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Dear Belgian GBIF friends,<br>
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Please find hereby an invitation from GBIF Secretariat to complete a
<a href="https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_byg2mgbtYdeF3bT">small
survey</a>, <b>Natural History Collections: Faster Access to More
Data</b>.<br>
<div class="moz-forward-container">Your input is welcome.<br>
<br>
Andre Heughebaert<br>
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<td>Natural History Collections: Faster Access to More Data
- Survey</td>
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<td>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:30:18 +0200</td>
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<td>Siro Masinde [GBIF] <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:smasinde@gbif.org"><smasinde@gbif.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nodes_IG@cemail.gbif.org">nodes_IG@cemail.gbif.org</a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Chair of the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.gbif.org/page/82104"><i>GBIF Task Force on
Accelerating the Discovery of Biocollections Data</i></a>
requests for your help in completing or distributing this
survey targeting Administrators, Curators, Data, Information
and Collection Managers of natural history collections. The
purpose of the survey is to collect data to enable the task
force determine and demonstrate (1) The digital readiness of
the world’s biocollections and their institutions; (2) the
benefits to the collection/institution that digitization
engenders; and (3) the impediments to collection data
digitization. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are one of the target respondents
please follow this link to take the Survey:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_byg2mgbtYdeF3bT">Take
the Survey</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">OR copy and paste the following URL into
your internet browser:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_byg2mgbtYdeF3bT">https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_byg2mgbtYdeF3bT</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise kindly assist us to further
distribute this survey to relevant contacts and distribution
lists so that the survey can have the widest reach possible. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We apologise in advance for cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Siro<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Dr Siro Masinde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Programme Officer for Content Mobilisation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø,
Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:smasinde@gbif.org">smasinde@gbif.org</a> Skype: siro.masinde
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Tel: +45 3532 1477 Mob: +45 30450207 Fax: +45
2875 1480<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-US">Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.gbif.org/">www.gbif.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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