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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#002060">Does anyone have a reference for any study that has tried to quantify the number of volunteers who work in US natural history collections or the amount of labor they contribute?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Dr. Barbara M. Thiers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Curator of Bryophytes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">President-Elect, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">New York Botanical Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">718-817-8626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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