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
The following links provide general introductory information on iDigBio.
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
Workshop/Symposia Wikis and Reports
The following collapsible tables contain all the Workshop/Symposia wikis and their corresponding Reports, in reverse chronological order
Calendar Year 2014
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- iDigBio Summit 2014 Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (October 27-28 2014)
- Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio, (September 29 - 30 2014)
- Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6-9 2014)
- Small Herbarium Workshop, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 31 2014)
- Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 29 2014)
- Georeferencing Natural History Collections Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 27 2014)
- SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group (SIG) Session: Collections Digitization and Opportunities for International Collaboration, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales (June 27 2014)
- SPNHC 2014 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
- SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
- Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2014, Cardiff, Wales (June 25 2014)
- TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (May 24 2014)
- SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
- Specify for Paleo Collections Workshop, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence Kansas ( May 20 - 23 2014)
- Collections for the 21st Century Symposium, University of Florida (May 5-6 2014)
- Paleo Imaging Workshop, University of Texas (April 29- May 01 2014)
- Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, Central Michigan University (April 7-10 2014)
- Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific, Honolulu (March 25-27 2014)
- Data Modeling Workshop, Honolulu (March 24-25 2014)
- Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Wiki,Yale Peabody Museum (March 9-13 2014)
- An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips” iDigBio NSF E&O Webina (February 27 2014)
- FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting (February 19 2014)
- NAPC Symposium: Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology, University of Florida, Gainesville (February 17 2014)
- Broadening Diversity:Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences Workshop Wiki, University of Central Florida, Orlando (February 01 2014)
- iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (January 16-17 2014)
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Calendar Year 2013
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Workshop Reports
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* CITSCribe Hackathon, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 16-20 2013)
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* Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Florida State University (December 9-12 2013)
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* Summit 2013 Workshop Wiki, Aloft Tallahassee (November 19- 20 2013)
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* Paleo Collections Digitization Workshop Wiki, Yale Peabody Museum (September 22-25 2013)
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* Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging, University of Michigan (September 16-19 2013)
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* Specify Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas (August 12-16 2013)
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* GWG Second Train the Trainers Workshop, Gainesville (August 12-16 2013)
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* CSIRO Digitization Workshop, Canberra, Australia (July 2013)
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* Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Wiki, Chicago (April 23-26 2013)
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* ASB Digitization Workshop and Symposium (April 13 2013)
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* Wet Collections Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas, (March 4-6 2013)
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* 2013 AOCR Hackathon Wiki (February 13-14 2013)
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*CITSCribe Hackathon Report
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*Mobilizing Small Herbaria Workshop Report
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*Summit 2013 Report
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*Paleontology Digitization Workshop Report
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*Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Workshop Report
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*"Progressive Specify" Workshop Report
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*iDigBio's 2nd Train the Trainers Georeferencing Workshop from the GWG Report
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*CSIRO Digitization Workshop Report
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*Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Report
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*ASB 2013 Workshop Report
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*Wet Collections Digitization Workshop Report to be added
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*iDigBio Augmenting OCR Hackathon Workshop Report
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**iDigBio Augmenting OCR Hackathon Update Part II Workshop Report
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Calendar Year 2012
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Workshop Reports
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Digitization Avenue
The following links provide information on the task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of Biological 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.