This is the main page for the schedule and other information about the free UIUC and INHS entomology vouchering workshop led by Tommy McElrath and Debbie Paul.
First Workshop: May 16, 2023 in-person.
Second workshop: August 18th, 2023 in-person.
Forbes Natural History Building, Room 1005.
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Short URL for this page https://tinyurl.com/INHSvoucher
UIUC Vouchering Registration Form
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Our 1st Vouchering and Digital Data Management workshop. Join us for one day of activities centered around vouchering both physical and digital specimens. This workshop will be interactive, modeled on some iDigBio workshops, like the Field to Database workshops and Carpentries workshops. It will focus on equipping you not just to voucher specimens now, but also how to get the most return on investment in specimens, from your initial project to much more. As this is our first time offering this workshop, you'll be working alongside us to develop our curriculum and get your individual questions answered.
- Send email to tcm AT illinois DOT edu or dlpaul AT illinois DOT edu
Taxonomists, undergraduate & graduate students, ecologists, curators, collection managers, entomologists, biodiversity information scientists, research assistants, and more. If you want to think about long term care of specimens and the data that makes them most valuable, this workshop is for you. Find out how to expand the reach and impact for you, your organization, and for your data, specimens, research, and datasets.
- Workshop to be held at the Forbes Natural History Building.
- Lunch to be provided.
- You will need to bring a laptop.
Before the event steps:
- Register (see link above) which gives us your email address and secures your spot.
- Post ideas, requests, questions to be tackled during the week.
- You'll need a GitHub account. Go to GitHub.com and sign up.
- Please install OpenRefine - a tool for cleaning messy data and exploring your data
- 1st Workshop Collaborative Notes doc (accessible on the day of the workshop) for the Vouchering Workshop
- 2nd Workshop Collaborative Notes doc
Scheduled events are subject to minor changes. All events will have question / answer / discussion time.
The agenda is generated from your ideas and needs. Activities, events, ideas always welcome. Submit them here
| CDT | Topic | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Introduction to the workshop | all | |
| From the Field to a Voucher | Tommy McElrath | ||
| 09:00 | The Big Picture: thinking past just your project | Tommy McElrath | |
| 09:30 | The Field: prepping for data and specimen longevity before you go | Tommy McElrath/Debbie Paul | |
| 10:45 | Vouchering and thinking in museum time: preserving your specimens for a long shelf life | Tommy McElrath | |
| Pinning and mounting specifics | Tommy McElrath | ||
| Labeling specifics | Tommy McElrath | ||
| 12:00-12:05 | Group Photo | everyone (Opt-in) | |
| 12:05-13:00 | Break for lunch | everyone | |
| Creating and Managing Digital Data and Extending your Specimens | Debbie Paul | ||
| 13:00 | The Data Life Cycle (e.g. data management, data capture, publishing, etc) | Debbie Paul | |
| 13:30 | Data Standards | Debbie Paul | |
| 14:00 | The Carpentries Data Organization in Spreadsheets (the dataset) Data Cleaning with Open Refine (the Open Refine dataset) |
Debbie Paul | |
| 15:00 | Data Papers (yes, they are a thing!) What is a Data Paper? |
Tommy McElrath/Debbie Paul | |
| 15:15 | What does this look like here at UIUC/PRI? | Tommy McElrath | |
| 15:45 | What's next for you and our community? Lightning Talks From Your Perspective |
everyone | |
| 16:45 | Close of workshop | everyone |
Hear from participants about their experience at the first Vouchering and Digital Data Management workshop in May in a group-authored blog post: Towards Long-lived Specimens, Data, and Increased Impact