences Collections Alliance Natural (NSC Alliance) Advance engineering of the U.S. biodiversity collections cyber-infrastructure to support efficient workflows, workflows, efficient support to cyber-infrastructure collections biodiversity U.S. the of engineering Advance engagement. educational and policy, effective research, innovative information biodiversity of generation next the create and staff collections existing of training Enhance managers. stakeholders. of range a broader from participation and buy-in Increase Establish an enduring and sustainable knowledge base. knowledge sustainable and an enduring Establish education. science informal and formal into exploration and learning specimen-based Infuse • • • • • Project Sponsor Project Biological of Institute American Sciences 1441785 Number Award NSF BCON Goals BCON their benefits could be exponentially increased if the data could be accessed and mined online. mined and accessed be could data the if increased exponentially be could benefits their capture to digitally need a articulated have scientists in which meetings scientific recent of is an outgrowth BCoN the for and education, in research, use for collections science in natural held data associated and specimens biological of Preservation the for Society the Sciences, Biological of Institute American the by founded was initiative The interest. public organizations. 33 by supported currently is and Alliance, Collections Science Natural the Collections, History Natural Project Summary Summary Project Foundation Science National U.S. the by funded initiative national is a five-year (BCoN) Network Collections Biodiversity are The collections biodiversity all U.S. that ensure will that practice of community sustainable a new, of development the support to activities. creative and scholarly other and decision-making, informed education, research, for available digitally institutions 1,600 than more in specimens billion one than more curated and annotated, amassed, have Scientists education, and research for used are heavily data associated their and specimens these Although States. United the across The Natural Science Collections Alliance is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit association that supports natural science science natural supports that association nonprofit D.C.-based is a Washington, Alliance Collections Science Natural The science of benefit the for activities research their and them, house that institutions the resources, human their collections, society. and other and universities herbariums, gardens, botanical museums, of community are part an international of members Our science informal and academic exhibitions, in research, them utilize and collections science natural house that institutions activities. outreach and education, America in North professionals other and scientists institutions, of a network to links you Alliance NSC in the Membership community. our of future the shape help - and concerns common and information news, share can you which through Joseph Cook President Robert Director Policy Gropp Summary Project Project Website Project http://www.nscalliance.org/

ADBC Projects 14 ADBC Projects 15 - Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Digitized Integrated Provide portal access to biodiversity data in a cloud computing environment computing in a cloud data biodiversity to access portal Provide needs cyberinfrastructure to Respond Researchers Educators General public Policy-makers Expand participation: partners and data sources data and partners participation: Expand • • • • • • • Social Media https://www.facebook.com/idigbio https://twitter.com/idigbio https://vimeo.com/idigbio Project Website Project http://www.idigbio.org Larry Page (Principal Investigator) (Principal Page Larry Investigator) - Principal (Co Fortes José Investigator) - Principal (Co MacFadden Bruce Investigator) - Principal (Co Riccardi Greg Investigator) - Principal (Co Soltis Pam Principal Investigators Principal Project Sponsors Project Florida of University University State Florida & DBI-1547229 EF-1115210 Number Agreement Cooperative NSF iDigBio Goals iDigBio workflows and standards digitization effective and efficient Develop The mission of iDigBio is to develop a national infrastructure that supports the vision of ADBC by overseeing implementation of of implementation overseeing by ADBC of vision the supports that infrastructure a national develop is to iDigBio of mission The collections; for environment computing cloud a customized deploying and building digitization; for practices best and standards community, collections community, research the engaging groups; underserved including personnel, training and recruiting national the of sustainability long-term for planning and activities; outreach through public general the and scientists citizen effort. digitization The vision for ADBC is a permanent repository of digitized information from all U.S. biodiversity collections that leads to new new to leads that collections biodiversity all U.S. from information digitized of repository is a permanent ADBC for vision The which outreach, improved through biodiversity of appreciation and understanding a better and research through discoveries policies. economic and environmental improved to leads then standing of biodiversity and societal consequences of environmental issues. environmental of consequences societal and biodiversity of standing Project Summary Summary Project Biodiversity of Digitization Advancing the for center coordinating national is the (iDigBio) Biocollections Digitized Integrated and data of digitization is enabling iDigBio (NSF). Foundation Science National U.S. the by funded program (ADBC) Collections the for online available data the making is and collections history natural U.S. from specimens biodiversity of under millions for media promote to public general the and scientists citizen educators, students, agencies, government community, research Facilitate use of biodiversity data to address environmental and economic challenges for challenges economic and environmental address to data biodiversity of use Facilitate Plan for long-term sustainability of the national digitization effort digitization national the of sustainability long-term for Plan with iDigBio with Software Interface Interface Software Specify Symbiota and EMu Specify, iDigPaleo others; Portal Symbiota Arthropod Easy Easy Arthropod Symbiota, Capture, others and Specify Symbiota EMu Symbiota, Symbiota Symbiota Email [email protected] [email protected] talia.karim@colorado. edu [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] patrick.sweeney@ yale.edu [email protected] [email protected]. edu PI Bruce Bruce Lieberman Neil Cobb Karim Talia Neefus Chris Toby Schuh, Toby Naczi Rob Gries, Corinna Nash, Tom Gilbert Ed Patrick Sweeney Thiers Barbara Chris Dietrich Chris Period Funding Funding 2013 - 2013 2017 2012 - 2012 2016 - 2012 2016 - 2013 2018 2012 - 2012 2017 2011 - 2011 2016 - 2011 2016 - 2012 2016 2011 - 2011 2016 TCN Macroalgal Macroalgal Herbarium (MHC) Consortium Fossil Insect Insect Fossil (FIC) Collaborative Symbiota Symbiota of Collections (SCAN) Arthropods PaleoNICHES MacroFungi MacroFungi Collection (MaCC) Consortium New England England New Plants Vascular (NEVP) Lichens & Lichens (LBCC) Bryophytes Tri-trophic (TTD) Tri-trophic InvertNet Thematic Collections Networks a Glance At Thematic

ADBC Projects 16 ADBC Projects 17 # of # of Collaborators 8 (2 PENs) (4 PENs) 16 7 (1 PEN) 50 16 (1 PEN) 16 32 PENs) (4 76 PENS) (2 18 (2 PENS) 39 Images # of Specimens / Specimens # of 930K / 4K 930K / >15K 730K / 200K 500K / 1.14M 1.14M 56.1M / 890K 56.1M (insects) 1.2M / (plants) 1.2M 611K 2.3M / 2.3M / 1.29M 1.29M / 1.3M 1.39M Digitization Methods Digitization specimen-by-specimen label capture data workflow, digital visionary specimen-by-specimen label specimen plus capture, data suites image macrophotographic standard focus including imaging hand via capture data stacking, recognition voice and keystroke with sheets herbarium imaging Plus eBox Photo the robotic scanning of vials, slides slides vials, of scanning robotic of crowd-sourcing drawers, and images from data label with sheets herbarium imaging direct and Plus eBox Photo the into labels insect of transcription imaging without a database data for OCR using imaging, label capture for apparatus scanning robotic specimen-by- sheets, herbarium capture data label specimen of crowd-sourcing imaging, label label data Organisms fossils: arthropods, arthropods, fossils: brachiopods, mollusks, echinoderms, vertebrates cnidarians, ground dwelling dwelling ground arthropods insects fossil macroalgae arthropods Hemiptera, insects: Hymenoptera; plants vascular lichens, bryophytes plants vascular macrofungi with iDigBio with Software Interface Interface Software Symbiota Symbiota Specify Symbiota Symbiota Arctos Symbiota, Symbiota and EMu Specify, other Symbiota Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] psierwald@ fieldmuseum.org murrellze@appstate. edu crmarshall@berkeley. edu [email protected] PI Andrew Miller Andrew Neil Cobb Bruce Lieberman Skema Cynthia Ken Cameron Sierwald Petra Murrell Zack Charles Marshall Michael Webster Period Funding Funding 2016 - 2019 2015 - 2015 2018 - 2016 2020 2016 - 2019 2015 - 2015 2019 2014 - 2014 2017 - 2014 2018 - 2014 2018 2013 - 2013 2017 TCN The Mid-Atlantic Mid-Atlantic The (MAM) Megalopolis The Cretaceous Cretaceous The World Lepidoptera of North Network America (LepNet) Microfungi Microfungi (MiCC) Consortium Fossil Marine Marine Fossil Invertebrates (EPICC) The Key to the the to Key The (SERNEC) Cabinets InvertEBase Great Lakes Lakes Great (GLI) Invasives Vouchered Animal Animal Vouchered Communication (VACS) Signals Thematic Collections Networks a Glance At Thematic

