[Nhcoll-l] Reminder: Small Collections Network Webinar Mar 19, 3 pm EST

[Gil Nelson]

The Small Collections Network (SCNet) and DigBio remind you about the 
upcoming webinar: Designing Interdisciplinary Collections Internships 
for College Students, with Emily Smith, Randolph College. This is an 
open invitation, no registration is required.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scnet.acis.ufl.edu_content_designing-2Dinterdisciplinary-2Dcollections-2Dinternships-2Dcollege-2Dstudents&d=AwICaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=5BgplNC5_NDR2TuRXrNmjBrm6BAvjQS45fZppJbTbzg&s=8lfUjj74JAt9mqn_7XpcHRDFxyjbuVduKNlqb4vH9CY&e= 

*19 March 2015*
*3:00-4:00 p.m. EST
Virtual meeting place:*https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/scnet
*Designing Interdisciplinary Collections Internships for College Students*
*Presenter:*Emily Patton Smith, Collections Manager, Randolph College 
Natural HIstory Collections Project
Internships in managing natural history collections offer students the 
opportunity to expand on classroom learning and develop marketable 
skills in nearly every academic discipline. Extending the range of 
internship focus beyond "museum studies" or "biology" not only shapes 
new advocates for natural history collections among young professionals 
in many career fields, but also results in an innovative and dynamic 
team of interns. Collaborations with other academic disciplines can also 
expand possibilities for collections management funding. This webinar 
will examine ways to design internships that attract students in a 
multitude of major fields, such as history, studio art, business / 
marketing / economics, sociology, creative writing, journalism, 
forensics, photojournalism / filmmaking, web design, and much more. 
Using the example of the Natural History Collections Project (NHCP) at 
Randolph College, we will look at ways to better utilize the full 
potential of small collections as resources for hands-on experience and 
creative inspiration at the undergraduate level.

-- 
Gil Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Steering Committee
Integrated Digitized Biocollections
Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
College of Communication and Information

Courtesy Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
Florida State University
gnelson at bio.fsu.edu
Twitter: @idiggilnelson

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