<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span></b></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Join iDigBio and panelists from the community on <b>Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm Eastern </b>in a moderated conversation about sustaining digitization and data mobilization activities in biodiversity collections beyond initial grant funding. Panelists will discuss strategies for integrating digitization into an institution’s ongoing activities and budget, including what metrics they see as valuable for gaining internal support. Panelists will also consider impediments to sustaining digitization. We invite the audience to submit questions to the panel in advance of this event via <i><a href="https://bit.ly/36PG3nO">https://bit.ly/36PG3nO</a></i>.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Our panelists for this discussion are...<br></span><ul><li><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>Jennifer Thomas</b>, Associate Collection Manager of Entomology at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum</span></li><li><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>Jenn Yost</b>, Associate Professor and Director of the Robert F. Hoover Herbarium at California Polytechnic State University</span></li><li><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>Norine Yeung</b>, Malacology Curator at the Bishop Museum</span></li><li><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>Peter Oboyski</b>, Executive Director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at University of California Berkeley</span></li><li><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>Teresa Mayfield-Meyer</b>, biodiversity collection & data management at Arctos</span></li></ul><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">More information, including the Zoom link and a recording posted after this event, can be found on the announcement page here:<i> <a href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/sustaining-momentum-digitization-biodiversity-collections">https://www.idigbio.org/content/sustaining-momentum-digitization-biodiversity-collections</a></i></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inheri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