Conservation Partnerships in the Commons? Sharing data and information, experience and knowledge, as the essence of partnerships

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Tom Moritz began his professional career in 1975 at the National Natural Resources Library of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. He is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and currently serves on the National Visiting Committee for the core integration system, U.S. National Science Digital Library and is a member of the National Science Committee for ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System). He has actively participated in BCIS (the Biodiversity Conservation Information System), an international consortium of international and non-governmental organizations focused on the management and dissemination of biodiversity information. He is currently Boeschenstein Director of Library Services at the American Museum of Natural History.