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A talk on how to use LifeDesk given at the Willi Hennig Society meeting in May 2010.
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LifeDesk: Managing and Sharing Biodiversity Research on the Web
Torsten Dikow
Biodiversity Synthesis CenterField Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
“The Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world” (www.eol.org)
www.eol.org blog.eol.org
Encyclopedia of Life – EOL
◊ 1.8 Million species pages◊ A web-site for every species that roams or roamed the earth◊ Freely available – Customizable by user – Common portal
general layout of an EOL page
Biodiversity Heritage Library – BHL www.biodiversitylibrary.org
main pageBHL
Support provided by EOL – Biodiversity Synthesis Center
◊ Funding for meetings and workshops on diverse topics
◊ next deadlines 1 July 2010, 1 November 2010
BioSynC main page
synthesis.eol.org
Drupal – open source content management platform
Use of Drupal:
BBC
White House.govCNN
NASANATO
Greenpeace
United NationsFedEx
major newspapers
...
www.scratchpads.eu
Drupal – also being used by Scratchpads
LifeDesk – Public Access – leptogastrinae.lifedesks.org
LifeDesk – Scientist Access
LifeDesk – My Account & Site Settings
• change color scheme
• change logo
• update your personal account
LifeDesk – Site Settings
Customization
◊ botanical and zoological nomenclatorial differences
◊ user selects taxonomic ranks to be used◊ taxonomic relationships
• synonymy • availability
• incorrect spelling
LifeDesk – Classification editor
LifeDesk – Classification editor
LifeDesk – Creating Content
LifeDesk – Image Import
LifeDesk – Taxon Pages
Chapter definitions follow TDWG standard
show ...
◊ text entered here
◊ images from gallery◊ taxonomy / classification
◊ references / bibliography
LifeDesk – Bibliography
or import
◊ BibTex
◊ EndNote◊ RIS
◊ MARC
LifeDesk – EOL Partnership
EOL species page
http://leptogastrinae.lifedesks.org/pages/1797
http://www.eol.org/pages/770905
Species page in LifeDesk
Species page on EOL
LifeDesk – Use of ...◊ LifeDesk = best way to upload species information to EOL Your participation is needed to improve EOL !
◊ LifeDesk = infrastructure for collaboration online
◊ LifeDesk = great outreach component for NSF applications
◊ LifeDesk modules available for download (http://www.lifedesks.org/modules)
• develop your own Drupal web presence • still provide content to the EOL
◊ functionality improved regularly (http://www.lifedesks.org/newfeatures)
• bulk upload of text or images
◊ http://synthesis.eol.org/users/tdikow
Thank You ...◊ LifeDesk developer David Shorthouse
◊ Encyclopedia of Life funding sources & BioSynC
◊ NSF REVSYS (DEB-0919333)
