AN HERBARIUM DECADE
OR
TEN YEARS IN THE COMPUTER ROOM OF
THE CENTRE FOR PLANT BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH
Joan Graham and Pennie Hohnen created history within CSIRO when in 1989
they became the first people to apply and be accepted in a job-share position.
The ten year journey since then has taken many turns and presented a
variety of challenges.
Some highlights are:
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Completing the UNIX course run by the University of NSW
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Becoming Database Manager of the initial ANHSIR
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Creating the first User Guide for ANHSIR
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Supervising the data capture projects for ERIN
in Poaceae and Myrtaceae
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Co-ordinating the Continent-wide
Eucalyptus project
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Mastering Mapinfo and its interface
with ANHSIR
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Involvement in the Biorap Project
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Being part of the national HISCOM
meetings
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Updating the collection in line with the ROTAP publication
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Being a co-author of the CSIRO
Handbook of Australian Weeds
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Visiting Indonesia as part of the World Bank project to restore the Bogor
Herbarium
Current interests and expertise:
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Creating species distribution maps using Mapinfo
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Using the Oracle browser Discoverer
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Learning about Web pages and html
My other life includes:
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Tennis
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Bridge
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Piano
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Drawing
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Gardening