[Nhcoll-l] June-July On-Line Courses -- AIBS; iDigBio; Museum Study LLC

Tue Jun 1 13:19:16 EDT 2021

Hello,
Please see below for a compendium of on-line courses in Museum Studies and Collections Management.  This list is provided by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Professional Development Committee as a monthly service for nhcoll subscribers.  Please contact the course providers or instructors for more information or questions.
As a reminder, nhcoll is not open for advertising by individuals; however, if you would like to have your courses appear in this compendium, please feel free to submit your offerings to jeff.stephenson at dmns.org<mailto:jeff.stephenson at dmns.org>, and we'll see that you get in.
Thank you

>From AIBS
Dear Colleagues,
There is a growing recognition of the importance of providing scientists, particularly graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, with professional development training that will expand their career opportunities and potential for professional success.  The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce a professional development program that we have developed to help scientists strengthen their written communication skills.
This is an important professional development training opportunity.  I hope you will consider sharing this opportunity with your students, staff, and colleagues.
Below are more specific details about this online course, including registration information.
 Writing for Impact and Influence: An AIBS Professional Development Program
It is perfectly okay to write garbage-as long as you edit brilliantly.
-C. J. Cherryh
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has heard a common refrain from faculty, scientists, government and private sector executives, and everyone in between: Scientists are increasingly responsible for public engagement and business writing, yet they are rarely given the tools they need to succeed.

AIBS is responding by re-offering our professional development program designed to help scientists, including graduate students, hone their written communication skills to increase the impact and influence of their message. This course complements AIBS's highly successful Communications Boot Camp for Scientists, which focuses on oral communication.

Writing for Impact and Influence provides practical instruction and hands-on exercises that will improve the participant's general writing proficiency. The program will provide participants with the skills and tools needed to compose scientific press releases, blog posts, memoranda, and more, with a focus on the reader experience. Each product-oriented session will have an assignment (deadlines are flexible), with feedback from the instructor. The course is interactive, and participants are encouraged to ask questions and exchange ideas with the instructor and other participants. Each session is also recorded and shared with all participants to accommodate scheduling conflicts.

Who Should Take the Course?
*  Individuals interested in furthering their professional development by augmenting their writing skills.
*  Graduate students and early-career professionals interested in increasing their marketability to employers.
*  Individuals interested in more effectively informing and influencing segments of the public, supervisors, policymakers, reporters, organizational leaders, and others.
Sample Topics
*  Press releases and writing for the media
*  Blogging and social media campaigns
*  Writing for professional audiences
*  One-pagers and writing for stakeholders
*  Action/decision memoranda
*  Synthesis
Course Structure
The course consists of six 90-minute online modules conducted live and subsequently archived online for participant review. Modules are spaced at weekly intervals to allow time for assignment completion. Live attendance is recommended but not required, and the instructor can be contacted by email at any time during the course.

Assignments
A writing assignment will be given in each of the first five courses. Students will receive timely feedback on their assignments.

Schedule
The course will begin on Thursday, 1 July 2021. The subsequent course sessions will be held weekly on Thursdays, through 5 August. All live courses will begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Recorded programs will be available to participants after the live session.

Registration
Space is limited and the course will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is required. To register for the course, go to http://io.aibs.org/writing

For questions regarding the course please contact James Verdier at jverdier at aibs.org<mailto:jverdier at aibs.org>.

Sincerely,
Jyotsna
___________________
Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.
Director of Public Policy, American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
950 Herndon Parkway Suite 450
Herndon, VA 20170
Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225
AIBS website: www.aibs.org<http://www.aibs.org/>
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>From iDigBio
We are excited to introduce the first professional development opportunity offered by the iDigBio Digitization Academy: Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization.

This free, online course is focused on introducing the creation of digital data about biodiversity specimens to those who are just beginning this activity.

The aims of the course are to empower participants with the knowledge and skills to (1) identify and assess relevant facets of information or potential information about specimens, (2) identify and implement common digitization protocols and best practices related to databasing, digital imaging, and georeferencing, (3) identify downstream uses that are relevant to digitization decisionmaking, (4) explain basic database design and the value of Globally Unique Identifiers, (5) identify the major specimen data management system options and the major differences among them, and (6) design a digitization project, including quality control and a data management plan that includes data sharing.

This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collections management professionals, or curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types.  Participants do not need to have prior knowledge of biodiversity informatics or specialized software.

The course will occur from July 12-15 (Monday-Thursday) between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET (exact times yet to be determined). You can expect to spend three hours per day in synchronous meetings and as much as two additional hours of preparation time per day outside of class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment. We expect to cap the course at 20 participants and will make admission decisions based on the relevance of the training to the future of the applicant's organization and a desire to engage a diversity of perspectives. The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the US are welcome to apply.

You may apply to participate in this course at: https://forms.gle/YsP8awfKBAzksBSk9. Applications are due by 8 a.m. ET on Monday, June 7. Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Michael Denslow at michael.denslow at gmail.com<mailto:michael.denslow at gmail.com>. This course is brought to you by iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org) and will be taught by Michael Denslow, Erica Krimmel, and Austin Mast.

Watch for an announcement of a second course offering from the iDigBio Digitization Academy soon. That course will be focused on public engagement in digitization.

Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. Thanks!

With best regards,
Austin Mast, Erica Krimmel, and Michael Denslow

>From Museum Study, LLC

Storage Techniques online course begins May 31 on MuseumStudy.com Join Instructor Rebecca Newberry for the 4 week course Storage Techniques. Is your collection at risk due to poor storage methods? Good storage mounts are essential for preserving museum collections. Building on the related course, Materials for Exhibit, Moving, and Storage, in Storage Techniques, you will learn about the materials, tools, ideas, and techniques needed to create quality storage mounts. You will design and build a storage mount for an object of your choosing and plan a storage improvement project for a collection of objects using archival materials and techniques.