[Nhcoll-l] Please join us for a panel discussion April 15th on sustaining the momentum of digitization in biodiversity collections

[Erica Krimmel]

Join iDigBio and panelists from the community on *Thursday, April 15, 2021
from 2:00pm to 3:00pm Eastern *in a moderated conversation about sustaining
digitization and data mobilization activities in biodiversity collections
beyond initial grant funding. Panelists will discuss strategies for
integrating digitization into an institution’s ongoing activities and
budget, including what metrics they see as valuable for gaining internal
support. Panelists will also consider impediments to sustaining
digitization. We invite the audience to submit questions to the panel in
advance of this event via *https://bit.ly/36PG3nO <https://bit.ly/36PG3nO>*.

Our panelists for this discussion are...

   - *Jennifer Thomas*, Associate Collection Manager of Entomology at the
   University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
   - *Jenn Yost*, Associate Professor and Director of the Robert F. Hoover
   Herbarium at California Polytechnic State University
   - *Norine Yeung*, Malacology Curator at the Bishop Museum
   - *Peter Oboyski*, Executive Director of the Essig Museum of Entomology
   at University of California Berkeley
   - *Teresa Mayfield-Meyer*, biodiversity collection & data management at
   Arctos

More information, including the Zoom link and a recording posted after this
event, can be found on the announcement page here:*
https://www.idigbio.org/content/sustaining-momentum-digitization-biodiversity-collections
<https://www.idigbio.org/content/sustaining-momentum-digitization-biodiversity-collections>*

Erica Krimmel
Digitization Resource Coordinator
Integrated Digitized Biocollections <https://www.idigbio.org/> (iDigBio)
Florida State University
ekrimmel at fsu.edu
(619) 876-3794
ORCID 0000-0003-3192-0080 <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3192-0080>
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