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This page provides resources and information for the series of digitization training workshops being conducted by iDigBio as well as a plethora of digitization information and resources. Included is a growing list of links to documents, websites, videos, presentations, and other important information related to biological collection digitization.
This page provides resources and information for the series of digitization training workshops being conducted by iDigBio as well as a plethora of digitization information and resources. Included is a growing list of links to documents, websites, videos, presentations, and other important information related to biological collection digitization.


==iDigBio Intro==
==iDigBio Introduction==
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Intro_to_iDigBio.pptx Introduction to iDigBio Slide Set]
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* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Intro_to_iDigBio.pdf Intro to iDigBio pdf file]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|[[File:PlayVideo2.jpg|thumb|300px|link=https://vimeo.com/67570758|"Introduction to iDigBio" 02:04]]  
|rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|More than 1,600 natural history collections across the United States house over 1 billion biological specimens ranging from fungi to fish to fossils. This video describes the iDigBio project. It explains why digitized information and ready access to it are important, provides an overview of the digitization process and highlights some of the challenges faced when working with different types of natural history collections.
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==Digitization Academy==
The Digitization Academy offers a set of complementary courses on topics related to digitizing data about biodiversity. Digitization Academy courses are online, free, and open to everyone from the world’s biodiversity collections and research communities. There are two formats. Short, 2-hour courses on emerging topics simply require registration; multi-day courses provide a deeper dive on foundational topics and involve smaller cohorts and an application process. More information, including the current course catalog, is available at [https://digitizationacademy.org/ digitizationacademy.org].
 
==Recommendations for the Acquisition, Processing, and Archiving of Digital Media==
iDigBio has created recommendations for capturing, processing, and storing digital media.
 
[[Recommendations for the Acquisition, Processing, and Archiving of Digital Media]]


==Interest/Working Groups==
==Interest/Working Groups==
The following links take you to Interest/Working Groups focused on Digitization. For other working groups please use the following link [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Groups iDigBio Working Groups]
*[[Drawer Imaging Group| International Whole-Drawer Digitization Interest Group]]
*[[Drawer Imaging Group| International Whole-Drawer Digitization Interest Group]]
*[[Small Herbarium Interest Group| NANSH Working Group]] (North American Network of Small Herbaria)
*[[Small Herbarium Interest Group| NANSH Working Group]] (North American Network of Small Herbaria)
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*[[Paleo Digitization Working Group| Paleontology Digitization Working Group]]
*[[Paleo Digitization Working Group| Paleontology Digitization Working Group]]
*[[SCNet| Small Collections Network Working Group]]
*[[SCNet| Small Collections Network Working Group]]
*[[vert digi interest group | Vertebrate Digitization Intererst Group]]
*[[Field Station Interest Group| Field Station Interest Group]]


