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Published: 08-30-2024
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: 07-03-2024
In collaboration with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), iDigBio hosted a digitization workshop from May 20-22, 2024 in Pittsburgh, PA. Participants were afforded a valuable opportunity to expand their skills, network with other local institutions, and drive forward museum-wide digitization efforts through a blend of informative presentations and hands-on demonstrations...
Published: 03-12-2024
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...
Published: 03-08-2024
SAVE THE DATE! BioDigiCon 2025 is coming September 23–25, 2025! We hope to see you there!
iDigBio is pleased to announce the inaugural in-person Biodiversity Digitization Conference to be held in Washington. DC, 23-25 September 2025. The theme of the conference is workforce development, capacity building, and enhancement for all phases of the Biodiversity Specimen Digitization Value...
Published: 03-05-2024
Dear Colleagues,
iDigBio and the Society of Herbarium Curators 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...
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.
REGISTER HERE
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...
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