[Nhcoll-l] Reminder: First of iDigBio's vertebrate digitization webinars is Sept 8

[Gil Nelson]

See below!

On 8/5/2015 9:04 PM, Gil Nelson wrote:
>
> iDigBio’s Vertebrate Digitization Interest Group is pleased to offer a 
> 4-part webinar series entitled /The Value of Digitizing Vertebrate 
> Collections/, all to be held on Tuesdays in September, 3:00-4:00 p.m. 
> EDT. These will be the first four of several webinars leading up to a 
> second iDigBio-sponsored vertebrate digitization workshop to be held 
> spring 2016. The purpose of this first series of four is to outline 
> the value and importance of digitizing vertebrate collections, 
> including herps, mammals, birds, and fishes, with an emphasis on 
> imaging. The target audience includes vertebrate zoologists, curators, 
> collections managers, and others interested in vertebrate 
> digitization. As defined for these webinars, digitization includes the 
> transcription of label data into electronic records, production of one 
> or more 2D or 3D images per selected specimen, the potential 
> enrichment of label data (e.g. appending georeferences and/or links to 
> catalogs, journals, and other source materials), and making 
> transcribed data and associated images available via the web.
>
> All webinars are 3-4 p.m. EDT and accessible at 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_vertdigitization&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=wR-M_eIocUcxGwB4r2V5XlgdBrCu3G1yabTPgLcNxMw&s=Qd5jFETtbxzXMPI4gpYnSJlWS0UtQI7cuHcgC7_jvk4&e= . Here is the schedule:
>
> *September 8:* The Value of Digitizing Mammal Collections, Cody 
> Thompson, University of Michigan
>
> *September 15:* The Value of Digitizing Fish Collections, Andy 
> Bentley, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and President of 
> SPNCH
>
> *September 22:* The Value of Digitizing Herpetology Collections, Chris 
> Phillips, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
>
> *September 29:* The Value of Digitizing Bird Collections, Carla 
> Cicero, UC Berkeley and Lead PI for Vertnet
>
> Webinars are strictly one hour long. Time is made available during the 
> webinar for questions and comments.
>
> We use AdobeConnect for our webinars, an online conferencing tool. No 
> special software is required. Any browser will work. Just navigate to 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_vertdigitization&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=wR-M_eIocUcxGwB4r2V5XlgdBrCu3G1yabTPgLcNxMw&s=Qd5jFETtbxzXMPI4gpYnSJlWS0UtQI7cuHcgC7_jvk4&e= , click Enter as 
> Guest, enter you name, and login. All webinars will be recorded and 
> made available on the interest group wiki at: 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_wiki_index.php_Vert-5Fdigi-5Finterest-5Fgroup&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=wR-M_eIocUcxGwB4r2V5XlgdBrCu3G1yabTPgLcNxMw&s=gU4atgBMf0QolHuEpVCe1u7ba7fMzwngh13-LRYZBmc&e= . To 
> learn more about AdobeConnect, go here:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_wiki_images_a_ac_IDigBio-5FAdobe-5FConnect-5FQuick-5FStart-5FGuide.pdf&d=AwIDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=wR-M_eIocUcxGwB4r2V5XlgdBrCu3G1yabTPgLcNxMw&s=KLToUOSuVMfs4xV3r-dBGluMpvcZgmYRVEWrFokzIpA&e= 
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gil
>

-- 
Gil Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Steering Committee
Integrated Digitized Biocollections
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
Twitter: @idiggilnelson

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