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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==
The following link provides general introductory information on iDigBio.
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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==
iDigBio is translating its past successes with professional development into a more standardized and predictable set of digitization training opportunities called the "iDigBio Digitization Academy". The academy's first 4-day course "Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization" received such strong interest from the community that it was offered twice in Summer 2021.  A second 4-day course "Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections" will be offered in December 2021 with additional course offerings being rolled out in 2022.
 
==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==
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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]]


==Workshop/Symposia Wikis and Reports==
==Digitization Avenue==
The following collapsible tables contain all the Workshop/Symposia wikis and their corresponding Reports, in reverse chronological order.
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].
 
*[[ Pre-digitization Curation and Staging | Pre-digitization Curation and Staging]]
== Calendar Year 2015 ==
*[[ Specimen Image Capture | Specimen Image Capture]]
 
*[[ Specimen Image Processing | Specimen Image Processing]]
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*[[ Electronic Data Capture | Electronic Data Capture]]
 
*[[ Georeferencing locality descriptions | Georeferencing Locality Descriptions]]
|-
*[[ Digitization Workflows and Protocols | Digitization Workflows and Protocols]]
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"| '''<span style="color:#008000">UPCOMING</span>''' 2015 Workshops and Symposia Wikis
*[[ More on digitization  |More on digitization ]]
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"| Workshop Reports
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Specimens_Full_Circle_SPNHC_2015 SPNHC 2015 Symposium - Specimens Full Circle: Collection to Digitization to Data Use (May 20, 2015)]     
|A report will be created after the workshop is completed
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Small Collections Symposium SPNHC 2015 | Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2015, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL (May 21, 2015)]]
|A report will be created after the workshop is completed 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Strategies_for_Vertebrate_Digitization_Workshop Strategies for Vertebrate Digitization Workshop (May 4-7, 2015)]
|A report will be created after the workshop is completed
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Field_to_Database Field to Database Workshop Gainesville, FL (March 9 - 12)]
|A report will be created after the workshop is completed
|- 
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! scope="col" class="unsortable " width="50%"|  '''<span style="color:#FF4500">PAST</span>''' 2015 Workshops and Symposia Wikis
! scope="col" class="unsortable " width="50%"| Workshop Reports
|- class="nocollapse"
|[[CT Short Course|CT Short Course University of Texas and iDigBio, Texas and Gainesville]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-and-university-texas-high-resolution-x-ray-ct-facility-team-successful-short-course CT Short Course Workshop Report]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[ Workflows Herbarium Digitization| Workflows Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Valdosta Georgia (January 26-30, 2015)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/bringing-herbarium-workflows-date Herbarium Digtitization Workflow Workshop Report]       
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Data_Sharing_Data_Standards_and_Demystifying_the_IPT| Data Sharing, Data Standards, and Demystifying the IPT Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville  (January 13-14, 2015)]]       
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/data-standards-sharing-hands-experience-integrated-publishing-toolkit-ipt Data Sharing, Data Standards, and Demystifying the IPT Report]
|}
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== Calendar Year 2014 ==
 
