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Hi all - <span style="font-weight: 700;">I’m pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Digitization Academy course entitled Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization taking place from July 29 to August 1.</span> </div>
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We plan to offer this foundational course again in late August and during the month of October. The calendar of course offerings and more information can be found at
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</span></div>
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Apply at: https://forms.gle/gry8eBBkYRFNw227A</div>
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We are pleased to announce the ninth offering of the foundational course from iDigBio's
<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/" id="OWA6f6be037-666a-0dcb-63f1-6727974b4251" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Digitization Academy</a></span>. This
<span style="font-weight: 700;">free, online course</span> is focused on introducing the creation of digital data about biodiversity specimens to those who are just beginning this activity. For more information on learning objectives, see the course tile at
<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/courses" id="OWAdb8a0105-1194-613e-980f-af181aa6a3b8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">https://digitizationacademy.org/courses</a></span>.
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 biodiversity informatics or specialized software. </div>
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The course will occur from <span style="font-weight: 700;">July 29 to August 1 (Monday–Thursday) between 11 am and 3 pm ET</span> (=New York City time, UTC-4). 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. </div>
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The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the US may apply.</div>
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The course will be led by Austin Mast and will feature a panel of representatives from collection management systems. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://forms.gle/gry8eBBkYRFNw227A" id="OWA69f22607-d0a1-6fc3-ecec-c294b6150f84" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Applications</a></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> are
due by 9am ET on Wednesday, July 3. </span>We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on July 8. 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.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Direct any questions about the opportunity to Kalina Jakymec (</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="mailto:kjakymec@fsu.edu" id="OWA3eb7eca6-d1ac-79ae-a910-2d3a817e731f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">kjakymec@fsu.edu</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">.</span></div>
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<i>The Digitization Academy is funded by</i><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><i><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/" id="OWA9f8aad51-8bb8-53b8-1128-bf8c62abb345" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"> </a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/" id="OWAa2e5d23c-2e05-7820-ef92-6bec93ea9b75" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">iDigBio</a></i></span><i> and
Florida State University's</i><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><i><a href="https://idiginfo.org/" id="OWA695bc7b0-9294-36ec-42fe-79ede1cd0169" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"> </a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><a href="https://idiginfo.org/" id="OWAa16fd29b-0bb2-dd68-4e31-265208b01221" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Institute
for Digital Information and Scientific Communication</a></i></span><i>. 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>
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<i>Kalina Jakymec</i></div>
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