== Digitization Workshop and Symposia Wikis ==
==Digitization Avenue==
*[[Object To Image To Data Workshop|Object To Image To Data Workshop Wiki, Gainesville (May 2012)]]
The following links provide information on the task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of Biological and Paleontological Collections. If you are unfamiliar with the task clusters please read the following  [http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2926 Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of biological collections].
*[[Hebarium Digitization Workshop| Herbarium Workshop Wiki, VSU, Valdosta, GA (Sept 2012)]]
*[[ Pre-digitization Curation and Staging | Pre-digitization Curation and Staging]]
*[[Wet Collections Digitization Workshop| Wet Collections Workshop Wiki (March 4-6 2013)]]
*[[ Specimen Image Capture | Specimen Image Capture]]
*[[Dried Insect Digitization Workshop| Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Wiki (April 23-26 2013)]]
*[[ Specimen Image Processing | Specimen Image Processing]]
*[[ASB Digitization Workshop| ASB Digitization Workshop and Symposium (April 13 2013)]]
*[[ Electronic Data Capture | Electronic Data Capture]]
*[[CSIRO Workshop| CSIRO Digitization Workshop, Canberra, Australia (July 2013)]]
*[[ Georeferencing locality descriptions | Georeferencing Locality Descriptions]]
*[[GWG_Second_Train_the_Trainers_Workshop | GWG Second Train the Trainers Workshop (August 12-16 2013)]]
*[[ Digitization Workflows and Protocols | Digitization Workflows and Protocols]]
*[[Specify Workshop| Specify Workshop Wiki (August 12-16 2013)]]
*[[ More on digitization |More on digitization ]]
*[[Fluid Preserved Invertebrate Imaging| Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging (Sept 16-19 2013)]]
*[[Paleo Digitization Workshop| Paleo Collections Digitization Workshop Wiki, Yale Peabody Museum (Sept 22-25 2013)]]
*[[Small Herbarium Workshop FSU| Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Florida State University (December 9-12 2013)]]
*[[Transcription Hackathon| CITSCribe Hackathon, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 16-20 2013)]]
*[[iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop| iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop Wiki University of Florida, Gainesville (January 16-17 2014)]]
*[[Digitizing-From-Source-Materials| Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Wiki,Yale Peabody Museum (March 9-13 2014)]]
*[[Data Modeling Workshop | Data Modeling Workshop (March 24-25 2014)]]
*[[PacificDigitization| Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific (March 25-27 2014)]]
*[[Small_Collections | Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization (April 7-10 2014)]]
*[[Paleo Imaging Workshop| Paleo Imaging Workshop, University of Texas (April 29- May 01 2014)]]
*[[Collections_for_the_21st_Century| Collections for the 21st Century Symposium, University of Florida (May 5-6 2014)]]
*[[Specify for Paleo Workshop | Specify for Paleo Collections Workshop, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence Kansas ( May 20 - 23 2014)]]
*[[TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop|TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (May 24 2014)]]
*[[Small Collections Symposium SPNHC 2014 | Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2014 (June 25 2014)]]
*[[SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp| SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)]]
*[[Progress in Digitization| SPNHC 2014 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)]]
*[[SPNHCSIG Digitization Opportunities International Collaboration| SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group (SIG) Session: Collections Digitization and Opportunities for International Collaboration, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales (June 27 2014)]]
*[[Small_Herbarium_Workshop_Botany_2014 | Small Herbarium Workshop, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 31 2014)]]
*[[Leveraging_Digitization|Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6-9 2014)]]
 
==Workshop Summaries==
* [[IDigBio_Workshops#Workshop_Documentation|iDigBio Workshop Summary Page]]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/herbarium-digitization-training-workshop Herbarium Digitization Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/wet-collections-digitization-workshop-report Wet Collections Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/entomologists-gather-insect-digitization-workshop-chicago Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/asb%E2%80%93idigbio-digitization-symposium-and-workshop-report-inspiring-event ASB 2013 Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-responds-call-international-collaboration CSIRO Digitization Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbios-2nd-train-trainers-georeferencing-workshop-ttt2 iDigBio's 2nd Train the Trainers Georeferencing Workshop from the GWG Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-and-ku-biodiversity-institute-conduct-specify-workshop "Progressive Specify" Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/entomologists-gather-ann-arbor-explore-fluid-preserved-arthropod-imaging Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio%E2%80%99s-paleo-digitization-workshop-draws-more-60-attendees-new-haven Paleontology Digitization Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/mobilizing-small-herbaria-workshop-attracts-enthusiastic-participants Mobilizing Small Herbaria Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/citscribe-hackathon CITSCribe Hackathon Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitizing-source-materials-workshop-step-toward-best-practices Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/biological-collections-digitization-pacific-0 Biological Collections in the Pacific Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/recruiting-supporting-and-retaining-small-collections-workshop-student%E2%80%99s-perspective Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/university-texas-proves-excellent-venue-paleo-imaging-workshop Paleoimaging Workshop Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/collections-21st-century-report Collections for the 21st Century Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/specify-paleo-collections-workshop-training-new-technology-and-data-models Specify for Paleo Workshop Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/specify-workshop-paleontologists-and-collaborating-make-it-easier-start-digitizing Specify for Paleo Workshop - Appliance Report]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-digitization-workshop-torch-2014 TORCH VIII and iDigBio Workshop Report]
 
