Question 31: I received an invite to a workshop on The Environmental Cost of Digitisation in Museums. PM Fossil Invertebrates

[rondlg]

Description: Should I be worried about this? Is anyone from the Field Museum attending this workshop? How does the Field Museum respond to concerns about the sustainability of our Digitisation efforts?

_Workshop Invitation - The Environmental Cost of Digitisation in Museums
Dear Recipient,
You are cordially invited to participate in an online workshop which aims to analyse the environmental cost of digital technologies in museums. You have been invited following your response to the survey, "Investigating environmental considerations in digitization practices" in July 2023, where you indicated your possible interest in further participating in this project. Your valuable perspective will be crucial in informing the creation of strategies to address this pressing challenge.

If you would like to participate in this workshop "The Environmental Cost of Digitisation in Museums", please fill in this brief form: https://forms.office.com/e/LvdLw4KM97

Details:

• Date: Thursday 25th April
• Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Location: Microsoft Teams (a linkwill be emailed to you prior to the meeting)
• RSVP: please sign up via Office Forms (link)
  above) by Thursday 18th April

Overview and Key Objectives:
This workshop will facilitate a discussion of the environmental costs associated with digitisation efforts in museums in order to explore sustainable solutions. We aim to: Facilitate the sharing of
insights into current organisational practices and standards;
Identify current specific and common challenges in the sector;
Collaboratively identify sustainable solutions to share with policy-makers.

Why Attend?
By participating in this workshop, you will have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful discussions that we hope will help to shape the future of sustainable digitisation practices in museums. Your insights and expertise will be invaluable in identifying effective solutions to address problematic environmental issues.
This workshop is funded by the University of St Andrews and is part of the Encode(Muse) project. If you have any questions, please contact Dr Nicôle Meehan (npm6@st-andrews.ac.uk) and Renato Trotta (rt98@st-andrews.ac.uk).
Sincerely, Nicôle and Renato_

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Response: We’ll get the systems folks to respond and also poke Facilities.

@myoshida1979 @rob-fmnh

• This might be of interested for you to attend.