[Nhcoll-l] WeDigBio - October 22-25 - a global biodiversity transcription event

[Deborah Paul]

Hi Everyone!

Wondering what you can do to help get more collections data digitized?
Please see, share widely, and get in touch with questions about this 
global Citizen Science challenge:

The Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (*WeDigBio*) 
event kicks off this week from October 22-25. Volunteers are teaming up 
with scientists and other participants around the world to capture 
biodiversity specimen data, digitizing the information for scientific 
research. Participants can pick a project in which to participate online 
or find an in-person event at museums and universities around the 
country (and globe).


Learn more here: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wedigbio.org&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=sbj-UnJXnI2zcIPCq3xBq0h4Oq6jCxnCYF1QSYpJDNo&s=yJ8z7_3fZDqsmxwWnLAM9KK22CG6WmfP3s_t9zQLaCU&e= 


Anyone can join us at _any point_ from _any place_ from Thursday to 
Sunday - there are opportunities to participate with fellow 
transcription platforms NotesfromNature, Herbaria at Home, Les Herbonautes, 
and the Australian Museum’s DigiVol, and Smithsonian Transcription 
Center. We’re bringing together collections and programs from the US, 
UK, France, Australia, and more and look forward on reporting on 
outcomes of this one-of-a-kind event soon.

*See the WeDigBio press release below:*

GLOBAL  4 DAY EFFORT TO DIGITIZE CENTURIES OF DATA ABOUT LIFE ON EARTH

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For centuries, scientists have explored and documented the natural 
world, collecting the billions of specimens lodged in museums, 
universities, and field stations worldwide. And now, institutions 
including the Smithsonian Institution, Florida State University, and 
others across the globe want to help make that information available to 
the general public. But they need your help.

The WeDigBio event will transform the often handwritten or typewritten 
data sequestered on the labels of plant, insect, fish, and fossil 
specimens into an open, globally accessible, digital resource with the 
help of the public. Working together with partners in the US, UK, 
France, and Australia, the goal of the event is to work together in 
collaborative, online workflows, supported by in-person events. For 
example, The Smithsonian Transcription Center offers the opportunity to 
transform data from the labels of Bombus specimens as well as herbaria 
sheets from the U.S. National Herbarium.  Additionally, there are field 
notes from scientists who collected these and other specimens from 
places around the world.

The WeDigBio event emerged within the museum community to accelerate the 
rate of digital data creation about the historical what, when, and where 
of the perhaps 9 million species on Earth. It has a core leadership team 
that includes researchers form the Smithsonian Institution, the 
Australian Museum, Florida State University, University of Florida and 
the major online transcription platforms, including the U.S. based 
Smithsonian Transcription Center, Notes from Nature,  and Symbiota, the 
Australia based DigiVol, the UK based Herbaria at Home, and the France 
based Les Herbonautes. This one of kind event will be held from October 
22 -25 at 30 locations across the globe, as well as 
online._<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__go.si.edu_site_Calendar-3Fid-3D101001-26view-3DDetail&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=sbj-UnJXnI2zcIPCq3xBq0h4Oq6jCxnCYF1QSYpJDNo&s=h75vxI_NUNWK1P7UzI9ZVaCrzDuONhLGdRiQF7YpVsk&e= >_

Members of the public can contribute at anytime from anywhere during the 
event with participating online platforms. Get started at the and find 
more information at the event website https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wedigbio.org&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=sbj-UnJXnI2zcIPCq3xBq0h4Oq6jCxnCYF1QSYpJDNo&s=yJ8z7_3fZDqsmxwWnLAM9KK22CG6WmfP3s_t9zQLaCU&e= .

On Twitter: #WeDigBio

Best and thanks for sharing!,
Deb, et al from WeDigBio

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-- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_calendar&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=sbj-UnJXnI2zcIPCq3xBq0h4Oq6jCxnCYF1QSYpJDNo&s=ls6OIoyke0DPBdmL7498r0YLBrll2_Ag0QAhUo_VhNg&e= 
-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist
Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
850-644-6366

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