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2018

Conference paper (published)

Specimens as Research Objects: Reconciliation Across Distributed Repositories to Enable Metadata Propagation

Nicolson, Nicky ; Paton, Alan ; Phillips, Sarah ; Tucker, Allan
Data mining, Standards, Data citation, Botanical specimens, Citation analysis, Biology computing, Record linkage, Research objects, Metadata, Annotation, and Distributed databases
2018

Abstract

Engaging Children with Herbarium Specimens at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s Science Festival.

The Kew and Wakehurst Science Festivals consists of five days of activities over two weekends. Workshops and tours allow visitors to engage with the scientists and their research. We designed an interactive experience, so children could understand what a herbarium sheet is and the process of making one. The Herbarium...

Bavington, Melissa
Engagement, Botanical specimens, Science communication, Herbarium, Herbarium sheet, and Science Festival