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I’m pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Digitization Academy course entitled
<span style="font-weight: 700;">Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization
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See below for more information and a link to the application. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</span></div>
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Apply at: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/ZAR3BDBgCiy3sHrw8" id="OWA43d1d246-6f1d-a3a0-82f1-ffd11a3ccc90" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https://forms.gle/ZAR3BDBgCiy3sHrw8</a></u></span></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="OWA4b6bf155-8869-4b8e-7380-a7dfdbcaf73f" 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 on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mondays and Wednesdays from September 30 to October 23, 3pm ET to 4:30pm ET</span> (=New York City time). Participants can expect to spend three hours per week in synchronous meetings and as much as two
additional hours of preparation time per week 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 U.S. may apply.</div>
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The course will be led by Austin Mast, with contributions from David Jennings, Fritz Pichardo Marcano, and 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/ZAR3BDBgCiy3sHrw8" id="OWA336dae6b-ba46-95e5-e13a-e0b99951e289" 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, August 28. </span>We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on August 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="OWAf68b2419-e3c4-4d60-b7b0-772e73e0b0a8" 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="OWAa062cd5d-c550-5912-f0ff-f70488f5cce5" 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="OWA01847554-7e7c-12a6-b079-74162e8c6521" 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="OWA646f48c9-afa6-715e-f9c7-03d276058064" 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="OWA6bcf5864-f62a-b1ae-9eb7-0c4d0e1d8388" 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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