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Data Science and Data Curation Specialist (retired)
Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Email: steve.baskauf@gmail.com

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in biology, December 1999 under the direction of David E. McCauley.
Thesis title: Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, in the central United States
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

BA in chemistry and biology, 1982.
Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Retired as of May 2024

Data Science and Data Curation Specialist . Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. I worked in the Digital Lab (Librarian II 2018-21, Librarian III 2021-2024)

Principal Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (course: Introduction to Biological Sciences Laboratory 1510L, 1511L, and 1512L).  Supervised labs covering ecology, genetics, and cellular, molecular, and organismal biology. Developed and revised laboratory exercises.  Created print and web-based teaching materials. Prepared pre-lab lectures, personally assisted students, wrote assignments and online tests, supervised 3 staff members and 12 or more TAs per semester. (Lecturer 2000-02, Sr. Lecturer 2002-17, Principal Senior Lecturer 2017-18)

Lecturer (part-time), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (course: Introduction to Biology). Prepared and delivered lectures on a wide range of biological topics, created HTML lecture notes that were used for in-class delivery as well as for student review via the Web, developed laboratory exercises emphasizing inquiry and experimental design, prepared assignments. (1999-2000)

Graduate student, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.  Conducted field and laboratory research investigating range-limiting factors of the southwestern corn borer.  Supervised two undergraduate research projects.  Used ArcView GIS for data analysis and presentation.  Established relationships with about sixty cooperators ranging from Arizona to Nebraska, Indiana, and Georgia.  (1993-99)

Teaching assistant in Introduction to Biological Sciences and General Biology. Presented laboratory introductions, supervised laboratory exercises, prepared multimedia tutorials, and prepared equipment and supplies. (1993-98)

Science Teacher, Harpeth High School, Kingston Springs, TN.  Taught chemistry, physics, and physical science.  Other responsibilities included being chair of the science department, chair of the faculty advisory committee, and advisor of the World Watch club and a student research group. (1987-93)

Science and Math Teacher, St. Joseph’s High School, Mzimpofu, Swaziland, Africa (volunteer with Mennonite Central Committee). Subjects taught included physics, chemistry, biology, integrated science, mathematics, and computer programming.  Other responsibilities included being chair of the science department, supervising two student teachers, and preparing students for writing the Cambridge O-Level Examination.  (1983-86)

Science Teacher, Ridgemont High School, Ridgeway, Ohio.  Taught chemistry, physics and general science.  (1982-83)

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Jean and Alexander Heard Award for Distinguished Librarianship - For outstanding commitment to librarianship, service, and scholarship (2024) Harriet S. Gilliam Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University (2010)
Graduate Student of the Year, Dept. of Biology, Vanderbilt Univ. (1999)
Teacher of the Year for Cheatham County, TN (1991-92) and for Harpeth High School (1989-90).
Outstanding Senior in Chemistry Award, Bluffton College, 1982.

RESEARCH:
Refereed publications\

Sica, Y. V., K. Ingenloff, P. Zermoglio, Y.-M. Gan, P. Brenton, J. Wieczorek, W. M. Hochachka, Z. R. Kachian, R. D. Stevenson, A. J. N. Kazem, D. Schigel, S. J. Baskauf, T. Suwa, R. Guralnick, R. L. Walls, and W. Jetz. 2024. Humboldt Extension Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/eco/

Sica, Y. V., W. M. Hochachka, and S. J. Baskauf. 2024. Taxon Completeness Reported Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/tcr/

Gan, Y.-M., W. M. Hochachka, J. Wieczorek, Y. V. Sica, P. Brenton, and S. J. Baskauf. 2024. isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive Guidelines. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/inclusive/

Gan, Y.-M., W. M. Hochachka, J. Wieczorek, Y. V. Sica, P. Brenton, R. D. Stevenson, A. J. N. Kazem, S. J. Baskauf, Z. R. Kachian, and K. Ingenloff. 2024. Properties of hierarchical events in the Humboldt Extension for Ecological Inventories. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/hierarchy/