==General Digitization Resources==
* [http://pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/209 No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections (ZooKeys Special Issue)]
* [[Media:3135-G-3-layout.pdf|Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization]]
* [[Media:Overview.pdf|Gil Nelson: Herbarium Digitization Tasks and Components Overview]]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-intellectual-property-policy iDigBio's Intellectual Property Rights statement]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/dpc2012/PrePostDigitizationCurationDP.pptx Deborah Paul: Pre & Post Digitization Curation]
** pdf version [[Media:PrePostDigitizationCurationDP.pdf| Pre & Post Digitization Curation]]
* [http://tools.gbif.org/dwca-assistant/ Just What is a Darwin Core Archive File?]
* [http://openrefine.org/ Cleaning Data in a Spreadsheet - Try OpenRefine] formerly known as GoogleRefine
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/chicago2013/OpenRefineFieldMuseum2013.pptx Raw Data Cleaning, Validation and Enhancement: Using Open Refine, Deborah Paul]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/chicago2013/IdentifiersAndSharingDataFieldMuseumV2.pptx Identifiers and Sharing Data, Deborah Paul]
 
==Leveraging the Library and Other Institutional Resources==
* [[Media:Schmidt.pdf|Digitization of Herbarium Specimens, a Collaborative Project (Larry Schmidt)]]
 
==Example Digitization Protocols==
* [[Media:Imaging_Protocol_v5b.pdf|Florida State University Herbarium Imaging Protocol]]
* [[Media:VSUImagingProtocol.pdf|Valdosta State University Herbarium (VSC) Vascular Plant Imaging Protocol]]
* [[Media:VSU_Bryophyte_Imaging_Protocol.pdf|Valdosta State Herbarium (VSC) Bryophyte Packet Imaging Protocol]]
* [[Media:Image_Dust_Off_Protocol_for_Nikon_Cameras.pdf|Valdosta Herbarium image processing with Nikon Dust Off process included]]
* [http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/MCZ/PDFs/Guide_to_digitizing.pdf A Guide to Digitizing Insect Collections (MCZ Entomology Type Image Project)]
* [http://www.kvmagruder.net/hos/blog/ApertureWorkflow.pdf Digitization Workflow Using Aperture (Scanners, Cameras,Books)]
* [http://tcn.amnh.org/documents Workflows, protocols, etc. from Tri-Trophic TCN (NYBG and AMNH docs)]
 
==Imaging Documents and Resources==
* [[Media:IDigBioImagingGeneralEquipmentRecommendations1_0.pdf|iDigBio Imaging Equipment Recommendations (Joanna McCaffrey)]]
* [http://tcn.amnh.org/documents Workflows, protocols, etc. from Tri-Trophic TCN (NYBG and AMNH docs)]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/BeginnersGuideToImagingGlossary.pdf Beginner's Guide to Digital Imaging - Glossary]
* [[Media:Herbarium_Image_Editing_Guidelines.pdf|Mike Bevans' Herbarium Image Editing Guidelines]]
* [[Media:Standardized_Digital_Imaging_NYBG.pdf|Mike Bevans' Digital Imaging and Archiving]]
* [[Media:Intro_to_Photoshop.pdf|Mike Bevans' Intro to Photoshop]]
* [http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/ Mike Bevans' Blog on Digital Imaging]
* [[Media:Imaging_Manual.pdf|Mike Bevans' So, you want to digitize plant specimens]]
* [https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5L2FF0VryJnNkp5NG1EY3Ffd2s Mike Bevans' Digitizing Plant Collections VSU Workshop - link to power point]
* [[Media:Digital_Imaging_Ethics.pdf|Douglas Cromey's Digital Imaging Ethics]]
* [http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/software/CapNX2/CAPNX2_UM_EN.pdf Nikon's Capture NX2 Software User's Manual]
* [http://lbcc.limnology.wisc.edu/node/4 Lichen/Bryophyte TCN Imaging Recommendations]
* [http://www.pnwherbaria.org/documentation/specimenimaging.php Pacific Northwest Herbaria imaging resources]
* [[Databasing_References#The_AIC_Guide_to_Digital_Photography_and_Conservation_Documentation| The AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation Documentation]]
* [http://cpbc.bio.nau.edu/imaging_facility/howto.html Northern Arizona University's Imaging videos and ppt's]
* [[Imaging References|Imaging References]]
 
