Several collaborators (see list below) have organized a series of webinars focused on Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center as proposed in the recent NASEM report (see list of organizers below) and authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act. The first two webinars are scheduled for 7 and 14 March 2023 and will feature the co-authors of the NASEM report. The third webinar is scheduled for 21 March and will feature representatives from the Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections, AIBS, and BCoN. All webinars will be held from 1-2 p.m. Eastern. To help us gather community perspectives about the efficacy and potential benefit of a Biological Collections Action Center to U.S. collections, we have established this Discourse page tp promote input.
Webinar registration can be found here: Webinar Registration - Zoom
Organizers:
John Bates, Field Museum of Natural History
Carol Butler, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Matt Borths, Duke Lemur Center
Joe Cook, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico
Libby Ellwood, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio
Jillian Goodwin, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio
David Jennings, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio
Gil Nelson, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio
Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Natural Science Collections Alliance
Emily Sessa, New York Botanical Garden
Pam Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio, UF Biodiversity Institute
Breda Zimkus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Biological Collections Network