J. W. Bubnicki, B. Norton, S. J. Baskauf, T. Bruce, F. Cagnacci, J. Casaer, M. Churski, J. P. G. M. Cromsigt, S. D. Farra, C. Fiderer, T. D. Forrester, H. Hendry, M. Heurich, T. R. Hofmeester, P. A. Jansen, R. Kays, D. P. J. Kuijper, Y. Liefting, J. D. C. Linnell, M. S. Luskin, C. Mann, T. Milotic, P. Newman, J. Niedballa, D. Oldoni, F. Ossi, T. Robertson, F. Rovero, M. Rowcliffe, L. Seidenari, I. Stachowicz, D. Stowell, M. W. Tobler, J. Wieczorek, F. Zimmermann, P. Desmet. 2023. Camtrap DP: An open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.374

Baskauf, SJ, NS Cobb, JC Girón Duque, M Nielsen, M Pérez, R Singer. 2023. Controlled Vocabulary for Audubon Core subjectOrientation: List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/ac/doc/orient/

Baskauf, SJ, NS Cobb, JC Girón Duque, M Nielsen, M Pérez, R Singer, AML Klompen. 2023. Controlled Vocabulary for Audubon Core subjectPart: List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/ac/doc/part/

Baskauf, SJ, JC Girón Duque, M Nielsen, NS Cobb, R Singer, KC Seltmann, Z Kachian, M Pérez, D Agosti, AML Klompen. 2023. Implementation Experience Report for Controlled Vocabularies Used with the Audubon Core Terms subjectPart and subjectOrientation. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7:e94188. http://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.94188

Baskauf, SJ and JK Baskauf. 2023. Using the W3C Generating RDF from Tabular Data on the Web Recommendation to manage small Wikidata datasets. Semantic Web Journal 14:5-27. https://doi.org/10.3233/SW-210443

Baskauf, SJ, E Baker, D Stowell. 2020. Controlled Vocabulary for Audubon Core variant: List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/ac/doc/variant/

Baskauf, SJ. 2020. Controlled Vocabulary for Audubon Core subtype: List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/ac/doc/subtype/

Baskauf, SJ, M Blissett, D Boyer. 2020. Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format: List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/ac/doc/format/

Groom, Q, P Desmet, L Reyserhove, T Adriaens, D Oldoni, S Vanderhoeven, SJ Baskauf, A Chapman, M McGeoch, R Walls, J Wieczorek, JRU Wilson, PFF Zermoglio, A Simpson. 2020. Degree of Establishment Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/doe/

Groom, Q, P Desmet, L Reyserhove, T Adriaens, D Oldoni, S Vanderhoeven, SJ Baskauf, A Chapman, M McGeoch, R Walls, J Wieczorek, JRU Wilson, PFF Zermoglio, A Simpson. 2020. Pathway Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/pw/

Groom, Q, P Desmet, L Reyserhove, T Adriaens, D Oldoni, S Vanderhoeven, SJ Baskauf, A Chapman, M McGeoch, R Walls, J Wieczorek, JRU Wilson, PFF Zermoglio, A Simpson. 2020. Establishment Means Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/em/

Groom, Q, P Desmet, L Reyserhove, T Adriaens, D Oldoni, S Vanderhoeven, SJ Baskauf, A Chapman, M McGeoch, R Walls, J Wieczorek, JRU Wilson, PFF Zermoglio, A Simpson. (2019) Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3:e38084. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084

Sachs, J, RDM Page, SJ Baskauf, J Pender, B Lujan-Toro, J Macklin, Z Comspon. (2019) Training and hackathon on building biodiversity knowledge graphs. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5:e36152. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/rio.5.e36152

Baskauf, S, R Hyam, S Blum, RA Morris, J Rees, J Sachs, G Whitbread, J Wieczorek. Editor: D. Endresen. (2017) TDWG Standards Documentation Specification. Biodiversity Information Standards. http://www.tdwg.org/standards/147

Baskauf, S, J Wieczorek, S Blum, RA Morris, J Rees, J Sachs, G Whitbread. Editor: Dag Endresen. (2017) TDWG Vocabulary Maintenance Specification. Biodiversity Information Standards. http://www.tdwg.org/standards/642

Baskauf, S, J Wieczorek, J Deck, and CO Webb (2016) Lessons learned from adapting the Darwin Core vocabulary standard for use in RDF. Semantic Web Journal 7:617-627.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SW-150199 (open access at http://bit.ly/2e7i3Sj)

Baskauf, S and CO Webb (2016) Darwin-SW: Darwin Core-based terms for expressing biodiversity data as RDF. Semantic Web Journal 7:629-243.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SW-150203 (open access at http://bit.ly/2dG85b5)

Baskauf,S., J. Wieczorek, J. Deck, C. Webb, P. J. Morris, M. Schildhauer. (2015) Darwin Core RDF Guide. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/guides/rdf/

Walls RL, Deck J, Guralnick R, Baskauf S, Beaman R, et al. (2014) Semantics in Support of Biodiversity Knowledge Discovery: An Introduction to the Biological Collections Ontology and Related Ontologies. PLoS ONE 9(3):e89606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089606.