ADBC Projects 18 ADBC Projects 19 # of # of Collaborators 14 11 7 29 7 (1 PEN) 45 9 38 26 Images # of Specimens / Specimens # of 164K / 1.6K 164K / 700K 700K >58K / 23K >58K plants, >637K lots, fish >102K lots >44K mollusk >2M >3M / 85K 1.6M / 1.3M >1.2M 2M / 214K Digitization Methods Digitization imaging herbarium sheets, sheets, herbarium imaging specimen-by-specimen label capture data specimen-by-specimen label capture data digitizing analog sound sound analog digitizing specimens imaging recordings, & labels and sheets herbarium imaging the with lots specimen animal Plus eBox Photo label labels, from capture data and recognition voice images, OCR with coupled imaging rapid label based science citizen collaborative and transcription georeferencing specimen-by-specimen label exemplar imaging capture, data labels, historic and specimens georeferencing collaborative of crowd-sourcing imaging, label georeferencing batch data, label specimen-by-specimen label LepSnap capture; data Organisms fossils: arthropods, arthropods, fossils: brachiopods, mollusks, echinoderms, vertebrates cnidarians, vascular plants vascular birds, frogs, fish and fish and frogs, birds, insects snails, clams, fish, plants algae, mussels, invertebrates: arachnids, insects, mollusks plants marine fossil invertebrates microfungi insects: Lepidoptera . Principal Investigators Principal Lieberman - Bruce Investigator Principal Beach, - James Investigators Co-Principal Price, Maribeth Beard, K. Christopher Anderson Laurie • Revealing how ancient marine species and ecosystems responded to the dynamic environment that characterized this this characterized that environment dynamic the to responded ecosystems and species marine ancient how • Revealing system, greenhouse changes, environmental and ecosystems, endemicity, their species, of a diversity between interactions • Understanding and modeling, niche • Paleoecological models. paleoceanographic and paleoclimate • Improving Project Leadership Project Kansas of University 1602067 Award NSF Research Current include: project World Cretaceous The through generated data of uses research Proposed Project Summary Project covered seaway tropical a large, earth, the walked dinosaurs that time the during ago, years million 100 and 65 Between seafloor; the on lived clams and Snails life. marine with teemed seaway This America. North is now part what of central the and birds early time same the at about; swam fish, and sharks, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, giant with along ammonites, by collected been has that record fossil prolific is a today remains What seaway. the above flew or on floated pterosaurs the around museums at display are on region and period time this from fossils Notable years. 100 over for paleontologists scientists provide To drawers. in museum away are locked region this from collected fossils of bulk vast the However, and world. invertebrate digitize to proposes project this data, associated their and fossils these to access public general the and databases. electronic searchable through accessible information making region, and period time this from fossils vertebrate will be distributions their mapping and fossils these describing and illustrating resources online of a variety Additionally, developed will be App and a website and generated will be paleontology of textbook online accessible A freely developed. paleontologists aspiring and students help to species, constituent of ages and occurrences, appearances, the highlight to education, K-12 for materials curricular of a variety generate to plans project The fossils. these about learn and identify will project this of Products use. classroom for models 3-D printed and download free for fossils of scans 3-D including participating at exhibits and programs public augment to items and teachers science engage to workshops include also institutions. collections museum The fossils. of collections museum U.S. major eight of value scientific the increase will greatly work This during evolve and extinct, go migrate, to species marine causes what studying for useful data of amounts large contain have data These experience. soon may planet our those to similar conditions climate greenhouse of period a long specimens 164,000 An estimated earth. on life affect to will continue and has change global how evaluating for relevance and databased will be Seaway, Interior Western the by occupied once region in the locations, of thousands from collected imaged. will be species vertebrate and invertebrate, microfossil, 1,500 roughly of each from Representatives georeferenced. resultant The iDigPaleo. and iDigBio, databases, museum individual via online available made be will records digitized of The face in the change ecosystems and interact species different how about questions answer to scientists will enable data of an assortment with use for ideal will be data the Moreover, life. of history in the time a key during shifts environmental and paleoclimate improve will help - and (PaleoENM) modeling niche paleoecological - including tools quantitative will be modern project the of Results trained. will be students graduate and undergraduate several Finally, models. paleoceanographic url: http://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org following the at published The Cretaceous World: Digitizing Fossils to to Fossils Digitizing World: Cretaceous The in the Evolving Ecosystems Reconstruct Seaway Interior Western

ADBC Projects 20 ADBC Projects 21 Project Collaborators Project American Museum Natural History - Neil Landman, Ruth O’Leary (NSF Award 1601891) Award (NSF O’Leary Ruth Landman, - Neil History Natural Museum American 1601944) Award (NSF Wilson - Laura University State Hays Fort 1645520) Award (NSF Hendricks - Jonathan Institute Research Paleontological 1601790) Award (NSF Hendricks - Jonathan University State San Jose Price Maribeth Anderson, – Laurie & Technology Mines of School Dakota South 1601729) Award (NSF Karim - Talia Boulder at Colorado of University 1601878) Award (NSF Myers - Corinne Mexico New of University 1602101) Award (NSF Brown Matthew Martindale, Rowan - Ann Molineux, Austin at Texas of University 1601884) Award (NSF Norris Christopher Butts, - Susan University Yale Proposed research themes and uses for the data digitized and mobilized through the Lep-Net project include: project Lep-Net the through mobilized and digitized data the for uses and themes research Proposed modelling, niche ecological interactions, ecological and • Evolutionary destruction, habitat and disturbance human and change environmental on • Studies deep-scale spatially/temporally other or impacts, change global to susceptibility use, habitat concerning • Predictions interactions, use, plant host of evolution interactions, plant • Insect-host research, change global and ecological, • Systematic/taxonomic, tools, identification • Automatic evolution, pattern color and change • Phenological ecology, • Conservation and species, lepidoperta of biogeography the • Understanding complexes. mimicry and species cryptic unraveling and • Identifying Research Current Project Summary Project are there worldwide planet: the on organisms of groups diverse most the of one are moths) and (butterflies Lepidoptera conspicuous are a butterflies and Moths America. in North species 14,300 around including species, 160,000 approximately insect group This worldwide. animals plant-feeding of groups diverse most the of one and habitats terrestrial of component cotton, grains, including humans, to useful plants on feed juveniles Their importance. economic great of species includes conservation of icons are and pollinators as are beneficial adults the of many However, trees. shade and timber and tobacco, the of one are moths and butterflies beauty, sheer and importance economic their Given butterflies. Monarch by evidenced as in non- specimens million 15 approximately the of a fraction only but collections, in museum group insect abundant most educators. and researchers to accessible and recorded digitally information label specimen their had have collections federal sufficient, have species Lepidoptera American North the of 10% than fewer digitized, been have that specimens other or those Of impacts, change global to susceptibility use, habitat about predictions reliable make to data occurrence accessible lepidopterans of collections unconnected existing, integrate and will digitize project This interactions. important ecologically outreach. and training research, transformative for organisms of group this of potential outstanding the leverage to 2 approximately will digitize that collections research 26 comprises (LepNet) Network America North of Lepidoptera The larval vial 43,280 will digitize LepNet records. existing 1 million over with these integrate and records specimen million will LepNet collections. American North larvae in of digitization significant first the this making data, plant host with records These species. lepidopteran American North of 60% covering species exemplar of images high-quality 82,000 ca. produce collaboration In research. change global and ecological, systematic, facilitate and identifications remote will enhance species images the to identifications automated provide can that tool vision a computer LepSnap, will create LepNet Visipedia, with research- additional >132,000 will image smartphones with equipped researchers student and volunteers Museum level. for suitable status ready” a “research to elevated will be species lepidopteran 5,000 to Up LepSnap. through images the quality to Lepidoptera on data (SCAN) in consolidating portal data existing the on will build LepNet analyses. data-driven complex, iDigBio. with integration through increased will be data these to Access America. in North herbivores lepidopteran of evolution context in the plants host their and Lepidoptera of ecology evolutionary the including research, of range a broad for Data will spearhead program LepXPLOR! The generated. will be distributions biogeographic affecting processes change global of and students 400+ of workforce nationwide a diverse, engaging programs, existing 67 for efforts outreach and education and creation the to dedicated network social-research a sustainable will generate LepNet Overall, volunteers. 3,500+ ). (http://www.lep-net.org/ specimens Lepidoptera American North of collection a digital of maintenance Lepidoptera of North America Network: of North America Lepidoptera Largest Diversity the in Documenting of Herbivores Clade

ADBC Projects 22 ADBC Projects 23 Principal Investigators Principal Cobb - Neil Investigator Principal Brandt - Ben Investigator Co-Principal Unfunded collaborators Unfunded Jim Cox Robertson, Kevin Nelson, – Gil Station Research Timbers Tall Menard – Katrina History Natural of Museum Sam Noble Oklahoma, of University AArizona State University - Nico Franz, Melody Basham, Sangmi Lee (NSF Award 1601659) Award (NSF Lee Sangmi Basham, Melody Franz, - Nico University State AArizona Caterino – Michael University Clemson 1600937) Award (NSF Opler Paul Kondratieff, - Boris University State Colorado 1601275) Award (NSF Stephenson Jeff Krell, - Frank Science and Nature of Museum Denver Gelhaus – Jon Sciences Natural of Academy University, Drexel 1601124) Award (NSF Pierce - Naomi University Harvard Zolnerowich – Gregory University State Kansas 1600556) Award (NSF Cognato - Anthony University State Michigan 1601164) Award (NSF Brown - Richard University State Mississippi Bundy – Scott University State Mexico New Johnson F. – Norman Collection Insect C.A. Triplehorn University, State Ohio 1601888) Award (NSF Marshall - Christopher University State Oregon 1601957) Award (NSF Zaspel - Jennifer University Purdue 1600774) Award (NSF Sikes - Derek Alaska-Fairbanks of University 1601443) Award (NSF Kimsey - Lynn California-Davis of University 1601369) Award (NSF Daniels Jaret Kawahara, - Akito Florida of University 1601002) Award (NSF McHugh - Joseph Georgia of University Cook – Stephen Museum Entomological Barr F. William Idaho, of University 1601461) Award (NSF Holzenthal Ralph Thomson, - Robin Cities Minnesota-Twin of University Dyer – Lee – Reno Nevada of University Bills – Christy Utah of Museum History Natural Utah, of University 1600824) Award (NSF Peterson - Merrill University Washington Western 1600616) Award (NSF Gall - Lawrence University Yale Project Collaborators Project Project Leadership Project University Arizona Northern 1602081 Award NSF