 
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" border="1"
! scope="col" class="unsortable " width="50%"|  Workshops and Symposia Wikis
! scope="col" class="unsortable " width="50%"|  Workshop Reports
|- class="nocollapse"
|[[ Citstitch Hackathon| Citstitch Hackathon Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 03- 05 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/sitch-stitch%E2%80%94-citstitch-hackathon Citstitch Hackathon Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[ SiBBr Launching Event| SiBBr Launching Event Workshop Wiki, CNPq, Brasília (November 25, 2014)]]
|SiBBr Launching Event (Report to be added)
|- vertical-align:top;"
|[[ ECN 2014 | ECN 2014 Workshop Wiki, Portland Oregon (November 15- 16, 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-and-entomological-collections-network-team-successful-ecn-annual-meeting ECN 2014 Report]
|- class="nocollapse"
|[[Summit 2014| iDigBio Summit 2014 Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (October 27- 28 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-summit-iv-report Summit 2014 Report]
|- class="nocollapse"
|[[Access to Digitization Tools and Methods| Access to Digitization Tools and Methods Workshop Wiki, Jönköping, Sweden (October 27 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-bis-tdwg-2014-some-digitization-crowd-sourcing-and-data-use-too Conference Report]
|-
|[[Data Carpentry|Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (September 29- 30 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/data-carpentry-please-can-we-have-some-more Data Carpentry Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Leveraging_Digitization|Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6- 9 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/santa-barbara-workshop-draws-50-participants Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Small_Herbarium_Workshop_Botany_2014 | Small Herbarium Workshop, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 31 2014)]]
| [https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-and-nansh-host-small-herbarium-digitization-workshop-botany-2014 Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Botany 2014- Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Digitized natural history collections symposium Botany 2014 | Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 29 2014)]]
| Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Georeferencing_Natural_History_Collections_Botany2014| Georeferencing Natural History Collections Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 27 2014)]]|
|Georeferencing Natural History Collections (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[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)]]
|SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Progress in Digitization| SPNHC 2014 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)]]
| SPNHC 2014 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp| SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)]]
|SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp Report
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Small Collections Symposium SPNHC 2014 | Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2014, Cardiff, Wales  (June 25 2014)]]
| Small Collections Symposium (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop|TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (May 24 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-digitization-workshop-torch-2014 TORCH VIII and iDigBio Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Specify for Paleo Workshop | Specify for Paleo Collections Workshop, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence Kansas ( May 20- 23 2014)]]
|[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/specify-paleo-collections-workshop-training-new-technology-and-data-models Specify for Paleo Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Collections_for_the_21st_Century| Collections for the 21st Century Symposium, University of Florida (May 5- 6 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/collections-21st-century-report Collections for the 21st Century Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Paleo Imaging Workshop| Paleo Imaging Workshop, University of Texas (April 29- May 01 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/university-texas-proves-excellent-venue-paleo-imaging-workshop Paleoimaging Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Small Collections | Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, Central Michigan University (April 7- 10 2014)]]
|[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]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[PacificDigitization| Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific, Honolulu (March 25- 27 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/biological-collections-digitization-pacific-0 Biological Collections in the Pacific Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Data Modeling Workshop | Data Modeling Workshop, Honolulu (March 24- 25 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Riccardi%20Data%20Workshop%20March%202014%20Hawaii%20Report.pdf Data Modeling Workshop Report ]
 
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Digitizing-From-Source-Materials| Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Wiki,Yale Peabody Museum (March 9- 13 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitizing-source-materials-workshop-step-toward-best-practices Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[An_Outsider’s_view_inside_NSF_E&O_Trends_and_Tips_iDigBio_NSF_E&O_Webina | An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips” iDigBio NSF E&O Webina (February 27 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/outsider%E2%80%99s-view-inside-nsf-trends-and-tips An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips Workshop Report]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[FOSSIL_Kickoff_Meeting | FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting (February 19 2014)]]
| Fossil Kickoff Meeting (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[NAPC_Symposium_Celebrating_Public_Participation_in_Paleontology| NAPC Symposium: Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology, University of Florida, Gainesville (February 17 2014)]]
| NAPC Symposium (Report to be added)
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Broadening_Diversity:_Careers_and_Graduate_Study_in_the_Biological_Sciences| Broadening Diversity:Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences Workshop Wiki, University of Central Florida, Orlando (February 01 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/careers-and-graduate-study-biological-sciences Careers and Graduate Study in Biological Sciences]
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|[[Education_and_Outreach_Workshop| iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (January 16- 17 2014)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/education-outreach-workshop-0 Education & Outreach Workshop Report]
|}
 
== Calendar Year 2013 ==
 
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" border="1"
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"|  Workshops and Symposia Wikis
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"| Workshop Reports
|-
|[[Transcription Hackathon| CITSCribe Hackathon, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 16-20 2013)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/citscribe-hackathon CITSCribe Hackathon Report]
 
|-
|[[Small Herbarium Workshop FSU| Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Florida State University (December 9-12 2013)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/mobilizing-small-herbaria-workshop-attracts-enthusiastic-participants Mobilizing Small Herbaria Workshop Report]
 
|-
|[[Summit 2013| Summit 2013 Workshop Wiki, Aloft Tallahassee (November 19- 20 2013)]]
||[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-summit-iii Summit 2013 Report]
 
|-
|[[Paleo Digitization Workshop| Paleo Collections Digitization Workshop Wiki, Yale Peabody Museum (September 22-25 2013)]]
||[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio%E2%80%99s-paleo-digitization-workshop-draws-more-60-attendees-new-haven Paleontology Digitization Workshop Report]
 
|-
|[[Fluid Preserved Invertebrate Imaging| Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging, University of Michigan (September 16-19 2013)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/entomologists-gather-ann-arbor-explore-fluid-preserved-arthropod-imaging Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Workshop Report]


