Lead: Natural History Museum of Denmark – University of Copenhagen This Work Package will examine the needs of research projects and research application activities (e.g. nature conservation) based on natural sciences collections (NSCs), and the requirements these needs set for the services to be provided by DiSSCo. This will be done across biological (Task 1.1) and geological (Task 1.2) NSCs. Criteria for prioritisation of digitisation of collections, data linking, generation and enrichment, taking into consideration user needs and (potential) socio economic impact, will be analysed (Task 1,3). Socioeconomic impacts of DiSSCo and DiSSCo-enabled research will then be examined with the aim to develop indicators and tracking mechanisms (Task 1.4).