[NHCOLL-L:4732] Fwd: Developing a digital U.S. biological collections national resource: First steps towards a strategic plan

[Laura Abraczinskas]

Dear NHCOLL-L Subscribers,
Attached is a resending of Tim White's original message, with the symbols 
added by my e-mail program (hopefully) now removed. My apologies for the 
unclear text in the previous posting. Hopefully this message is more 
readable.  Thanks to those who pointed this out.
All the best,
Laura

 From Tim White:

Hi all:

A strategic plan for a 10-year national effort to digitize and mobilize 
images and data associated with biological research collections is being 
developed, with initial details provided here: 
<http://digbiocol.wordpress.com/>http://digbiocol.wordpress.com/

The plan requires broad support and input from the collections community 
and a diversity of stakeholders. The responses to the plan, collected 
through email (addressed to: 
<mailto:wg-digitization at nescent.org>wg-digitization at nescent.org) and blog 
commentary (thorough the link above) will be used in future meetings to 
complete a more formal strategic plan. Feedback regarding the following 
aspects is especially important:

1) your support for the proposed model, suggestions for revision

2) ideas regarding the three-tiered approach suggested here

3) priorities for collection digitization

4) ways to maximize collaboration across institutions and federal agencies, 
and at the international level.

This feedback will be aggregated and provided to participants for future 
planning sessions that will develop a final version of the strategic plan. 
Thanks in advance for taking the time to contribute to this very important 
initiative.

All best,
Tim

Tim White
Assistant Director for Collections
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
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Laura Abraczinskas
Collections Manager
Vertebrate Collections
Michigan State University Museum
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East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045

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