==Image File Types and File Specifications==
* [[Media:Image_File_Format_Recommendations_and_Standards.pdf|iDigBio's Image File Format Policy and Recommendations]]
* [http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/dng_primer.pdf Introducing the Digital Negative Specification]
* [http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/photoshop/pdfs/DNG_primer_manufacturers.pdf  Digital Negative Specification for Manufacturers]
* [http://www.atiz.com/resources/DPI-PPI-Megapixels-and-Resolution.pdf Atiz Innovation, Inc.: Making sense of DPI, PPI, Megapixels and Resolution]
 
==Imaging Station Equipment and Specifications==
* [http://www.eboxbio.com/ Photo EBox Imaging Station]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/small-herbarium2013/iDigBioImagingEquipmentRecommendations1_0.pdf iDigBio Imaging Equipment Recommendations]
* [http://www.pnwherbaria.org/documentation/custom-components-v1.pdf Assembling Custom Components for Specimen Imaging (NW Herbaria Consortium)]
* [[Media:SamNobleStackShotOptimization.pdf|Sam Noble Musuem's optimization of the efficiency of stackshot, including 3D printing plans for SNO's Focus Stacking Stand, contributed by Roger Burkhalter]]
* [http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=63bb091473549abe520693977acea63e&prevstart=0 Plans for Sam Noble Museum's '''Focus Stacking Stand''' plans and downloads, Roger Burkhalter]
* [http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6778558dd7d43111520693977acea63e&prevstart=0 Plans for Sam Noble Museum's '''Focus Stacking Platform''' plans and downloads, Roger Burkhalter]
* [http://www.macroscopicsolutions.com/aboutus.html Macroscopic Solutions portable, photo stacking device, overcomes lighting hurdles with copy stands: Macropod]
 
==3D Imaging and 3D Printing Resources==
*[https://deals.macupdate.com/deal/14840 Strata Design 3D CX & Foto 3D CX 7.0.7]
*[https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26173/strata-foto-3d-cx Strata Foto 3D CX]
*[http://www.agisoft.ru/ Image-based 3D modeling: Agisoft PhotoScan]
*[http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/5768/abstract/rotational-scanning-electron-micrographs-rsem-a-novel-and-accessible-tool-to-visualize-and-communicate-complex-morpholog ZooKeys 328 (2013) : 47-57 Rotational Scanning Electron Micrographs (rSEM): A novel and accessible tool to visualize and communicate complex morphology David Koon-Bong Cheung, Adam Brunke, Nesrine Akkari, Carina Mara Souza, Thomas Pape]
*[http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/5763/abstract/revolving-sem-images-visualising-3d-taxonomic-characters-application-to-six-species-of-the-millipede-genus-ommatoiulus-l ZooKeys 328 (2013) : 5-45 Revolving SEM images visualising 3D taxonomic characters: application to six species of the millipede genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884, with description of seven new species and an interactive key to the Tunisian members of the genus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae) Nesrine Akkari, David Koon-Bong Cheung, Henrik Enghoff, Pavel Stoev]
 
==Camera Manuals & Specifications==
* [http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/software/ccp_en.pdf Nikon Camera Control Pro Reference Manual]
* [http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/7/0300007447/03/dpp311w3-en.pdf Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.11 Instruction Manual]
 
==[[Collections Digitization Workflows| Links to Workflows--iDigBio and Elsewhere]]==
 
==Workflows and Protocols==
* [[Media:Digitization_Workflows_wet_collections.pdf|Digitization Workflows]]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitization-workflow-workshop-report iDigBio Digitization Workflow Workshop (DROID) report]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitization-workflows iDigBio's Collaborative Workflows Page (DROID Working Groups)]
* [http://lbcc.limnology.wisc.edu/node/3 Bryophyte/Lichen TCN workflow]
* [http://www.snsb.info/SNSBInfoOpenWiki/attach/Attachments/JSTOR-Plants-Handbook.pdf JSTOR PLANTS Handbook]
* [http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/3121/3121-G-3-layout.pdf Developing integrated workflows for the digitisation of herbarium specimens using a modular and scalable approach]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/content/workflow-modules-and-task-lists Workflow Modules and Task Lists]
* [[Media:Workflows.pdf|Gil Nelson: Herbarium Workflows]]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Workflow_MellonTypePDC_v4.jpeg U. Vermont GPI Pre-digitization Curation Workflow (Audrey Clark)]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/dpc2012/SharingDataDP.pptx Deborah Paul: Sharing Data]
 
