Element details
Project element | Leader(s) | Lead participant | Assigned people | Participant | Description | Deadline | Status | ||||||||
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Develop strategic priorities for DNA library creation of NH collections | Task 2.2.2 | NBC |
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Creation and use of DNA Libraries (developed in SYNTHESYS2) will be reviewed for feasibility of implementation at institutional scale by European NH institutions. Host a two day workshop to assess the scope and protocols for common integration. Day one will be used to demonstrate the outputs of the previous |
Mon, 2015-08-31 01:00 | In progress | |||||||||
Develop strategic priorities for barcoding of NH collections | Task 2.2.1 | NBC |
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Working alongside members of IBOL, create a common strategy for prioritising the barcoding of NH collections. Host workshop of NH institutions and key IBOL members to achieve this aim. CETAF, SPNHC, CPB, ECBOL and LifeWatch will be used to recruit institutions outside the Consortium to adopt the policy, ensuring a coordinated action across Europe. |
Thu, 2015-12-31 (All day) | In progress | |||||||||
Developing strategic priorities for molecular related NH collections | Objective 2.2 | NBC |
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Mon, 2016-10-31 (All day) | In progress | |||||||||
Develop policies for new physical CM | Task 2.1.3 | MfN |
Collate existing European policies that relate to new physical collections and use these as a basis to agree recommendations for common European CM policies and procedures. A meeting will be held with representatives from outside the Consortium to discuss and refine the policies. The recommendations will |
Thu, 2015-12-31 (All day) | In progress | ||||||||||
Produce handbook of best practice and standards for 3D imaging of NH specimens | Task 2.1.2 | MfN |
To get an overview of all relevant 3D techniques, software and equipment, a handbook of best practice for 3D imaging will be produced. The handbook will use JRA obj. 2 results and include recommendations concerning which techniques should be used for different types of object, and which technical standards exist for creating a 3D image and for visualisation of the images. International groups working on 3D imaging will be invited to a workshop to discuss the handbook content and to horizon scan the domain. Chapters will be written by working groups constituted at the workshop (including others deemed relevant). The results will be used by JRA Objective 4. |
Sat, 2016-04-30 01:00 | In progress | ||||||||||
Develop policies for virtual CM and integrate JRA outputs | Task 2.1.1 | MfN |
Collate existing European virtual collection policies and use these as a basis for recommendations on a common European virtual data management policies and procedures. A meeting will be held with external representatives to discuss and refine the policies. Recommendations will include areas such as sustainable storage, open access (e.g. links with Europeana/GBIF), and IPR and Access and Benefit Sharing. In conjunction with NA3, policies will be promoted via CPB, CETAF, SPNHC and national fora. All policies will be placed on EU-CoM. JRA outputs will be included into policies to ensure that data generated from the new digital extraction techniques and crowdsourcing are fully integrated. |
Tue, 2016-08-30 01:00 | In progress | ||||||||||
Managing new (virtual and physical) collections | Objective 2.1 | MfN | Wed, 2017-08-30 01:00 | In progress | |||||||||||
Improving collections management and enhancing accessibility | WP2 (NA2) | MfN |
Improving collections management and enhancing accessibility.
Main Idea: To provide a coherent, integrated management approach that will enable NH collections to The tools, standards and training provided by SYNTHESYS1&2 NAs have proved successful in improving collections management of traditional European NH collections (e.g. alcohol-preserved specimens, desiccated plants and insects, bones and minerals). There is a demand from both NH institutions and the User community to move the focus from improving collections management of traditional collections to developing that for their growing virtual and new physical collections. NA2 will meet the demand by developing collection management policies and strategic priorities for open and flexible access to virtual and new physical collections. To ensure the wider uptake of these policies outside the Consortium, NA2 will collaborate with other European and international initiatives such as the Collections Policy Board (CPB), LifeWatch, BioNET, IBOL, and International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) on shared policy creation, promotion and implementation. The resultant recommendations and supporting documentation will be made openly available via EU-CoM (an online collection management handbook created by SYNTHESYS2). NH institutions are generating increasing amounts of virtual collections data as NH institutions enter the realm of the systematics of morphologically indistinct micro-organisms. As for some organisms (e.g. some protists) a video of the specimen is considered the type, as the physical entity cannot be stored using conventional curatorial methods. Furthermore, virtual collections can add value to original specimens when a digital surrogate is enriched with analytical data. For example the mining and resources industry is interested in gaining access to the chemical analysis data associated with mineralogical collections. The policies created will ensure that these collections are as accessible as |
Wed, 2017-08-30 (All day) | In progress | ||||||||||
SAB Meeting 1 | MS30 | NHM |
SAB Meeting 1 |
Mon, 2013-09-30 01:00 | In progress | ||||||||||
SAB Meeting 2 | MS31 | NHM |
SAB Meeting 2 |
Thu, 2014-07-31 01:00 | In progress |