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BCoN Announces Travel Awards for Communications Training

Posted on: August 19, 2019October 16, 2023

In 2016, the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) published a workshop report, Building a More Networked System for Communicating about Natural History Collections, that called for a renewed community […]

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BCoN Report: Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Promote Research and Education

Posted on: April 4, 2019May 26, 2023

The Biodiversity Collections Network has released its new report, Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Promote Research and Education.  You are invited to download and share the summary brochure […]

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Community Input Requested: Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Address National Challenges

Posted on: January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

A workshop held 30 October – 1 November 2018 at Oak Spring Garden in Upperville, VA under the leadership of the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) addressed the future […]

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Survey Results: Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for Addressing National Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and Data Wishlist

Posted on: October 12, 2018October 16, 2023

The results of the survey are in! This document summarizes the responses to this survey, which was active from 24 September to 5 October, 2018. These results, along […]

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Nominations Sought for National Academies Panel on Biological Collections

Posted on: September 7, 2018October 16, 2023

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Board on Life Sciences (BLS) is seeking experts to serve on a committee that will review the contributions of […]

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Surveys: Integrating Changes into Collections Databases: Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on: July 18, 2018October 16, 2023

The purpose of these surveys is to gather information from the collections community regarding your experience incorporating changes into your local collections databases. The goal is to compile […]

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SURVEY RESULTS: Harnessing Biodiversity Collections Data for Addressing National Challenges

Posted on: July 16, 2018October 16, 2023

Results are now available for this survey, initiated on 7 February 2018, that was intended to elicit information for a stakeholder vision of how to maximize the value […]

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Community Input Requested: Data Attribution and Integration Workshop Report

Posted on: May 2, 2018October 16, 2023

The natural history collections community is invited to provide comments on a draft workshop report about integration, attribution, and value in the web of natural history museum data.  […]

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