Student Research Grant from the Society of Herbarium Curators
The Society of Herbarium Curators recently posted the following announcement about a student research grant:
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Updates from the Beyond the Box Digitization Competition
Potential entrants to the Beyond the Box competition have been asking questions regarding rules and other specifics to the competition. The Beyond the Box team have responded by creating a FAQ section on the website and sending out the following update:
January 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
The red maple (Acer rubrum)
Photo courtesy of Gill Nelson.
The red maple (Acer rubrum) is a tree native to eastern North America. It is fast-growing with strong wood and can reach up to 75 feet in height. The red maple can tolerate a variety of soil types but naturally occurs in low, wet habitat (hence their other common name the swamp maple).
iDigBio Update For 2014
Dear iDigBio Friends and Family,
One Million Dollar Prize for Digital Innovation to Capture Info From Museum Drawers
Photo credit: Reed Beaman, NSF, BIO
iDigBio at BIS-TDWG 2014: some digitization, crowd-sourcing, and data use too
by Deb Paul, with Libby Ellwood and Greg Riccardi as Eds.
CMU Herbarium Highlighted for TCN Collaboration
Photo provided by Central Michigan University / Steve Jessmore
Citizen Science crowdfunding initiative launched
Imaging Blitz participants photograph specimens.
FSU's Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium is pleased to announce a crowdfunding campaign running from December 1–15 to raise $2000 to provision six 1-day citizen science events in 2015.
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