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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Just a reminder of the deadline for applications for this wet collection digitization opportunity – December 10. We still have 8 or 9 spaces available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Let me know if you have any questions…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>
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Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] iDigBio Announces Wet Collections Digitization Workshop Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#30849B">Digitizing Specimens in Wet Collections: Getting Started
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">iDigBio, the National Science Foundation’s national HUB for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) is pleased to announce the second in a series of preparation-specific
workshops focusing on organizing, launching, maintaining, and/or enhancing a biological collections digitization program. This new workshop will focus on digitization of wet collections, to include specimen label databasing, specimen imaging, ledger and field
book imaging, and digitization of legacy objects such as X-rays, CT scans, and 35mm slides. The target audiences for these workshops include collections managers, curators, and directors in U.S. non-federal institutions that are planning, implementing, or
enhancing a digitization program, regardless of collection size. The primary goal is to prepare participants to return to their home institutions with the necessary skills and knowledge to launch or enhance a digitization program, either individually, through
collaboration with an existing Thematic Collections Network (TCN), as a Partner with an Existing Collection (PEN), or through direct collaboration with iDigBio.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Workshop topics will include but are not restricted to: 1) an overview of iDigBio, ADBC, and nationwide digitization activities; 2) strategies for organizing and launching
a digitization program; 3) a detailed, hands-on overview of digitization tasks; 4) strategies for developing effective workflows and protocols; 5) strategies for evaluating hardware and software, including database management systems; 6) procedures for image
and data capture; 7) tools for georeferencing, and 8) strategies for moving digitized data to the internet via data aggregators and harvesters. Sample workflows, hardware specifications, and comparison software features will be available during and following
the workshop through a workshop wiki. Workshop sessions will focus on practical application and hands-on implementation.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This workshop will focus on digitization of specimens stored in fluids, including fish, reptiles, amphibians, other vertebrates, and invertebrates. The workshop will be held
at the University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, Kansas March 5–6, 2013. We have funding to support travel and per diem for 24 participants. March 4 and 7 will be travel days. Those desiring to attend this workshop should complete the attached application and return
it to Cathy Bester (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:cbester@flmnh.ufl.edu">cbester@flmnh.ufl.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">), copied to Gil
Nelson (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">), on or before December 10, 2012.
Participants will be notified of acceptance in early January. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Workshop for Digitizing Specimens in Wet Collections.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Who:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Managers, curators, and directors of wet collections who are in the planning stages, early initiation, or enhancement of collection digitization.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">March 5–6, 2013 (March 4 and 7 will be travel days)
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Facilitators:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Gil Nelson (iDigBio), Andy Bentley (KU Biodiversity Institute), Nelson Rios (Tulane University Museum of Natural History), Rob Robins (Florida Museum of Natural History)
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sponsored by:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) and the Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Contact: </b>For further information, contact Gil Nelson (<span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a></span>) or Andy Bentley (<span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a></span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Dyche Hall<br>
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>
USA<br>
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Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>
Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">SPNHC President-Elect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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