[Nhcoll-l] RELEVANCE?: Call for nominations for a National Academy Biological Collections Study

[Peter Rauch]

https://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=b426909dcc&e=a271cda812

"Statement of Task:

"An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine will review the role of biological collections ... to enable
their continued use to benefit ... society.

" In particular the committee will:

"3. Describe ... and address issues of   ****broad societal importance****,
  such as global environmental change, food security, conservation, and the
bioeconomy."

Point 3 should constitute Volume I of the NASEM report, and it should be a
substantive work. Otherwise, the rest of the report will be.... well,
irrelevant.

("****...****" Emphasis mine])

Peter

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:29 AM, Thiers, Barbara <bthiers at nybg.org> wrote:

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> Biological Collections:  Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions
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> Dr. Barbara M. Thiers
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