<div dir="ltr">Good day Barbara<div><br></div><div> I can give you numbers of volunteers + hours but from UK and Australia - let us know if interested</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Cheers</div><div> P<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><div>Pedro A Viegas</div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:20px">Natural History Curator & Conservator</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:paleomail@gmail.com" target="_blank">paleomail@gmail.com</a></div><div><a value="+447587051425" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">+61 0 435 637 474</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_PedroAViegas&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=xeZv4gymmlwyOSpMoUDBU2UiQEmKqYzYH8OtY8IcuuQ&s=Y5KMHvdoPhXv8mByy0--fEGg-xV0u5Ep_2SQusfL-Nk&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Follow me on Twitter</a> - @PedroAViegas</div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Thiers, Barbara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bthiers@nybg.org" target="_blank">bthiers@nybg.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Dr. Barbara M. Thiers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Vice President<u></u><u></u></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<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Editor,
<i>Index Herbariorum<u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">President-Elect, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">New York Botanical Garden<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Bronx, NY 10458-5126<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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