Baskauf, SJ (2010) Organization of occurrence-related biodiversity resources based on the process of their creation and the role of individual organisms as resource relationship nodes. Biodiversity Informatics 7:17-44. https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v7i1.3664.

Baskauf, SJ and BK Kirchoff (2008) Digital plant images as specimens: toward standards for photographing living plants.  Vulpina 7:16-30.

Baskauf, SJ (2003). Factors influencing population dynamics of the southwestern corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): a reassessment.  Environmental Entomology 32(5):915-928. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.915.

Baskauf, SJ and DE McCauley (2001).  Evaluation of low temperature mortality as a range-limiting factor for the southwestern corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).  Environmental Entomology 30(2):181-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X-30.2.181.

Contributions to non-peer-reviewed electronic and print publications
Blebin, L., G. Kampmeier, D. Endresen, and S. Baskauf. 2021. Guidelines for Review Managers of Proposed TDWG Standards. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). https://www.tdwg.org/about/review-managers/

Baskauf SJ and J Sachs. (2018) Darwin Core as a vocabulary for expressing biodiversity data as RDF. In: Thessen, AE (Ed.) Application of Semantic Technologies in Biodiversity Science. Studies on the Semantic Web Vol. 33, IOS Press/AKA Verlag. ISBN: 978-1-61499-853-2. Freely available in Vanderbilt’s institutional repository.

Baskauf, S.  An RDF Primer (video).  This video was a prologue to the Semantics of Biodiversity Symposium at the 2013 Annual Conference of Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG).  It explains the rudiments of RDF.
http://youtu.be/XAGifYBiXMY

Baskauf, S., E. Ó Tuama, D. Endresen, G. Hagedorn (eds.).  2013. Report of the TDWG Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG) v1.0.  This report considers best practices for collaborative development and maintenance of vocabularies used to describe biodiversity resources.  It includes a number of recommendations for action. http://www.gbif.org/resource/80862

Baskauf, S. J. 2012. Beginner’s Guide to RDF This is a technical guide for metadata producers, aggregators, and consumers who want to implement Resource Description Framework (RDF) in the context of biodiversity informatics. https://github.com/tdwg/rdf/blob/master/Beginners.md

Baskauf, S. J. and C. Webb. 2011. Darwin-SW Ontology: Semantic Web Terms for Biodiversity Data, Based on Darwin Core (website: https://github.com/darwin-sw/dsw, namespace and RDF/OWL representation: http://purl.org/dsw/)

Baskauf, S. 2008. Images and taxonomic links. In B. K. Kirchoff, Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Field Botany Course on CD. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, MO.

Proceedings
Lew, C. and S. J. Baskauf. 2022. Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition Database to Wikidata. 2022: Seventy-sixth Annual Conference of Atla. https://doi.org/10.31046/proceedings.2022.3120

Grants received
WikiCite for Librarians: Interactive Learning Pathways for Information Professionals. $3979, 2020. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite/grant/WikiCite_for_Librarians:_Interactive_Learning_Pathways_for_Information_Professionals

Faculty Working Group Grant, Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) for the Semantic Web Working Group. $4000, 2016.
https://github.com/HeardLibrary/semantic-web/blob/master/2016-fall/README.md

Creative Campus Innovation Grant, The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy “Creation of a dynamic, spatially-referenced walking tour of Vanderbilt Campus”. $2250, 2014. (with Chris Vanags, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt) http://youtu.be/j644mBcgGWE

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) grant for Teaching As Research (TAR) “Clicker use in an Introductory BioSci Lab”. $3000, 2009.  Faculty mentor for Brian Robertson, the postdoc supported by the grant.

Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Sciences Venture Fund Grant for Creativity in Curricular and Pedagogical Approaches to support the development of a research-based component for the Introduction to Biological Sciences lab course for majors. $5000, 2007-08.

