iDigBio is coordinating a national effort to digitize biodiversity specimens and make them available online, funded by @NSF grants to @UF, @floridastate, @ASU.
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ALT Pink background with black text reading “From Anthropology to Zoology: Arctos as a shared solution for diverse collection types.” The blue Arctos logo appears in the bottom left corner. The webinar date and time, October 20, 2026, from 2:00–4:00 PM ET, appear in the bottom right corner.
ALT Alt text: Urgent iDigBio reminder announcing that iDigBio servers at the University of Florida will permanently shut down on August 31, 2026. All images and media files currently stored on iDigBio servers will be permanently deleted. Collections must move media to another storage resource, update record links and URLs to the new location, and republish updated records to GBIF and other aggregators to maintain access. The notice also explains that the Symbiota Support Hub at the University of Kansas is working to transfer media for some active Symbiota portals. A QR code provides more information. Questions can be directed to Cat Chapman, Biodiversity Informatics Manager.
ALT Promotional graphic for the Sustaining Collections & Digitization Webinar Series featuring the webinar "Field Stations, Marine Labs, and the Preservation of Biodiversity Collections." A nighttime landscape with colorful camping tents beneath the Milky Way serves as the background. Large white text reads: "Field Stations, Marine Labs, and the Preservation of Biodiversity Collections." Below, the date and time are listed as "Tuesday, July 28" and "2:00 to 4:00 pm ET." The Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) logo appears on the right side of the graphic
