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Published: 09-21-2023
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...
Published: 08-21-2023
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...
Published: 06-16-2023
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...
Published: 03-13-2023
iDigBio is pleased to invite you to this year’s Biodiversity Digitization Conference (BioDigiCon) to be held virtually 19-20 September 2023.
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The 2023 event will focus on data generation and mobilization with special emphasis on presentations, hands-on workshops, and lively discussions that provide training, resource sharing, and workforce enhancement....
Published: 03-01-2023
Dear Colleagues,
The Society of Herbarium Curators and iDigBio are pleased to announce an 8-week "Strategic Planning for Herbaria” online course.
Take this opportunity to introduce new purpose and excitement into your organization. Prepare to relate your herbarium’s compelling vision to stakeholders and discuss long-term goals and strategies with administrators...
Published: 08-29-2022
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...
Published: 08-13-2022
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) Education Committee hosted the second virtual Natural History Education (NHE) DemoCamp on June 22-23, 2022. The goal of the NHE DemoCamp is to share, discover, and discuss educational materials that have a framework in natural history. This is building upon our previous iterations of the 'education share fair...
Published: 06-15-2022
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iDigBio is pleased to invite you to this year’s Biodiversity Digitization Conference (BioDigiCon) to be held virtually 27-29 September 2022.
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The 2022 event will focus on data generation and mobilization with special...
Published: 04-18-2022
Thirty participants gathered virtually for a workshop, Using wikidata to capture and share information about people in paleontology, on March 29-31, 2022. This workshop was a hands-on introduction to finding, editing, and using data in wikidata, using people associated with paleontology collections (e.g., collectors, researchers, collections staff) as subjects. Wikidata offers a centralized,...