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
Interest/Working Groups
Calendar Year 2015
Calendar Year 2014
Workshops and Symposia Wikis
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Workshop Reports
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iDigBio Summit 2014 Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (October 27-28 2014)
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iDigBio Summit 2014 Report
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Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio, (September 29 - 30 2014)
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Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio
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Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6-9 2014)
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Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains
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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
General Digitization Resources
Leveraging the Library and Other Institutional Resources
Example Digitization Protocols
Imaging Documents and Resources
Image File Types and File Specifications
Imaging Station Equipment and Specifications
3D Imaging and 3D Printing Resources
- Strata Design 3D CX & Foto 3D CX 7.0.7
- Strata Foto 3D CX
- Image-based 3D modeling: Agisoft PhotoScan
- ZooKeys 328 (2013) : 47-57 Rotational Scanning Electron Micrographs (rSEM): A novel and accessible tool to visualize and communicate complex morphology David Koon-Bong Cheung, Adam Brunke, Nesrine Akkari, Carina Mara Souza, Thomas Pape
- ZooKeys 328 (2013) : 5-45 Revolving SEM images visualising 3D taxonomic characters: application to six species of the millipede genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884, with description of seven new species and an interactive key to the Tunisian members of the genus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae) Nesrine Akkari, David Koon-Bong Cheung, Henrik Enghoff, Pavel Stoev
Camera Manuals & Specifications
Workflows and Protocols
Georeferencing Resources
Database Resources and Tools
Identifiers
Videos