Register for Oct Webinars in the iDigBio Series!

[gnels...@gmail.com]

Heads up! Register and mark your calendars for two upcoming webinars in iDigBio's Sustaining Collections Digitization Beyond NSF Funding series!

October 14, 2025 | 2:00–4:00 pm ET
Enhanced Workflows for Sustaining Biodiversity Digitization at AMNH
This session will showcase how the American Museum of Natural History is advancing the digitization of its collections through coordinated workflows, innovative technologies, and sustainable approaches. Presentations will highlight strategies for retro-databasing historical collections, digitizing fossil specimens, expanding digital asset management systems, and exploring database solutions that strengthen long-term digitization efforts.

October 21, 2025 | 2:00–4:00 pm ET
Georeferencing Biodiversity Specimens
This session will explore the GEOLocate platform, covering the latest advancements, collaborative workflows, database integration, data preparation, post-processing, and repatriation. Real-world examples from recent projects will highlight how georeferencing supports long-term biodiversity data use.

Register here: https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-importance-sustaining-biodiversity-specimen-collections-digitization-absence

For additional information, including past recordings and future events, visit the series Wiki page: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Sustaining_Collections_Digitization_Beyond_NSF_Funding:_A_Webinar_Series

We hope to see you there!

Best,

Gil

Gil Nelson, PhD

Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)

President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)

Florida Museum of Natural History

University of Florida

gne...@floridamuseum.ufl.edu