Principal Investigators Principal - Cynthia Investigator Principal Skema Block - Tim Investigator Co-Principal Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia - Tatyana Livshultz, Richard McCourt (NSF Award 1601503) Award (NSF McCourt Richard Livshultz, - Tatyana Philadelphia Sciences Natural of Academy Gilbert Ed Franz, – Nico University State Arizona 1601393) Award (NSF Hong-Wa - Cynthia University State Delaware 1600976) Award (NSF Burke - Janelle University Howard Frye – Christopher Resources Natural of Department Maryland Niesenbaum – Richard College Muhlenberg 1600981) Award (NSF Kim Watson Thiers, - Barbara Garden Botanical York New 1601101) Award (NSF Aronson Myla Struwe, - Lena Brunswick New University, Rutgers Malachowsky – Audrey Herbarium Museum Island / Staten Sciences and Arts of Institute Island Staten Partain Christa Hearn, – David University Towson 1601429) Award (NSF Lee Maile Hall, - John Park College Maryland of University Project Leadership Project Pennsylvania of University 1601697 Award NSF Collaborators Project Research Current of urbanization, understanding scientific in the an advancement effort will enable digitization in this mobilized data The and urban within in microhabitats assemble species those how floras, in urban when and occurred have species which patterns. cover land and use land to relates biodiversity and habitat in urban heterogeneity this how and areas, industrialized with correlated are traits characteristic how and cities, to floras of adaptation the of study the will enable project The invasion. or extirpation adaptation, Project Summary Project in urban work at processes biological the of understanding a thorough planet, our of future urban increasingly the of In light understanding that in step first The humans. including inhabitants, survival Earth’s of continued the for necessary is areas (MAM) Project Megalopolis Mid-Atlantic The past. in the and now in cities, perishes or survives, thrives, what know is to eleven from specimens herbarium 700,000 roughly of digitization the with plants, vascular at looking by study this begins urban in the gardens, botanic and museums, arboreta, agencies, state universities, private and public including institutions, area this U.S., in the corridor urban populated most and oldest, largest, As the D.C. Washington, to City York New from corridor collections, herbarium rich its given particularly of urbanization, study the for opportunity a unique present flora its and scientific better a achieve us effort help will in this mobilized data The years. 400 last the over collected specimens containing engineers, environmental ecologists, restoration planners, urban for need a critical systems, urban living of understanding the including cities, designed better and sustainable more in creating engaged conservationists and architects, (landscape) areas. urban our of environments natural restored and constructed collection of record a databased image, resolution in a high will result MAM Project in the specimen each of Digitization successful already on Building online. available publicly made will be which all of point, a georeferenced and metadata, crowd to public general the and clubs, botanical universities, schools, with will partner MAM Project the programs, regional increased only not enabling online, floras urban build help to scientists citizen recruit to and efforts databasing source developments new includes also Project MAM The well. as opportunities research and educational but efficiency, digitization and research, for data specimen digitized of use the expedite will which in Symbiota, standardization and cleaning data for the partas of made is award This management. project and workflow digitization will advance which features reporting new program, Collections Biological of Digitization Advancing the through Collections Biological of Digitization for Resource National ). (https://www.iDigBio.org resource national the through available will be award this from resulting all data and The Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis: Megalopolis: Mid-Atlantic The world of our urban understanding scientific Achieving a greater

ADBC Projects 24 General Information 25 DigBio tracks the citation of ADBC, iDigBio and TCNs and the use of data shared via iDigBio within publications, and and publications, within iDigBio via shared data of use the and TCNs and iDigBio ADBC, of citation the tracks DigBio i Publications Resulting from iDigBio Data Use Data iDigBio from Resulting Publications Gezon, Z.J., E.S. Wyman, J.S. Ascher, D.W. Inouye, and R.E. Irwin. 2015. The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild wild on sampling lethal repeated, of effect The Irwin. 2015. R.E. and Inouye, D.W. Ascher, J.S. Wyman, E.S. Z.J., Gezon, link 6: 1044–1054. Evolution and in Ecology Methods diversity. and abundance bee Ellsworth, Z.T. 2016. Evaluating the reproductive habits and the breeding season of the hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus (Conepatus skunk hog-nosed the of season breeding the and habits reproductive the Evaluating 2016. Z.T. Ellsworth, link University. State Angelo leuconotus). Deck, J., R.P. Guralnick, R.L. Walls, S. Blum, M. Haendel, A. Matsunaga, and J. Wieczorek. 2015. Meeting report: report: Meeting 2015. Wieczorek. J. and A. Matsunaga, Haendel, M. Blum, S. Walls, R.L. Guralnick, R.P. J., Deck, 10: C7 - 25 Sciences in Genomic Standards informatics. biodiversity for ontologies of applications practical Identifying 1–6. link Ciccotto, P.J., and L.M. Page. 2016. Revised diagnosis of the genus Gonorhynchus McClelland (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Cyprinidae: (Teleostei: McClelland Gonorhynchus genus the of diagnosis Revised 2016. Page. L.M. and link P.J., Ciccotto, 471. 4127: Zootaxa (Sykes). wattanah G. of revalidation and (Hamilton) latius G. of redescription with Labeonini) Cardoso, P., P. Stoev, T. Georgiev, V. Senderov, and L. Penev. 2016. Species Conservation Profiles compliant with the IUCN IUCN the with compliant Profiles Conservation Species 2016. L. Penev. and Senderov, V. Georgiev, T. Stoev, P. P., Cardoso, link 4: e10356. Journal Data Biodiversity Species. Threatened of List Red Baumgardner, R.W., W.A. DiMichele, and N. de Siqueira Oliveira. 2016. An early Permian coastal flora dominated dominated flora coastal Permian An early 2016. Oliveira. Siqueira de N. and DiMichele, W.A. R.W., Baumgardner, Palaeogeography, Texas. West Basin, Midland in the sediments basinal from martinsii Germaropteris by link 409–422. 459: Palaeoecology. Palaeoclimatology, The following publications and blogs comprise the list of publications that have cited the use of iDigBio data, to October October to data, iDigBio of use the cited have that publications of list the comprise blogs and publications following The 2016. From 2011 to October 2016, more than 110 publications have resulted from NSF’s ADBC program, with 71 publications publications 71 with program, ADBC NSF’s from resulted have publications 110 than more 2016, October to 2011 From publications 57 another with activities TCN from resulting 57 than more program, ADBC the and iDigBio mentioning number The activities. in research used being data portal of a result as or project iDigBio the from resulting directly 5 next the into continue to is expected trend this and program, ADBC the of year each with increases publications of funding. NSF-ADBC of years at accessible Library, Public iDigBio Mendeley the through available bibliography the makes https://www.mendeley.com/groups/7777901/idigbio-public-library/papers/

