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Accelerating the Digitization of Biodiversity Research Specimens through Online Public Participation
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goal biodiversity research community digitize majority one billion specimens us collections 2020 meeting ambitious goal requires increased collaboration technological innovation broader engagement beyond walls universities museums engaging public digitization promises serve digitizing institutions public understanding biodiversity science discuss three broad areas accessible public participants accelerate research progress label ledger transcription georeferencing locality descriptions specimen annotation images illustrate activity compare useful tools present best practices standards identify gaps knowledge areas improvement field public participation digitization biodiversity research specimens growth phase many emerging opportunities scientists educators public well broader communication complementary projects areas eg digital humanities