Location
Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 N Cannon Dr
60614
Chicago
, IL
United States
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Illinois US
Date:
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 10:30 to 16:00
Sponsoring Organization:
Chicago Academy of Sciences
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Short Description:
Meet the people behind the scenes in the Academy's collections and lend a hand in transcribing specimen labels and catalog records.
Parking Directions:
Join our Collections staff for a citizen science transcription blitz to help digitize biodiversity collections! Stop by to learn about what museum collections can tell us about biodiversity and participate in one of the following hands-on projects:
-Transcribing scientific specimen labels through the online citizen science platform, Notes from Nature
-Transcribing historic records from the museum collections
-Georeferencing scientific specimens from the museum collections. Training will be offered every hour on the hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free admission.
Organizer Name:
Erica Krimmel
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