iDigBio

iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) is the national resource for digitized information about vouchered natural history collections and is supported through funds from the National Science Foundation (Award #2027654). As such, iDigBio serves as the coordinating center for the national digitization effort; fosters partnerships and innovations; facilitates the determination and dissemination of digitization practices and workflows; establishes integration and interconnectivity among the data generated by collection digitization projects; and promotes the uses of biological/paleontological collections data by the scientific community and stakeholders including government agencies, educational institutions, non-governmental organizations, and other national and international entities to benefit science and society through enhanced research and outreach activities.