Workshops and other events

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External resources

• Georeferencing for Paleo: Refreshing the approach to fossil localities: Website with materials related to a workshop about current practices and challenges georeferencing collecting localities for fossil specimens.
• Using wikidata to capture and share information about people in paleontology: Website with materials related to a workshop that served as a hands-on introduction to finding, editing, and using data in Wikidata, using people associated with paleontology collections (e.g., collectors, researchers, collections staff) as subjects for this introduction.
• Using wikidata to capture and share information about paleontological collecting sites: Website with materials related to a workshop exploring the possibility of using Wikidata to curate community knowledge about paleontological collecting sites. Participants began by defining the information needs regarding paleontological collecting sites, including flagging aspects of the data that may be problematic to share publicly. They then assessed how these information needs could, or could not, fit into a Wikidata model.