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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The date for the </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"><u>Ensuring Long-Term Access to Biodiversity Data: iDigBio, GBIF, and Beyond</u></span><span style="color: black;"><u> is November 18, as noted on the webinar
wiki; same time, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Eastern. To register, go to <a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Sustaining_Collections_Digitization_Beyond_NSF_Funding:_A_Webinar_Series">
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">November 18, 2025 | 2:00–4:00 PM ET</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>Ensuring Long-Term Access to Biodiversity Data: iDigBio, GBIF, and Beyond</u></span></div>
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With over 148 million specimen records aggregated into the iDigBIo portal, sustaining data mobilization and accessibility are essential as iDigBio enters its final phase of funding. This session will focus on long-term pathways for data providers and users
to work with and through iDigBio and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), ensuring continued worldwide access to biodiversity data and to ensure your data remain safe and widely available.Hints on ensuring your data a direct pathway to GBIF
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Apologies for any confusion!</div>
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Gil Nelson, PhD</div>
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Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)</div>
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