Geology Webinar - February 2020
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Suggested topic. Presenters needed from Paleo collections.
Any interest in presenting a webinar on paleo collections in Arctos sometime this fall @Jegelewicz ? Besides UAM, it looks like UTEP has the most extensive Arctos experience for this collection type.
Actually, ALMNH, NMMNHS, and UNM are the collections with the most use. I have entered the majority of ALMNH, Dustin Perriguey has done all of the UNM stuff, and Nicole is just embarking on the NMMNHS stuff. We could possibly put something together for later in the fall. I will be meeting with both Dustin and Nicole later this month and I'll see what they want to do.
@Jegelewicz that sounds great. Let me know the verdict. We have a clean slate for Fall webinars so you all would have your pick of 2nd Tuesdays for a paleo overview webinar.
After lunch with Nicole and Dustin, we think we need to have a discussion with Dusty plus some of the other paleo people to refine Geology before giving a webinar. I'll set up a Doodle poll to get us together for a chat. Depending on what gets discussed, we may be able to do a webinar in the fall or we may have to wait for some development to get completed.
Sounds like a good plan, thanks for discussing with Nicole and Dustin.
Checking in on the status of Paleo migration and Arctos Geology structures. Do you think a late winter webinar is doable? Ideally February 10 but the schedule is open if it has to wait...
Emily, I think we could take this up on February 10. I need to recruit at least one other person to help out, but that shouldn't be too hard. When do you need the abstract?
Excellent! That would be amazing. I'll need the abstract by Jan 24. Thank you!
/remind me to follow up by December 31, 2019
@Jegelewicz set a reminder for Dec 31st 2019
👋 @Jegelewicz, follow up by
Following up - @Jegelewicz, are we still OK to move on this topic? Are Nicole and Dustin planning on presenting with you? Let me know and I'll reach out to confirm and ask for an abstract.
UGH! Yes we should Just Do It. @Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS are you in?
This is needed, but at the same time I wish we could wait until after the post-postgres geology attribute expansion that we are planning for. I'm in whatever we decide to do.
I think it's OK to have one now. The stuff that is there needs some explanation and we can do another when we make all the changes after PG. That's a long way off yet. I'll throw an abstract up here before the start of next week.
/remind me to write an abstract on Friday
@Jegelewicz set a reminder for Jan 10th 2020
👋 @Jegelewicz, write an abstract
Geology in Arctos
Did you know that you can record geologic information in Arctos? Whether you have never used this functionality or you are familiar with it, this webinar will have something for you!
We will walk through the Geology code table, discuss how geology relates to locality, add geology to a locality, and talk about the future of geology and "locality attributes". Be ready to learn all bout the different geologic possibilities and maybe even see a dinosaur.....
@Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS how does this sound?
Sounds good! Since we are at a point where we are planning future changes, maybe we should also add in a little time for people to make suggestions on those changes.
@ebraker here is the abstract
Geology in Arctos
Did you know that you can record geologic information in Arctos? Whether you have never used this functionality or you are familiar with it, this webinar will have something for you!
We will walk through the Geology code table, discuss how geology relates to locality, add geology to a locality, and talk about the future of geology and "locality attributes". There will be time for questions so bring those that you have already or add some to the chat as we go along. Be ready to learn all bout the different geologic possibilities and maybe even see a dinosaur.....
d talk about the future of geology and "locality attributes".
Perfect, I was going to suggest that this is a good opportunity to talk briefly about the Arctos development model. In short:
- we added geology when we got our first collection that needed it
- turns out there's more stuff in the same sort of relationship to places, we're generalizing to accommodate (and the original model is flexible enough to mostly serve the purpose until we can find time to make real changes).
I noticed yesterday on http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/workshops/
then gather member input for development plans and priorities.
where Arctos is constantly and directly responding to selective pressures from users, which I think is a fundamental difference.
Also worth mentioning the 'private' "geology" attribute - what was modeled for information about rocks and time turns out to be useful in selectively masking various place-and-time data for threatened snakes and etc.
Monday
Oh boy, I'll give it a shot....
Great! Thanks. Will you also introduce some Paleo-specific features in Arctos (e.g., part name vocab, taxonomy tables, media) and mention other capabilities? (Essentially a mini-tour of Arctos for people who are CMS shopping). If so, can we add a sentence in the abstract along these lines, "This webinar will provide an overview of Arctos features and functions pertaining to managing Paleontology and Geology collections data. We will also walk through...." ?
@ebraker How about
Time permitting, we will also delve into other Arctos features that are useful for managing Paleontology and Geology collections.
I'd like to leave it vague so we can decided what might fit best as we plan the webinar structure.
@Jegelewicz that's perfect, thank you!
Details: Tuesday, February 11 @ 1pm MT (3PM ET)
Teresa and Nicole - can we get a soundcheck on the calendar for next week? Nicole - since you haven't presented a webinar before, the soundcheck allows us to test our screen share and sound quality in Adobe Connect in advance of the webinar, as well as provides some time for the presenters to chat about content if desired. Should be quick (~15-20 mins) unless you want to take extra time to go over the webinar. I'm free afternoon Feb. 5th, morning Feb. 6th, and all day Feb 7.
Feb 7 @ 2pm works for me (and the Adobe Connect room is free at that time). Let us know if that works for you @Jegelewicz and I'll book it.
Works for me - only now I have to actually plan the webinar!
Ok great! It'll be awesome - happy planning ;)
Not sure if you saw my email last week - are either of you on any Paleo list servs? If so, would you mind circulating the webinar announcement so that we can target folks with a specific interest in using geology CMS tools? Announcement text below.
Please join us for a webinar on Geology in Arctos.
Abstract: Did you know that you can record geologic information in Arctos? Whether you have never used this functionality or you are familiar with it, this webinar will have something for you! We will walk through the Geology code table, discuss how geology relates to locality, add geology to a locality, and talk about the future of geology and "locality attributes". There will be time for questions, so bring those that you have already or add some to the chat as we go along. Be ready to learn all about the different geologic possibilities and maybe even see a dinosaur... Time permitting, we will also delve into other Arctos features that are useful for managing Paleontology and Geology collections.
Presenters: Teresa Mayfield-Meyer and Nicole Ridgwell, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
When: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 3:00pm ET
Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room
Can’t Make It?: View archived recordings here https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/
Sorry - saw it and had so many other things going on that it got buried. I've forwarded this to preplist.
Perfect, thanks!