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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We’ve extended the application period for the upcoming course
<b>Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</b> taking place <b>August 4–7, 2025!
</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/62bp2nqkFD1iHgNz8"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Applications</span></b></a><span style="color:black"> now close at 9PM ET on
<b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Thursday, July 10.</span></b></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider sharing this announcement with others who may benefit from it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-<span style="color:black">Kalina<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://forms.gle/62bp2nqkFD1iHgNz8"><span style="color:#1155CC">Applications</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;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><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">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><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/courses"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://digitizationacademy.org/courses</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">.
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><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">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><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the U.S. may apply.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">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><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://forms.gle/62bp2nqkFD1iHgNz8"><span style="color:#1155CC">Applications</span></a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124"> are
due by 9am ET on Monday, July 7. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">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><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">Direct any questions about the opportunity to Kalina Jakymec (</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="mailto:kjakymec@fsu.edu"><span style="color:#467886">kjakymec@fsu.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Kalina Jakymec</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">iDigBio Workforce Development Manager</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Florida State University </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D7"><a href="http://idigbio.org/" title="http://idigbio.org/"><span style="color:#0078D7">idigbio.org</span></a></span></u></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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