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Society of Herbarium Curators

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What we do

The Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC) is an international organization launched in 2005. The mission is to promote and expand the role of…

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Education

The world’s biodiversity is currently at great risk, and those few centers of research excellence in systematics that are also associated with…

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Digitization

Digitization of herbarium material involves the process of capturing data and images and storing them in digital form. Over the past 5 years …

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Networking

The goal of the U.S. Virtual Herbarium Project is to digitize all specimens in all US herbaria and make the resulting information freely available.

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How you can join

The society has more than 400 members worldwide in more than 35 countries. If you are interested in joining SHC or renewing your membership, please complete the online Membership Application. We would also like to encourage you to also Make a Donation, which supports our endowment, student research awards, and programs for the annual meeting.

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Annual Meeting

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2023 SHC Symposium

Theme: To be Announced Soon!

Plans are underway for 2023.

We are planning a series of short, lightening-style talks (5 mins) in addition to a few longer (15 min) as more traditional presentation.