DEST - Taxonomy Training

Description of project:
Training on practical implementation of international and European Standards in terms of Biodiversity Information and their standardised internet publication in the context of scientific research in Taxonomical Facilities.

Duration of training:

• Novice Training: 2 weeks (this extended course offers more in-depth theoretical sessions and more time for practical exercises, it also deals with digital libraries and collections management)
• Advanced Training: 1 week (recommended for advanced trainees only)

Training period:
To be discussed with host institution

Target audience:
MSc students, PhD students as well as early career researchers

Lectures: 

• Databasing (theory & practice)
• Novice: GIS extensive (theory & practice) - Advanced: GIS (theory & practice)
• Data cleaning and quality checking (theory & practice)
• Data publication (theory & practice)
• Virtual Libraries (Optional in Advanced Training)
• Collections Management (Optional in Advanced Training)

Name of mentor/supervisor:
Supervisors are Franck Theeten & Garin Cael (however mentoring will also be done by other team members)

Practical experiences:
The Biodiversity information and Cybertaxonomy Unit has a vast experience when it comes to EU-projects and natural history data, among others it is involved in the following:

• Biodiversity Information Standards (www.TDWG.org)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (www.GBIF.org)
• Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (www.CETAF.org)
• Phylogeography
• Digital Libraries (eg. www.biodiversitylibrary.org)
• Best Practices in Collection Management (SYNTHESYS NA2, www.Synthesys.info)

Institution:
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Biodiversity Information and Cybertaxonomy Unit
Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium

Registration fee:

• Novice (two-week) Training: 500 euro for students and researchers (or 2500 euro for persons coming from private companies and industry).
• Advanced (one-week) Training: 250 euro for students and researchers (or 1250 euro for persons coming from private companies and industry).

The course will be organized depending on sufficient demand.

Registration:
Deadline for registration: 1 October 2011
Participants will be notified by 14 October 2011 whether accepted to the training.
Click here for the registration form. Clearly indicate whether you register for the Novice (two-week) or Advanced (one-week) Training.

Payment:
Payment details and deadline will be provided upon acceptance to the training.