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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.

iDigBio Intro

The following link provides general introductory information on iDigBio.

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

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

UPCOMING 2015 Workshops and Symposia Wikis Workshop Reports
iDigBio Summit 2015 (November 4-6, 2015)
PAST 2015 Workshops and Symposia Wikis Workshop Reports
iDigBio and the EMu NHSIG in Philadelphia (October 7, 2015) EMu NHSIG Report
iDigBio/OBFS Field Station Digitization Workshop (September 16, 2015) OBFS Report
Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability (September 15-17, 2015 ) Managing Natural History Collection Data for Global Discoverability Report
Ecological Niche Modeling: A Crash Course at Botany 2015 (July 26, 2015) Ecological Niche Modeling Workshop Report
3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators (June 15, 2015) A report will be added shortly!
ASM/iDigBio Collections Digitization and Imaging Pre-Meeting Workshop June 12, 2015) ASM Workshop Report
SPNHC 2015 Symposium - Specimens Full Circle: Collection to Digitization to Data Use (May 20, 2015) SPNHC 2015 Symposium Report
Small Collections Symposium: The Contribution of Small Natural History Collections in the 21st Century, SPNHC 2015, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL (May 21, 2015) A report will be added shortly!
Strategies for Vertebrate Digitization Workshop (May 4-7, 2015) Vertebrate Digitization Workshop Report
Field to Database Workshop Gainesville, FL (March 9 - 12, 2015) Field to Database Workshop Report
CT Short Course University of Texas and iDigBio, Texas and Gainesville (February 23- 25,2015) CT Short Course Workshop Report
Workflows Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Valdosta Georgia (January 26- 30, 2015) Herbarium Digtitization Workflow Workshop Report
Data Sharing, Data Standards, and Demystifying the IPT Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (January 13- 14, 2015) Data Sharing, Data Standards, and Demystifying the IPT Report

Calendar Year 2014

Workshops and Symposia Wikis Workshop Reports
Citstitch Hackathon Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 03- 05 2014) Citstitch Hackathon Report
SiBBr Launching Event Workshop Wiki, CNPq, Brasília (November 25, 2014) SiBBr Biblio Report
ECN 2014 Workshop Wiki, Portland Oregon (November 15- 16, 2014) ECN 2014 Report
iDigBio Summit 2014 Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (October 27- 28 2014) Summit 2014 Report
Access to Digitization Tools and Methods Workshop Wiki, Jönköping, Sweden (October 27 2014) Conference Report
Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (September 29- 30 2014) Data Carpentry Workshop Report
Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6- 9 2014) Workshop Report
Small Herbarium Workshop, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 31 2014) Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Botany 2014 Report
Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 29 2014) Small Herbarium Workshop Botany 2014 Biblio Report
Georeferencing Natural History Collections Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 27 2014)| Georeferencing Natural History Collections Report
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
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
SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014) SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp Report
Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2014, Cardiff, Wales (June 25 2014) Small Collections Symposium Biblio Report
TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (May 24 2014) TORCH VIII and iDigBio Workshop Report
Specify for Paleo Collections Workshop, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence Kansas ( May 20- 23 2014) Specify for Paleo Workshop - Appliance Report

Specify for Paleo Workshop Report

Collections for the 21st Century Symposium, University of Florida (May 5- 6 2014) Collections for the 21st Century Report
Paleo Imaging Workshop, University of Texas (April 29- May 01 2014) Paleoimaging Workshop Report
Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, Central Michigan University (April 7- 10 2014) Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections Workshop Report
Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific, Honolulu (March 25- 27 2014) Biological Collections in the Pacific Workshop Report
Data Modeling Workshop, Honolulu (March 24- 25 2014) Data Modeling Workshop Report
Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Wiki,Yale Peabody Museum (March 9- 13 2014) Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Report
An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips” iDigBio NSF E&O Webina (February 27 2014) An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips Workshop Report
FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting (February 19 2014) Fossil Kickoff Meeting Report
NAPC Symposium: Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology, University of Florida, Gainesville (February 17 2014) NAPC Symposium Report
Broadening Diversity:Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences Workshop Wiki, University of Central Florida, Orlando (February 01 2014) Careers and Graduate Study in Biological Sciences
iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (January 16- 17 2014) Education & Outreach Workshop Report

Calendar Year 2013

Workshops and Symposia Wikis Workshop Reports
CITSCribe Hackathon, University of Florida, Gainesville (December 16-20 2013) CITSCribe Hackathon Report
Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop Wiki, Florida State University (December 9-12 2013) Mobilizing Small Herbaria Workshop Report
Summit 2013 Workshop Wiki, Aloft Tallahassee (November 19- 20 2013) Summit 2013 Report
Paleo Collections Digitization Workshop Wiki, Yale Peabody Museum (September 22-25 2013) Paleontology Digitization Workshop Report
Fluid-preserved Invertebrate and Microscopic Slide Imaging, University of Michigan (September 16-19 2013) Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Workshop Report
Specify Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas (August 12-16 2013) "Progressive Specify" Workshop Report
GWG Second Train the Trainers Workshop, Gainesville (August 12-16 2013) iDigBio's 2nd Train the Trainers Georeferencing Workshop from the GWG Report
CSIRO Digitization Workshop, Canberra, Australia (July 2013) CSIRO Digitization Workshop Report
Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Wiki, Chicago (April 23-26 2013) Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Report
ASB Digitization Workshop and Symposium (April 13 2013) ASB 2013 Workshop Report
Wet Collections Workshop Wiki, University of Kansas, (March 4-6 2013) Wet Collections Report
2013 AOCR Hackathon Wiki (February 13-14 2013) iDigBio Augmenting OCR Hackathon Update Part II Workshop Report

Calendar Year 2012

Workshops and Symposia Wikis Workshop Reports
Summit 2012 Wiki, Gainesville, Florida (October 23-24 2012) Summit 2012 Workshop Report
Herbarium Workshop Wiki, VSU, Valdosta, Georgia (September 2012) Wet Collections Workshop Report
Object To Image To Data Workshop Wiki, Gainesville (May 2012) Herbarium Digitization Workshop Report

Calendar Year 2011

Workshops and Symposia Wikis Workshop Reports
Summit 2011 Wiki, (December 1 2011) 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 Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of biological collections.