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Biodiversity Research Collecting Is More Important Than Ever—Ushering in a Collecting Renaissance

Mast, Austin [1], Sweeney, Patrick [2].

Biodiversity Research Collecting Is More Important Than Ever—Ushering in a Collecting Renaissance.

Recent advances in data resources, technologies, public engagement strategies, research coordination, and funding opportunities position the community well for a renaissance of biodiversity specimen collecting to address big societal and scientific challenges. The symposium is designed to embolden the collecting and collections communities to new ambitions. It will focus on four themes: smart collecting, new goals for collecting, new collecting tools, and new species discovery. Speakers represent a diversity of organizational settings and career stages. We will be seeking audience input into answering the question: How do we better leverage these advances to usher in a collecting renaissance?

Related Links:
Society of Herbarium Curators
iDigBio

1 - Florida State University, Department Of Biological Science, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, United States
2 - Yale Pebody Museum Of Natural History, Division Of Botany, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States

Keywords:
Specimen Collecting
Herbaria
Biodiversity Informatics
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Specimen Digitization
iNaturalist
Floristics
Biotic Anomalies.

Presentation Type: Symposium Presentation
Session: SY2, Biodiversity Research Collecting Is More Important Than Ever—Ushering in a Collecting Renaissance
Location: Virtual/Virtual
Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM
Number: SY2SUM
Abstract ID:192
Candidate for Awards:None