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National Archives
Citizen Archivist Missions
Making records more accessible to everyone
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Australian Museum and Atlas of Living Australia
DigiVol
Contribute to biodiversity knowledge for research and planning
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Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineBiologyClimate & WeatherInsects & PollinatorsComputers & TechnologyNature & OutdoorsAnimalsEcology & Environmentvolunteerinsectsexpeditionfield notestranscriptiondigitizationcrowdsourcingcollectionsinternationaldigitisationmothsaustraliabiodiversitywhale sharksscience
DRAW McGill
Help us uncover the story of Montreal’s evolving climate.
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Citizen ScienceClimate & Weatherclimate change impactsmontrealweather recordkeepingclimate & meteorologyweather observationtranscribingarchivesdata rescuenadatabaseclimate & weatherweatherarchivearchivaltranscriptionclimate scienceclimate change monitoringhistorical recordsweather datatranscribemcgillclimate change public data
Herbarium of the University of Coimbra
Explorator
Digitise the herbarium collection
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Citizen ScienceBiologyherbariumtranscribingbotany
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium (NYBG)
Islands in the Sky: Alpine Flowers and Climate Change
Investigate changes in Alpine plant species in response to Climate Change.
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Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentClimate & WeatherBiologyplantsmountaintreesflowershistoryphenologyinvasive speciescollectionstranscriptionvermontnatural historynew yorknatureonlinespecimensgeographyclimate changealpinenew hampshirebotanical gardenbotanytranscribemuseumenvironmental changevirtualconservation
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium (NYBG)
Nature's Nobleman: Botanical Legacies of William Canby
Uncover the historic plant collections of a 19th century amatuear naturalist
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Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsGeographyEcology & EnvironmentBiologyspecimensnew yorkherbariumcollectbiogeographysystematicshistorymuseumplantsnaturecanbyconservationtaxonomybotanistcomputervirtualdesertcitizen sciencebiodiveristybotanytranscriptiondatanatural historydocumentcollectionbotanicalevolutionspecimentranscribenaturalist
Zooniverse
Notes from Nature
Digitize biological museum collections.
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Citizen Sciencemuseumplantswordsinsectsnatural historytranscribingbiodiversity
National Archives
Revolutionary War Pension Files: Transcription Mission
Transcribe military pension files from the Revolutionary War
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Zooniverse
Scribes of the Cairo Geniza
Classify & transcribe fragments of medieval manuscripts
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Citizen ScienceArchaeology & Culturallibraryjudaicascribes of the cairo genizaclassifyarabichebrewhumanitiesjewishmultilingualtranscribemedieval
Smithsonian Transcription Center
Smithsonian Transcription Center
Make historical data more accessible for research & discovery
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Citizen ScienceBirdsSocial ScienceInsects & PollinatorsChemistryNature & OutdoorsArchaeology & CulturalComputers & TechnologyEducationAnimalsGeology & Earth SciencePhysicsBiologyEcology & EnvironmentAstronomy & Spaceartnature & outdoorsfield noteslibrarycultural heritagetranscriptionarchivebiodiversitybeesbotanyhistorycollectionecology & environmentcsm2026recordsdigitizationcsm-featuredspecimensinsects & pollinatorshandwrittenscience
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