FieldBookProject

A joint initiative of @SmithsonianArch, @SILibraries, & @NMNH to increase accessibility to #biodiversity field notes. Legal:

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1 week left in #WomensHistoryMonth2019! volunteers keep crushing on #HerNaturalHistory. Check out the @BioDivLibrary list https://t.co/zqU2g9aOJ1 of #citsci, Wikipedia, Facebook Live and transcription opps https://t.co/NM4qBDAnRT. Join the final push!

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Charles D. Walcott spent some time around the one-of-a-kind @GrandCanyonNPS digging for fossils 130 years ago. The U.S. Geographical Survey was newly formed and he was a geological assistant. https://t.co/qrh4d4aytV #hatsoff #GrandCanyonNPS #Birthday

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The USDA required staff like Vernon Bailey to keep a diary of their daily activities while on the road. Good thing, it adds context to the lists of specimens collected. Here's one, live at @TranscribeSI https://t.co/zUBfoF3cjm

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What a privilege to work with these organizations to bring over half a million field notes to the 'Net through @BioDivLibrary #BHLFNP https://t.co/pjVTuZ3kwO @AMNH @mobotgarden @yalepeabody @internetarchive @MCZHarvard @NYBG @Harvard Botany @FieldMuseum and more!

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@SmithsonianArch Explore Rose's "Greenhouse Notes" in #BHLib via @SmithsonianArch & the @FieldBookProj: https://t.co/XIWlnVgI3H. The #SciArt in this tweet is by Mary Emily Eaton from "The Cactaceae" v.1 (1919) by Rose & Britton, via @NYBG: https://t.co/KgaxkxnDjA #SmithsonianInBloom

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You're gonna need a bigger boat, er, cart... @SmithsonianArch digization tech @charleszange next to the "field book to outweigh them all." Learn more about the challenges we faced working with this 28,000 page #fieldbook in today's #BHLFNP blog post. https://t.co/ASBwspA00c

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Enjoy @SmithsonianArch's behind-the-scenes look at preserving #fieldnotes? Then be sure to check out this blog series on treating the #nudibranch #fieldbook, one of the most popular items we've digitized! https://t.co/QH2Ik2i36a https://t.co/gXFTEpMBHn #Preswk

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Tune in and learn about how @SmithsonianArch preserves field books. Starts in 20 minutes! #Preswk #MaterialMatters https://t.co/YmAqkI6QUb

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Join @SmithsonianArch & @TranscribeSI tomorrow @ 12PM EST to go behind the scenes on preserving #fieldbooks. https://t.co/YmAqkI6QUb #Preswk #MaterialMatters

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Feeling the love for #SesameStreet
showing kids this week how to record #fieldnotes @Fieldbookproj @SmithsonianArch https://t.co/mLOkyHpsfv

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On the one hand, weeks out in the field can make you feel like Teddy Roosevelt. On the other, it can make you regress to a bored, frustrated teenager. #SIFBP #POBSP #blah! https://t.co/VLcOCUoYAJ

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From Dayton to Cambridge and Back Again: the field notes of August F. Foerste https://t.co/RepAZFDSav

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These recipes were originally discovered in 2012 by then project cataloger @parillal. We are pleased as (rum and maracuyá) punch to finally be able to digitize the collections and make these field books readily available to you all! https://t.co/qFJW4kH7zu

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Is your holiday menu ready? How about some help from the Field Book Project? Check out these drink and confection recipes found in our collections! https://t.co/qFJW4kH7zu

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A special shoutout to @SiobhanLeachman whose Vernon Bailey finds we highlighted in today's blog post :) https://t.co/fsbE4tgLbt

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Found in a Field Book: Vernon Bailey Highlights from @TranscribeSI https://t.co/7IHbASscA0

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Article on #fieldbook description, challenges by @parillal (@SILibraries), C. Fidler (@MVZUCB) & @Barchivist (@AMNH) https://t.co/Xx6SHahvUl

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Keeping up with our #BHLFNP partners? @FieldMuseum write-up on Timothy Plowman #botany fieldbooks is worth a read : https://t.co/Yr8cT1LwD6

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#TBT to when we found out an eagle #VernonBailey described (and ate!) is still in @NMNH collection. We love seeing these connections! #SIFBP https://t.co/DAVbeKl8Bn

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Can't wait to see what #volunpeers uncover in this #VernonBailey notebook! Want to help transcribe? Visit https://t.co/kXjx87BBg7 & sign up! https://t.co/f7oJz79CZh

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Help @TranscribeSI transcribe Vernon Bailey & E.A. Preble's journal documenting #bird & #mammal collecting https://t.co/Mpayg8CCrU #citsci