[Nhcoll-l] One week left to apply! | Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization | Sep 29–Oct 29, 2025

[Kalina Jakymec]

Hello all,

Friendly reminder that applications<https://forms.gle/ySQdWTGfHBJfZmTT6> close Friday, August 29 for the upcoming offering of Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization, a free, online course from the Digitization Academy. Please see below for more info, and forward this announcement to colleagues who may be interested!

Best,
Kalina

Kalina Jakymec
iDigBio Workforce Development Manager | Florida State University | digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org

The aim of this free, online Digitization Academy<https://digitizationacademy.org/> course is to empower participants with the knowledge and skills to (1) identify and describe relevant facets of information or potential information related to biodiversity specimens, (2) identify and describe common digitization protocols and best practices related to transcription, imaging, and georeferencing, (3) identify downstream uses that are relevant to digitization decision-making, (4) recognize basic principles of data management including the importance of identifiers, (5) identify collections management system (CMS) options and the major differences among them, and (6) outline a digitization project, including quality control and a data management plan that includes data sharing. The course includes a conversation with representatives from some of the major CMS projects.
The course will occur Mondays and Wednesdays from September 29 to October 29 (excluding Oct. 20 and 22) from 3 to 4:30 PM ET (=New York City time, 15:00 to 16:30 UTC-4).
This course is offered through iDigBio's Digitization Academy<https://digitizationacademy.org/>.
The course will be delivered in English. Those from outside the U.S. may apply.
Click here<https://forms.gle/ySQdWTGfHBJfZmTT6> to apply! Applications are due by 9pm ET on Friday, August 29. 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.

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