Specify at SPNHC 2025

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Specify at SPNHC 2025

Specify is extremely excited to announce our participation in the upcoming SPNHC 2025 Annual Meeting. The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is hosting their upcoming annual meeting in Specify’s own backyard; the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The theme for this year’s meeting is Sustainable Futures: Challenges and Opportunities for Modern Collections.

Specify staff is excited to get involved and interact with our participating members! We have a full calendar for the meeting to give us the most opportunities to interact with our existing and potential members as well as the community as a whole. We will:

• Host two sessions

  • SYM07: Specify Spotlight: Improving Data Digitization and Management
    • Friday, May 30, 8:30-10:30
    • Big 12 Room
  • SYM08: Things to Know Before Publishing Your Data
    • Thursday, May 29, 8:30-10:30
    • Big 12 Room

• Give three presentations

  • Publishing Your Data with Specify 7
    • Things to Know Before Publishing Your Data
    • Thursday, May 29, 10:15
    • Big 12 Room
  • COGs, COTs, and Other Interesting Acronyms in Specify 7
    • Specify Spotlight: Improving Data Digitization and Management
    • Friday, May 30, 9:45
    • Big 12 Room
  • Improving Data Integrity: Enhanced Batch Editing and Bulk Upload Tools in Specify 7
    • DemoCamp
    • Friday May 30, 2:45 CDT
    • Woodruff Auditorium

• Host a Booth with lots of information and goodies (until we run out)

  • Kansas Room
  • Representatives there during breaks between sessions

• Host an Open House in our office for anyone who wants to visit or ask questions

  • Friday May 30, 3:30-5
  • Specify Office, 606 KU Natural History Museum

• Host a two-day workshop, Maximizing Your Specify Instance

  • May 31 - June 1
  • KU Natural History Museum, Room 320

• And of course Grant and I as well as various Specify staff will be around for almost all of the meeting to chat, answer questions, or just say “Hi!”

Virtual and In-Person Registration ends April 30th. Hope to see you there!