Collector networks, expert directories, and #altmetrics:

Museum data potential in theaggregate

David P. ShorthouseUniversité de Montréal / Canadensys

@dpsSpiders @canadensys

How Do We Find Experts?

Professor Database

Maintaining an Address Book is Painful

• People are fickle– Change institutions– Change careers– Email, mail, fax addresses/#’s, URLs change

• Membership is subjective– Scopes, criteria shift

How Do We Recognize Expertise?

Natural History Museum: Coleoptera Section

DarwinCore Terms Containing People

recordedBy: A list of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence.identifiedBy: A list of names of people, groups, or organizations who assigned the Taxon to the subject.scientificNameAuthorship: The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode.

How Do You Make a List?

split_by = %r{ [–|&\/;]| \b(?:\s+-\s+)\b| \b(?i:with|and|et)\b| \b(?i:annotated(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:conf\.?(\s+by)?\s+|confirmed(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:checked(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:det\.?(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:dupl?\.?(\s+by)?\s+|duplicate(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:ex\.?(\s+by)?\s+|examined(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:in?dentified(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:in\s+part(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:redet\.?(\s+by?)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:reidentified(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:stet!?)\b| \b(?i:then(\s+by)?\s+)\b| \b(?i:verf?\.?(\s+by)?\s+|verified?(\s+by)?\s+)\b }x

How Do You Write Your Name?

http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names

PatronymicBjörk GuðmundsdóttirIcelandic: givenName-father’sGivenName patronymic(-sdóttir)‑

2+ family namesMaría-Jose Carreño QuiñonesJosé Eduardo Santos Tavares Melo Silva

InitialsA.B.T. Smith, Andrew B.T. Smith, A. Smith

Different OrderMao Ze DongChinese: familyName-generationalName-givenName

Mixing it UpKogaddu Birappa Timappa NairIndian: villageName-fathersName-surname-casteName

PatronymicBjörk GuðmundsdóttirIcelandic: givenName-father’sGivenName patronymic(-sdóttir)‑

2+ family namesMaría-Jose Carreño QuiñonesJosé Eduardo Santos Tavares Melo Silva

InitialsA.B.T. Smith, Andrew B.T. Smith, A. Smith

Different OrderMao Ze DongChinese: familyName-generationalName-givenName

Mixing it UpKogaddu Birappa Timappa NairIndian: villageName-fathersName-surname-casteName

http://InformationR.net/ir/9-4/paper192.html

A. Smith (in part)

Alison

Allan

A.L.

A.C.A.D.

Alex

Alan

A.H.

A.

A.J.

Andrew

Andrew B.T.

Aj E.

Albert C.

A.T.B. A.R. A.B.T

Albert

A.J.G.

A.J.E.

Aje Afr

A.P. A.S.

Identity Management

http://orcid.org

http://pub.orcid.org/v1.2/0000-0002-7260-0350/orcid-profile

Full nameCurrent & past institutional affiliation(s)Contact informationList of publications with DOIs

Co-authors with their ORCIDsDate last updated

http://collector.shorthouse.net

100,237 specimens31,018 determinations

Could this Focus on People Help Revitalize

Digitization?

doi: 10.7717/peerj.1168

iDigBio / GBIF Working Group

Extension to Darwin Core to include ORCID identifiers: recordedByID & identifiedByID

Explore how to design an « S-index »Modelled after the h-index

Conclusions

Get your unique ORCID identifier & enhance it with your professional information

Use it on manuscripts and grant applicationsAsk specimen depositors to provide digital data AND ORCID identifiersInclude ORCID identifiers when publishing specimen data to Canadensys / GBIF