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Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.
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Invitation: Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens

Jyotsna Pandey December 29, 2020

Over the past year several exciting conversations about the possibilities of digital representations of the billions of specimens currently held in the world’s natural history “Invitation: Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens”

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Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections

Jyotsna Pandey December 21, 2020

Date: January 14, 2021 Time: 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern Time (includes a 15 minute break) Location: Online via Zoom We invite the Biological Collections community at-large “Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections”

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2nd BCoN COVID-19 Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts and Plans for Reopening

NSCA August 21, 2020

In April, the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) conducted a survey of the natural history collections/museum community to understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting “2nd BCoN COVID-19 Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts and Plans for Reopening”

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National Fossil Day is October 14

NSCA August 21, 2020

National Fossil Day, an annual celebration organized by the National Park Service (NPS), will take place on October 14, 2020.  The event highlights the scientific “National Fossil Day is October 14”

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Webinar Series: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World

NSCA July 24, 2020

Recognizing the rapid changes happening within museum communities and the efforts being made throughout the community to adapt to these changes, iDigBio is organizing a “Webinar Series: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World”

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BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections

NSCA June 18, 2020

The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is working to help the scientific and natural history collections/museum community understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting research, “BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections”

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Registration Open: 4th Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference

NSCA January 16, 2020

Indiana University (IU), iDigBio, and the Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) will hold the 4th annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference on June 1-3, “Registration Open: 4th Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference”

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BCoN Briefs Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections

NSCA January 16, 2020

On January 16, 2020, Robert Gropp briefed the members of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections about the Extended Specimen Network report and “BCoN Briefs Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections”

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Action Alert: Ask Congress to Fund Science, Complete FY 2020 Appropriations

NSCA December 11, 2019

Congress has yet to pass legislation providing fiscal year (FY) 2020 funding for science. Government agencies, including the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of “Action Alert: Ask Congress to Fund Science, Complete FY 2020 Appropriations”

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IMLS Seeks Comments on a Proposed Information Collection

NSCA December 11, 2019

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is soliciting public input on a Museums for America grant program, entitled “Museums Empowered: Professional Development and “IMLS Seeks Comments on a Proposed Information Collection”

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