Dear ESG members,

I am forwarding information below about a  some of you may be interested
by talk organised by the CETAF working group which centers on digital
extended specimens, please see the email below.

Best

Laura

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Subject: CETAF Collections Group monthly session: 26 June, 11.00-12.00
CEST: Digital Extended Specimen
Date: 2024-06-19 10:21
 From: Luc Willemse <luc.willemse@naturalis.nl>
To: Laurence Bénichou <laurence.benichou@mnhn.fr>, Isabelle Gerard
<Isabelle.gerard@africamuseum.be>, Dirk Neumann
<d.neumann@leibniz-lib.de>, "heimo.rainer@NHM-WIEN.AC.AT"
<heimo.rainer@nhm-wien.ac.at>, Güntsch, Anton <A.Guentsch@bo.berlin>,
Alessandro Marchi <amarchi@naturalsciences.be>, Gila Kahila
<gila.kahila@mail.huji.ac.il>, Thierry Bourgoin
<thierry.bourgoin@mnhn.fr>, marko.lovric@cetaf.org, Ana Casino
<acasino@naturalsciences.be>, Iasmi Stathi <iasmistathi@gmail.com>,
David Ott <D.Ott@leibniz-lib.de>, "laura.tilley"
<laura.tilley@cetaf.org>, Luc Willemse <luc.willemse@naturalis.nl>,
Marko Lovric <mlovric@naturalsciences.be>

Dear CETAF working Group leaders

Next week Wednesday, 26 JUNE (11:00-12:00 CEST), the CETAF Collections
Group organizes its sixth monthly session in 2024. This time the topic
centres on digital extended specimen (DES) and will be presented by
Jutta Buschbom. A short introduction into the topic is presented below:

_With advancing digitization of natural science specimens, e.g.
preserved in herbaria and paleobotany collections, bio- and geodiversity
researchers are increasingly working with digital representations of
collection specimens and related digital-born data. Dedicated and
enthusiastic, they are embracing and developing digital tools and
platforms to infer novel discoveries and support conservation decisions
to address the biodiversity crisis. Research that is meeting today's
questions and challenges increasingly relies on high-quality,
multidimensional datasets that are seamlessly integrated across sources
and datatypes. Accordingly, on-site digital infrastructures are
currently more and more integrated with online resources and
functionality. These developments have led to the concept of the Digital
Extended Specimen (DES), which describes how a diversity of Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data from disparate
sources can be linked, and integrated into analysis pipelines. _

We prepared a short Mentimeter survey [1] with a few questions about
Digital Extended Specimens (DES). Filling it in takes a couple of
minutes at most. Also, at the bottom, there is an option to add any
question you may have about DES. We like to use your feedback in the
discussion and Q&A after the presentation.

Following the presentation, there will of course be time for questions.
This is the ZOOM LINK TO ACCESS THE SESSION [2]. As always, colleagues
are welcome to join the session; PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL WITHIN YOUR
CETAF WORKING GROUP and to anyone who might be interested. Apologies for
any cross posting.

Hoping  many of you join the session!

   With kind regards on behalf of the CETAF Collections Group

Luc Willemse
Senior Collection Manager Orthopteroids
Chair CETAF Collections Group
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luc.willemse@naturalis.nl - www.naturalis.nl [4]
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Links:
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[1] https://www.menti.com/al3k24dhxwxn
[2]
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89005884563?pwd=aG5vQ0s2VGhLeXdqa2ZGcWNaOVRzUT09
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[4] https://www.naturalis.nl/