[Nhcoll-l] iDigBio Announces Dried Insects Digitization Workshop

[Gil Nelson]

iDigBio in Collaboration with The Field Museum Announces Dried Insect  
Digitization Workshop for April 24-25, 2013

Online Application is due February 15, 2013 and is available at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHZGN3h5ajdxSXNxVWpMRWlQY0QyOHc6MQ#gid=0

See attached or
https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-announces-dried-insect-digitization-workshop-april-24-25-2013 for the full  
announcement.

iDigBio, the National Science Foundation?s national HUB for Advancing  
Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) is pleased to announce  
the third in a series of preparation-specific workshops focusing on  
organizing, launching, maintaining, and/or enhancing a biological  
collections digitization program. This new workshop will focus on  
digitization of dried insect collections (pinned or packaged), to  
include specimen label databasing and specimen imaging. The target  
audiences for these workshops include collection managers, curators,  
and directors in U.S. non-federal institutions that are planning,  
implementing, or enhancing a digitization program, regardless of  
collection size. We have funding for 24 participants.

What: Workshop for Digitizing Dried Insect Collections.
Where: The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois
Who: Managers, curators, and directors of dried insect collections who  
are in the planning stages, early initiation, or enhancement of  
collection digitization.
When: April 24?25, 2013 (April 23 and 26 will be travel days)
Planning Team: Joanna McCaffrey (iDigBio), Gil Nelson (iDigBio), Petra  
Sierwald (The Field Museum), Margaret Thayer (The Field Museum)
Sponsored by: iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) in  
collaboration with The Field Museum.
Contact: For further information, contact Gil Nelson  
(gnelson at bio.fsu.edu) or Petra Sierwald (psierwald at fieldmuseum.org).


Gil Nelson, Phd
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Digitization Specialist
Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
College of Communication and Information
Courtesy Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
Florida State University
gnelson at bio.fsu.edu




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