[Nhcoll-l] Still time to register: “Major Motivations Across Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity” April 14, 3–4 PM ET

[Austin Mast]

The WeDigBio Board <https://wedigbio.org/team-members> is pleased to announce a 1-hour symposium entitled “WeDigBio’s Why Dig Bio—Major Motivations Across Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity” on April 14 from 3–4 PM ET.  Three thought leaders reflect on major motivations to create digital information about biodiversity at international, national, and personal scales.

3:00 PM ET Welcome!
3:05 Linking Community Science to Global Biodiversity Policy by Joe Miller (GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/>) 
3:20 Digitisation Down-Under! How crowdsourcing supports our biodiverse Australian collections by Ciaran Mathewson (DIGIVOL <https://digivol.ala.org.au/>) 
3:35 Virtual Voyaging for Science by Siobhan Leachman (independent researcher <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siobhan_Leachman>) 
3:50 Panel Discussion

Register to join us for the event at 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-major-motivations-across-scale-for-digitizing-biodiversity-tickets-598571923737 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-the-critical-roles-of-libraries-in-understanding-earths-biota-tickets-302947633527>

The 4-day WeDigBio event runs during Citizen Science Month from April 13–16 and occurs again from October 12–15.  To learn more about WeDigBio, visit wedigbio.org <http://wedigbio.org/>; to learn more about Citizen Science Month, visit https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth.  We’re here to help you make participation in WeDigBio and Citizen Science Month a regular part of your organization’s outreach activities—just reach out to us at wedigbio at gmail.com <mailto:wedigbio at gmail.com>.

And do consider also catching the Consortium of California Herbaria’s “A Whirlwind Tour of California Herbaria!” on April 13 from 3–5 PM ET/noon–2 PT.  Register for that event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-whirlwind-tour-of-california-herbaria-tickets-601795415287 

With best regards,

Austin Mast, on behalf of the WeDigBio Board 

Austin Mast — Professor · Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. · (850) 645-1500 — Director · Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication · College of Communication and Information · Florida State University — amast at fsu.edu — he/him

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