General Information

In February, a full week of GBIF immersion will be organized in Croatia. Next to a GBIF community workshop, where we will learn on how GBIF works, we will also organize 2 full days on data cleaning and publication. These 2 days (February 21 and 22th) are intended to be a hands-on workshop focused on mobilizing biological observation datasets to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) by helping data providers standardize their data using Darwin Core including species observations from any type of sampling methodologies (e.g. visual surveys, microscopy, imaging, telemetry). The other 3 days are dedicated to setting op the GBIF node in Croatia in the framework of the GBIF CESP CROMENT (Mentoring Croatia) project. This workshop is organized by a The Belgian Biodiversity Platform & the Croatian Institute for Environment and Nature & The Habitat Foundation. For more information on the Croment procject, visit this website

Hands on Data Workshop

What the data workshop will cover:

• Darwin Core and the required terms for GBIF.
• Typical data cleaning tasks needed to standardize the data.
• Getting your data into a final Darwin Core format.
• Common QA/QC steps, data enhancement, and validation tools.
• Required metadata information.
• How to get your data into the Integrated Publishing Toolkit..
• Tools that will help in all of the above processes.

The goal is that by the end of the workshop you will have a dataset in a final standardized state and shared to GBIF. We are hoping to address some of the identified blockers, including: lack of time, training, and specific formatting questions.

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We have a short time together therefore our focus will be hands-on work in breakout rooms using the dataset you bring to the workshop. We will not have many presentations and they will be relatively short. Instead we will have large portions of time for you to work on your data and ask questions when you hit a stumbling block. Therefore, if you do not have a dataset to work on you may not find this workshop a good use of your time.

If you would like to learn more about GBIF and a short rationale for sharing data to it, please watch this three minute video and share them with those you want to work with to share data.

GBIF community workshop

What the GBIF community workshop will cover

• The GBIF governance
• GBIF nodes and the ECA network
• GBIF implementation plan and work programmes
• GBIF strategic framework
• GBIF community formum
• Development of a national data mobilization strategy for Croatia
• Global registry of scientific collections (GrSciColl)

In this workshop we will talk about how GBIF is organized globally as an infrastructure and how we can translate this in local practices. How a GBIF node is organized and how to setup a community around GBIF. How to communicate to stakeholders

Hands on technical workshop

What the technical workshop will cover

• How to admin an IPT
• How to customize IPT
• Hosted Portals, a simple portal solution based on GBIF services
• GRSCiColl (Global Registry of Scientific Collections)
• GBIF Registry

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Audience

The hands-on workshop is open for researchers, data curaters, data managers who have an interest in the publication of data on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) The GBIF community workshop is on invitation only. However the material available on this website could be of interest for anyone who is developping a GBIF Node and community.

The workshop is organized in the CESP project CROMENT, a GBIF funded project on capacity building.

Practical

Where: ZG Tower Annex, Big conference hall (Velika dvorana), 3rd floor, Radnička cesta 80, Zagreb. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: February 19-23, 2024. Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on.

Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. For workshops at a physical location, the workshop organizers have checked that:

• The room is wheelchair / scooter accessible.
• Accessible restrooms are available.

Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.

Contact: Please email d.brosens@biodiversity.be for more information.

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Schedule

Times are in CET.

Overview recordings of each lesson can be found in this playlist.

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Setup

To participate in a workshop, you will need access to software as described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.

We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.