ADBC Projects 26 ADBC Projects 27 link - García-Pa E. Johnson, J.D. Mata-Silva, V. Ramírez-Silva, Pablo J. Loc-Barragán, J. Ponce-Campos, P. G.A., - Woolrich-Piña, Mesoameri status. conservation and distribution, composition, Mexico: Nayarit, of herpetofauna The 2016. et al. dilla, link 3: 376–448. Herpetology can Weirauch, C., K.C. Seltmann, R.T. Schuh, M.D. Schwartz, C. Johnson, M.A. Feist, and P.S. Soltis. 2016. Areas of endemism endemism of Areas 2016. Soltis. P.S. and Feist, M.A. Johnson, C. Schwartz, M.D. Schuh, R.T. Seltmann, K.C. C., link Weirauch, Cladistics. hosts. plant their and Hemiptera) (Insecta: Miridae of species 1339 of study a case Nearctic: in the Senderov, V., T. Georgiev, and L. Penev. 2016. Online direct import of specimen records into manuscripts and automatic automatic and manuscripts into records specimen of import direct Online 2016. L. Penev. and Georgiev, T. link V., Senderov, 2: e10617. Outcomes and Ideas Research databases. biological from papers data of creation Schultz, N.G., M. Lough-Stevens, E. Abreu, T. Orr, and M.D. Dean. 2016. The Baculum was Gained and Lost Multiple Times Times Multiple Lost and Gained was Baculum The 2016. Dean. M.D. and Orr, T. Abreu, E. Lough-Stevens, M. N.G., Schultz, link 1–13. icw034: Biology Comparative and Integrative Evolution. Mammalian during Schuh, R.T. 2016. Scholtzicoris linnavuorii, new genus and new species of Myrtaceae-Feeding plant bug from Western Western from bug plant Myrtaceae-Feeding of species new and genus new linnavuorii, Scholtzicoris 2016. R.T. Schuh, 156– 122: Americana Entomologica Exocarpocorina). Semiini: Phylinae: Miridae: Heteroptera: (Hemiptera: Australia 163. Pensoft Editorial Team. 2016. How to import occurrence records into manuscripts from GBIF, BOLD, iDigBio and PlutoF. PlutoF. and iDigBio BOLD, GBIF, from manuscripts into records occurrence import to How 2016. Team. Editorial Pensoft link Blog. Pensoft Oleniacz, B.A., B. Lieberman, A. Bentley, and L. Krishtalka. 2016. A novel approach to data prioritization in digitization of of in digitization prioritization data to approach novel A 2016. L. Krishtalka. and A. Bentley, Lieberman, B. B.A., Oleniacz, link Kansas. of University collections. paleontological McHugh, J. V., and C.S. Chaboo. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Erotylidae Latreille, 1802. 1802. Latreille, Erotylidae Families. the A Survey of Peru: of (Coleoptera) Beetles 2015. Chaboo. C.S. and V., J. McHugh, link 274–282. 88: Society Entomological Kansas the of Journal - Com Ecology PLOS Research. Ecological for Data Specimen Biodiversity of Power the Leveraging 2016. C. McDonough, link munity. Marchant, D.B., D.E. Soltis, and P.S. Soltis. 2016. Patterns of abiotic niche shifts in allopolyploids relative to their their to relative in allopolyploids shifts niche abiotic of Patterns 2016. Soltis. P.S. and Soltis, D.E. D.B., Marchant, link view) (early Phytologist. New progenitors. Lachaud, J.-P., H. Klompen, G. Pérez-Lachaud, A. De Bary, J.-P. Lachaud, G. Pérez-Lachaud, L. Peralta, et al. 2016. 2016. et al. L. Peralta, Pérez-Lachaud, G. Lachaud, J.-P. Bary, A. De Pérez-Lachaud, G. H. Klompen, J.-P., Lachaud, 29995. 6: Reports Scientific association. parasitic an overlooked ants: invasive of parasitoids as mites Macrodinychus link La Rosa, R and M. Fishbein. 2016. Patterns of adaptive trait evolution across the North American Asclepias. link Asclepias. American North the across evolution trait adaptive of Patterns 2016. Fishbein. M. R and Rosa, La link SpatialReserves. collections. in museum hidden data spatial off the Dusting 2016. Phillips. M. and S., James, Hendricks, J.R., A.L. Stigall, and B.S. Lieberman. 2015. The Digital Atlas of Ancient Life: delivering information on on information delivering Life: Ancient of Atlas Digital The 2015. Lieberman. B.S. and A.L. Stigall, J.R., Hendricks, 1–9. link 18.2.3E: Electronica Palaeontologia web. the via biogeography and paleontology Gnezdilov, V.M., C.R. Bartlett, and T. Bourgoin. 2016. A New Tribe of Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with with Fulgoroidea) (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae of Tribe A New 2016. Bourgoin. T. and Bartlett, C.R. V.M., Gnezdilov, 99: 406–416. Entomologist Florida Spinulation. Leg Hind Asymmetric of Description and Buca genus the of Revision Bees A Survey of link Fauna: an Island of Composition Behavioral and Taxonomic 2016. Ascher. J.S. and P.Z., Society Goldstein, Entomological the of Proceedings Massachusetts. Vineyard, Martha’s on Anthophila) Apoidea: (Hymenoptera: link 37–92. 118: Washington of Tag data aggregator data API - reposi data aggregator, data tory repository data identifier data aggregator data organization organization hardware, management, data software identifier standard organization project education aggregator data software protocol, publishing repository, data community literature aggregator data hardware, management, data software Long Name Global Biodiversity Information Facility Information Biodiversity Global Biodiversity of Registry Global The Repositories Identifier Unique Globally Encyclopedia of Life of Encyclopedia and Paleontological Enhancing API Discovery Data Neontological Comisión Nacional Para el Conocimiento y Conocimiento el Para Nacional Comisión Biodiversidad la de Uso Informação em Referência de Centro Ambiental Industrial and Scientific Commonwealth Organisation Research Systems Management Asset Digital Identifier Object Digital Darwin Core Biodiversity Collections Network Collections Biodiversity Library Heritage Biodiversity Nation Our Serving Information Biodiversity Advanced Computing and Information Information and Computing Advanced Systems Laboratory Biodiversity of Digitization Advancing Collections into Museums of Integration Advancing Programs Undergraduate Australia Living of Atlas Interface Programming Application Hosting Publishing, Reviewing, Authoring, Archiving and System Management Collections GBIF GRBio GUID EOL ePandda DOI DwC CRIA CSIRO DAMS CONABIO BCoN BHL BISON API ARPHA ADBC AIM-UP! ALA CMS Abbreviation ACIS https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Glossary_of_Terms iDigBio Glossary of Terms of Glossary iDigBio

GlossarySchedule of Terms 28 Glossary of Terms Schedule 29 Tag project organization aggregator data community, identifier aggregator data transcription science, citizen identifier aggregator data TCN ADBC, project organization project nomenclature nomenclature identifier software nomenclature organization aggregator, data data management, data project repository, community Agency Federal software LongName Vertebrate Network Digitizing for Engagement Worldwide Biocollections Thematic Collections Network Collections Thematic Standards Information Biodiversity Group Working Database Taxonomic project Herbarium Virtual States United Identifier Unique Universally Open Researcher and Contributor ID Contributor and Researcher Open Database Paleobiology Network Existing to Partner Network Coordination Research Natural of Preservation the for Society Collections History Resources Systematics of Synthesis Natural Science Collections Alliance Collections Science Natural Foundation Science National Recognition Character Optical International Commission on Zoological Zoological on Commission International Nomenclature Number Sample Geo International Toolkit Publishing Integrated GBIF Information Taxonomic Integrated System of Conservation for Union International Nature Observatory Ecological National Network International Code on Botanical Botanical on Code International Nomenclature VertNet WeDigBio UUID USVH TCN TDWG SYNTHESYS SPNHC RCN PEN ORCiD PaleoDb OCR NSF NSC Alliance NSC IUCN NEON ITIS IPT IGSN ICZN Abbreviation ICBN and facilitate the management, management, the facilitate and analysis, and dissemination of of dissemination and analysis, tools and technologies that enable enable that technologies and tools biodiversity data. biodiversity at BRIT through the development of of development the through BRIT at curatorial, and educational activities activities educational and curatorial, Texas in Fort Worth. He supports research, research, supports He Worth. in Fort Texas [email protected] of Institute Research Botanical the at is located Jason [email protected] of is Curator Rüdiger Invertebrates at the Field He in Chicago. Museum various with is involved data and collections and projects management and WoRMS of an editor as serves focuses research His MolluscaBase. mollusks. of biodiversity and systematics evolutionary on [email protected] harness to seeks research Scott’s molecular modern of power the investigate broadly to methods microbes of assemblages how change environment, in their function and scales, spatial different across terrestrial in another one with interact as in mycology interest a keen has also He ecosystems. heart. at geek a digital of is a bit and taxonomy, as well Scott Bates Collaborator (NSF) Foundation Science National Best Jason Collaborator (LBCC) & Bryophytes Lichens American - North TCN Rüdiger Bieler Rüdiger Co-Principal Investigator - InvertEBase TCN A biologist by training, Cathy is the Lead Project Project Lead is the Cathy training, by A biologist for is responsible She in Gainesville. iDigBio at Assistant iDigBio organizing and coordinating events. other and workshops travel with assists also She spaces, meeting reservations, functions social and catering iDigBio’s co-manages and efforts. media social [email protected] Cathy Bester Cathy Coordinator Event Assistant; Project iDigBio [email protected] is Andrew Collections Ichthyology the Institute. Biodiversity Kansas of University the at Manager Specify and manager a bioinformatics is also He He Institute. the for lead usability software collections of Preservation the for Society the of President is Past the on co-PI and (SPNHC) Collections History Natural RCN project. NSF-funded BCoN 5-year Andrew Bentley BCoN and Specify Tracy is based at the Harvard Harvard the at is based Tracy Comparative of Museum MA. She in Cambridge, Zoology for projects educational coordinates and (eol.org) Life of Encyclopedia the project funded a NSF Kurator, for outreach and education to toolkit and platform a provenance-enabled create to data. biodiversity curate Tracy Barbaro Tracy Collaborator Life of Encyclopedia [email protected]

