[Nhcoll-l] Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization course in October

[Austin Mast]

Hi, everyone!  It’s my pleasure to announce the next offering of the Digitization Academy’s foundational course on biodiversity specimen digitization (see below).

With best regards,

Austin

Austin Mast — Professor · Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. · (850) 645-1500 — Director · Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication · College of Communication and Information · Florida State University — amast at fsu.edu — he/him

Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization
Apply at https://forms.gle/qHaJBSRuxrXQAoxS7

We are pleased to announce the seventh offering of the foundational course from iDigBio's Digitization Academy <https://digitizationacademy.org/>.  This free, online course 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 https://digitizationacademy.org/courses.  This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as collections managers, curators, or student technicians. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types.  Participants do not need prior knowledge of biodiversity informatics or specialized software. 

The course will occur on most Mondays and Wednesdays from October 2–30 from 3–4:30 ET (=New York City time). The course will skip Wednesday, October 25. Participants can expect to spend as much as one additional hour of preparation time per synchronous meeting time outside class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment. 

The course will be delivered in English.  We intend to offer the course in Spanish sometime soon.  Those interested in participating from outside the US may apply.

The course will be led by Austin Mast, Fritz Pichardo Marcano, and iDigBio's new Workforce Development Manager, with contributions from David Jennings and a panel of representatives from collection management systems.  

Applications are due by 9 am ET on Friday, September 1.  We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on September 5.  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.

Direct any questions about the opportunity to Austin Mast (amast at fsu.edu).

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

The Digitization Academy is funded by iDigBio and Florida State University's Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication.  iDigBio is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation [DBI-1115210 (2011-2018), DBI-1547229 (2016-2022), & DBI-2027654 (2021-2026)]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.





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