Thanks, Siro, for this very relevant notification: our challenge here is to be able to participate in webinars when our bandwidth is poor, and in the rainy season. Are the webinars recorded and compressed for download? Monica Morrison BID Hunting Records Project -----Original Message----- From: Bid-community [mailto:bid-community-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of bid-community-request@lists.gbif.org Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 1:00 PM To: bid-community@lists.gbif.org Subject: Bid-community Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 Send Bid-community mailing list submissions to bid-community@lists.gbif.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/bid-community or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to bid-community-request@lists.gbif.org You can reach the person managing the list at bid-community-owner@lists.gbif.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Bid-community digest..." Today's Topics: 1. FW: 1st Darwin Core Hour - 7 February 2017 @ 1 PM EST, 6 PM UTC (Siro Masinde) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 10:08:49 +0000 From: Siro Masinde <smasinde@gbif.org> To: "bid-community@lists.gbif.org" <bid-community@lists.gbif.org> Subject: [Bid-community] FW: 1st Darwin Core Hour - 7 February 2017 @ 1 PM EST, 6 PM UTC Message-ID: <HE1PR0901MB09223AEA4DEED1A55C6426ABAE4C0@HE1PR0901MB0922.eurprd09.prod.outl ook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear BID Community members, I am forwarding the following iDigBio webinar announcement about Darwin Core standard that should be of interest to you. You can join the webinar next week, Tuesday 7th at 18:00 UTC/GMT. You may also be interested in the following iDigBio resources: ? Overview of upcoming iDigBio events including webinars, check https://www.idigbio.org/calendar or https://www.idigbio.org/outreach-events-sidebar ? Workshops, reports and wikis often with past live recordings, check https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Workshops Best wishes, Siro ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Dr Siro Masinde Programme Officer for Content Mobilisation Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen ?, Denmark Email: smasinde@gbif.org Skype: siro.masinde Tel: +45 3532 1477 Mob: +45 30450207 Fax: +45 2875 1480 Website: www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- From: iDigBio listserv [mailto:IDIGBIO-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU] On Behalf Of Deborah Paul Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 6:30 PM To: IDIGBIO-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: 1st Darwin Core Hour - 7 February 2017 @ 1 PM EST, 6 PM UTC Hello Everyone, You're invited! To: Darwin Core Hour 7 February 2017 @ 1 PM EST, 6 PM UTC Details: https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-webinar-series Got questions? Get answers! For the best Darwin Core Hour experience, add your input here Darwin Core Hour Form https://goo.gl/forms/YCaJ8zjTaW3n6BKr1 Chapter Abstract In this first webinar in the Darwin Core Hour series, the basics of how Darwin Core functions in the biodiversity community as a dynamic standard will be covered. Topics will include what the standard consists of, how to use it, how it can be changed, sources of information, and where to go for help. Presenter: John Wieczorek Your input: 1) improves Darwin Core documentation (examples, definitions) 2) helps those in the Standards community address gaps and implementation of the standard terms 3) provides a forum for everyone to learn about each others data mapping, data sharing, software needs, standards issues and insights. 4) facilitates higher data quality! Go here for details: https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-webinar-series In anticipation of our 1st Darwin Core (Happy) Hour, Debbie Paul, et al Webinar series brought to you by the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (DMI). We welcome input for this series from everyone worldwide. We plan to make this happen 1x month. We use Adobe Connect for our webinars. See https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing for hints on best experience (hint: use headsets!) (please excuse cross-postings) -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366