ALA and BCCVL workshops on data quality Posted on 7th October 2016 The ALA and the Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL) recently ran a series of half-day workshops on data quality at the Unive…
Improving your user experience Posted on 23rd September 2016 In the coming months, we at the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) will be undertaking a User Experience review of www.ala.org.au in order to improve and…
Murray–Darling Basin Authority – new ALA hub Posted on 29th August 2016 The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) have collaborated to develop a new data hub, which is now live and ava…
ALA data attracts hackers Posted on 3rd August 2016 GovHack 2016 took place last weekend involving over 2000 people in 41 locations across Australia and New Zealand. The ALA was one of many datasets av…
2016 ALA Science Symposium Posted on 29th June 2016 For the first time, the 2016 Atlas of Living Australia Science Symposium was held interstate and hosted by one of our partners, the Department of Par…
Major ALA upgrade Posted on 27th June 2016 After many months of work, a major upgrade to the taxonomic backbone of the ALA will go live this week. Users will recognise a change to the look and …
National Reconciliation Week – making the ALA more relevant to Indigenous people Posted on 8th June 2016 There are many ways to get involved in National Reconciliation Week activities (27 May – 3 June). At the ALA, we saw it as a great opportunity to ki…
Vinnie’s CEO Sleepout Posted on 30th May 2016 On Thursday June 23, the ALA’s Director, Dr John La Salle, will be bracing himself for another night on the streets in a cold Canberra winter for Vi…
Australia’s bathing birdies Posted on 30th May 2016 Citizen scientists help uncover the secrets of bird baths across Australia Dr Gráinne Cleary from Deakin University’s School of Life and Environmen…