Fwd: Transitions at iDigBio

[Katelin Pearson]

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From: Nelson,Gil <000018cc7b14b22...@lists.ufl.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Subject: Transitions at iDigBio
To: IDIG...@LISTS.UFL.EDU <IDIG...@lists.ufl.edu>

Dear Colleagues,

As you are probably aware, iDigBio is currently pursuing its final year of secure NSF funding with a scheduled termination of 31 August 2026. However, we have requested and been approved for an NSF no-cost-extension (NCE), which we anticipate will allow us to continue into 2027.

We wanted to alert you that we are preparing for a transition of iDigBio’s website and wiki. However, there will be no impact to access of iDigBio’s data portal or the several hundred portals of the Symbiota network. Soon, the iDigBio.org URL will land on a simple webpage with minimal links, including our Zoom events hub, our existing data portal, an archive of our legacy website on the Wayback machine, and a new GBIF hosted portal that will become the future face of iDigBio. Additional details about the transition will be forthcoming via listservs and social media. We are making this transition to comply with web accessibility standards as required by our institution and with recognition that the iDigBio project is winding down.

The legacy iDigBio website has been archived on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and will be available in perpetuity though performance may be slow (http://web.archive.org/web/idigbio.org). Our website will remain in its current state (https://www.idigbio.org/) until 24 April, after which it will be transitioned to the minimal single-page format. Likewise, links to iDigBio.org URLs from outside websites will no longer be functional after 24 April. Since many of the digitization and data mobilization resources available through the iDigBio website and wiki have been contributed in whole or in part by our users and collaborators, and may be more difficult to access from the archive than they are presently, we encourage you to visit iDigBio.org at your earliest convenience to download and preserve on your hardware any resources you may have found helpful to your digitization activities.

Thanks for your patience and support!

Best

Gil

Gil Nelson PhD, Director

Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)

Immediate Past President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)

Florida Museum of Natural History

University of Florida

gne...@floridamuseum.ufl.edu

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Katie D. Pearson

Project & Data Manager

Symbiota Support Hub, iDigBio