<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Community Feedback: A Collections Task Force to Mitigate Potential Loss or Disruption of Biological Collections</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">In May, iDigBio hosted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_iW48_H3A">webinar</a> and meeting at SPNHC exploring how we can strengthen support for collections across the country. Attendees shared powerful insights on the challenges they face and ideas for building a more resilient future together.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br>We’ve summarized community feedback here:<br><a href="https://nscalliance.org/summary-responses-collections-task-force/" target="_blank">https://nscalliance.org/summary-responses-collections-task-force/</a><br><br>We're now working on a new webinar series based on this input—and we’d love your help shaping it! Let us know which topics would be most useful to you:<br><a href="https://forms.gle/Dx5iVjX8jC82T95o9">https://forms.gle/Dx5iVjX8jC82T95o9</a><br><br>Let’s keep the conversation going!</p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">___________________</font><br><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Director of Community Programs</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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