Webinar Presentations (Slide Shows)

September 19th, 2016 by

Please feel free to look at these presentations, but if you wish to use any of the information contained in them, be sure to get permission first! Fall 2016 Webinar Series – Fundamentals of Fossils Jayson Kowinsky’s August 31st Webinar: jaysonkowinsky-webinar-ppt Bruce MacFadden’s September 29th Webinar: field-notes-101-final Dava Butler’s October 19th Webinar: excavating-fossils-presentation-dava Rachel Narducci’s November 30th […]

Peer-reviewed paper: Amateur paleontological societies and fossil clubs, interactions with professional paleontologists, and social paleontology in the United States

May 12th, 2016 by

Check out the first peer-reviewed publication to result from the FOSSIL Project!  This article, published by the journal Palaeontologia Electronica, is open-access and freely available to readers.  Click here to get the PDF.

www.fossilguy.com

March 29th, 2016 by

Check out our partner’s website: www.fossilguy.com. This website contains great fossil hunting resources, printable fossil ID sheets, and much more!

Formative Evaluation of myFOSSIL Website

March 25th, 2016 by

This report contains the results of a formative evaluation study on the myFOSSIL website, conducted in July 2014. This was completed by an external evaluation group (Audience Viewpoints Consulting, Inc.). Questions about this or later iterations of evaluation should be directed to the FOSSIL Project’s external evaluator, Kate Haley Goldman, at [email protected]. Fossil Web Survey […]

myFOSSIL Intellectual Property Licensing Policy

September 15th, 2015 by

Intellectual Property Licensing Policy The myFOSSIL portal promotes an open-access approach to sharing data (here interpreted to include text, metadata, and structured data) and media (here interpreted to include graphics, audio, video, multimedia, and other derivatives). Therefore, myFOSSIL requires that content providers and collaborators agree to the following provisions: 1. All information currently in the […]

IRB Form – Informed Consent

September 15th, 2015 by

You can view a PDF copy of the UF-approved informed research consent form here. FOSSIL_informed_consent