Portal Campaigns

In 2021, the Symbiota Support Hub (SSH), a newly-funded domain of iDigBio, was created to support, improve, and expand existing Symbiota-based data portals. Critical to this mission has been Portal Advancement Campaigns: initiatives of approximately one month in which the SSH directs sustained effort and attention to a specific data portal with the goals of:

  • Updating collection metadata and facilitate publishing of data to global aggregators (e.g., GBIF & iDigBio)
  • Auditing current images: repairing or removing broken links.
  • Identifying data quality and Darwin Core alignment issues that can be fixed in batch and offer batch data cleaning
  • Providing additional training to users and admins and/or develop documentation and resources, as needed
  • Helping to build and expand the portal community

Practically, portal campaigns generally consist of four virtual “Office Hours” meetings for a specific portal community to discuss key topics, including data publishing, data cleaning, troubleshooting, and community building. These meetings always include time for questions and discussion of any issues experienced by the community. Presentations made during these meetings are recorded for reference and for community members who cannot attend synchronously.

Portal Campaign Schedule

Register for portal campaigns and access campaign materials below. Please contact the Hub if you think your Symbiota portal community might benefit from a Portal Advancement Campaign.

MONTHPORTAL COMMUNITYCAMPAIGN DOCS & REGISTRATION
Aug 2024Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2)Coming Soon
April
2024 ⭐
Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria & Consortium of Lichen HerbariaBryophytes & Lichens
Campaign
Feb 2024EcdysisEcdysis
Campaign
Nov 2023North American Network of Small Herbaria &
Northern Great Plains Herbaria
NANSH & NGP
Campaign
Sept 2023 Bee LibraryBee Library
Campaign
June 2023Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of SEINetSEINet AZ-NM
Campaign
April 2023Consortium of Midwest HerbariaMidwest
Campaign
March 2023Mid-Atlantic Herbarium Consortium (MAHC)MAHC
Campaign
Nov 2022Texas-Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH)TORCH
Campaign
Oct 2022Pteridophyte Collections Consortium (PteridoPortal)Pteridoportal
Campaign
Sept 2022Mycology Collections Data Portal (MyCoPortal)MyCoPortal
Campaign
Aug 2022 Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium Macroalgae
Campaign
May 2022 Consortium of Southern Rocky Mountain Herbaria (SoRo)SoRo
Campaign
Feb 2022Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC)SERNEC
Campaign

Portal Campaign Communications

Portal community members can sign up for campaign communications here.

Portal Campaign News

Read highlights from past portal campaigns here.

Campaign Feedback

If you participated in a past Portal Campaign, we’d like to hear from you! Please provide comments about your campaign experience here: