@WeDigBio

Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections [email protected]

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Spent the morning at @fieldmuseum with 16 incredible AP Environmental Science students from North Side Prep. Our Collections Club members jumped right into the Bryophyte Collections Curation Blitz—helping preserve, curate, and rehouse historical moss specimens for long-term scientific research.
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An incredible discovery in the Field Museum Collections from our 2 volunteers! Together they discovered ants and liverworts in Amber over 15 million years okd! Not only that, but these specimen were collected by Susan (Sue) Hendrickson!! Volunteer powered discoveries! #wedigbio #scienceforall #suehendrickson #fieldmuseum
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Today at Field Museum 26 volunteers curated over 500 moss specimens for digitization! #wedigbio #scienceforall #naturalhistory #Fieldmuseum
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A big thank you to all the participants who joined in and a special thank you to the speakers who joined us for Innovations in Online Engagement in Biodiversity Science! Your insights, expertise, and enthusiasm made this symposium a valuable opportunity to connect, learn, and explore the future of public participation in biodiversity science. #scienceforall #wedigbio
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The Field Museum kicked off the WeDigBio event with over 20 volunteers helping curate moss specimens and enjoying a tour of the collection at the Searle Herbarium. #wedigbio #scienceforall #digitizingcollections
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We are an hour away! You can still register and join us. 2pm CT/3pm ET
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Join us this Friday for a special virtual symposium! Share and tag a friend! #scienceforall #digitizingcollections events.zoom.us/ev/AthKdf5Kcq…
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Register NOW for an exciting line up of speakers @WeDigBio Friday Oct 9. Innovations in Online Engagement in Biodiversity Science. Register NOW at events.zoom.us/ev/AthKdf5Kcq… @iDigBio @AMDigiVol @the_zooniverse
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Join us this Friday for a special virtual symposium! Share and tag a friend! #scienceforall #digitizingcollections events.zoom.us/ev/AthKdf5Kcq…
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The Europeana Science Run closes today. From insects and handwritten calculations to scientific notes and correspondence, every page offers something different to discover. Join the Run: europeana.transcribathon.eu/… #CitizenScience #DigitalHumanities #Transcription #OpenScience
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📢 The news: Nov. 23, 2026 Our reopening date has been confirmed! 🎉 We are so happy to welcome everyone back to our exhibits building just in time for the holidays. Much more news to come as we wrap up construction and prepare to reopen our doors. 📢 floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit/…
a large mammoth skeleton with huge, curving tusks looms over head against the blue walls of a museum gallery with dappled sunlight falling against one side of an entrance to a Water Shapes Florida exhibit doorway

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Register NOW for an exciting line up of speakers @WeDigBio Friday Oct 9. Innovations in Online Engagement in Biodiversity Science. Register NOW at events.zoom.us/ev/AthKdf5Kcq… @iDigBio @AMDigiVol @the_zooniverse
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📍 We're featured at @Pensoft's booth at #SMCC2026, running this week in Sofia! 📚 Come and find out more about the scope of our journal and how we can support your research in small mammal conservation. #SmallMammalConservation
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THE MAKERS OF LICHENOLOGY - Biographies of 611 lichenologists, already inserted in an online database. You can now add further biographies, or propose amendments to the existing ones. Link to the paper: herbmedit.org/issues/6f802e9… Link to the database: italic.units.it/index.php?pr…
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What might you notice in a 500-year-old botanical illustration? 🌿 Explore Gart der Gesundheit and contribute to the Europeana Science Run before 30 September. Item: europeana.transcribathon.eu/… Join the Science run: europeana.transcribathon.eu/… #Transcribathon #BotanicalHistory
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Museum Collections 💐 Glass Perfume Bottle Researchers found this fragile bottle in a St. Augustine historic well. Because it was found in wet soil, the vial must be stored in water to keep it intact. 🎧 Listen to more with archaeologist Gifford Waters: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-ye…
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It is not too late. Calling #CommunityScience Mark your calanders and register events for @WeDigBio! Visit wedigbio.org/content/regist… to register events and receive swag! Register by Sept 21 (outside US) or Sept 30 (inside the US). @the_zooniverse @TranscribeSI @GBIF @SciStarter @AMDigiVol ** @wedigbio happens between October 8-11**
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Pam & Doug Soltis, @UF distinguished professors based out of the Florida Museum, recently received this year's Peter Raven Award by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. They're adept at making complex scientific topics easy to understand. Story: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scienc…
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Welcome to the new Smithsonian Transcription Center! Last week, we unveiled a redesigned website. As you explore, we hope you’ll discover many new details that make transcription easier or more joyful. We're excited to start this new chapter with you. transcription.si.edu
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Calling #CommunityScience We can all be scientists and contribute to #Naturalhistorycollections. Mark your calanders and register events for @WeDigBio! Visit wedigbio.org/content/registe… to register events and receive swag! Register by Sept 21 (outside US) or Sept 30 (inside the US). @the_zooniverse @TranscribeSI @GBIF @SciStarter @AMDigiVol ** @wedigbio happens between October 8-11**
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