The Symbiota Support Hub participated in the annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), May 27-31, 2025
in Lawrence, KS.

Presentations
The SSH gave the following oral presentations at the conference:
Mark Fisher: Symbiota 3.2: more tools for managing and sharing extended specimen data. In: DemoCamp.
Ed Gilbert: Tools and Tricks for Outsourcing the Specimen Digitization Process using a Network of Symbiota Data Portals. In: Contributed session – Digitization, Data Management, or Data Integration.
Samanta Orellana: Potential of Symbiota Installations to Mobilize Latin American Collections to GBIF. In: Mobilizing Global South’s Natural History: Integrating Collections into the GBIF for Biodiversity.
Katie Pearson: Symbiota Extended Specimen Demo. In: Creating Extended Specimen Networks: Strategies, Best Practices, and Collaborative Development.
Lindsay Walker: How the Symbiota Support Hub can help publish your extended specimen data. In: Things to Know Before Publishing Your Data.

Help Desk
The SSH hosted an in-person Help Desk from Wednesday through Friday:



Related Activities
External collaborators gave oral presentations and posters featuring Symbiota portals, including BRIT, DMNS, PH, RSA, and USDA-ARS.