Location: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Title: Projects, Publications, and Citations in Arctos Abstract: Arctos is both a community and a collection management information system. It provides fundamental research infrastructure for biodiversity data, and is intended for curators, collection managers, investigators, educators, and anyone interested in natural and cultural history. Over 3 million records are publicly available from 20+ collaborating institutions. This … Continue reading Arctos Webinar Series: Projects, Publications, and Citations
Arctos Webinar Series: Transactions in Arctos (accessions, loans, permits)
Location: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Title: Transactions in Arctos (accessions, loans, permits) Abstract: Arctos is a community of museums that collaborate to manage and host their data online. Over 3 million records are publicly available at https://arctos.database.museum, a searchable biodiversity database for scientific research, resource management, and education. The Arctos database is used both for querying museum records (see webinars 1 and … Continue reading Arctos Webinar Series: Transactions in Arctos (accessions, loans, permits)
Arctos Webinar Series: Basic and Advanced Searching
In case you missed it, the second webinar on Basic and Advanced Searching in Arctos was held on Tuesday, October 10th. https://www.idigbio.org/content/arctos-webinar-series-episode-2 Watch the recordings of the first two webinars on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA1YSv1rn8XcR6Pe0qyNuM8h07GB87bMh
Inaugural Arctos Webinar on September 12th
Please join us next Tuesday for a webinar Introduction to Arctos as a Collection Management System and as a Community! Carla Cicero (Staff Curator of Birds, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley) & Mariel Campbell (Collection Manager, Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico) will present a live demo of … Continue reading Inaugural Arctos Webinar on September 12th
Mammal Collection from the University of Washington Burke Museum Joins Arctos!
Arctos welcomes the mammal collection from the Burke Museum at the University of Washington! The UWBM Herp Collection is also using Arctos. View location map and Search their data.
Arctos Introduction for Non-Managers (YouTube)
Arctos now has a YouTube channel! We have posted the first video tutorial, an "Arctos Introduction for Non-managers."
TACC maintenance on 18 July 2017
Access to all TACC systems will be unavailable from 7:00 AM CDT on July 18 until 8:00 AM CDT on July 19 to allow for upgrades to the core network switch hardware and to perform system maintenance on the Stockyard global filesystem. Users will have intermittent access to all TACC services and systems until the … Continue reading TACC maintenance on 18 July 2017
Arctos reaches a milestone!
Arctos recently passed the 3 million record mark, and is now serving data on 3,135,790 records. Are you interested in joining Arctos? Contact us.
Gold Standard Records
Check out our gold standard records. These highlight how Arctos data are linked to projects, publications, GenBank, and related specimens or media. If you have a favorite Arctos record, contact us with a link to the record and why it's worth featuring.
Technical Alerts
Stay tuned for alerts about planned or unplanned network outages and other technical issues.