EVENTS
Plants in the City: Virtual Herbaria Provide Clues to Our Past and Future
29-30 March 2019
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Join the Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis Project for a free research symposium and series of workshops around the topic of virtual herbaria and their use in research and community science projects. See details and the registration link here.
MAM Talk at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
24 February 2019
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, PA
PI Skema will present an invited talk, entitled "Studying the flora of the Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis, one plant specimen at a time." See more here.
MAM Catch-Up Online Meeting
4 February 2019
on Skype
Agenda: 1) update on MAM Year 3 Meeting/Research Workshop at Rutgers in March, 2) MAM on Instagram, 3) rolling out georeferencing, and 4) MAM image serving/storage now and in the future
iDigBio Summit 2018
2-3 October 2018
Gainesville, FL
Our Lead PI and the PIs from Carnegie Museum will attend. See iDigBio Summit website for further information.
Botany Meeting 2018
21-25 July 2018
Rochester, MN
MAM is contributing three talks (by CHRB, HUDC, and MOAR) and a poster (by DOV) to the Botany meeting this year. (Click on participating institutions to see abstracts.)
Transcription Workshop
May 30th, 2018
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Workshop on transcribing specimen records in the MAM portal.
MAM Talk at Philadelphia Botanical Club
26 April 2018, 7.30 p.m.
Philadelphia Botanical Club Monthly Meeting
PIs Livshultz and Skema will present on research uses for herbarium specimen data, with a particular focus on research into the effects of urbanization on a flora and the MAM Project.
Data Cleaning Webinar
April 23rd, 2018
Adobe Connect
Demonstrated the new data cleaning tools available in Symbiota. The recorded webinar can be accessed here.
MAM Outreach & Volunteer Recruitment
Wednesday 11 April 2018, 5.30 p.m.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
The MAM Project will be in attendance, to spread the word about the project and recruit transcrption volunteers, at The Academy's "How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution" event with author and evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen and Maiken Scott of WHYY's The Pulse radio program.
Transcription Workshop
March 10th, 2018
Delaware State University
Dover, DE
Introduced the MAM Project to the public and transcription training.
Darwin Day Transcription Blitzes
MAM Collaborators hosted three volunteer transcription events in honor of Darwin's birthday. This was an opportunity to engage with our volunteer base, thank them for their service, and advance the goals of the project.
February 11th, 2018
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
February 12th, 2018
Howard University
Washington, DC
February 12th, 2018
Morris Arboretum
Philadelphia, PA
Transcription Workshop
13 November 2017
The Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Workshop on transcribing specimen records in the MAM portal.
iDigBio Summit 2017
2-3 November 2017
Gainesville, FL
Our Project Coordinator and the PI from Howard University will attend. See iDigBio Summit website for further information.
Transcription Workshop
11 October 2017
Morris Arboretum
Philadelphia, PA
Workshop on transcribing specimen records in the MAM portal.
MAM Talk to Volunteers
2 August 2017
Morris Arboretum
Philadelphia, PA
Talk about the MAM project to the horticultural volunteers at the Morris Arboretum.
Philadelphia Botanical Club Floristics Workshop
22 June 2017
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Workshop on using the floristics tools available in the MAM portal.
Work Queue Webinar
28 March 2017
Google Hangouts
Walk through on using the Work Queue portion of the MAM Project digitization workflow.
Floristics Workshop
25-26 February 2017
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY
The first day of this workshop is open to members of the public. We will show participants how to use the Symbiota floristics tools available in the MAM portal. The second day is dedicated to MAM member institutions. This will be an opportunity to ask questions and make suggestions for additional features in Symbiota, as well as to be given an introduction to new features currently in development. At least one PI or supervisor from each digitizing institution in the MAM Project is expected to attend.
iDigBio Summit 2016
1-3 November 2016
Chattanooga, TN
The PI, or one representative, from each digitizing institution in the MAM Project is required to attend this meeting. Please be on site for new TCN orientation at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday 1 November. See iDigBio Summit website for further information.
MAM Training Workshop
27-28 September 2016, By Invitation Only
Morris Arboretum of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
This workshop is designed to 1) introduce MAM participants to one another and outline project standards, and 2) get any institution up and running with digitization. Hence, we will spend most of our time covering the basics of the digitization workflow from A to Z. It will be a hands-on workshop; PowerPoint presentations will alternate with plenty of opportunities to try it all out yourself. Please bring a laptop, or arrange to share with someone who is bringing a laptop.