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Social Biological Recording (NFBR, 2011)

Social Biological Recording (NFBR, 2011)

Talk I gave at the NFBR's Future of Biological Recording conference in 2011 about the use of social media in biological recording.

Charles Roper

April 30, 2011
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  1. The Web is more a social creation than a technical

    one. I designed it for a social effect—to help people work together—and not as a technical toy. Sir Tim Berners Lee Weaving the Web, 1999
  2. Fundamentally, being social is about group formation. It includes, but

    is not limited to: Sharing, caring, feeding, loving, fighting, conversing, friendship, sex, envy, shouting, arguing, betrayal, rumor mongering, gossiping, laughing, crying, providing support, whining, advocating for others, recommending, swearing off.
  3. Fundamentally, being social is about group formation. It includes, but

    is not limited to: Sharing, caring, feeding, loving, fighting, conversing, friendship, sex, envy, shouting, arguing, betrayal, rumor mongering, gossiping, laughing, crying, providing support, whining, advocating for others, recommending, swearing off.
  4. Fundamentally, being social is about group formation. It includes, but

    is not limited to: Sharing, caring, feeding, loving, fighting, conversing, friendship, sex, envy, shouting, arguing, betrayal, rumor mongering, gossiping, laughing, crying, providing support, whining, advocating for others, recommending, swearing off.
  5. Imagine a system that • allows us to enter our

    data ourselves and report on it in a variety of ways. • Now imagine you can join a group, like Facebook, and in doing so your data becomes available to the group, while the group's data becomes available to you. • Now imagine being able to follow a particular recorder. • Imagine being able to follow particular species, groups or designations. • Imagine being able to follow 'out of range' species - Could be an exciting way of watching for climate change. • Verification would be a natural part of the process.
  6. Imagine a system… • The problems of synchronising multiple isolated

    databases are many. A socially driven online system would ease some of these pains. • We've already got many of the required tools in place: Indicia. • Redicia - the reporting end of Indicia is in development. • Our next goal should be to build in those all important social aspects. Crucially it should be fun and motivating for recorders - the volunteer naturalists ranging from intermediate to expert who are into their recording.