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== Seeing the Big Picture – the Grand Challenge == | == Seeing the Big Picture – the Grand Challenge == | ||
Materials developed through the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) are instructive in framing and planning the solution for the ‘Grand Challenge’ created by NSF to digitize all natural history collections in the U.S. Learn what BCoN (formerly NIBA) is and how it supports your digitization efforts. | |||
* NIBA Strategic Plan – this outlines the 10-year effort to digitize and mobilize the scientific information associated with biodiversity specimens held in U.S. research collections | * [https://www.idigbio.org/content/niba-strategic-plan NIBA Strategic Plan] – this outlines the 10-year effort to digitize and mobilize the scientific information associated with biodiversity specimens held in U.S. research collections. | ||
* NIBA Implementation Plan – this takes the NIBA strategic plan further by defining the steps necessary to meet the ‘Grand Challenge’ all the way to becoming a sustained program | * [https://www.idigbio.org/content/niba-implementation-plan NIBA Implementation Plan] – this takes the NIBA strategic plan further by defining the steps necessary to meet the ‘Grand Challenge’ all the way to becoming a sustained program. | ||
* [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/d/db/IDigBio-Summit-V_Biodiversity-Collections-Network_Gropp.pdf BCoN] - this describes the change from NIBA to BCoN and outlines implementation plan recommendations. | |||
* If you would like to understand the mission and goals of iDigBio, including what is in scope, read: https://www.idigbio.org/about-idigbio | * If you would like to understand the mission and goals of iDigBio, including what is in scope, read: https://www.idigbio.org/about-idigbio | ||