Dear BID colleagues,
I know that some of you will have heard about this already, but I’d like to ask your help in alerting members of your networks about a virtual workshop and consultation
that GBIF is coordinating in March and April.
This workshop, Advancing the Catalogue of the World's Natural History Collections, consists of two parts:
Participants in these events will outline the scope, content and services included in a catalogue of the world's natural history collections and develop a shared
road map for implementation across the biodiversity informatics community.
You can find the details here, including times, dates and links to registration for both the March webinars and the April consultation.
The workshop is the first of three that GBIF will lead as part of the European Commission-funded
SYNTHESYS+ project, and it will also provide inputs into several intersecting initiatives, including the
alliance for biodiversity knowledge.
You’re most welcome to use your own materials and formats to promote the workshop, but I’ve provided the material below in the hope of making it easier for you to
share.
Many thanks,
Kyle
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Sample social media posts:
Some of the relevant Twitter handles and hashtags for this (besides your own) include: @SynthesysEU @GBIF @catalogueoflife @iBOLConsortium @UnivofGhana @BGM_coll_res
@iDigBio @tdwg @RBINSmuseum @eurotaxonomy @NYBG @SPNHC @NHM_Digitise @DiSSCoEU @allianceforbio
Finally, feel free to use
this photo from GBIF’s Flickr account, preferably with a credit line/caption like:
Specimen detail, Trinidad National Herbarium.
Photo 2019 by Maheva Bagard Laursen | GBIF, licensed under
CC BY 2.0.
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Kyle Copas
Communications Manager
ORCID:
0000-0002-6590-599X
GBIF Secretariat
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark
+45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas