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Vincent S. Smith Dave Roberts & Simon Rycroft

Small pieces loosely joined. Getting louse research on the Web. Vincent S. Smith Dave Roberts & Simon Rycroft. Phthiraptera.org. Pros High quality Bespoke Digital ‘hub’. Cons 1 Person Limited updates Taxonomy focus No digital services No ‘ownership’ Slow to build.

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Vincent S. Smith Dave Roberts & Simon Rycroft

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  1. Small pieces loosely joined Getting louse research on the Web Vincent S. Smith Dave Roberts & Simon Rycroft

  2. Phthiraptera.org • Pros • High quality • Bespoke • Digital ‘hub’ • Cons • 1 Person • Limited updates • Taxonomy focus • No digital services • No ‘ownership’ • Slow to build http://phthiraptera.org

  3. Lepidoptera British Fleas Martian Meteorites Chalcid Wasps Solanaceae Spanish Sandflies Bumble bees Loch Ness Worms A common experience Examples from the NHM, London

  4. Explosion of Web (2.0) tools Putting you in control

  5. 2 Uploaded & tagged 3 1 “Published” & reviewed on your site Your data What is a Scratchpad? A website for you & your community

  6. 2 Uploaded & tagged 3 1 “Published” & reviewed on your site Your data Fast Intuitive Fit for use What is a Scratchpad? A website for you & your community

  7. http://scratchpads.eu Scratchpads A multi-site implementation of Drupal

  8. Scratchpad Application Form Free to any individual or community

  9. Flexible Template Site With easy navigation

  10. An ecosystem of communities Sites: 150+ Users: 2000+ Pages: 266k March 2007 Circa 2 new sites/wk.

  11. Phthiraptera.org Reborn as a Scratchpad http://phthiraptera.myspecies.info

  12. e.g. Your research profile Phthiraptera.org Your content available to edit by you…

  13. Phthiraptera.org Content Summary • Data so far… • Phthirapterists (296) • Lice (8,040) • Birds (5,640) • Mammals (6,561) • Louse-host associations (12,472) • Bibliographic data (9,759) • Institutional collections (62) • Data to follow… • Images (7,650, 440 taxa) • PDF attachments (4,084) • Phylogenies (30+) Will get prettier

  14. Phthiraptera.org The future • That’s all folks… • It’s a community based site • Needs you to submit data • Needs a senior editor • Its your site, not mine

  15. Louse Scratchpad Workshop Tuesday 12-13.00, June 15th • To cover… • An overview of what’s possible • Accounts & logging in • Taxonomy • Louse - host associations • Bibliographies • E-mail forums • Phylogenies THIS SITE NEEDS YOU! • No time for… • Private groups • Character projects • Publications • Many more things…

  16. European Distributed Instituteof Taxonomy EDIT - http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/ • Network of 27 partners • €12M Euros • Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2011 “to integrate taxonomic research and improve the production of knowledge”

  17. ViBRANT INFRA-2010-1.2.3 (VRC) 17 Partners, 9 countries €4.75M • Distribute hosting infrastructure • Web services on major data types • Registry of sites and data services • Common data portal • New services (keys / phylog.) • Vocab. / ontology site (GBIF) • User support • Sociological research • Formal publishing

  18. BMC Bioinformatics BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 (Suppl 14) S6doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S14-S6 Published: 10 November 2009

  19. Questions?

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