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<div class="feed-icon"> Hi Everyone!<br>
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<p>iDigBio (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Bc79OAdtHoWbi0D8_qZkxvtHLpdx6FugOX4b2bg2rKE&s=IkC4hllkcBll1ieruD-7xb_QLnyXRmYwluCQS5eplYg&e=">https://www.idigbio.org</a>), the Cheadle Center for
Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccber.ucsb.edu_&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Bc79OAdtHoWbi0D8_qZkxvtHLpdx6FugOX4b2bg2rKE&s=9bgqHSCYXnGDQuFgM9SpBsoIs6GEbXfG0A140yVPrpQ&e=">http://ccber.ucsb.edu/</a>), and NCEAS (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nceas.ucsb.edu_&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Bc79OAdtHoWbi0D8_qZkxvtHLpdx6FugOX4b2bg2rKE&s=wgiihSPdgRKA8XkHLyAFDeU0-bTvz_2WZfcJaKFGqmg&e=">https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/</a>)
are pleased to announce the:</p>
<p> Short Course: iDigBio Georeferencing for Research Use, Santa
Barbara, California, Oct 4 - 7, 2016.</p>
Application submission deadline: Monday May 30th, 2016. <br>
To Apply for a Spot:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_content_apply-2Dnow-2Dgeoreferencing-2Dresearch-2Duse-2Dshort-2Dcourse-2D0&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Bc79OAdtHoWbi0D8_qZkxvtHLpdx6FugOX4b2bg2rKE&s=9bap8eh6C4RcVpTjQji33P1L2Btb38Zwxns0HwrHbQs&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/content/apply-now-georeferencing-research-use-short-course-0</a>
<p><strong>Limited space</strong>: 24 slots. Applicants notified of
decisions by mid-June 2016.<br>
<strong>Course Location</strong>: NCEAS
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nceas.ucsb.edu_&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Bc79OAdtHoWbi0D8_qZkxvtHLpdx6FugOX4b2bg2rKE&s=wgiihSPdgRKA8XkHLyAFDeU0-bTvz_2WZfcJaKFGqmg&e=">https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/</a>), Santa Barbara, California<br>
<strong>Who</strong>: Interested members of current TCNs and the
broader biodiversity natural history collections community
actively mobilizing and using biological and paleontological
specimen locality data for research.<br>
<strong>When</strong>: 4 days. Tuesday to Friday, Oct 4 - 7, 2016
(Monday October 3 and Saturday October 8 are travel days).</p>
<p> Our focus is on research use of georeferenced natural history
collections data. We will include activities and discussions about
best practices and tools for georeferencing, capturing locality
data in the field, and using georeferenced specimen locality data
in research. Attendees must have a basic level of experience with
georeferencing techniques and tools.</p>
Please share widely. Thank you. Looking forward to your
applications.<br>
<br>
Debbie Paul, on behalf of the planning team<br>
<font size="-1">(please excuse cross-postings)</font>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Upcoming iDigBio Events <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_calendar&d=AwMCaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Bc79OAdtHoWbi0D8_qZkxvtHLpdx6FugOX4b2bg2rKE&s=RGvnf08pLKsgA3Cli0U100vTeUOsnc1nccPN0VEug3A&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/calendar</a>
-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist
iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative
Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
850-644-6366</pre>
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