Invited Symposia
Baskauf, S. 2024. Recent advancements in the Audiovisual Core standard for biodiversity multimedia in Advances in Digital Media Workshop Series: Yale. June 10, 2024. New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26014210

Baskauf, S. 2021. Who’s the artist and who gets to decide? Identity management in Wikidata, where “anyone can edit” in Art in Context: Identity, Ethics, and Insight. Art Information Commons (Philadelphia Museum of Art). November 19, 2021. https://artinformationcommons.github.io/blog/art-in-context-indentity-ethics-insight/. Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17068088

Anderson C. and S. Baskauf. Project VandyCite: Using Wikidata to support research information management in Advancing Librarianship and Scholarly Communications. WikiCite 2020 Virtual Conference. October 28, 2020. https://youtu.be/sjYDCahrfGQ?t=1437

Baskauf, S. 2017. Introduction to Bioimages in Crowd-sourcing with a Human Face. Cultural Heritage at Scale, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. June 2, 2017. http://heritage-at-scale.info/

Baskauf, S. 2016. A High-altitude View of TDWG Standards: Machine Processing, Graphs, and the Vocabulary Development Process in A Roadmap for Standards-based Data Integration in Biodiversity Science. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Santa Clara de San Carlos, Costa Rica. December 5, 2016. http://bit.ly/2gfk9hO

Baskauf, S. and C. Webb. 2013. Using Darwin-SW to Answer Questions About Biodiversity Resources in Semantics of Biodiversity: Formal Models and Ontologies.  Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Florence, Italy.  November 1, 2013.
http://www.tdwg.org/fileadmin/2013conference/slides/Baskauf_Darwin-SW.pdf

Baskauf, S., J. Wieczorek, J. Deck, C. Webb, and M. Schildhauer. 2013. An RDF Guide for the TDWG Darwin Core Standard in Semantics of Biodiversity: Technologies, Reasoning & Annotation.  Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Florence, Italy.  October 30, 2013.
http://www.tdwg.org/fileadmin/2013conference/slides/baskauf_DwcRdfGuide.pdf

Baskauf, S.J. 2010. Integrating Live Plant Images with Other Types of Biodiversity Records.  in SERNEC: Four Years of Development of a Herbarium Research Coordination Network.  Botany 2010 (Botanical Society of America), Providence, RI. August 3, 2010.  http://2010.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=228

Presentations
Vivek, L., E. Clark, S.J. Baskauf, S. Xu, L. Gao, K. Nguyen, M. Goldin, K. Prasad, A. Miller, M.C. Topf, and A. Gelbard. 2024. Network Analysis of American Otolaryngologists. Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL. January 26, 2024.

Baskauf, S. CommonsTool. LD4 Art and Design Affinity Group. Online. November 15, 2023. Presentation slides: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24570859. Video link

Sica, Y.V., W.M. Hochachka, Y.-M. Gan, K. Ingenloff, D. Schigel, R.D. Stevenson, S.J. Baskauf, P. Brenton, A.J.N. Kazem, J. Wieczorek. 2023. Want to Describe and Share Biodiversity Inventory and Monitoring Data? The Humboldt Extension for Ecological Inventories Can Help! Biodiversity Information Standards Annual Meeting. Hobart, Australia. October 10, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.112229

Baskauf, S. TDWG Audiovisual Core Standard: Vocabularies for describing multimedia. Biological Data Standards Cluster - Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) meeting. Online. June 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23277536

Baskauf, S. Recent Developments in Biodiversity Informatics Standards: Describing the World Beyond Museum Collections. Austin Peay University (invited speaker). February 27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22495906

Baskauf, S. Using VanderBot with wikibases. LD4 Wikibase Working Hour. Online. February 13, 2023. Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VH47ej63-sEYNCD8DL25SeerW8Y9f7di/view

Baskauf, S.J., J. Girón Duque, M. Nielsen. Using the Audubon Core Controlled Vocabularies for subjectPart and subjectOrientation. Biodiversity Information Standards Annual Meeting. Sofia, Bulgaria. October 18, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.90955

Mayfield-Meyer, T., S.J. Baskauf, D. Endresen, C. Bölling, J. Wieczorek, R. Pyle, J. Buschbom. 2022. MaterialSample and its Properties. Biodiversity Information Standards Annual Meeting. Sofia, Bulgaria. October 18, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.91407

