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What will a digital Natural History Museum look like in 10 years time? Ed Baker & Vince Smith 10.6084/m9.figshare.749700

What will a digitial Natural History Museum look like in 10 years time?

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With more than a little nod to Michael Edson

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  • 1. What will a digital Natural History Museum look like in 10 years time? Ed Baker & Vince Smith10.6084/m9.figshare.749700

2. WE FORGED OUR DREAMS IN A SIMPLER TIME 3. SUCCESS WAS MEASURED BY SPECIMENS 4. BUILDINGS 5. AND STAFF 6. BUT NOW BILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE 7. OUTCOMES ONCE INCONCEIVABLE 8. ARE NOW ROUTINE 9. ARE NOW ROUTINE Yes, you can now get PCR fridge magnets 10. WE NEED NEW DREAMS 11. You can tell a lot about someones dreams by how they choose to measure them 12. SCOPE 13. SCALE 14. SPEED 15. NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO DO NEW SCIENCE 16. AND COMMUNICATE IT IN NEW WAYS 17. AT THE RIGHT LEVEL 18. AT THE RIGHT LEVEL SCOPE Relevant content that may be outside our remit SCALE This article exists in 49 languages SPEED All of this content already exists 19. IN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE 20. WIDER ENGAGEMENT & PARTICIPATION 21. WIDER ENGAGEMENT & PARTICIPATION 22. LEADS TO RICH DATA FROM NEW SOURCES 23. SOME OF THEM WONT BE SENTIENT 24. WE CAN MAKE USE OF NEW DEVICES 25. FOR EDUCATION? Datana is a genus of moths of the Notodontidae family. Datana integerrima Datana major 26. FOR RESEARCH? Datana major 25 specimens in collection 2 specimens within 25km 0 specimens within 5km 27. WE ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN SHARING WITH OUR COLLABORATORS 28. BUT NOW EVERYBODY IS A POTENTIAL COLLABORATOR 29. HOW SHOULD WE BEHAVE? 30. With such a large amount of information, we can start to tackle BIG questions 31. REAL TIME 32. Monitoring of invasive species, medical vectors, crop pests 33. TRY TO AVOID THIS 34. SO WHAT ARE OUR DREAMS? 35. Communicating knowledge of the natural world to an international audience 36. Communicating knowledge of the natural world to an international audience In their language 37. Communicating knowledge of the natural world to an international audience In their language Wherever they are 38. CAN WE MODEL THE BIOSPHERE?