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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi, everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Do you use digitized specimen data in your work? Then we want to hear your story and invite you to join us for a special symposium about “Digitized specimen data use by non-academic
and non-museum agencies” at the Society of Preservation for Natural History Collections (SPNHC) conference in Jacksonville, FL on May 11-15, 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The SPNHC conference is an excellent venue to meet natural history collection experts and learn about advances in digitization, curation, and collaboration. This symposium will
offer a different perspective for the SPNHC conference by bridging the gap between collections and data users. If digitized specimen data has revolutionized your work, please submit an abstract to share your experience. Abstract submission instructions can
be found here: <a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/call-for-submissions/submission-tool-and-instructions" target="_blank">
https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/call-for-submissions/submission-tool-and-instructions</a> Also, please share this invitation with anyone you think would be interested in participating in this symposium.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Here’s the description of our symposium:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The utility of digitized natural history specimen data extends beyond universities and public or private museums to non-academic and non-museum agencies such as state and national
parks, state conservation agencies, and natural heritage programs. This symposium will cover aspects of how these agencies use digitized collections data, including finding historical distributions of (rare) species at a county-level; searching for specimens
from a specified area, such as a National Park or state boundary; describing new species; and identifying areas for conservation, preservation, or restoration. While digitized data are searchable online, many agencies also build connections with academic and
museum collections to access the specimens for study, deposit new specimen collections, or collaborate. Audience members should find this symposium engaging no matter the type of institution of employment, as we intend for an exchange of ideas among universities
and museums with these non-museum agencies. The location of the SPNHC 2021 meeting is well-suited for many prospective presenters from state heritage programs, the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
the academic and museum collections which work with these groups.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Let us know if you have any questions about this symposium, and we hope to see you at SPNHC 2021!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Herrick Brown - Curator<br>
Andrew Charles Moore Herbarium (USCH)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Coker Life Science room 208<br>
Department of Biological Sciences<br>
University of South Carolina<br>
Columbia, SC 29208<br>
<a href="tel:803-777-8175"><span style="color:#0086F0">803-777-8175</span></a><br>
<a href="mailto:HBrown@mailbox.sc.edu"><span style="color:#BE7DFF">HBrown@mailbox.sc.edu</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.herbarium.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#BE7DFF">www.herbarium.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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