[Nhcoll-l] GBIF Task Force on Accelerating the Discovery of Biocollections Data Survey

[Thiers, Barbara]

Dear Colleague,
 The GBIF Task Force on Accelerating the Discovery of Biocollections Data<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gbif.org_page_82104&d=AwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=jMghp-P498X740Wb9KLIY5ZBg9N9NodGOMre7oDMTIg&s=RXXZvAyXqp78iHv5qxdAanu3xujuqV19tT70iN-ofyg&e= > requests for your help in completing or distributing this survey targeting Administrators, Curators, Data, Information and Collection Managers of natural history collections. The purpose of the survey is to collect data to enable the task force determine and demonstrate (1) The digital readiness of the world's biocollections and their institutions; (2) the benefits to the collection/institution that digitization engenders; and (3) the impediments to collection data digitization.
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Dr. Barbara M. Thiers
Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
And Vice President for Administration, Science Division
Editor, Index Herbariorum
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
bthiers at nybg.org<mailto:bthiers at nybg.org>
718-817-8626

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