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Applications close July 31 (Wed) for the Digitization Academy's free, online course Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization. Apply here:
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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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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="OWA5636aa65-e288-3fda-cadd-027f7a8f0ca6" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">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. (Tuesday–Friday) 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="OWAcbdb0790-8862-9423-b14e-affbd1be5762" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">Applications</a></u></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> are
due by 9am ET on Wednesday, July 31. </span>We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on August 1. 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="OWA9c960b72-5d46-141a-d714-fadec688b071" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">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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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. </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="OWAfc8e8c28-3a3e-1486-1318-981edb69f722" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); margin: 0px;"> </a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><u><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/" id="OWAe06cdfef-a38c-2dd5-8604-7b6589b265da" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">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="OWAf7b3b85f-c4c8-3f53-2584-60861c5c8ae5" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); margin: 0px;"> </a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><i><u><a href="https://idiginfo.org/" id="OWA91a6ad1d-9f43-6592-6670-99939f06ed10" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">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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<i>iDigBio Workforce Development Manager</i></div>
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<i>Florida State University </i></div>
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<i>digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org</i></div>
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