Participant Bios 30 Participant Bios 31 Nathan Bird Nathan [email protected] iDigBio Programmer beetle systematist, interested interested systematist, beetle Nathan is an IT expert at the the at expert IT is an Nathan Arthropod Collection. He is a He Collection. Arthropod

in everything from taxonomy to to taxonomy from in everything University of Florida’s Advanced Advanced Florida’s of University of the Clemson University University Clemson the of natural history to phylogenetics. phylogenetics. to history natural Computing and Information Systems Systems Information and Computing at Clemson University and director director and University Clemson at His work relies heavily on museum museum on heavily relies work His laboratory working on software and and software on working laboratory Michael is a professor of entomology entomology of is a professor Michael specimens and he values digitized digitized values he and specimens collections data highly. data collections infrastructure development for the iDigBio project. iDigBio the for development infrastructure BENJAMIN.BRANDT@NAU. EDU Arizona Northern at is based Ben lead the of is one He University. software Symbiota the of developers current the of many for support provides and platform entry data main their as Symbiota are using that TCNs system. Caterino Michael Investigator Co-Principal (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN [email protected] Brandt Benjamin Investigator Co-Principal America North of - Lepidoptera TCN (LepNet) Network Utah. at the Natural History Museum of of Museum History Natural the at Christy manages the insect collection collection insect the manages Christy Ken is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin- of University the at is a Professor Ken State Wisconsin the of Director also and Madison his TCN’s leads He (WIS). Herbarium aquatic invasive document effort to the in mollusks fish and plants, personal His Basin. Lakes Great mainly is focused research and systematics molecular on orchids. of conservation [email protected] Cameron Kenneth Investigator Principal (GLI) Invasives Lakes - Great TCN David is the VertNet Project Coordinator Coordinator Project VertNet the is David Mobilization Data an iDigBio and FLMNH the at rooted Specialist helps He in California. based but collection publish institutions training provides and data users data to assistance and network. the across @dabblepop [email protected] Christy Bills Christy (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN CBILLS@[email protected] @christy_bills David Bloom David Coordinator Project & VertNet iDigBio University in Flagstaff. A biologist A biologist in Flagstaff. University by training, his teaching and and his teaching training, by Neil is based at Northern Arizona Arizona Northern at is based Neil research interests include arthropod arthropod include interests research biodiversity, ecological gradients, gradients, ecological biodiversity, climate change and land use change. use land and change climate Julia Colby Julia Collaborator (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN [email protected] [email protected] and Vertebrate is the Julia Collections Invertebrate Milwaukee the at Manager interests Her Museum. Public systematics, taxonomy, include ecology. and [email protected] Digital manages Simon for Informatics and Collections Collections Research National the Upcoming CSIRO. within Australia Collection a new include programs biological CSIRO’s all of for System Management of a Digitisation finalisation the as well as collections, Strategy. Simon Checksfield Manager Scientific Commonwealth Research Industrial and (CSIRO) Organisation Neil Cobb Neil Investigator Principal (SCAN); Network Arthropods of Collections Symbiota - TCN (LepNet); Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN (EAB) Board Advisory External iDigBio Jonathan is a Senior Scientist in the Department of of Department in the Scientist is a Senior Jonathan Director and Institution Smithsonian the at Entomology is organized GGI The (GGI). Initiative Genome Global the of as Institution Smithsonian the by Biodiversity for Institute part its of is to goal whose Genomics genomic biodiversity promote research and research worldwide. infrastructure, [email protected] Jonathan Coddington Jonathan Investigator Principal Network; Biodiversity Genome Global Institution Smithsonian Erica is an invertebrate paleontologist and a Collections a Collections and paleontologist is an invertebrate Erica University at Paleontology of Museum the at Manager UCMP’s manages also Erica Berkeley. California, of is She agencies. managing land with collaborations TCN. EPICC the of coordinator the [email protected] Erica Clites Erica Manager Project Marine - Fossil TCN Communities Invertebrate (EPICC) Pacific Eastern the of [email protected] Florida, in Gainesville, Based consultant is a Symbiota “Cat” Caitlin Arizona Northern with affiliated ecology, behavior, spider include interests Her University. to people aiding change; climate to response their and research and in biocollections; data digitize effectively data. biocollections digitized from stemming Caitlin Chapman Caitlin North of - Lepidoptera TCN (LepNet); Network America of Collections - Symbiota TCN (SCAN) Network Arthropods

Participant Bios 32 Participant Bios 33 Joseph Cook [email protected] Alliance (NSC Alliance) (NSC Alliance Natural Science Collections Science Natural University, and is based in Los in Los is based and University, Joe is based at the Museum Museum the at is based Joe with Austin Mast at Florida State State Florida at Mast Austin with

Angeles, CA. Libby brings her her brings CA. Libby Angeles, of Southwestern Biology in the in the Biology Southwestern of Libby is a postdoctoral researcher researcher is a postdoctoral Libby ecological training to bear on iDigBio’s iDigBio’s on bear to training ecological University of New Mexico. A field A field Mexico. New of University citizen science initiatives, including including initiatives, science citizen mammalogist and molecular geneticist geneticist molecular and mammalogist the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Digitizing for Engagement Worldwide the @libbyellwood Biocollections (WeDigBio). Biocollections by training, his passion focuses on building natural natural building on focuses his passion training, by into them integrating then and collections history the meeting at aimed outreach and teaching research, times. evolving rapidly our of issues critical MICHAEL.DENSLOW@ GMAIL.COM @mwdenslow the for Manager Project is Michael his SERNEC to In addition - TCN. SERNEC research a part is the of he activities, project. Nature from Notes the on team EllwoodLibby Researcher Postdoctoral iDigBio [email protected] Michael Denslow Michael Manager Project Network Regional - Southeast TCN Collections and Expertise of (SERNEC) Information Systems laboratory. laboratory. Systems Information experience IT of years 20 has He Advanced Computing and and Computing Advanced software source open on focused for the University of Florida’s Florida’s of University the for with in cooperation development scientists and engineers. and scientists manager and scientific programmer programmer scientific and manager Matthew is the technical operations operations technical is the Matthew Shari is based at the Florida Museum of Natural History History Natural of Museum Florida the at is based Shari assessments needs conducts She in Gainesville. its and iDigBio for evaluations and AIM- WeDigBio, including partners GBIF. UP! and [email protected] Shari Ellis Shari Evaluator Program iDigBio Andy is the Director of the Frost Frost the of Director is the Andy State Penn at Museum Entomological on works group lab His University. parasitoid of systematics the digitizing is actively and wasps especially collection Frost the aphids. and lice, dragonflies, [email protected] @ardeans [email protected] Matthew Collins Matthew Operations Manager iDigBio Andy Deans Investigator Co-Principal - InvertEBase TCN museum-wide database and IT IT and database museum-wide departments, including the the including departments, infrastructure. museum’s ten research collection collection research ten museum’s and initiatives that encompass the the encompass that initiatives and She oversees museum-wide projects projects museum-wide oversees She of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. Harvard. at Zoology Comparative of [email protected] is a zoologist/entomologist Larry Museum Peabody the at based Yale at History Natural of is the He University. in the Manager Collections and Department Entomology and informatics the oversees ten the for operations computing Peabody. at departments curatorial systematics lepidopteran on focus interests research His biota. England New of history natural and Adania Flemming Adania Student Graduate iDigBio [email protected] student is a graduate Adania within Florida of University the at the of Collection Ichthyology the History. Natural of Museum Florida in understanding is interested Adania biogeography the underlying factors the animal map to helping and fish, particularly organisms, of biodiversity. [email protected] Museum the for Operations Collections of is Director Linda Gall Larry Investigator Principal (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Ford Linda Collaborator Board Advisory External iDigBio José is based at the University of Florida. He supervises supervises He Florida. of University the at is based José iDigBio’s of operation and development design, the are in interests research His cyberinfrastructure. IT computing, distributed of areas the computer computing, autonomic processing parallel architecture, computing. tolerant fault and [email protected] [email protected] @fungusmatt Michigan of University the at is based Matthew the both coordinates he where (MICH) Herbarium Consortium Collections Microfungi and Macrofungi and Lichen the in managing assists also He TCNs. interests research primary His TCN. digitization Bryophyte genera fungal the of phylogeny and systematics involve Craterellus. and Cantharellus José Fortes Cyberinfrastructure of Director Investigator; Co-Principal iDigBio TCN - Macrofungi - Macrofungi TCN Consortium Collection (MaCC); Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC); Consortium Lichens American - North TCN (LBCC) & Bryophytes Matthew Foltz Matthew Manager Project Renato is a senior member of of member is a senior Renato ACIS the at team IT iDigBio the interests research His UF. at lab cloud and are in cyberinfrastructure computing. Renato Figueiredo Renato Personnel Senior iDigBio [email protected]

Participant Bios 34 Participant Bios 35 Christine Garcia Christine TCN - Eastern Pacific Pacific - Eastern TCN of Communities Invertebrate the Cenozoic (EPICC) Cenozoic the Project Manager Project Biological Sciences and the PI for for PI the and Sciences Biological

