Hi Everyone,

Trying to manage more and more collections data? Need data management skills? You're invited to apply now for the iDigBio Workshop, /Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability./___ _* You can **read more and apply here*: https://www.idigbio.org/content/managing-natural-history-collections-data-gl...

*When*: September 15 - 17, 2015 (yes, 3 days) *Where*: Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, AZ *Expected Applicants*: **Anyone who manages museum specimen collection data is invited to apply. *What:* Our workshop: *Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability* is the fourth in a series of biodiversity informatics workshops at iDigBio. The theme of /Collections Data for Global Discoverability/ is ideally suited for natural history collections specialists aiming to increase the /research readiness/ of their biodiversity data at a global scale.

* Have you found yourself in situations where you need to manage larger quantities of collection records, or encounter challenges in carrying out updates or quality checks? * Do you mainly use spreadsheets (such as Excel) to clean and manage specimen-level data sets before uploading them into your collections database? * /*Skill level: *The workshop is most appropriate for those who are relatively new to collections data management and are motivated to provide the global research community with accessible, standards- and best practices-compliant biodiversity data./

*Funding and Logistics: *There are some funds to support travel this workshop. Rooms have been reserved with a group rate for those who travel from out-of-town for this workshop. All materials and recordings will be available after the workshop for others to use at their local institutions. There is no tuition for this course. *For workshop details see:* https://www.idigbio.org/content/managing-natural-history-collections-data-gl... *Workshop co-sponsors: *Arizona State University (ASU) and iDigBio. *Workshop organizers:* Tri-Trophic TCN (TTD-TCN, AMNH), ASU, iDigBio, DataONE, and NCEAS

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