A new Viewpoint article in BioScience, authored by members of the BCoN Advisory Council and representatives from the Academies’ panel on biological collections, discusses the necessary steps for […]
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Science Groups Write to Lawmakers about the Importance of Mobilizing Biodiversity Specimens, Data
On March 1, 2021, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) – […]
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Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens
Over the past year there have been several exciting conversations about the possibilities of digital representations of the billions of specimens currently held in the world’s natural history collections. Two […]
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Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections
Date: January 14, 2021 Time: 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern Time (includes a 15 minute break) Location: Online via Zoom Watch a recording of this webinar. We invite the Biological […]
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2nd Natural History Collections and COVID-19 Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts and Plans for Reopening
In April, the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) conducted a survey of the natural history collections/museum community to understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting the work of […]
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Natural History Collections and COVID-19: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening
The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is working to help the scientific and natural history collections/museum community understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting research, education, specimen and […]
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COVID-19 Impacts on Biodiversity Science Collections
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) surveyed individuals affiliated with US biodiversity science collections to better understand the effects of COVID-19 related disruptions and closures on biodiversity research and education collections, and the people who use and care for these scientific resources. The survey was conducted in April 2020.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections: April 2020 Questionnaire
Projections indicate that the COVID-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders will have a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of our lives and work. In order to document […]
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Science Groups Request Support for Collections-enabled Research and Education to Tackle Current and Future Global Problems, Advance Science
On March 31, 2020, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) – […]
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BCoN Early Career Travel Awards for Team and Interdisciplinary Science Training
In 2019, the Biodiversity Collections Network released a report, Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Promote Research and Education (https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz140). This report offers an exciting vision for biodiversity-related research […]