CGARCIA@CALACADEMY Director of the American Institute of of Institute American the of Director the Biodiversity Collections Network Network Collections Biodiversity the Rob is the Interim Co-Executive Co-Executive Interim is the Rob (BCoN) Research Coordination Coordination Research (BCoN) Christine is a Curatorial Assistant Assistant is a Curatorial Christine Network. He provides policy and and policy provides He Network. @AIBS_Policy executive management services to the the to services management executive [email protected] Natural Science Collections Alliance. Alliance. Collections Science Natural for the Geology Collections at the California Academy Academy California the at Collections Geology the for by micropaleontologist and A geologist Sciences. of environmental on focuses research her training, marine of reconstructions paleoenvironmental and assemblages, microfossil and macro utilizing ecosystems these for predictions future inform can data this how and change. climate of face in the ecosystems [email protected] the at is based Aaron Wisconsin- of University A evolutionary Madison. oversees he training, by biologist the of efforts digitization the interests His TCN. Lakes Great data and biogeography, collections, museum include management. Robert Gropp Collaborator (AIBS); Sciences Biological of Institute American Alliance) (NSC Alliance Collections Science Natural Aaron Goldberg Aaron Coordinator Project (GLI) Invasive Lakes - Great TCN Systems laboratory (ACIS) (ACIS) laboratory Systems the perfect to works he where Computing and Information Information and Computing portal. iDigBio University of Florida’s Advanced Advanced Florida’s of University Richard is a software developer in the the in developer is a software Richard Jillian is iDigBio Project Assistant based at the Florida Florida the at based Assistant Project is iDigBio Jillian A biologist in Gainesville. History Natural of Museum daily with assists Jillian training, by educator and iDigBio. at operations [email protected] Jillian GoodwinJillian Assistant Project iDigBio Anna is the Director and and Director is the Anna at Scientist Research Chief Aquarium Tennessee the Since Institute. Conservation in 2006, Institute the joining habitat in freshwater initiatives research directed has she population and reintroduction, species restoration, collaborative for passion her mirror that genetics at teaches also Anna problem-solving. conservation Advisory the on serves and South, the of University the the Sanctuary, Marine National Reef Gray’s for Council Advisory the and Farms, Crabtree for Directors of Board Council. Fishes Southeastern the of Committee [email protected] [email protected] Richard Garand Richard Portal Developer iDigBio Anna George Anna Guest Speaker Pierce. She also assists with with assists also She Pierce. loans, exhibitions, and daily daily and exhibitions, loans, collection under Dr. Naomi Naomi Dr. under collection operations. digitization of the Lepidoptera Lepidoptera the of digitization University, coordinating the the coordinating University, Comparative Zoology at Harvard Harvard at Zoology Comparative [email protected] @rachl_hawk of Museum in the assistant is a curatorial Rachel [email protected] McGuire the at is based Geena Center for Lepidoptera Florida Biodiversity, and History Natural of Museum is She Florida. in Gainesville, digitization overseeing currently NSF- are part several of that efforts projects. funded Jennifer Hammock Collaborator Life of Encyclopedia The [email protected] and scrummaster is the Jen eol. for coordinator programs data connecting enjoys She org. also hopefully and together hubs is a She data. with people connecting marine a recovering and chemist lapsed biologist. Rachel Hawkins Rachel Manager Project (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Geena Hill Geena Manager Project (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Jonathan recently became Director of Publications at the the at Publications of Director became recently Jonathan in Institution Research Paleontological was he that, to Prior York. New Ithaca, Geology of Professor an Associate University. State San Jose at is research his current of Much systematics the on focused of history evolutionary and cone American tropical Neogene snails. [email protected] @deadsnails Hendricks Jonathan Investigator Principle - Paleoniches TCN World; Cretacous - The TCN Working out of the C. P. Gillette Museum at Colorado State State Colorado at Museum Gillette P. C. the of out Working nearly is databasing Chuck Collins, in Fort University 10,000 over imaging and butterflies and moths 160,000 the for volunteers student and students of help the with Project. LepNet Chuck Harp Manager Project of - Lepidoptera TCN Network America North (LepNet) CHUCK.HARP@ COLOSTATE.EDU [email protected] Norton- the of curator is the John University at Herbarium Brown The Park. College Maryland, of of flora the on focuses herbarium performs John where MId-Atlantic, the and Maryland algae. and plants aquatic on research John Hall Investigator Principal Mid-Atlantic - The TCN (MAM) Megalopolis

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HUALA@ iDigBio External Advisory Board Advisory External iDigBio PHEONIXBIOINFORMATICS.ORG is based. Doug also serves as as serves also Doug is based. Member Natural History, where iDigBio iDigBio where History, Natural Chair of the Board for the American American the for Board the of Chair Eva Huala Eva Director of the Florida Museum of of Museum Florida the of Director Alliance of Museums. of Alliance Eva is Executive Director of Phoenix Phoenix of Director is Executive Eva A paleontologist by training, Doug is Doug training, by A paleontologist Bioinformatics, a nonprofit dedicated dedicated a nonprofit Bioinformatics, [email protected] @shelleyajames Florida the at is based Shelley in History Natural of Museum a as serves she training, by A botanist Gainesville. educators researchers, staff, collections between liaison of use the enhance to staff cyberinfrastructure and science big in answering data collections history natural questions. Jones Doug Administrator iDigBio [email protected] to finding sustainable funding for research resources. resources. research for funding sustainable finding to Information Arabidopsis the of Director the is also She earlier Her database. genomics a plant (TAIR], Resource and flowering fixation, in nitrogen research included work phototropism. Shelley James Coordinator Management Data iDigBio Collections Science National Alliance) (NSC Alliance species diversity, and the use use the and diversity, species in information biodiversity of plant systematics, patterns of of patterns systematics, plant change climate and conservation State University. Her interests are are interests Her University. State research. E. Phillips Herbarium at Delaware Delaware at Herbarium Phillips E. Cynthia is the Curator of the Claude Claude the of Curator is the Cynthia [email protected] History Natural of Museum Florida the at is based David operations iDigBio daily oversees David in Gainesville. risk management, budget tracking, progress including coordination activity management, of preparation and integration, and David reports. and documentation Professional is a registered Florida. of State in the Engineer David Jennings David Manager Project iDigBio Stacey is the Project Coordinator for the digitization digitization the for Coordinator Project is the Stacey for Center McGuire the at efforts Florida Biodiversity, and Lepidoptera in History Natural of Museum efforts These Florida. Gainesville, funded NSF- are part several of projects. [email protected] [email protected] Cynthia Hong-Wa Cynthia Investigator Principle (MAM) Megalopolis Mid-Atlantic - The TCN Stacey Huber Stacey Manager Project (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN where she led an international an international led she where network of more than 1,000 1,000 than more of network of NatureServe from 2006-2016, 2006-2016, from NatureServe of conservation professionals who who professionals conservation She served as the President and CEO CEO and President the as served She provide the scientific basis for effective effective for basis scientific the provide Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS). (AIBS). Sciences Biological for Institute conservation action, responding to more more to responding action, conservation Mary is a Board member of the American American the of member a Board is Mary than six million information inquiries each each inquiries information six million than year. [email protected] @Mary_L_Klein [email protected] Curator is Senior Frank in the Entomology of of Zoology of Department Nature of Museum Denver the specialty Frank’s Science. and and systematics, is taxonomy, Recording beetles. scarab of ecology group, insect in this diversity high the explaining and habitat anthropogenic of effects the exploring as well as areas main are two communities, beetle dung on changes his research. of [email protected] Invertebrate is the Talia Manager Collection Paleontology Colorado of University the at History Natural of Museum is a trilobite She CO. in Boulder, is an and training by systematist Paleo iDigBio the of member active groups. working DROID and Digitization Talia Karim Talia Investigator Principal (FIC) Collaborative Insect - Fossil TCN Mary Klein Mary Advisor Board Advisory External iDigBio T Krell Frank Investigator Principal (LepNet); Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN of Collections - Symbiota TCN (SCAN) Network Arthropods [email protected] @jasonknouft Director and Biology of Professor is an Associate Jason University. Louis Saint at Sustainability for Center the of impact the on focus interests research and teaching His hydrology the on activities human of in freshwater biodiversity and systems. Jason KnouftJason Member Board Advisory External iDigBio Akito is Akito member a faculty the at History Natural of Museum Florida the of Professor/ is am Assistant . He FLorida of University of evolution the on focuses his research and Curator, moths. and butterflies the especially insects, KAWAHARA@FLMNH. UFL.EDU Akito Kawahara Akito - Lepidoptera TCN America North of (LepNet) Network [email protected] fungal the at based is Barry of Museum Florida the at herbarium Florida. in Gainesville, History Natural MICC the for records fungal digitizing on time full works He scientific and in lichens interest a broad has Barry TCN. outreach. and education Barry Kaminsky Barry Manager Project Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

Participant Bios 32 Participant Bios 33 Bruce Lieberman Bruce Investigator Principle World; Cretacous - The TCN TCN - Paleoniches TCN

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State Arthropod Collection. His His Collection. Arthropod State @Trilolight

