Maximizing Your Specify Instance
Specify is extremely excited to announce our workshop as part of 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. As part of the meeting, Specify is hosting a workshop on Maximizing your Specify Instance on May 31 - June 1.
Specify is an extremely robust and adaptable system. It enables users to customize Specify for their collection’s needs, which makes workflows more efficient and user friendly. However, with great adaptability comes great complexity. This workshop is intended for current Specify 7 users to get to know the system and its capabilities better so they can leverage their Specify instance to its fullest. The first day of the workshop will cover intermediate topics and the second day will address more complex topics. Both days are intended for Specify users who have been using Specify and are already familiar with the basics such as the database schema, setup options, basic data entry and querying, etc.
Some important notes for the workshop:
- The workshop is intended for existing Specify 7 users. It will not cover introductory topics. We deep dive right into Specify.
- This workshop is part of the SPNHC meeting. You must be registered with the SPNHC meeting and for this workshop in order to attend.
- The workshop is in person only. We would love to make it open to virtual attendance as well but we do not have the logistics available to properly support both in person and virtual attendees.
- Attendees should bring a laptop to connect to their Specify 7 database. If you do not have a Specify 7 database to connect to, let Theresa know at membership@specifysoftware.org and we can create a demo database for you to connect to instead.
- This workshop is two days long. It spans the Saturday and Sunday following the main sessions of the SPNHC meeting.
The agenda for the workshop is below. If anyone cannot make the meeting but is interested in hosting a workshop in their area, please contact Theresa at membership@specifysoftware.org.
Specify SPNHC 2025 Workshop Agenda.pdf (136.4 KB)