[Nhcoll-l] Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) Event—October 22-25, 2015

[Libby Ellwood]

Are you interested in working with the public to digitize your university's
or museum's biodiversity research collections (i.e., biocollections)? Would
you like to do this simultaneously and interactively with other
institutions around
the world? We are currently recruiting biocollections that would like to
collaborate on the 4-day, global WeDigBio Event.  This year's event will
focus on engaging the public in the transcription of specimen labels and
ledgers through partnerships with online public engagement platforms,
including the Smithsonian Transcription Center, Zooniverse's Notes from
Nature, Atlas of Living Australia's DigiVol, Botanical Society of Britain
and Ireland's herbaria at home, Paris Herbarium's Les Herbonautes, and others.

Participants can contribute from anywhere in the world, but collaborating
institutions will also host onsite transcription parties similar to those
described at
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_content_simultaneous-2Dtranscription-2Dblitzes-2Dsuccess&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=OQhcS46ZhtSrfvChmjk7BWb_FZSxwX5ft85JJGvPpMw&s=KgDDbGRw77uO0uGpJxEpHkkoCljoWCYX6OqytstHJUs&e= . The
WeDigBio planning team is compiling checklists, press kits, educational
games, post-event surveys and other resources to ensure successful onsite
events. If you're interested in hosting an event at your institution, or
supporting WeDigBio in another way, follow https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tinyurl.com_kgzmelv&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=OQhcS46ZhtSrfvChmjk7BWb_FZSxwX5ft85JJGvPpMw&s=KKeY3Ky2XRs2MqQ4aDE59k0seQVClcYH7ASYertMDc8&e=  to a
short questionnaire.  Upon completion of the questionnaire, you will be
added to the WeDigBio mailing list, and you will receive links to resources
and updates about the event.  Additional information is also available at
wedigbio.org or by contacting Paul Kimberly (kimberlyp at si.edu), Libby
Ellwood (eellwood at bio.fsu.edu), or Austin Mast (amast at bio.fsu.edu).

Never has it been more important to invite the public into our
biocollections—simultaneously accelerating specimen digitization and
enhancing science literacy.
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