Collection Manager at the Oregon Oregon the at Manager Collection interests include systematics of of systematics include interests Christopher is the Curator and and Curator is the Christopher coleoptera, Pacific Northwest insect insect Northwest Pacific coleoptera, Bruce is a paleontologist and and is a paleontologist Bruce diversity and developing/improving developing/improving and diversity [email protected] the long-term stability of natural history history natural of stability long-term the (TTD) collections by directly engaging the the engaging directly by collections material in active research and by increasing visibility of of visibility increasing by and research in active material communities. possible broadest the across museum the evolutionary biologist interested in macroevolution, in macroevolution, interested biologist evolutionary in is a professor He phylogenetics. and biogeography, the at Biology & Evolutionary Ecology of Department the in KU’s Curator a Senior as well as Kansas, of University Institute. Biodiversity [email protected]. EDU is a vertebrate Bruce at curator and paleontologist and represents He FLMNH. the as well E&O as iDigBio promotes is He collections. paleontological to related matters fossil (e.g., learning in lifelong interested particularly society. on impacts broader and education K-12 clubs), Marshall Christopher Investigator Principal (LepNet); Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Parasitoids and Herbivores, : Plants, - Tri-trophic TCN Bruce MacFadden Bruce Investigator; Co-Principal & Outreach Education of Director iDigBio implementing plant protection protection plant implementing Oceania. and in Africa projects worked many years abroad, abroad, years many worked and curator. He also lived and and lived also He curator. and taxonomist (especially Tephritidae) Tephritidae) (especially taxonomist Luc has many years of experience as a as experience of years many has Luc Blaine is a graduate student at the University of Florida Florida of University the at student is a graduate Blaine Drs. under History Natural of Museum Florida and a RA is also He Soltis. Pam and Doug interests research His iDigBio. with and evolution plant include polyploidy. [email protected] Blaine Marchant Blaine Assistant Research iDigBio As an IT Expert with iDigBio based based iDigBio with Expert As an IT in Florida of University the at assists Kevin Gainesville, infrastructure, IT with data architecture, software user general and management service requests. @KevinJLove [email protected] [email protected] Luc Leblanc Luc Manager Project (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Kevin Love Expert Technology Information iDigBio the systematics of Coleoptera, Coleoptera, of systematics the especially the beetles comprising comprising beetles the especially History. His research focuses on on focuses research His History. the superfamilies Cucujoidea and and Cucujoidea superfamilies the at the Georgia Museum of Natural Natural of Museum Georgia the at Coccinelloidea. Curator of the Collection of Arthropods Arthropods of Collection the of Curator at the University of Georgia and the the and Georgia of University the at [email protected] Entomology of Department the in is a professor Joe Ashley is an Associate is an Associate Ashley Evolutionary of Professor Tennessee Middle at Biology in Murfreesboro. University State are plant interests research Her phylogeography, conservation genetics, and systematics. [email protected] Austin Mast Austin Personnel Senior iDigBio [email protected] @austin_mast in the is a Professor Austin Biological of Department University. State Florida at Science the interested is especially He for science citizen of development and domain research biodiversity the Biospex. and Nature, from Notes WeDigBio, to contributes Joseph McHugh Investigator Principal (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Ashley Morris Investigator Co-Principal - Col and Expertise of Network Regional - Southeast TCN (SERNEC) lections Andy is based at the University of Illinois Urbana- Illinois of University the at is based Andy and Mycologist the as serves he where Champaign research His Fungarium/Herbarium. the of Director systematics, the on focuses fungi of evolution and biodiversity areas. tropical and in temperate [email protected] Andrew Miller Investigator Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN As a representative of iDigBio, Joanna works with data data with works Joanna iDigBio, of As a representative supports She data. biodiversity their mobilize to providers iDigBio about contact of point first their as TCNs co- she and map, collaborator Wiki and resources, in is based Joanna meeting. IAC bi-monthly the leads Chicago. JMCCAFFREY@FLMNH. UFL.EDU Joanna McCaffrey Joanna Biodiversity Manager Informatics iDigBio Based in Gainesville, Florida, Florida, in Gainesville, Based the at is a biologist Elizabeth on Survey working Geological U.S. and (BISON) Nation Our Serving Information Biodiversity and collections biological to related activities other on information. and data & ecosystems biodiversity Elizabeth Martin Elizabeth Collaborator Survey Geological US. ELIZABETH_MARTIN@USGS. GOV

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TCN - Microfungi Collections Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium Project Manager Project [email protected] in the Earth Science Department Department Science Earth in the Joseph Myers Joseph at the Burke Museum and faculty faculty and Museum Burke the at University of Washington. Her Her Washington. of University Paleontology and Micropaleontology Micropaleontology and Paleontology Joseph is the assistant curator to to curator assistant is the Joseph research focuses on changes in changes on focuses research Liz is Curator of Invertebrate Invertebrate of is Curator Liz the Robert L. Gilbertson Mycological Mycological L. Gilbertson Robert the Cenozoic molluscan faunas along the the along faunas molluscan Cenozoic eastern Pacific margin, and on methane methane on and margin, Pacific eastern [email protected] seep assemblages. Herbarium at the University of Arizona. Joseph olds a B.S. in a B.S. olds Joseph Arizona. of University the at Herbarium Arison of University the from Environments Built Sustainable and water, in environmental, interest a running has and region. desert Sonoran the within sustainability cultural [email protected] Plant of is Professor Chris New of University the at Biology the of Director and Hampshire teaches He Herbarium. Hodgdon Integrated in Biostatistics, courses is Chris Botany. Aquatic and Aquaculture, Multitrophic the facilitate to tools in developing interested especially research biogeographic answer to data MHC’s of use questions. Liz Nesbitt Investigator Principal Invertebrate Pacific - Eastern TCN (EPICC) Cenozoic the of Communities Neefus Christopher Investigator Principal Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN (MHC) Consortium in Boone, North Carolina. His His Carolina. North in Boone, species on focuses research Appalachian State University University State Appalachian phylogeography boundaries, the Department of Biology at at Biology of Department the and floristics systematics, and biodiversity informatics. biodiversity A botanist, Zack is Professor in is Professor Zack A botanist, Gil is Assistant Professor/Researcher at Florida State State Florida at Professor/Researcher is Assistant Gil and research digitization on focuses He University. is a and iDigBio for implementation Steering iDigBio the of member He Committees. Executive and in interest with is a botanist habitat and biogeography the plants woody of associations pteridophytes. and [email protected] Gil Nelson Gil Specialist Digitization iDigBio Alliance) (NSC Alliance Collections Science National Tom is now based at the University of of University the at based is now Tom working after in Madison Wisconsin 39 for University State Arizona at training, by A botanist years. include interests his research and physiology ecology, the systematics of lichens. [email protected] [email protected] Zack Murrell Zack Investigator Principal and Expertise of Network Regional - Southeast TCN (SERNEC) Collections Thomas H. Nash III H. Nash Thomas Investigator - Principal Co (LBCC) & Bryophytes Lichens American - North TCN primarily on the professional professional the on primarily development of the collections all aspects of iDigBio, but focuses focuses but iDigBio, of all aspects and research communities and and communities research and Tallahassee, Florida. She is involved in is involved She Florida. Tallahassee, building national and international international and national building University School of Information in Information of School University collaborations related to digitization and and digitization to related collaborations Deborah is based at the Florida State State Florida the at is based Deborah research use of the digitized data. digitized the of use research [email protected] @idbdeb [email protected] is Molly training, by A biologist coordinating for responsible iDigBio’s implementing and outreach and education communicating and activities and coordination facilitating and Molly TCNs. the among networking newsletter, iDigBio the edits also co-manages and Spotlight, iDigBio efforts. media social iDigBio’s NICOLE.PALFFY-MUHORAY@YALE. EDU PhD Linguistics is a recent Nicole a life- with University Yale from and history, natural for passion long is now She in particular. entomology History Natural of Museum Peabody Yale the at based an with grants digitization multiple on works she where optimization. workflow towards eye iDigBio Nicole Palffy-Muhoray Manager Project America North of - Lepidoptera TCN (LepNet) Network Deborah Paul Deborah Specialist Training Workforce and Digitization Molly Phillips Molly Coordinator Outreach and Education iDigBio Katelin Pearson (nee Stanley) is a PhD student with with is a PhD student Stanley) (nee Pearson Katelin Her FSU herbarium. the of Curator the and Mast Austin and biogeography plant include interests research data. collections using and phenology, phylogenetics, iDigBio with involved been has Katelin WeDigBio as such E&O projects Outlier the co-leads currently and Documentation and Detection Group. Working Collectors by [email protected] Pearson Katelin Student Graduate iDigBio Nick is a PhD candidate in the Ecology, Evolution, and and Evolution, Ecology, in the is a PhD candidate Nick Nevada, of University at program Biology Conservation community include interests research His Reno. shape factors abiotic and biotic how and ecology network and interactions ecological of strength the structure. NICKPARDIKES@ GMAIL.COM Nicholas Pardikes Nicholas Collaborator Science National (NSF) Foundation [email protected] the at Fishes of is Curator Larry History Natural of Museum Florida at Biology of Professor Adjunct and in Gainesville. Florida of University the systematics, are the interests research primary His organisms. freshwater of conservation and ecology Larry Page Larry Principal Lead Director; Project Investigator iDigBio

Participant Bios 36 Participant Bios 37 Andre Poremski America Network (LepNet) Network America TCN - Lepidoptera of North North of - Lepidoptera TCN [email protected] Collaborator image repository and co-PI on on co-PI and repository image is the director of the Morphbank Morphbank the of director is the

