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Title: Community-driven enhancement of information ecosystems for the discovery and use of paleontological specimen data: Stakeholder engagement workshop
A stakeholder engagement workshop was held in May 2024 as part of the Community-driven enhancement of information ecosystems for the discovery and use of paleontological specimen data project, which is funded under the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE) program. This report describes the activites and outcomes of the workshop.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2324688 2324689 2324690
PAR ID:
10548224
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Pensoft Publishers
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Journal Name:
Research Ideas and Outcomes
Volume:
10
ISSN:
2367-7163
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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