Digitization Resources

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

General Digitization Resources

• No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections (ZooKeys Special Issue)
• Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization Media:3135-G-3-layout.pdf

Imaging Documents

• Introducing the Digital Negative Specification
• Digital Negative Specification for Manufacturers
• Mike Bevans' Herbarium Image Editing Guidelines: Media:Herbarium_Image_Editing_Guidelines.pdf
• Mike Bevans' Digital Imaging and Archiving: Media:Standardized_Digital_Imaging NYBG.pdf
• Mike Bevans' Intro to Photoshop Media:Intro_to_Photoshop.pdf
• Mike Bevans' So, you want to digitize plant specimens Media:Imaging Manual.pdf
• Douglas Cromey's Digital Imaging Ethics
• Atiz Innovation, Inc.: Making sense of DPI, PPI, Megapixels and Resolution
• Nikon's Capture NX2 Software User's Manual

Camera Manuals & Specifications

• Nikon Camera Control Pro Reference Manual
• Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.11 Instruction Manual

Imaging Workflows and Protocols

• iDigBio's Collaborative Workflows Page
• Florida State University Herbarium Imaging Protocol: Media:Imaging_Protocol_v5b.pdf
• JSTOR PLANTS Handbook

Database Resources

• iDigBio's Database, Portals, Aggregators, and Tools Review Page

Videos

• iDigBio's Introduction to Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 software
• iDigBio's Introduction to Nikon's Live View Feature
• Arizona State University's Orientation to Settings on a Canon Camera