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Bishop Museum wins grants to digitize research on species

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                                The Bishop Museum’s mollusk collection — including handwritten field notes going back 100 years — is scheduled to be digitized through a $1.3 million grant. Tricia Goulding, a researcher at the museum, takes a digital photo of a tiny shell using a microscope outfitted with a camera back.
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

The Bishop Museum’s mollusk collection — including handwritten field notes going back 100 years — is scheduled to be digitized through a $1.3 million grant. Tricia Goulding, a researcher at the museum, takes a digital photo of a tiny shell using a microscope outfitted with a camera back.

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                                In addition to its mollusk collection, Bishop Museum’s insect collection also will be digitized. Tiny Perdicella ornata mollusks are shown.
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In addition to its mollusk collection, Bishop Museum’s insect collection also will be digitized. Tiny Perdicella ornata mollusks are shown.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                The Bishop Museum’s mollusk collection — including handwritten field notes going back 100 years — is scheduled to be digitized through a $1.3 million grant. Tricia Goulding, a researcher at the museum, takes a digital photo of a tiny shell using a microscope outfitted with a camera back.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                In addition to its mollusk collection, Bishop Museum’s insect collection also will be digitized. Tiny Perdicella ornata mollusks are shown.