Hi Everyone!

iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org), the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) (http://ccber.ucsb.edu/), and NCEAS (https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/) are pleased to announce the:

Short Course: iDigBio Georeferencing for Research Use, Santa Barbara, California, Oct 4 - 7, 2016.

Application submission deadline: Monday May 30th, 2016. To Apply for a Spot: https://www.idigbio.org/content/apply-now-georeferencing-research-use-short-...

*Limited space*: 24 slots. Applicants notified of decisions by mid-June 2016. *Course Location*: NCEAS (https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/), Santa Barbara, California *Who*: Interested members of current TCNs and the broader biodiversity natural history collections community actively mobilizing and using biological and paleontological specimen locality data for research. *When*: 4 days. Tuesday to Friday, Oct 4 - 7, 2016 (Monday October 3 and Saturday October 8 are travel days).

Our focus is on research use of georeferenced natural history collections data. We will include activities and discussions about best practices and tools for georeferencing, capturing locality data in the field, and using georeferenced specimen locality data in research. Attendees must have a basic level of experience with georeferencing techniques and tools.

Please share widely. Thank you. Looking forward to your applications.

Debbie Paul, on behalf of the planning team (please excuse cross-postings)

-- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366