1. iDigBio is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program (Cooperative Agreement EF-1115210). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Building the historical biodiversity baseline: Emerging iDigBio resources for onsite and online public participation in the digitization of biodiversity research specimens Building the historical biodiversity baseline: Emerging iDigBio resources for onsite and online public participation in the digitization of biodiversity research specimens Libby Ellwood, Robert Bruhn, Jeremy Spinks, Greg Riccardi, Austin Mast iDigBio; Florida State University Tallahassee, FL USA

2. 2 3 billion biodiversity specimens

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8. 8 10% of US specimens are digitized

9. 9 Clay Shirky’s “Cognitive Surplus” http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/cognitive-surplus-visualized/

10. 10 pre-digitization curation and staging specimen (or ledger) image capture image processing electronic data capture georeferencing locality descriptions Five discrete task clusters of digitization

11. 11 pre-digitization curation and staging specimen (or ledger) image capture image processing electronic data capture georeferencing locality descriptions Onsite participation Five discrete task clusters of digitization

12. 12 pre-digitization curation and staging specimen (or ledger) image capture image processing electronic data capture georeferencing locality descriptions Onsite participation Five discrete task clusters of digitization Online participation

13. 13 Five discrete task clusters of digitization Online participation

14. 14 Imaging Blitz Florida State University September 2014

15. 15 60 hours of prep work by herbarium staff and students 3 imaging stations 22 volunteers 2 four-hour imaging shifts with one hour for lunch. 125 specimens imaged per hour, on average, per station 3,000 local plant specimens imaged in total 1 very cool water bottle gift for volunteers Endless research possibilities for digitized herbarium specimens

16. 16 Blitz Kits protocols relevant best practice and standards documents artwork for advertising and incentive gifts, post-event surveys equipment lists example recruitment and training documents.

17. 17 Five discrete task clusters of digitization Online participation

18. 18 Five discrete task clusters of digitization Online participation

19. 19 Five discrete task clusters of digitization Online participation

20. 20 Five discrete task clusters of digitization Online participation

21. 21 Onsite participation Five discrete task clusters of digitization

22. 22 www.biospex.org

23. 23 Origin of BIOSPEX Public Participation Workshop Participants identified need for system that would lower barriers to creation and management of public participation projects, make data flow more easily among relevant platforms, build capacity for recruiting and engaging with public participants, and enable co-created citizen science projects.

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25. 25 www.notesfromnature.org

26. 26 www.museum.tulane.edu/geolocate/

27. 27 TWO NEW PUBLIC PARTICPATION WORKING GROUPS -Interoperability among the major cyberinfrastructure components in the domain -Public participant engagement online and onsite Both are actively recruiting new members

28. 28 For more information about Biospex at TDWG: SYMPOSIUM S05:2 ACCESS TO DIGITISATION TOOLS AND METHODS RYDBERGSALEN 3.00 PM – 3.20 PM Greg Riccardi, Austin Mast, Elizabeth Ellwood, Robert Bruhn, Jeremy Spinks 632. Managing Digitization Projects with Biospex

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