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iDigBio, the National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections, is pleased to announce a Specimen Digitization Tools and Practices Workshop to be held at the Botany 2012 Conference. The workshop is designed to introduce current and future biological and paleontological specimen collections staff to resources and workflows that can lead to greater efficiencies in the digitization of their collections. The workshop will include discussions and presentations of the following: | iDigBio, the National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections, is pleased to announce a Specimen Digitization Tools and Practices Workshop to be held at the Botany 2012 Conference. The workshop is designed to introduce current and future biological and paleontological specimen collections staff to resources and workflows that can lead to greater efficiencies in the digitization of their collections. The workshop will include discussions and presentations of the following: | ||
New perspectives on digitization<br>Hands-on presentations of production-version tools <br>Presentations of ad hoc innovations in digitization <br>Discussions | |||
The workshop will be held from 8:00AM – 5:00PM on Thursday, July 12, the day after the conference, at the conference facility. | The workshop will be held from 8:00AM – 5:00PM on Thursday, July 12, the day after the conference, at the conference facility. | ||
<br> [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-images/botany2012/iDigBio_Workshop_12Jul12.pdf Workshop Schedule] | |||
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In addition to the workshop, iDigBio has also organized a symposium entitled “Building a High-Resolution, Specimen-Based Picture of Life: Possibilities and Challenges” for the Botany 2012 conference. | <br> In addition to the workshop, iDigBio has also organized a symposium entitled “Building a High-Resolution, Specimen-Based Picture of Life: Possibilities and Challenges” for the Botany 2012 conference. It will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 11. More details on the symposium are posted on the conference website (http://www.2012.botanyconference.org/). | ||
[https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-images/botany2012/iDigBio_Botany_Symposium_12Apr12.pdf Symposium Schedule] | [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-images/botany2012/iDigBio_Botany_Symposium_12Apr12.pdf Symposium Schedule] | ||