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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 August 20 to August 23.</span> </div>
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We plan to offer this foundational course again during the month of October. The calendar of course offerings and more information can be found at
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Kalina</div>
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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/ouEPmosw9n7AobjP7</div>
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We are pleased to announce the tenth offering of the foundational course from iDigBio's
<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/" id="OWAbd8ebcee-b6fa-7e56-9bcc-8b75fc6b698e" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Digitization Academy</a></u></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);"><u><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/courses" id="OWA9f236c05-94c9-12f8-4dca-67292756f5ee" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://digitizationacademy.org/courses</a></u></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;">August 20 to August 23 (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;"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/ouEPmosw9n7AobjP7" id="OWA971b8385-8db3-3273-d76b-412a382c4394" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Applications</a></u></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> are
due by 9am ET on Friday, July 26. </span>We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on July 29. 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);"><u><a href="mailto:kjakymec@fsu.edu" id="OWA84bf82ac-787d-dc64-f94e-e3342cea4649" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">kjakymec@fsu.edu</a></u></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="OWA4c9552e2-1374-c631-ff99-d8076159b890" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">
</a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><u><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/" id="OWA4c9552e2-1374-c631-ff99-d8076159b890" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">iDigBio</a></u></i></span><i> and Florida State University's</i><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><i><a href="https://idiginfo.org/" id="OWA856a736f-2692-b5c2-b9bc-ce09e229362b" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">
</a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><u><a href="https://idiginfo.org/" id="OWA856a736f-2692-b5c2-b9bc-ce09e229362b" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication</a></u></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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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><i>iDigBio </i></span><i>Workforce Development Manager</i></div>
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<i>Florida State University </i></div>
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