European Commission : CORDIS : News and Events : EU BON "Biodiversity Data sharing and Data Publishing Workshop"

"The EU BON 'Biodiversity Data sharing and Data Publishing Workshop' will take place on 22-23 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria with focus on publishing of biodiversity data, in particular species occurrences, sample-based and citizen science data. The training will include a practical session during which participants will be assisted by experienced trainers from the EU BON project (http://eubon.eu). The sessions on data sharing will cover introductory overview of key concepts, demonstration and practical exercise using the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT). The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (http://gbif.org) is the world's largest initiative for enabling free access to biodiversity data via internet. Special attention will be paid to data paper publishing led by specialists from Pensoft Publishers (http://pensoft.net) - a company well known among biodiversity scientists worldwide for technologically cutting-edge open access journals, such as: Research Ideas and Outcomes, ZooKeys, Biodiversity Data Journal, Nature Conservation, and a strong advocate of data publishing. Registration of data in GEO registry system will be also addressed during the workshop ..."