1. Vincent S. Smith Simon D. Rycroft, Ben Scott & Dave Roberts Scratchpads redefining publication getting biodiversity online

2. What is a Scratchpad? Your data 1 Published & reviewed on your site 3 Uploaded & tagged 2

3. What is a Scratchpad? Your data 1 Published & reviewed on your site 3 Uploaded & tagged 2 FastIntuitiveFit for use

4. Who uses Scratchpads? 53 sites - eJournals(1) - Regional lists (2) - Administrative (7) 237 Registered users - Resources (8) - Taxon sites (35) - Middle East (1) - Russia (2) - South America (4) - Australasia (5) - Asia (6) - North America (21) - Unknown (68) - Europe (130) 30 Countries (55% Europe)

5. Who uses Scratchpads? 53 sites - eJournals(1) - Regional lists (2) - Administrative (7) 237 Registered users - Resources (8) - Taxon sites (35) - Middle East (1) - Russia (2) - South America (4) - Australasia (5) - Asia (6) - North America (21) - Unknown (68) - Europe (130) 30 Countries (55% Europe)

6. Scratchpad highlights http://scratchpads.eu/sitelist

7. Scratchpad highlights ZOOTAXA A rapid international journal for animal taxonomists ISSN 1175-5326 (Print Edition) & ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition)

8. Scratchpad highlights ZOOTAXA A rapid international journal for animal taxonomists ISSN 1175-5326 (Print Edition) & ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition)

9. Whats published on Scratchpads

10. lang biblio bioassoc countrypresence specimens image conservation_actns 52,584 21,482 10,990 3,679 2,699 2,395 1,550 psg_pub_index distribution rank page protologue_refs tdwg_geog psg_species_list 1,470 751 716 698 544 429 281 species country date_journal locality specieslist date_book species_description 257 226 197 164 159 143 131 Whats published on Scratchpads

11. What can Scratchpads do? …and more! Import, manage, search & browse: Taxonomies Specimens Literature Images

12. What can Scratchpads do? Seamless integration between data types Taxonomies Specimens Literature Images

13. What is next for Scratchpads? Ecological interactions Phylogeny management & display Improved forum functionality Conservation actions (IUCN Red List) Modules: New Scratchpad gateway New themes Project development: Mirror & distribute core

14. Scratchpad panels iSpecies panels (data from the web) mySpecies panels (data from your site) http://scratchpads.eu/panelsdemo Instantly build your Scratchpad +

15. Scratchpad panels Dynamically displays tagged content (= classified content)

16. Scratchpad panel configuration User configures: - Which panels to show - How they are arranged - How they behave Drag & drop setup (i.e. depth of parent-child associations to display) Wizard for easy config.

17. Scratchpad panel types iSpecies panels - Google Scholar - Yahoo! Images - Biodiversity Heritage Library - NCBI Genbank - GBIF specimen maps mySpecies panels - Specimens - Images - Literature - Files - Description Easy to add more…

18. Scratchpad panel view controls Curate data on the web… Edit Up Down Hide Add Show (for mySpecies panels) Panel Feeds Available April 08 http://scratchpads.eu/panelsdemo

19. Thanks… Simon RycroftBen ScottDave Roberts

20. Questions?