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Dear Colleagues, iDigBio is pleased to announce an 8-week "Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections” online course! Take this opportunity to introduce new purpose and excitement into your organization. Prepare to relate your collection’s compelling vision to stakeholders and discuss long-term goals and strategies with administrators. The “Strategic...

In 2020, an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released its report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. Recommendation 8-1 of the report, included the establishment of a national Action Center for biological collections, which was codified into law by the U.S. Congress as part of the CHIPS...

  iDigBio is in its third phase of NSF funding, in its third phase of project goals and objectives, and in its 12th year of the project. In the past, iDigBio has used the knowledge gained from evaluations led by an internal evaluator to set priorities, assist in decision-making, and create future directions. However, after working in and among the digital collection community and with the...

Arizona State University (ASU) in collaboration with iDigBio and the Natural Science Collections Alliance held the seventh annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference on June 5-8, 2023. This was first time the conference was hybrid after three years of virtual-only engagement. The hybrid format proved successful with 495 registrants from 21 countries, with about 120 people...