#DiSSCo
A number of 🚨Science & Museum Jobs🚨 available at different levels right now for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections UK programme 🪩 #DiSSCo 🪩 fab if you're into 🌳science digitisation🌳 #ScienceJobs #MuseumJobs
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DiSSCo UK Digitiser:South Kensington
jobs.nhm.ac.uk
September 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
💻 Felps encerrou a live com high hope - panic! at the dissco
February 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Learn more about the DiSSCo program here: dissco-uk.org/post/2026/pr... 📸🪰
August 24, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Head of Engineering, DiSSCo UK based at @nhm-london.bsky.social "This is a rare opportunity to shape the national digital platform that will underpin the UK’s contribution to DiSSCo and unlock the potential of over 140 million natural science collection items." jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Head of Engineering, DiSSCo UK:South Kensington
Do you want to be part of an exciting programme enabling critical research into biodiversity and climate change? Come and join us as the new Lead Developer for the DiSSCo UK programme.
jobs.nhm.ac.uk
March 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We currently have TWO collections-based vacancies at National Museums Scotland!

As part of the upcoming DiSSCo UK program, we’re seeking a Digitiser and Senior digitiser to work with our insect collection:
careers.nms.ac.uk/vacancies
(Apply by 31st August)

#Digitisation #Insects #MuseumJobs
August 24, 2026 at 12:27 PM
A new major partnership between this Museum, @CamPlantSci and @ZoologyMuseum will see over 1 million specimens digitised.

This project is part of DiSSCo UK, a national programme aimed at digitising and connecting the UK's natural science collections.
July 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
New (and working) link to DiSSCo's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpuX...
DiSSCo - A New Frontier for Biodiversity Research
YouTube video by DiSSCo RI
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January 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Check this out: SpLAT, @dissco.bsky.social's Specimen Label Automatic Transcription service, uses #AI to capture text from labels of #naturalhistory specimens. The text is formatted and added to the #DigitalSpecimen as an annotation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gA... @horizoneu.bsky.social
Get to know SpLAT (Specimen Label Automatic Transcription Service) by DiSSCo
YouTube video by DiSSCo RI
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June 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Help your local British herbarium to join in the digitisation journey! My blog post in BSBi News bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/help... with a plea to express interest in the DiSSCo UK programme engagementhub.ukri.org/ahrc-infrast...
Help your local herbarium!
Volunteers mounting specimens at Univ Leicester Image: L. Marsh Regular readers of this blog will know that we have a passion for herbaria ....
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March 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nieuwe publicatie! Onze collectie maakt deel uit van het landelijke netwerk van natuurwetenschappelijke collecties dat bijdraagt aan wetenschap, beleid en innovatie. Mooi om te zien hoe deze collecties samen van grote waarde zijn voor onderzoek. Lees de publicatie: www.nlbif.nl/dissco-nl/
DiSSCo-NL - NL BIF
Binnen het Europese DiSSCo vormen de Nederlandse natuurwetenschappelijke collecties die hierbij zijn aangesloten het DiSSCo-NL consortium. Deze onderzoeksinfrastructuur maakt de collecties toegankelij...
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July 24, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Mit OSCA, koordiniert vom NHM Wien, ist Österreich Teil von @dissco.bsky.social Europas größter Infrastruktur für naturkundliche Sammlungen.
Bereits 15 Mio. Objekte digitalisiert – Wissen für Artenschutz, Forschung & Demokratie von morgen.

Mehr: osca.science

#OSCA #DiSSCo #NHMWien #digital
September 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Little pieces of information that get added to a specimen in a #haturalhistory collection. Annotations are, thanks to @dissco.bsky.social's contribution, not an exclusively human procedure anymore. Find out why 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N69... @horizoneu.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social #FAIRdata
Annotations and machine annotations with DiSSCo
YouTube video by DiSSCo RI
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January 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Soulaine Theocharides, from @dissco.bsky.social tech team, attended @fosdem.org 26 to present #DiSSCover our platform for curation and annotation of #digitalspecimen for experts and AI systems. Watch the presentation: www.dissco.eu/dissco-fosde... @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @disscoflanders.bsky.social
We brought DiSSCo's community curation to FOSDEM 2026 - DiSSCo
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February 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
It looks like we'll have a pretty busy beginning of April at @dissco.bsky.social! We'll celebrate the end of DiSSCo Transition, our 7th general assembly, and the 2nd meeting of our brand-new Interim Council. Want to know more about the IC? Here 👉 www.dissco.eu/dissco/gover... @horizoneu.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Nick Cave divulga as primeiras datas de sua turnê pelos Estados Unidos em 2025 tocando o dissco novo, "Wild God".

Ele terá St. Vincent abrindo os shows e, no palco, a presença de Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) integrante os Bad Seeds!
September 6, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The #LivingData2025 conference starts tomorrow and @dissco.bsky.social will be there! See below a summary of the DiSSCo-related sessions. More info: www.livingdata2025.com #biodiversity #bioinformatics #FAIRdata @disscoflanders.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Good to see the #IUCN reiterate what has been our mantra all along: #NaturalHistory Collections are not repositories of the past but research-active infrastructures ready to address current and future global challenges: www.dissco.eu/iucn-natural... #biodiversity #taxonomy @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
ICUN Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation - DiSSCo
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August 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Proud to announce a big milestone: over 5M digital specimens and digital media objects are now available in
@dissco.bsky.social! You can either find out more about this 👉 dissco.eu/five-million... or go see them right now on our DiSSCover platform! 👉 disscover.dissco.eu Congrats, all!
Five million digital specimens and images in DiSSCo: millions more to come - DiSSCo
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August 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The @dissco.bsky.social has just launched a widespread consultation on its Annotation Validation Framework: www.dissco.eu/avf-consulta... All feedback is welcome! @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @tdwg.org @disscoflanders.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social #FAIRdata #machinelearning #biodiversity #AI
UPDATED: DiSSCo's Annotation Validation Framework consultation process launched! - DiSSCo
www.dissco.eu
August 28, 2026 at 11:45 AM
WHY ARE THEY PLAYING PANIC AT THE DISSCO IN THE GROCERY STORE?!?!

We’re not that old yet dammit!!!
April 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
💚Join the final BioDT webinar on 14 May 2025!⌛
👉Experts from GBIF, eLTER, DiSSCo, and LifeWatch ERIC will share how their collaboration with BioDT advances research and innovation, highlighting key gains, challenges, and future opportunities.
🔗Learn more: biodt.eu/events/data-...
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Artist: dino dissco network
Media: the amazing digital circus
Source: https://twitter.com/alienpants1234/status/1845461694723543103
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ons vlaggenschip-project DiSSCo wil alle voorwerpen in alle Europese natuurmusea van een digitale evenknie voorzien, in een reusachtige online collectie van zo'n twee miljard (!) objecten. Waarom, hoe en wat daar dan mee kan?
Check hun nieuwe video:
DiSSCo - A New Frontier for Biodiversity Research
As DiSSCo moves forward to its construction phase, the impact of the future Research Infrastructure is starting to be noticeable. The first solid steps of Di...
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October 10, 2023 at 8:43 AM