<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;">Hi, everyone! It’s my pleasure to announce this new course from iDigBio’s Digitization Academy.</div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;">With best regards,</div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;">Austin</div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Austin Mast </span><b style="font-style: italic;">—</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> Professor · Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. · (850) 645-1500 </span><b style="font-style: italic;">—</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> Director · Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication · College of Communication and Information · Florida State University </span><b style="font-style: italic;">—</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> <a href="mailto:amast@fsu.edu">amast@fsu.edu</a></span> <b style="font-style: italic;">— </b><span style="font-style: italic;">he/him</span></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"></div><div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><b><font size="4">Digital Imaging for Biodiversity Collections</font></b></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;">Apply at <a href="https://forms.gle/f2jtPnvQbCyezWm38">https://forms.gle/f2jtPnvQbCyezWm38</a></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;">We are pleased to announce this new offering from iDigBio's <a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/">Digitization Academy</a>. This <b>free, online course</b> is focused on empowering participants with the knowledge and skills to produce fit-for-purpose digital media from biodiversity collections and collecting events. For more information on learning objectives, see the course tile at <a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/courses">https://digitizationacademy.org/courses</a>. This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collections management professionals, or curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types. Participants do not need prior knowledge of digital cameras or specialized software, though participants are required to have access to a digital camera and lens during the duration of the course. </div><div style="font-family: Avenir-Book;"><br></div><div><div><font face="Avenir-Book">The course will occur from <b>August 21–24 (Monday–Thursday) between 11 am and 3 pm ET</b> (=New York City time). Participants can expect to spend three hours per day in synchronous meetings and as much as two additional hours of preparation time per day outside class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment. </font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><br></font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book">The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the US may apply.</font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><br></font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book">The course will be led by Austin Mast and Nicole James, with contributions from a panel of digital imaging specialists. </font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><br></font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><b>Applications are due by 9 am ET on Friday, July 14</b>. We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on that day. We expect to cap the course at about 20 participants and will make admission decisions based on the relevance of your training to your organization's future activities and a desire to engage a diversity of perspectives.</font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><br></font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><b>Direct any questions about the opportunity to Austin Mast (amast@fsu.edu).</b></font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book"><br></font></div><div><font face="Avenir-Book">Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. </font></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><i>The Digitization Academy is funded by <a href="https://www.idigbio.org/">iDigBio</a> and Florida State University's <a href="https://idiginfo.org/">Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication</a>. iDigBio is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation [DBI-1115210 (2011-2018), DBI-1547229 (2016-2022), & DBI-2027654 (2021-2026)]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.</i></div></div></div></body></html>