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WeDigBio 2024 – Community Science Event

Instructor
Annie Ayers - Herbarium Collections Manager
Location
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden - Clifton Smith Herbarium
Date
October 11, 2024 -
October 12, 2024
Time
9:30AM - 4:30PM
A vintage, plant speculum card displaying an aged yellow flower and flower bud. Used for recording a plant specimen
Details:

Thousands of people worldwide are working together this October in an annual event to digitize biodiversity collections. This event is known as WeDigBio, which stands for Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections. 

WeDigBio is a virtual science festival, global data campaign, and local outreach opportunity. All around the globe, community scientists (people just like you!) will be transferring data from physical specimens onto highly accessible, digital data platforms. By digitizing our herbarium vouchers, we transform our collection into a digital resource available to anyone with an internet connection.

Participate with us and our global community to learn about the Gardens Herbarium and about the process of digitization.  Sign up to attend the Garden’s WeDigBio 2024 events below. To learn more about digitization, we invite you to read this article from Ironwood Issue 32.

Dates and times:

October 11, 2024 | 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

October 12, 2024 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. OR/AND 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

If you’re interested in attending our WeDigBio community science event on October 11 or 12, please fill out the following form to request your desired date and time.
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