==Georeferencing Resources==
* [http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=1288 Biogeomancer, Guide to Best Practices in Georeferencing]
* [http://www.museum.tulane.edu/geolocate/ Geolocate: Online and Desktop Georeferencing Tools]
* [[Media:Georeferencing.pdf|Gil Nelson: Georeferencing with Geolocate]]
* [http://manisnet.org/GeorefGuide.html MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS Georeferencing Guidelines]
* [http://www.herpnet.org/Gazetteer/GeorefResources.htm Herpnet's georeferencing resources page]
* [[Georeferencing|iDigBio Georeferencing Wiki]]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/forums/georeferencing-working-group-gwg iDigBio's Georeferencing Working Group Forum]
* [http://www.museum.tulane.edu/coge/ GeoLocate Web Management Portal login]
* [http://www.museum.tulane.edu/geolocate/web/webcomgeoref.aspx GeoLocate Collaborative Georeferencing Web Client login]
* [[Media:FSU_Collaborative_Georeferencing_Protocol.pdf|Collaborative Georeferencing with Geolocate Protocol, Florida State University]]
* [[Media:Mast_Protocol_Geolocate_FSU.pdf|FSU Geolocate Protocol Using a Custom Spreadsheet for Georeferencing]]
* [http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p1wtfeto4kg/ Georeferencing Herbarium Specimens using GeoLocate]


==Database Resources and Tools==
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/considerations-when-choosing-collection-mgt-software.pdf Joanna McCaffrey: Considerations When Choosing Collections Management Software]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/chicago2013/Chicago_DAMS.pdf Digital Asset Management (DAMS)]
* [https://www.idigbio.org/content/biological-collections-databases iDigBio's Database, Portals, Aggregators, and Tools Review Page]
* [http://daryllafferty.com/salix/ Download Salix software here]
* [http://nhc.asu.edu/vpherbarium/canotia/SALIX3.pdf Salix software documentation]
* [[Media:DataTools.pdf|Gil Nelson: Database Tools and Techniques]]
* [http://specifysoftware.org/sites/specifysoftware.org/files/Publishing%20Specify%20Data%20with%20IPT.pdf Publishing Specify Data with IPT]
* [[Media:WorkshopSymbiotaLogin.pdf|Symbiota Login Information]]
* [http://openrefine.org/ Try Open Refine to Clean CSV Data] formerly known as Google Refine
* [http://daks.ucdavis.edu/?page_id=205 Kepler Kurator to Clean Spreadsheet Data]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEkPbvLsud0 See Kepler Kurator at work cleaning data in a Filtered PUSH Network]
* [[Voice_recognition|Voice Recognition]]


==Identifiers==
==[[IDigBio Workshops|iDigBio Workshops, Reports, and Wikis]]==
* [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/iDigBioGuidGuide-2013-06-26_0.pdf iDigBio's GUID Guide for Data Providers]
iDigBio's Workshop and Report  page contains links to materials from completed iDigBio workshops, conferences, and symposia.
*[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Globally_Unique_IDs_(GUID) Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID)]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2020| Calendar Year 2020]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2019| Calendar Year 2019]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2018| Calendar Year 2018]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2017| Calendar Year 2017]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2016| Calendar Year 2016]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2015| Calendar Year 2015]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2014| Calendar Year 2014]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2013| Calendar Year 2013]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2012| Calendar Year 2012]]
*[[ IDigBio_Workshops#Calendar_Year_2011| Calendar Year 2011]]


