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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear museum collection workers,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You are invited to attend a 2-day georeferencing workshop offered by the Yale Peabody Museum. The workshop will take place October 24-25 on the Yale campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This workshop will introduce participants to the tools and techniques to interpret collection location data into spatial descriptions that can be used in mapping and analyses. In this 2-day
workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of georeferencing best practices through a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises. The workshop is available to participants within ground travel distance of the Yale Peabody Museum (New Haven, CT).
Ground travel, lodging, and food will be reimbursed for many participants. Participants will be expected to bring their own laptops and will be given instructions to prepare for the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please register by October 3<sup>rd</sup>. Participants will be notified by October 7<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Register at: </span>
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/invertebrate-paleontology/georeferencing-essentials-museum-collections">http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/invertebrate-paleontology/georeferencing-essentials-museum-collections</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please feel free to forward this to others within ground-travel distance of New Haven who may be interested in attending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Susan H. Butts, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Invertebrate Paleontology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yale Peabody Museum<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">170 Whitney Avenue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PO Box 208118<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">New Haven, CT 06520-8118<o:p></o:p></p>
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