|-
|[[Specify Workshop| Specify Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas (August 12-16 2013)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-and-ku-biodiversity-institute-conduct-specify-workshop "Progressive Specify" Workshop Report]


|-
==[[IDigBio Workshops|iDigBio Workshops, Reports, and Wikis]]==
|[[GWG_Second_Train_the_Trainers_Workshop | GWG Second Train the Trainers Workshop, Gainesville (August 12-16 2013)]]
iDigBio's Workshop and Report  page contains links to materials from completed iDigBio workshops, conferences, and symposia.
||[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbios-2nd-train-trainers-georeferencing-workshop-ttt2 iDigBio's 2nd Train the Trainers Georeferencing Workshop from the GWG Report]
*[[ 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- Digitization Resources and Workflows==
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|[[CSIRO Workshop| CSIRO Digitization Workshop, Canberra, Australia (July 2013)]]
|valign="left"|'''Click for Collapsible List of Videos'''
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-responds-call-international-collaboration CSIRO Digitization Workshop Report]
|
 
|-
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|[[Dried Insect Digitization Workshop| Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Wiki, Chicago (April 23-26 2013)]]
|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]]
||[https://www.idigbio.org/content/entomologists-gather-insect-digitization-workshop-chicago Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Report]
|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.
 
|-
|-
|[[ASB Digitization Workshop| ASB Digitization Workshop and Symposium (April 13 2013)]]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|  [[File:Digitization Workflows.jpg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/120369455|"Digitization Workflows Overview" 07:21]]
||[https://www.idigbio.org/content/asb%E2%80%93idigbio-digitization-symposium-and-workshop-report-inspiring-event ASB 2013 Workshop Report]
|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.
 
|-
|-
|[[Wet Collections Digitization Workshop| Wet Collections Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas, (March 4-6 2013)]]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|[[File:PlayVideo3.jpg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/120369690|"Digitizing Wet Collections" 04:34]]
|Wet Collections Digitization Workshop Report to be added
|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.
 
|-
|-
|[[2013_AOCR_Hackathon_Wiki | 2013 AOCR Hackathon Wiki (February 13-14 2013)]]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|[[File:Herbarium.jpg|thumb|200px|link=https://vimeo.com/120369768|"Digitizing Herbarium Collections" 07:34]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/hackathon-and-iconference-update-part-ii iDigBio Augmenting OCR Hackathon Update Part II Workshop Report]
|rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|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.
|}
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== Calendar Year 2012 ==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" border="1"
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"|  Workshops and Symposia Wikis
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"|  Workshop Reports
|-
|[[iDigBio Summit 2012| Summit 2012 Wiki, Gainesville, Florida (October 23-24 2012)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-summit-ii-report-0 Summit 2012 Workshop Report]
|-
|[[Hebarium Digitization Workshop| Herbarium Workshop Wiki, VSU, Valdosta, Georgia (September 2012)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/wet-collections-digitization-workshop-report Wet Collections Workshop Report]
|-
|[[Object To Image To Data Workshop|Object To Image To Data Workshop Wiki, Gainesville (May 2012)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/herbarium-digitization-training-workshop Herbarium Digitization Workshop Report]
|}
== Calendar Year 2011 ==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" border="1"
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"|  Workshops and Symposia Wikis
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="50%"|  Workshop Reports
|-
|[[iDigBio Summit 2011| Summit 2011 Wiki,  (December 1 2011)]]
|[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-summit-wrap Summit 2011 Workshop Report]
|}
==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  [http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2926 Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of biological collections].
*[[ Pre-digitization Curation and Staging | Pre-digitization Curation and Staging]]
*[[ Specimen Image Capture | Specimen Image Capture]]
*[[ Specimen Image Processing | Specimen Image Processing]]
*[[ Electronic Data Capture | Electronic Data Capture]]
*[[ Georeferencing locality descriptions | Georeferencing Locality Descriptions]]
*[[ Digitization Workflows and Protocols | Digitization Workflows and Protocols]]
*[[ More on digitization  |More on digitization  ]]

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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
Connect with iDigBio
Specimen Portal Upcoming Events
iDigBio on facebook Follow iDigBio on twitter

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

iDigBio is translating its past successes with professional development into a more standardized and predictable set of digitization training opportunities called the "iDigBio Digitization Academy". The academy's first 4-day course "Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization" received such strong interest from the community that it was offered twice in Summer 2021. A second 4-day course "Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections" will be offered in December 2021 with additional course offerings being rolled out in 2022.

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

Click for Collapsible List of Videos
"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.
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