Sica, Y., K. Ingenloff, Yi-Ming GAN, Z. Kachian, S.J. Baskauf, J. Wieczorek, P. Zermoglio, R. Stevenson. 2022. Application of Humboldt Extension to Real-world Cases. Biodiversity Information Standards Annual Meeting. Sofia, Bulgaria. October 18, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.91502

Panigabutra-Roberts, A., S. Baskauf, and I. Dagher. 2022. Working with VanderBot to Add Multilingual Content (in English and Arabic) to Wikidata. 2022 LD4 Conference on Linked Data. Online. July 14, 2022.
Presentation: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_libfac/12/

Lew, C. and S. Baskauf. 2022. Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition Database to Wikidata. ATLA 2022 Annual Conference. Online. June 16, 2022. https://sched.co/10N82

Baskauf, S., C. Lew, and A. Richardson. 2021. WikiProject Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT): Issues and challenges. ARLIS/NA x Wikidata Group (Art Libraries Society of North America) meeting. Online. December 10, 2021.
Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17161103.v1

Baskauf, S., C. Lew, and A. Richardson. 2021. Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database to Wikidata. WikidataCon 2021. Online. October 30, 2021.
Presentation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linking_the_Art_in_the_Christian_Tradition_(ACT)_database_to_Wikidata.pdf

Baskauf, S. and K. Mason. 2021. Working with Wikidata. Southeastern Museums Conference Annual Meeting. Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. October 26, 2021.
Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16880539

Baskauf, S. and P. Zermoglio. 2021. Translating TDWG Controlled Vocabularies (workshop). Biodiversity Information Standards Annual Meeting. Online. October 21, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.79050
Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16869613

Baskauf, S. 2021. Having your cake and eating it too: JSON-LD as an RDF serialization format in Connecting biodiversity data with knowledge graphs (symposium). Biodiversity Information Standards Annual Meeting. Online. October 18, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.74266
Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16823473

Baskauf, S. and S. Bloom. 2021. Webinar: How Community Standards Are Developed and Maintained. Biodiversity Information Standards. Online. September 16, 2021.
Presentation: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16628146

Baskauf, S. 2021. Tutorial: Writing data to Wikidata using spreadsheets. LD4 Conference on Linked Data. Online. July 19, 2021.
Video of presentation: https://youtu.be/ZukSQB8fki8

Baskauf, S. J. 2021. Introduction to using VanderBot to upload data to Wikidata. LD4 Wikidata Working Hour. May 25, 2021. https://stanford.zoom.us/rec/share/rhPxlGHnkh2JoJOiCeuOOktXYSP3Eh4xzW_-ipcYwcZscVSDx2qZAJ_AT72jQVcH.cceC4cjSe8CXJOvT?startTime=1621878474000. Tutorial page

Baskauf, S. J. 2021. VanderBot: A spreadsheet-based system for creating and updating items in Wikidata. Program for Cooperative Cataloging Wikidata Pilot meeting. February 18, 2021. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aB2XuQ_gqdB99tKcxEMoU7j75-x-i6RP/view?usp=sharing

Baskauf, S. J. 2020. Creating and Maintaining TDWG Vocabularies using Spreadsheets. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual meeting. Online. October 22, 2020.
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e59124. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.4.59124 Video at https://youtu.be/de94_tn3kGQ

Woodburn, M., D. L. Paul, W. Addink, S. J. Baskauf, S. Blum, C. Chapman, S. Grant, Q. Groom, J. Jones, M. Petersen, N. Raes, D. Smith, L. Tilley, M. Trekels, M. Trizna, W. Ulate, S. Vincent, R. Walls, K. Webbink, P. Zermoglio. 2020. Unity in Variety: Developing a collection description standard by consensus. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual meeting. Online. October 19, 2020.
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e59233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.4.59233

Baskauf, S. 2020. Background on Standards Processes and Maintenance. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual meeting. Online. September 22, 2020.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13020506.v1

Baskauf, S. 2020. Introduction to the Audubon Core Maintenance Group annual meeting. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual meeting. Online. September 21, 2020.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13020299.v1

Baskauf, S. 2020. VanderBot: Using a Python script to create and update researcher items in Wikidata. LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries. Online. July 31, 2020.
Video of presentation: https://youtu.be/xjQ8rJufeOU

