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Portal Updated with the v4 Code

The v4 release of iDigBio's Specimen Portal includes a number of upgraded features that add to its functionality and usability. The IT Team has worked hard to provide the ability to display and query georeferenced data, including latitude and longitude, maximum and minimum elevation, and depth ranges, within bounding boxes.

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Workshop Opportunity: Leveraging Digitization Practices Across Multiple Domains

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Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences: A Workshop for Undergraduate Students

To be held at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, September 6, 2014.

Space for this workshop is limited and first-come, first-served. To register and ensure your spot, complete the online registration form at your earliest convenience.

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More US Museums than Starbucks and McDonalds – Combined

There are roughly 11,000 Starbucks locations in the United States, and about 14,000 McDonald's restaurants. But combined, the two chains don't come close to the number of museums in the U.S., which stands at a whopping 35,000.

So says the latest data release from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent government agency that tallies the number and type of museums in this country. By their count the 35,000 active museums represent a doubling from the number estimated in the 1990s.

Specify Workshop for Paleontologists and Collaborating to Make it Easier to Start Digitizing

by Deb Paul (on Twitter @idbdeb)

Have you used Specify? Or, are you looking for an easy way to install and try this collection management software?

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Specify Paleo Collections Workshop - training, new technology, and data models

guest blog by Talia Karim (University of Colorado) and Una Farrell (University of Kansas)

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Position Available: Division Director, Division of Environmental Biology- National Science Foundation

Job Title:Division Director, Division of Environmental Biology

Agency:National Science Foundation

Job Announcement Number:DEB-2014-0005

SALARY RANGE:	$157,000.00 to $176,200.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:	Wednesday, June 11, 2014 to Monday, August 11, 2014
SERIES & GRADE:	ES-0401-00
POSITION INFORMATION:	Full-time. - Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment only.

DUTY LOCATIONS:	1 vacancy - Arlington, VA
WHO MAY APPLY:	Applications accepted from US Citizens. Recent changes in Federal Appropriations Law requires Non-Citizens to meet certain eligibility criteria to be considered. Therefore, Non-Citizens must certify eligibility by signing and attaching this Citizenship Affidavit to their application. Non-citizens who do not provide the affidavit at the time of application will be considered for IPA only.