Thank you, Mikala, for sharing your wonderful reflections on the NoCTURN All-Network Meeting! From the first presentation, the connections between DCN and NoCTURN efforts was apparent (not to mention connections with my own research interest!). Early in the event, conversations […]
All-Network Meeting / NoCTURN Blog
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Congratulations on another successful NoCTURN All-Network Meeting!
The Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network (NoCTURN) held its annual hybrid conference at the University of Florida, Gainesville, from May 8th to 10th, 2024. 61 Network members attended in-person and nine attended virtually. This event brought together researchers, industry professionals, […]
Findability
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Question Box: How long does it take for my entry into the global map to appear on the map?
Answer: The Findability working group is in the process of updating map information—including entries submitted through the NoCTURN website. This work is happening behind the scenes on an ongoing basis as part of a major update to visual organization of […]
Vendors & Industry
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2024 North American ZEISS XRM Technology & User Forum
Part of what makes the NoCTURN All-Network Meetings a big success is getting to interface with our vendor partners. ZEISS was in attendance this month, and they’re also hosting a North American XRM Technology & User Forum next month, on […]
All-Network Meeting
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Welcome to Gainesville!
We’re thrilled to welcome fellow NoCTURNals to the 2024 hybrid meeting of the Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network! The agenda is printed, the swag bags are stuffed, and the coffee is hot—let’s get down to business!
Job Postings
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iDigBio: Program Manager, Science & Research (Biological Science) Position at Florida State University
Responsibilities The focus of this position (Job ID 57164) is empowering the biodiversity collections communities with successful strategies for digitization of specimens via discovery and development of resources, participation in collaborations, and management of a digitization help desk and digitization […]
In the News
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Digital imaging push will put U.K. natural history collections online
London’s Natural History Museum gets nearly $200 million to digitize many millions of specimens. At the minimum, the NHM effort, like others around the world, expects to digitally record all the details from specimen labels—such as when and where it […]
Findability
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Persistent Identifiers: Developing a US National Strategy
The Research Data Alliance and the Open Research Funders Group have partnered to issue a report that highlights persistent identifies, their associated metadata, and the systems that connect them as a means to advance open scholarship in the United States. […]
Accessibility / Basic & Applied Research / Education & Outreach / In the News / Open Science / Reuse
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Thousands of natural history specimens that you can access for free!
We are in an era of digital innovation, and today the barriers to accessing the wonders of the natural world have been shattered like never before. Spearheaded by scientists at the University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History, a […]