[Nhcoll-l] Enter the Beyond the Box Creative Curator Contest

[Julie Palakovich Carr]

Calling all armchair (and non-armchair) collection curators! Do you dream
about how scientific collections data can be used to advance science? Have
you pondered how to engage students and the public with natural history
specimens? If so, this contest is for you!

The Beyond the Box Creative Curator Contest is your chance to share your
vision of how digitized insect collections can be used by the scientific
community, educators, and the broader public. The contest is being held in
conjunction with the Beyond the Box Digitization Competition, an exciting
initiative that will reward the creators of a novel way to accurately and
efficiently capture digital images of insect specimens and their associated
data from a standard museum drawer of insects.

In 200 words or less, provide your best answer to the question: How might
digitized data from insect collections be used to answer new questions or
solve problems?

The winner will receive (in addition to bragging rights) a $50 Amazon gift
card.

Submissions are due 6 June 2015.

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Julie Palakovich Carr
Public Policy Manager
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1444 I Street, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-568-8117
www.aibs.org

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