Anderson, C. B., S. Baskauf, and E. Shook. 2019. Building a Scholarly Knowledge Base with Wikidata. WikiConference North America. Boston, MA, USA. November 10, 2019.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_a_Scholarly_Knowledge_Base_with_Wikidata.pdf

Baskauf, S. 2018. Introduction to Audubon Core and Audubon Core as RDF in Audubon Core Workshop. Society of the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand. August 27, 2018. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7081319.v1

Baskauf, S. 2016. Darwin Core as RDF: Applying the DwC RDF Guide to Real Data. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Santa Clara de San Carlos, Costa Rica. December 7, 2016. http://bit.ly/2hb6rP0

Baskauf, S. 2016. Vocabulary Maintenance Task Group Report. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Santa Clara de San Carlos, Costa Rica. December 8, 2016. http://bit.ly/2gfoBwY

Baskauf, S. 2013. The TDWG Ontology and the Darwin Core Namespace Policy.  Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Florence, Italy.  October 31, 2013.
http://www.tdwg.org/fileadmin/2013conference/slides/Baskauf_VomagTdwgOntology.pdf

Baskauf, S. and M. Schildhauer. 2013. Primer on Semantic Technologies.  Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Florence, Italy.  October 29, 2013.
http://www.tdwg.org/fileadmin/2013conference/slides/Baskauf_RdfPrimer.pdf

Olena, A, J. M. Talley, R. Bairley, C. B. Sissom, S. J. Baskauf.  2012. Development of a First Year Biology Lab Containing a Strong Research Element.  Society for Developmental Biology 71^st^ Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.  July 19-23, 2012.
http://www.sdbonline.org/2012/SDB2012_Abstracts.pdf

Webb, C. and Baskauf S. 2011. Darwin-SW: Darwin Core data for the Semantic Web.  Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, New Orleans, LA.  October 18, 2011.
https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/2011/paper/view/152

Baskaufs, S.J. and T. Sasek, 2010. Full implementation of GUIDs at SERNEC institutions: A strategy that accommodates institutions of varying sizes and complex resource relationships.  Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Conference, Woods Hole, MA.  September 30, 2010.
http://www.tdwg.org/conference2010/program/slides-upload/

Talley, J.M., R.C. Bairley, C. Sissom, K. Norton, C.G. Brown, and S.J. Baskauf. 2009. Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Student Designed, Research-based, Introduction to Biology Lab (poster).  Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, AL. April 1 – 4, 2009.

Kirchoff, B. K. and Baskauf, S. 2009. Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Field Botany Course on CD. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, AL. April 1 – 4, 2009.  [Note: my name was submitted as second author but was left out of the published program].

Baskauf, Steve. 2008. Effect of removal of the invasive species Lonicera maackii on the size distribution of woody vegetation in a middle Tennessee natural area.  Natural Areas Conference.  October 15, 2008.
http://www.naeppc.org/08conference/talk.html?id=43

Baskauf, Steven.  2006.  Bioimages: a resource for ecosystem education (poster).  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
http://abstracts.co.allenpress.com/pweb/esa2006/document/?ID=61959

Kirchoff, Bruce K. and Steven J. Baskauf.  2006. Image Quiz: An interactive computer-based method for teaching plant identification.  Botany 2006 (Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting).  B.K. Kirchoff conceived the visual recognition-based methodology and I provided the images and served as a development consultant for the project.
http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=126

Baskauf, Steven J.  1999.  The Edge of the Range of the Southwestern Corn Borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar, Its Characteristics and Factors Determining Its Location.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Baskauf, Steven J.  1998.  Ecological Factors Limiting Range Expansion by a Pest Insect.  Southeast Ecology and Population Genetics Meeting.

Baskauf, Steven J.  1998.  Species Boundaries of the Southwestern Corn Borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).  Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch, Entomological Society of America.

Baskauf, Steven J.  1997.  Voltinism and Species Boundary of the Southwestern Corn Borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).  Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Entomological Society.

Sorenson, Clyde E., Steve Baskauf, and David McCauley.  1997.  Latitudinal Occurrence of the Southwestern Corn Borer in Southeastern Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana After a Severe Winter (poster).  Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch, Entomological Society of America.

Baskauf, Steven J.  1993.  Graphical Special Relativity.  National Science Teachers Association National Convention.