paleonet Paleobiology Database workshop at GSA

[John Alroy <alroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends of the Paleobiology Database:

The Paleobiology Database will hold a hands-on workshop on Tuesday,  
October 24th during the annual Geological Society of America meeting  
in Philadelphia. The workshop will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at  
the Loews Philadelphia Hotel on 1200 Market Street, two blocks east  
of Penn Square and two blocks south of the convention center at 12th  
Street.

Database Coordinator John Alroy and other experienced Database  
contributors will be on hand to provide instruction. Topics will  
include:

* How to log in and navigate the contributors' area
* Entering references
* Entering taxonomic names and opinions
* Entering collections and occurrences
* Other data entry tools
* Query, analysis, and download tools

Everyone is welcome to attend, and all professional scientists are  
welcome to join the Database and become contributors. Information on  
joining is at:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl? 
user=Guest&action=displayPage&page=join_us

We also welcome current members who want to familiarize themselves  
better with the system.

We will use an LCD projector to show you around the web site, and we  
will enter data together onto a backup server to demonstrate the  
system. You are welcome to bring your laptop and a published paper of  
your own choice so you can enter data from it.

Please spread the word about the workshop. We look forward to seeing  
you there!

Cheers,

John Alroy
The Paleobiology Database
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3351
phone: (805) 892-2519
FAX: (805) 892-2510
e-mail: alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu