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    Hi Everyone,<br>
    <br>
    You're invited to apply now for the iDigBio Workshop, <br>
    Field to Database: Biodiversity informatics and Data Management
    skills for specimen-based research.<br>
    <b>Go here to apply</b>: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_content_field-2Ddatabase-2Dbiodiversity-2Dinformatics-2Dand-2Ddata-2Dmanagement-2Dskills-2Dspecimen-2Dbased-2Dresearch&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=YL0KTLJmU2F67JoyuSxMdzpeIXhWo1sN649rB8WwVBc&s=6OVH7A_yytM0WNYkrGxb3Am1LFno6xzLDik3gZO0en0&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/content/field-database-biodiversity-informatics-and-data-management-skills-specimen-based-research</a><br>
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    <b>When</b>: March 9 - 12, 2015  (yes, 4 days)<br>
    <b>Where</b>: iDigBio's home in Gainesville, Florida<br>
    <b>Expected Applicants</b>: <strong></strong>Anyone (graduate
    students, postdocs, and researchers) who collects and/or uses museum
    specimen collection data in their research is invited.<br>
    <b>What: </b>A 4-day, hands-on course for graduate students,
    postdocs, and researchers exploring data tools, current trends and
    best practices for collecting and managing field data, identifiers,
    trait data, and environmental variables. How can you collect and
    store your field-collected specimen data to easily integrate with
    external databases? What metadata is important? From born digital
    data, to research use of the data: this course starts with data
    collection in the field and ends with how best to get quality,
    standardized data into a format suitable to upload into a database
    to support long-term reproducible research workflows, data sharing,
    and data publication.<br>
    <b>Funding and Logistics: </b>There are no funds to support travel
    this workshop. A few rooms have been reserved with a group rate for
    those who may travel from out-of-town for this workshop. All
    materials and recordings will be available after the workshop for
    others to use at their local institutions. There is no tuition for
    this course.<br>
    <strong>For workshop details see:</strong> <em><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_wiki_index.php_Field-5Fto-5FDatabase&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=YL0KTLJmU2F67JoyuSxMdzpeIXhWo1sN649rB8WwVBc&s=cb7RB1zznlQqKlEollZtbYeasPSpl46K-HZ6TQDvev0&e=" target="_blank">Field to Database Wiki</a></em><br>
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    Got questions? Send to Deb Paul <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu">dpaul@fsu.edu</a><br>
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    Please share this with any potential interested parties.<br>
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    Best,<br>
    Deb, et al from the planning team<br>
    <small>PS please excuse cross-postings</small>
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-- Upcoming iDigBio Events <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_calendar&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=YL0KTLJmU2F67JoyuSxMdzpeIXhWo1sN649rB8WwVBc&s=conwheamVVgopD1B6cuW18s3mpgoXCHOJJX_egIlh9o&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/calendar</a>
-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist
Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
850-644-6366</pre>
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