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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><b><u><a href="https://forms.gle/62bp2nqkFD1iHgNz8" id="OWAbfb09625-6ad4-51e9-a8b3-4ba4185d9fee" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Applications</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> are
now open for the Digitization Academy course <b>Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</b> taking place
<b>August 4–7, 2025. </b>More details below.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">We plan to offer this foundational course again during the month of October. The calendar of course offerings and additional information can be found
at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="http://digitizationacademy.org/courses" id="OWA43c8b377-4b3c-1d69-5d32-db2f99502c24" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">digitizationacademy.org/courses</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Please consider sharing this announcement with others who may benefit from it!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Kalina</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><b><u><a href="https://forms.gle/62bp2nqkFD1iHgNz8" id="OWAa5c90a7b-9e26-3920-6330-8509823de476" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Applications</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> are
now open for the Digitization Academy course <b>Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</b> taking place
<b>August 4–7, 2025.</b></span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">This
<b>free, online course</b> 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><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/courses" id="OWA730455de-95cf-d5d2-b868-dec85035d2b2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://digitizationacademy.org/courses</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">.
This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collection management professionals, and curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types. Participants do not need prior
knowledge of biodiversity informatics or specialized software. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">The course will occur from
<b>August 4–August 7 (Monday–Thursday) between 11 am and 3 pm ET</b> (=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. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the U.S. may apply.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">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. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><b><u><a href="https://forms.gle/62bp2nqkFD1iHgNz8" id="OWAec1c55c7-5f94-d714-1925-45170a4c30d2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Applications</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><b> are
due by 9am ET on Monday, July 7. </b>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.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">Direct any questions about the opportunity to Kalina Jakymec (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:kjakymec@fsu.edu" id="OWAb5e47f79-b553-23ce-c1eb-828c8d0b7d9a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">kjakymec@fsu.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">).</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. </b></span></p>
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