Update: As of September 2024, image hosting services previously available through BioKIC Services are now available through KU Symbiota. The Symbiota Support Hub (SSH) receives frequent inquiries about adding images to records in Symbiota portals. In February, the SSH presented…
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The ASU BioKIC team is slated to release their latest version of the Symbiota codebase, Symbiota 3.1, in Spring 2024. This update will include tools to facilitate batch uploading of Linked Resources and image metadata, and it will enable the…
Digital Data at ASU If you’re attending iDigBio’s Digital Data Conference at Arizona State University, several Symbiota-coordinated sessions and events will be happening that week, including: a SEINet Luncheon (register), Symbiota Skillshare, a themed discussion/workshop on the Extended Specimen, a…
Want to enhance Symbiota? Include it in your next grant! Improvements to Symbiota are primarily supported by grant-based funding. If you’re planning a collections improvement, digitization, or research project that includes the use of one or more Symbiota portals, the…
Like many collections that use Symbiota, datasets in the NEON Biorepository Data Portal are regularly published to GBIF. This includes data for a variety of taxa, including plants, animals, microbes, plankton, and many preparation types: dry, frozen, fluid preserved, slide-mounted,…
iDigBio is now accepting abstracts andparticipant registration for the annualDigital Data in Biodiversity Research conference! Official event updates are available on iDigBio’s wiki. Meeting Registration Participant Category Registration Fee (USD) In-person, non student* $100 In-person, student* $50 Virtual only Optional**…
The Symbiota Support Hub has issued a statement on cybersecurity. Read the statement here:
The Symbiota Support Hub hosted six Portal Advancement Campaigns in 2022, and these month-long events will continue in 2023. Portal campaigns are designed to help portal communities build on or reinvigorate digitization momentum. Campaign activities typically focus on improving portal…
Symbiota Discussions is a forum for documenting community input that can affect how Symbiota portals are improved over time. If you have an idea for your portal–or if you just want to report a bug–the Hub strongly encourages you to…
GBIF maintains a robust system to track data usage when your specimen records are downloaded from their portal and cited properly in publications, and this information can now be displayed in your Symbiota portal. A full explanation of how these…