Universität Wien

300097 UE Natural History Collections (2024W)

an introduction to management and utilization

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 25.10. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
  • Friday 08.11. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
  • Thursday 21.11. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
  • Friday 22.11. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
  • Monday 25.11. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 4.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 4.125, Ebene 4
  • Tuesday 26.11. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 4.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 4.125, Ebene 4
  • Friday 29.11. 09:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This practical course provides a concise overview of state of the art curation techniques for natural history collections. One series of lectures will cover topics as basic specimen collection and preparation techniques, storing natural history collections, georeferencing and digitization. The second series of lectures will introduce ways of utilization of natural history specimen collections in different scientific fields.
In the practical part of the course, students will re-organize parts of a scientific specimen collection, digitize relevant specimen level data in standardized formats, and develop potential use cases for the collection. This will be the main part of the course, where the contents of the lectures will be translated into a real-world curation scenario.

Assessment and permitted materials

The students are expected to submit a presentation on their project and a well described dataset containing the digitized specimen data. The third component consists of a written exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The final grade will be composed of three partial grades (numbers in brackets indicate the contribution to the total grade): Students will deliver a presentation about their actual re-organization project (40%). The dataset generated during the project work will be evaluated (40%). A written exam covering the content of the lectures (20%).

Examination topics

The written exam will cover all contents presented in the lecture sections of the course.

Reading list

A reading list will be delivered at the beginning of the course.

Association in the course directory

M-WZB, MZO4

Last modified: Fr 25.10.2024 05:06