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 2015
Calendar Year 2014
Workshops and Symposia Wikis
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Workshop Reports
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Citstitch Hackathon Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 03- 05 2014)
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Citstitch Hackathon Report
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SiBBr Launching Event Workshop Wiki, CNPq, Brasília (November 25, 2014)
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SiBBr Launching Event (Report to be added)
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ECN 2014 Workshop Wiki, Portland Oregon (November 15- 16, 2014)
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ECN 2014 Report
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iDigBio Summit 2014 Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (October 27- 28 2014)
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Summit 2014 Report
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Access to Digitization Tools and Methods Workshop Wiki, Jönköping, Sweden (October 27 2014)
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Conference Report
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Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (September 29- 30 2014)
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Data Carpentry Workshop Report
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Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6- 9 2014)
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Workshop Report
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Small Herbarium Workshop, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 31 2014)
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Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Botany 2014- Report
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Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 29 2014)
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Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, (Report to be added)
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Georeferencing Natural History Collections Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 27 2014)|
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Georeferencing Natural History Collections (Report to be added)
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SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group (SIG) Session: Collections Digitization and Opportunities for International Collaboration, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales (June 27 2014)
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SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group (Report to be added)
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SPNHC 2014 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
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SPNHC 2014 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections (Report to be added)
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SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
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SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp Report
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Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2014, Cardiff, Wales (June 25 2014)
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Small Collections Symposium (Report to be added)
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TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (May 24 2014)
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TORCH VIII and iDigBio Workshop Report
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Specify for Paleo Collections Workshop, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence Kansas ( May 20- 23 2014)
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Specify for Paleo Workshop - Appliance Report
Specify for Paleo Workshop Report
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Collections for the 21st Century Symposium, University of Florida (May 5- 6 2014)
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Collections for the 21st Century Report
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Paleo Imaging Workshop, University of Texas (April 29- May 01 2014)
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Paleoimaging Workshop Report
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Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, Central Michigan University (April 7- 10 2014)
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Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections Workshop Report
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Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific, Honolulu (March 25- 27 2014)
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Biological Collections in the Pacific Workshop Report
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Data Modeling Workshop, Honolulu (March 24- 25 2014)
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Data Modeling Workshop Report
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Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Wiki,Yale Peabody Museum (March 9- 13 2014)
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Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Report
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An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips” iDigBio NSF E&O Webina (February 27 2014)
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An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips Workshop Report
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FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting (February 19 2014)
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Fossil Kickoff Meeting (Report to be added)
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NAPC Symposium: Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology, University of Florida, Gainesville (February 17 2014)
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NAPC Symposium (Report to be added)
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Broadening Diversity:Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences Workshop Wiki, University of Central Florida, Orlando (February 01 2014)
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Careers and Graduate Study in Biological Sciences
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iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (January 16- 17 2014)
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Education & Outreach Workshop Report
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Calendar Year 2013
Workshops and Symposia Wikis
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Workshop Reports
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CITSCribe Hackathon, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 16-20 2013)
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CITSCribe Hackathon Report
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Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Florida State University (December 9-12 2013)
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Mobilizing Small Herbaria Workshop Report
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Summit 2013 Workshop Wiki, Aloft Tallahassee (November 19- 20 2013)
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Summit 2013 Report
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Paleo Collections Digitization Workshop Wiki, Yale Peabody Museum (September 22-25 2013)
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Paleontology Digitization Workshop Report
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Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging, University of Michigan (September 16-19 2013)
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Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Workshop Report
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Specify Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas (August 12-16 2013)
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"Progressive Specify" Workshop Report
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GWG Second Train the Trainers Workshop, Gainesville (August 12-16 2013)
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iDigBio's 2nd Train the Trainers Georeferencing Workshop from the GWG Report
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CSIRO Digitization Workshop, Canberra, Australia (July 2013)
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CSIRO Digitization Workshop Report
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Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Wiki, Chicago (April 23-26 2013)
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Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Report
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ASB Digitization Workshop and Symposium (April 13 2013)
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ASB 2013 Workshop Report
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Wet Collections Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas, (March 4-6 2013)
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Wet Collections Digitization Workshop Report to be added
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2013 AOCR Hackathon Wiki (February 13-14 2013)
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iDigBio Augmenting OCR Hackathon Update Part II Workshop Report
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Calendar Year 2012
Calendar Year 2011
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.