==Videos==
==Videos- Digitization Resources and Workflows==
* [https://vimeo.com/46296902 iDigBio's Introduction to Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 software]
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* [https://vimeo.com/46312484 iDigBio's Introduction to Nikon's Live View Feature]
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* [https://vimeo.com/42586243 Arizona State University's Orientation to Settings on a Canon Camera]
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* [https://vimeo.com/46950737 iDigBio's Batch Processing with Nikon Capture NX2]
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* [https://vimeo.com/46990833 iDigBio's Nikon D3X Camera Setup for Scientific Specimen Imaging]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faCP15wjc4g&feature=plcp Introduction to SilverCollection]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|[[File:PlayVideo1.jpeg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/160615629|"Imaging Workflows for the Digitization of Dry-preserved Vertebrate Specimens" 07:25]]  
|rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"| This video details the four primary task clusters associated with digitization and imaging including selecting specimens, pre-digitization specimen curation and staging, image capture, and image processing. The video also gives specific tips for imaging dry collections including deciding which specimens and views to capture, imaging tools and equipment, and image stacking.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|  [[File:Digitization Workflows.jpg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/120369455|"Digitization Workflows Overview" 07:21]]
|rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|This workflow video offers an introduction into the digitization process, the rationale behind why museums are digitizing their collections, how iDigBio is facilitating the digitization movement, and what the current challenges are for museum digitization.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|[[File:PlayVideo3.jpg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/120369690|"Digitizing Wet Collections" 04:34]]
|rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"| This instructional video details the five step process the Ichthyology Collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History uses to digitize their collection including: selecting specimens, image capturing, image processing, electronic data capture and georefrencing, and curating specimens. The video also gives specific tips for imaging wet collections including squeeze box use, what imaging equipment to use, and what views to capture for use in taxonomic identification.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|[[File:Herbarium.jpg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/120369768|"Digitizing Herbarium Collections" 07:34]]
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Digitizing the Past and Present for the Future
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Digitization
How to digitize? (Five clusters) Workshops and Symposia
Digitization Videos Biblio entries
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This page provides resources and information for the series of digitization training workshops being conducted by iDigBio as well as a plethora of digitization information and resources. Included is a growing list of links to documents, websites, videos, presentations, and other important information related to biological collection digitization.

iDigBio Introduction

 
"Introduction to iDigBio" 02:04
More than 1,600 natural history collections across the United States house over 1 billion biological specimens ranging from fungi to fish to fossils. This video describes the iDigBio project. It explains why digitized information and ready access to it are important, provides an overview of the digitization process and highlights some of the challenges faced when working with different types of natural history collections.

Digitization Academy

The Digitization Academy offers a set of complementary courses on topics related to digitizing data about biodiversity. Digitization Academy courses are online, free, and open to everyone from the world’s biodiversity collections and research communities. There are two formats. Short, 2-hour courses on emerging topics simply require registration; multi-day courses provide a deeper dive on foundational topics and involve smaller cohorts and an application process. More information, including the current course catalog, is available at digitizationacademy.org.

Recommendations for the Acquisition, Processing, and Archiving of Digital Media

iDigBio has created recommendations for capturing, processing, and storing digital media.

Recommendations for the Acquisition, Processing, and Archiving of Digital Media

Interest/Working Groups

The following links take you to Interest/Working Groups focused on Digitization. For other working groups please use the following link iDigBio Working Groups

Digitization Avenue

The following links provide information on the task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of Biological and Paleontological Collections. If you are unfamiliar with the task clusters please read the following Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of biological collections.


iDigBio Workshops, Reports, and Wikis

iDigBio's Workshop and Report page contains links to materials from completed iDigBio workshops, conferences, and symposia.

Videos- Digitization Resources and Workflows

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"Imaging Workflows for the Digitization of Dry-preserved Vertebrate Specimens" 07:25
This video details the four primary task clusters associated with digitization and imaging including selecting specimens, pre-digitization specimen curation and staging, image capture, and image processing. The video also gives specific tips for imaging dry collections including deciding which specimens and views to capture, imaging tools and equipment, and image stacking.
 
"Digitization Workflows Overview" 07:21
This workflow video offers an introduction into the digitization process, the rationale behind why museums are digitizing their collections, how iDigBio is facilitating the digitization movement, and what the current challenges are for museum digitization.
 
"Digitizing Wet Collections" 04:34
This instructional video details the five step process the Ichthyology Collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History uses to digitize their collection including: selecting specimens, image capturing, image processing, electronic data capture and georefrencing, and curating specimens. The video also gives specific tips for imaging wet collections including squeeze box use, what imaging equipment to use, and what views to capture for use in taxonomic identification.
 
"Digitizing Herbarium Collections" 07:34
This video details the five step process the University of Florida Herbarium uses for digitizing specimens: specimen staging, image capturing, specimen image processing, electronic data capture and georeferencing, and specimen curating. The video also features the Valdosta State Herbarium's image processing and data capture and georeferencing workflow.