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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#002060">We’ve had a great response so far to the call for “Wish List” items – please add yours today! Your ideas may be shared at the upcoming iDigBio Summit (attributed or not, as you
choose) and will be part of an appendix to the report submitted to NSF.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for Addressing National Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and Data Wish List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">During the past year, the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) has been gathering feedback from stakeholder communities about biodiversity collections and the
data derived from them. This feedback will inform a vision for how biodiversity collections and data can realize their potential for research and education during the next decade.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Through these outreach efforts we have learned that the stakeholder community views the current national digitization effort as a success, with benefits for collections,
research and education, and feels strongly that the effort should continue in some way. We have also determined that the U.S. national effort aligns well with international efforts, especially in Europe and Australasia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">In this final outreach effort, we are asking for your very specific and succinct contributions to a wish list of future activities or functions for collections and
data, and recommendations on how to achieve them. Please record your responses </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">using <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/SsbyuP75ZuKSL4av2">this Google Form</a></span><span style="color:black">:
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/SsbyuP75ZuKSL4av2">https://goo.gl/forms/SsbyuP75ZuKSL4av2</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">We ask that you include only one wish list item (and action and partners) per form – you can enter as many wish list items as you wish, but use a separate form for
each. This will help greatly with the compilation final results. A summary of all responses will be posted on the
<a href="https://bcon.aibs.org)/">BCoN website</a> (<a href="https://bcon.aibs.org">https://bcon.aibs.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Wish List entries made by 5:00 pm EST on Friday, 5 October will be posted on the BCoN website (<a href="https://bcon.aibs.org/">https://bcon.aibs.org/</a>) shortly
thereafter and incorporated into the final report. There will be a session at the upcoming iDigBio Summit
<a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/ADBC_Summit_2018">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/ADBC_Summit_2018</a>) on Tuesday, 2 October from 3:10-4:00 pm in which Wish List items will be shared live. The Summit website provides information on
remote participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">QUESTIONS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">1. What would you like to accomplish with biodiversity collections or derived data that you cannot do now (or cannot do easily)? Name
<b>ONE</b> activity or function in <b>ON</b>E sentence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">2. List
<b>ONE</b> currently unavailable action or tool that you would need to in order to do this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">3. Who could help you do the accomplishment listed in Question 1? List up to T<b>HREE</b> types of experts or areas of expertise.<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
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Curator of Bryophytes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Editor,
<i>Index Herbariorum<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">President, 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Bronx, NY 10458-5126<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060"><a href="mailto:bthiers@nybg.org">bthiers@nybg.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">718-817-8626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Download:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#44546A"><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/docs/The_Worlds_Herbaria_2017_5_Jan_2018.pdf">The World’s Herbaria 2017</a></span><span style="color:#44546A">
</span><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060"> (second Index Herbariorum annual report)</span><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060"><a href="http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IH_Questionnaire_2009.doc">Index Herbariorum Registration Form</a>
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<a href="http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IH_Questionnaire_2009_example.doc">Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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