iDigBio is coordinating the national effort to digitize biodiversity specimens and make them available online, funded by an NSF grant to UF and FSU.
Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) is the central resource for the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). iDigBio is a collaborative project between the University of Florida and Florida State University, and is based at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. Through ADBC, data and images for millions of biological specimens are being made available in electronic format for the research community, government agencies, students, educators, and the general public.
The University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida Museum of Natural History intend to educate, inform, and provide updated information on iDigBio's activities and to support and promote iDigBio's objectives for these activities through its social media. All iDigBio comments are made by iDigBio designees. This site is not a public forum. Social media users may share ideas through commentary that is consistent with and furthers the objectives of an iDigBio post and the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, and iDigBio reserve the right to remove any comments that do not fall within this purpose.
The mission of iDigBio is to develop a national infrastructure that supports the vision of ADBC by overseeing implementation of standards and best practices for digitization; building and deploying a customized cloud computing environment for collections; recruiting and training personnel, including underserved groups; engaging the research community, collections community, citizen scientists, and the public through education and outreach activities; and planning for long-term sustainability of the national digitization effort.
iDigBio is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program (Cooperative Agreement EF1115210). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
• Project information: https://www.idigbio.org/
• Specimen data & media: https://www.idigbio.org/portal
• Workshops: https://www.idigbio.org/calendar/workshops
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