X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.25a (ClamAV 1.4.2/27729) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=simple/simple; d=cni.org; s=mail; bh=W4+Zi9XYhRTVIC7bne4QiYD6YGawLuG+Opq7EcXICnY=; h=References:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:From:Message-ID:Date:To:Sender ; b=ZWZQg/sJ6r2QmTTQC1SpnUX2cVAqIxIwhixmAgOD0/J92o4RmPqBeN5n9yn2qNpYZteXqhZez mYf+D8sPlV5NBE2KpseF1+Ewwt1Nyy4CBoEE7b+8VQ+ctQhBka1+9KfrHpAa66rRPOmPtadZ7DDuY f36sUW7kqrF2/SF0zYAIM= Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:20:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [108.28.194.90] (account diane@cni.org HELO smtpclient.apple) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 7.1.10) with ESMTPSA id 43605015 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:07:41 -0400 From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5623DC56-D3BC-4E22-B978-FCDF48B499E0" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3826.600.51.1.1\)) Subject: Sustaining Collections Digitization Beyond NSF Funding: A Webinar Series X-Original-Message-Id: References: X-Original-To: "CNI Announce CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org" X-Original-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:07:31 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3826.600.51.1.1) --Apple-Mail=_5623DC56-D3BC-4E22-B978-FCDF48B499E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) has just announced a = webinar series to highlight strategies aimed at long-term sustainability = of digitization and data mobilization efforts. Created as part of the = National Science Foundation=E2=80=99s Advancing Digitization of = Biodiversity Collections program, iDigBio provides digital versions of = data and images for millions of biological specimens from collections = nationwide. The webinar series announcement is below; a link to registration and a = calendar of events are available at = https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-importance-sustaining-biodi= versity-specimen-collections-digitization-absence Registration is free. Diane Goldenberg-Hart, CNI =E2=80=94 =E2=80=94 =E2=80=94=20 The Importance of Sustaining Biodiversity Specimen Collections = Digitization During a Potential Reduction in iDigBio and NSF Funding As iDigBio draws close to the end of 15 years of National Science = Foundation support, we are pleased to announce the upcoming webinar = series:=C2=A0 = Sustaining Collections = Digitization Beyond NSF Funding = . A primary goal of the series is = to encourage the highly talented collections community to continue the = great work that has been accomplished during the last two decades = through NSF=E2=80=99s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections = (ADBC), Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR), and = Sustaining Infrastructure for Biological Research (Sustaining) programs, = plus funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) = and numerous local sources. Thanks to the work and contributions of more = than 1,000 biodiversity collections in 350 institutions across the U.S., = the iDigBio portal now hosts nearly 150 million specimen records and 65 = million media files from 2,000 datasets. These invaluable data have been = contributed by museums and other academic institutions spanning the U.S. = and represent a massive achievement of the U.S. biodiversity collections = community. These data, which are freely available to all interested = parties through iDigBio, GBIF, Symbiota, Specify, Arctos, and other = aggregators, have become an essential and widely used resource for = research, education, and outreach. As we shift to a new chapter in the = national digitization and data mobilization enterprise, the collections = community is well-positioned to sustain the digitization products and = practices it has created. The webinar series is designed to encourage = and motivate the sharing of protocols, practices, and strategies for = ensuring the long-term continuation of biological collections = digitization and data mobilization. All webinars will be recorded, and = the recordings will be made available at the link above. On behalf of all of us at iDigBio, thank you! Gil Gil Nelson, PhD Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson@floridamuseum.ufl.edu = --Apple-Mail=_5623DC56-D3BC-4E22-B978-FCDF48B499E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Integrated = Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) has just announced a webinar = series to highlight strategies aimed at long-term sustainability of = digitization and data mobilization efforts. Created as part of the = National Science Foundation=E2=80=99s Advancing Digitization of = Biodiversity Collections program, iDigBio provides digital versions of = data and images for millions of biological specimens from collections = nationwide.

The webinar series announcement is below; = a link to registration and a calendar of events are available = at
https://www.idi= gbio.org/content/webinar-series-importance-sustaining-biodiversity-specime= n-collections-digitization-absence

Registration is = free.

Diane Goldenberg-Hart, = CNI


=E2=80=94 =E2=80=94 = =E2=80=94 

The = Importance of Sustaining Biodiversity Specimen Collections Digitization = During a Potential Reduction in iDigBio and NSF = Funding

As iDigBio draws = close to the end of 15 years of National Science Foundation support, we = are pleased to announce the upcoming webinar series: Sustaining Collections Digitization Beyond NSF = Funding. A primary goal of the series is to encourage the = highly talented collections community to continue the great work that = has been accomplished during the last two decades through NSF=E2=80=99s = Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC), Collections = in Support of Biological Research (CSBR), and Sustaining Infrastructure = for Biological Research (Sustaining) programs, plus funding from the = Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and numerous local = sources. Thanks to the work and contributions of more than 1,000 = biodiversity collections in 350 institutions across the U.S., the = iDigBio portal now hosts nearly 150 million specimen records and 65 = million media files from 2,000 datasets. These invaluable data have been = contributed by museums and other academic institutions spanning the U.S. = and represent a massive achievement of the U.S. biodiversity collections = community. These data, which are freely available to all interested = parties through iDigBio, GBIF, Symbiota, Specify, Arctos, and other = aggregators, have become an essential and widely used resource for = research, education, and outreach. As we shift to a new chapter in the = national digitization and data mobilization enterprise, the collections = community is well-positioned to sustain the digitization products and = practices it has created. The webinar series is designed to encourage = and motivate the sharing of protocols, practices, and strategies for = ensuring the long-term continuation of biological collections = digitization and data mobilization. All webinars will be recorded, and = the recordings will be made available at the link above.

On behalf of all of us at iDigBio, thank = you!

Gil

Gil Nelson, PhD
Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of = Florida
gnelson@floridamuseum.ufl.ed= u
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