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::Imaging of specimens is now regular curatorial practice in entomological collections, complementing longer-standing efforts to capture label data and related information. Many different imaging approaches exist, but a common thread is that vast quantities of images are being amassed rapidly around the globe. Managing, preserving, and safeguarding this proliferation of images is critical to the success of digitizing entomological collections. This talk examines the life cycle of digital assets produced during imaging projects at the Yale Peabody Museum, with focus on student driven workflows in the Entomology Division and other curatorial departments. Once acquired, Peabody’s digital assets flow through its collections management system into a Yale University-wide digital asset management system (DAM). Peabody Entomology helped develop the Yale DAM, harmonize workflow and metadata from dissimilar campus units, and integrate several collections management systems with a single DAM endpoint. Adopting this infrastructure has allowed Peabody to disseminate its images and specimen metadata more broadly into “foreign” contexts, such as the Yale Library’s Finding Aid system and a campus asset discovery portal, alongside more well-known biodiversity outlets for entomological collections such as GBIF and the National Science Foundation’s iDigBio initiative. | |||
| '''Lawrence Gall''' (lawrence.gall@yale.edu), Yale University, New Haven, CT | | '''Lawrence Gall''' (lawrence.gall@yale.edu), Yale University, New Haven, CT | ||
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