the iDigBio Project. Greg is based at at is based Greg Project. iDigBio the Andre Poremski is the founder founder is the Poremski Andre informatics projects since 2004. He He 2004. since projects informatics Florida State University in Tallahassee. University State Florida of Fieldguide, a machine learning learning a machine Fieldguide, of Greg has been active in biodiversity in biodiversity active been has Greg platform that provides image recognition recognition image provides that platform capabilities. Fieldguide is partnering with LepNet to to LepNet with is partnering Fieldguide capabilities. can that app Android and an iPhone “LepSnap”, launch as well as specimens collection photo-catalog to used be observations. field record [email protected] Richard Rabeler Richard Investigator Co-Principal (GLI); Invasives Lakes - Great TCN : Plants, - Tri-trophic TCN Parasitoids and Herbivores, (TTD) [email protected] Manager Collections is Senior Rich Scientist Research Associate and His in Ann Arbor. Herbarium Michigan of University at floristics Caryophyllaceae on focus interests research herbarium from capture data efficient and phylogeny and specimens. Riccardi Greg Digitization of Director Investigator; Co-Principal iDigBio biodiversity datasets on a on datasets biodiversity tools building by scale global mobilize and integrate existing existing integrate and mobilize , globalbioticinteractions.org like based in Oakland, CA. He helps helps CA. He in Oakland, based gimmefreshdata. and effechecka.org github.io. open source software engineer engineer software source open Jorrit is a freelance open data / data open is a freelance Jorrit [email protected] of Museum Florida the at Mammals of Curator is the David includes research His FL. in Gainesville, History Natural especially and coevolution, host/parasite of study the of history evolutionary the infer to lice of use the also He humans. including primates historical of effects the studies populations on change climate islands. Caribbean on bats of the as serves currently He Research of Director Associate Florida the at Collections and Museum. David Reed David Administrator iDigBio Muriel is the Division Director for the Division of Biological Biological of Division the for Director Division is the Muriel Science National the at Infrastructure by biologist A plant Foundation. research and teaching her training, College Pitzer at interests systematics/ are in plant studies environmental of participation the and in groups underrepresented sciences. biodiversity [email protected] [email protected] Jorrit Poelen Jorrit Engineer Software Freelance GUODA Muriel Poston Director Division (NSF) Foundation Science National and modernization. He is an He modernization. and author and one of five editors of editors five of one and author studies, and herbarium curation curation herbarium and studies, he Guide to the Vascular Plants of of Plants Vascular the to Guide he programs in molecular studies, field field studies, in molecular programs Tennessee, PI on the Tennessee portion portion Tennessee the on PI Tennessee, at Chattanooga. He has research research has He Chattanooga. at of the SERNEC TCN, and President of the the of President and TCN, SERNEC the of Biology at the University of Tennessee Tennessee of University the at Biology Association of Southeastern Biologists. Southeastern of Association [email protected] of is a Professor Joey [email protected] @Randchovy is a PhD student Randy member Team Core and the at based iDigBio of Natural of Museum Florida of University the at History Randy’s in Gainesville. Florida collections on focuses PhD work ichthyological of communications collections. [email protected] Director is a Program Roland Biological of Division NSF’s with in the (DBI) Infrastructure Sciences Biological for Directorate in Collections the manages he where (CSBR), Research Biological of Support Biodiversity of Digitization Advancing Operations. NEON and (ADBC) Collections Roberts Roland Director Program (NSF) Foundation Science National Joey Shaw Investigator Principle Network Regional - Southeast TCN (SERNEC) Collections and Expertise of Randy Singer Randy Student Graduate iDigBio Petra is an Associate Curator at The Field Museum in Museum Field The at Curator is an Associate Petra evolutionary include interests research Her Chicago. and biogeography phylogeny, biodiversity, biology; Arthropoda; of systematics and evolution; morphological analyses. collections museum [email protected] Petra Sierwald Petra Investigator Principal - InvertEBase TCN Laura provides data cleaning and data publishing support support publishing data and cleaning data provides Laura into them bring to data biodiversity with institutions to in improving is invested Laura GBIF. and iDigBio VertNet, technological the advancing and data of quality the for online data using and sharing for infrastructures research. LARUSSELL@ VERTNET.ORG @pagodarose Laura Russell Laura Collaborator iDigBio Dawn Roberts is the Director Director is the Roberts Dawn Chicago the with Collections of Notebaert Sciences/Peggy of Academy for is responsible and IL in Chicago, Museum Nature natural all the to access and preservation, oversight, collections. cultural and history Dawn Roberts Dawn Investigator Principal - InvertEBase PEN DROBERTS@ NATUREMUSEUM.ORG

Participant Bios 38 Participant Bios 39 [email protected] iDigBio Graduate Student Graduate Cleveland. His research is focused is focused research His Cleveland. Museum of Natural History in History Natural of Museum Annika Smith on praying mantis taxonomy, taxonomy, mantis praying on Annika is a first year graduate graduate year is a first Annika Gavin is based at the Cleveland Cleveland the at is based Gavin systematics, and evolution. and systematics, student at the University of Florida Florida of University the at student in the Biology Department. Her Her Department. Biology in the [email protected] @thatlinuxbox Advanced is part the of Dan Information and Computing laboratory (ACIS) Systems Florida. of University the at iDigBio the of is a member He on a focus with Team Implementation Cyberinfrastructure ingestion. data Svenson Gavin Investigator Principle - InvertEBase TCN [email protected] Dan Stoner Dan Expert Integration Data iDigBio research is focused on the evolution of flowers. She is She flowers. of evolution the on is focused research from data morphological in extracting interested also images. herbarium

research interests include plant plant include interests research Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her Her in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania She systematics. and evolution Morris Arboretum of the University of of University the of Arboretum Morris plant general a botany, field teaches Cynthia is a research botanist at the the at botanist is a research Cynthia at course garden a public and course, Penn. Pamela Soltis Pamela Investigator; Co-Principal Activities Research of Director iDigBio [email protected] Herbarium Chrysler the of Director is the Struwe Lena focusing a botanist is also She University. Rutgers at plants, useful other and medicinal phylogeny, on Personal runs She weeds. urban and teaches and projects Bioblitz (and diversity plant and evolution more). Lena Struwe Lena Investigator Principal (MAM) Megalopolis Mid-Atlantic - The TCN [email protected] at Research of Director is the Pam Florida the of out based iDigBio, in History Natural of Museum is a plant She Gainesville. in the interested biologist of relationships and origins plants. flowering of species interested is particularly She power the harness to in how for specimens history natural of research. integrative [email protected] Cynthia Skema Cynthia Investigator Principle (MAM) Megalopolis Mid-Atlantic - The TCN archiving the resulting ±400,000 ±400,000 resulting the archiving for managing, post-processing, and and post-processing, managing, for image files generated annually. generated files image maintaining imaging equipment, and and equipment, imaging maintaining digitization staff, installing and and installing staff, digitization and supervising all herbarium specimen specimen all herbarium supervising and Garden. She is responsible for training training for is responsible She Garden. [email protected] Collection Entomology is the Jason Academy the at Manager in Sciences Natural of specializes He Philadelphia. evolution and in systematics particularly Lepidoptera, of Callidulidae families in the moths Ongoing Geometridae. and of studies include interests research and taxonomy, revisionary phylogeography, lepidopteran ecology evolutionary the as well as biology, conservation moths. fern-feeding of Jordan Teisher Jordan Manager Collection Megalopolis Mid-Atlantic - The TCN (MAM) [email protected] Botanical York New The at Manager Asset Digital Kim is the Weintraub Jason Manager Project (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN [email protected] the is currently Jordan Botany in the manager collection of Academy the at Department University. Drexel of Sciences Natural on his PhD finished recently He grass in the evolution and systematics Population and Ecology Evolution, in the Poaceae family Louis. in St. University Washington at program Biology Kimberly Watson Collaborator (MaCC) Consortium Collections - Macrofungi TCN Mike is a Professor at Cornell University and Director of of Director and University Cornell at is a Professor Mike His Ornithology. of Lab Cornell the at Library Macaulay the the on centers teaching and research in birds signals sexual of evolution organisms. other and [email protected] Mike Webster Mike Investigator Principle (VACS) Signals Communication Animal - Vouchered TCN Alex is the Software Products Lead at the University University the at Lead Products Software is the Alex Information and Computing Advanced Florida’s of for Lead Infrastructure IT the and laboratory Systems project. iDigBio the [email protected]. EDU Alex Thompson Infrastructure and Engineer Programmer iDigBio PATRICK.SWEENEY@YALE. EDU Peabody Yale the at is based Patrick he where History Natural of Museum Patrick’s training, by A botanist herbarium. the manages plant flowering include and ranging are far interests and floristics American North evolution, and systematics informatics. biodiversity Patrick Sweeney Patrick Investigator Principal Vascular England - New TCN (NEVP) Plants

Participant Bios 40 Participant Bios 41 America Network (LepNet) Network America TCN - Lepidoptera of North North of - Lepidoptera TCN [email protected] Co-Principal Investigator Co-Principal Notebaert Nature Museum. Her Her Museum. Nature Notebaert Academy of Sciences / Peggy / Peggy Sciences of Academy Jennifer Zaspel background in background Jen is an assistant professor of of professor is an assistant Jen Collections Manager at the Chicago the at Manager Collections library & information science is science & information library Entomology and Director of the Purdue Purdue the of Director and Entomology Erica Krimmel is the Assistant Assistant is the Krimmel Erica particularly relevant to biodiversity to relevant particularly University Entomological Research Collection Collection Research Entomological University informatics and digital collections collections digital and informatics @ekrimmel management. (PERC). Her program is focused on systematics, taxonomy, taxonomy, systematics, on is focused program (PERC). Her in Lepidoptera. behaviors feeding of evolution the and [email protected] of is a professor Greg Kansas at entomology interests His University. State parasitic of systematics include in systematics Hymenoptera, prairie of biodiversity and control, biological of support insect departmental the for curator the is also He insects. collection. Krimmel Erica Investigator Co-Principal - InvertEBase PEN [email protected] Gregory Zolnerowich Gregory Collaborator America North of - Lepidoptera TCN (LepNet) Network with Richard Brown. His His Brown. Richard with taxonomy on focuses research at Mississippi State University University State Mississippi at weevils. of systematics and Mississippi Entomological Museum Museum Entomological Mississippi entomologist working in the in the working entomologist Ryan is a graduate student and and student is a graduate Ryan Steven is the collections manager for the Bohart Museum Museum Bohart the for manager collections is the Steven Davis. at California of University the at Entomology of the of operations day to day the for is responsible He for responsible will be and museum on working staff and students the project. LepNet the [email protected] David works at the University of of University the at works David of Museum Boulder Colorado background His History. Natural is charged he and is in biology associated tasks various with paleontology invertebrate with are his Insects collection. his ants and interest, particular specialty. [email protected] David Zelagin David Assistant Digitization Collaborative Insect -F ossil TCN (FIC) Ryan Whitehouse Ryan (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN [email protected] Steven Heydon Steven Coordinator Manager/ Project (LepNet) Network America North of - Lepidoptera TCN Notes