This episode, our second that looks at community and citizen science in cultural heritage institutions, explores how natural history museums use crowdsourcing to unlock the potential of biodiversity collections for research and education. Justin Schell talks to researchers and volunteers involved in the Notes From Nature project, which is one of the largest crowdsourcing projects focused on natural history information.  
 

Projects mentioned in this episode:
<a href='https://scistarter.org/notes-from-nature'>Notes From Nature</a>
<a href='https://scistarter.org/wedigbio'>WeDigBio</a> (October 15-18, 2020)
<a href='https://www.zooniverse.org/'>Zooniverse</a>
 
Other transcription platforms to visit:
<a href='https://scistarter.org/smithsonian-transcription-center'>Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Transcription Center</a>
<a href='https://crowd.loc.gov/'>Library of Congress - By the People</a>
<a href='https://scistarter.org/digivol'>DigiVol (Australia)</a>
<a href='https://scistarter.org/les-herbonautes'>Les herbanoutes (Paris Herbarium)</a>
 
A complete transcript of this episode can be found <a href='https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c0l6NPf3e6G7l6h_CXjLepbOnEHJTEqL/view?usp=sharing'>here</a>.

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