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The second in a series of iDigBio's vertebrate digitization webinars
is scheduled for tomorrow, 15 September, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT.
Participation is open to anyone. To join, navigate to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_vertdigitization&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=S5jXPERt8rltXsk3uVtv7Sm5Z3-TolAXp5aJLdC8Rcs&s=1inPNtJ2WspOjrb_HuocqeNhgXbeBO5YSzxynn4uMeo&e="><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/vertdigitization">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/vertdigitization</a></a>.
Tomorrow's webinar topic features Andy Bentley, University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute and President of SPNCH, on The Value of
Digitizing Fish Collections. See below for additional information on
the series.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/5/2015 9:04 PM, Gil Nelson
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">iDigBio’s Vertebrate Digitization Interest
Group is pleased to offer a 4-part webinar series entitled <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Value of Digitizing
Vertebrate Collections</i>, all to be held on Tuesdays in
September, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. These will be the first four of
several webinars leading up to a second iDigBio-sponsored
vertebrate digitization workshop to be held spring 2016. The
purpose of this first series of four is to outline the value
and importance of digitizing vertebrate collections, including
herps, mammals, birds, and fishes, with an emphasis on
imaging. The target audience includes vertebrate zoologists,
curators, collections managers, and others interested in
vertebrate digitization. As defined for these webinars,
digitization includes the transcription of label data into
electronic records, production of one or more 2D or 3D images
per selected specimen, the potential enrichment of label data
(e.g. appending georeferences and/or links to catalogs,
journals, and other source materials), and making transcribed
data and associated images available via the web. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All webinars are 3-4 p.m. EDT and
accessible at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_vertdigitization&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=S5jXPERt8rltXsk3uVtv7Sm5Z3-TolAXp5aJLdC8Rcs&s=1inPNtJ2WspOjrb_HuocqeNhgXbeBO5YSzxynn4uMeo&e=">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/vertdigitization</a>.
Here is the schedule:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">September
8:</b> The Value of Digitizing Mammal Collections, Cody
Thompson, University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">September
15:</b> The Value of Digitizing Fish Collections, Andy
Bentley, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and
President of SPNCH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">September
22:</b> The Value of Digitizing Herpetology Collections,
Chris Phillips, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of
Illinois<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">September
29:</b> The Value of Digitizing Bird Collections, Carla
Cicero, UC Berkeley and Lead PI for Vertnet<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Webinars are strictly one hour long. Time
is made available during the webinar for questions and
comments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We use AdobeConnect for our webinars, an
online conferencing tool. No special software is required. Any
browser will work. Just navigate to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_vertdigitization&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=S5jXPERt8rltXsk3uVtv7Sm5Z3-TolAXp5aJLdC8Rcs&s=1inPNtJ2WspOjrb_HuocqeNhgXbeBO5YSzxynn4uMeo&e=">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/vertdigitization</a>,
click Enter as Guest, enter you name, and login. All webinars
will be recorded and made available on the interest group wiki
at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_wiki_index.php_Vert-5Fdigi-5Finterest-5Fgroup&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=S5jXPERt8rltXsk3uVtv7Sm5Z3-TolAXp5aJLdC8Rcs&s=RJ_O-0C98ioV6QXEUUwANhqM0yIhlH-YE8EMOqy3duw&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Vert_digi_interest_group</a>.
To learn more about AdobeConnect, go here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_wiki_images_a_ac_IDigBio-5FAdobe-5FConnect-5FQuick-5FStart-5FGuide.pdf&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=S5jXPERt8rltXsk3uVtv7Sm5Z3-TolAXp5aJLdC8Rcs&s=ZcrVkF9dLzod3pVX-1fbreitnOMP7VK-sPvSRg5JbGo&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/a/ac/IDigBio_Adobe_Connect_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Gil</p>
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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
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a>
Twitter: @idiggilnelson</pre>
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