Digitization Template 6

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.

• Introduction to iDigBio Slide Set
• Intro to iDigBio pdf file

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

• International Whole-Drawer Digitization Interest Group
• NANSH Working Group (North American Network of Small Herbaria)
• Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Interest Group
• Paleontology Digitization Working Group
• Small Collections Network Working Group

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 2014

Workshops and Symposia Wikis	Workshop Reports	iDigBio Summit 2014 Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (October 27-28 2014) Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains, University of California, Santa Barbara (October 6-9 2014) Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio, (September 29 - 30 2014)

• Small Herbarium Workshop, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 31 2014)
• Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 29 2014)
• Georeferencing Natural History Collections Botany 2014, Boise, ID (July 27 2014)
• 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 Symposium: Progress in Digitization of Natural History Collections, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
• SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
• Small Collections Symposium, SPNHC 2014, Cardiff, Wales (June 25 2014)
• TORCH VIII + iDigBio Workshop, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (May 24 2014)
• SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp, Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales (June 26 2014)
• Specify for Paleo Collections Workshop, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence Kansas ( May 20 - 23 2014)
• Collections for the 21st Century Symposium, University of Florida (May 5-6 2014)
• Paleo Imaging Workshop, University of Texas (April 29- May 01 2014)
• Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization, Central Michigan University (April 7-10 2014)
• Biological Collections Digitization in the Pacific, Honolulu (March 25-27 2014)
• Data Modeling Workshop, Honolulu (March 24-25 2014)
• Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Wiki,Yale Peabody Museum (March 9-13 2014)
• An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips” iDigBio NSF E&O Webina (February 27 2014)
• FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting (February 19 2014)
• NAPC Symposium: Celebrating Public Participation in Paleontology, University of Florida, Gainesville (February 17 2014)
• Broadening Diversity:Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences Workshop Wiki, University of Central Florida, Orlando (February 01 2014)
• iDigBio Education and Outreach Workshop Wiki, University of Florida, Gainesville (January 16-17 2014)

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• iDigBio Summit 2014 Report
• Data Carpentry Workshop at iDigBio
• Leveraging Digitization Practices across Multiple Domains
• Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Botany 2014- Report
• Digitized natural history collections records in traditional research, collaborative research, and big data research, (Report to be added)
• Georeferencing Natural History Collections (Report to be added)
• SPNHC 2014 Special Interest Group (Report to be added)
• SPNHC 2014 Symposium Progress in Digitization (Report to be added)
• SPNHC 2014 DemoCamp Report
• Small Collections Symposium (Report to be added)
• TORCH VIII and iDigBio Workshop Report
• Specify for Paleo Workshop - Appliance Report
• Specify for Paleo Workshop Report
• Collections for the 21st Century Report
• Paleoimaging Workshop Report
• Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections Workshop Report
• Biological Collections in the Pacific Workshop Report
• Data Modeling Workshop Report
• Digitizing from Source Materials Workshop Report
• An Outsider’s view inside NSF: E&O Trends and Tips Workshop Report
• Fossil Kickoff Meeting (Report to be added)
• NAPC Symposium (Report to be added)
• Careers and Graduate Study in Biological Sciences
• Education & Outreach Workshop Report

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Digitization Avenue

The following links provide information on the task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of Biological 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.

• Pre-digitization Curation and Staging
• Specimen Image Capture
• Specimen Image Processing
• Electronic Data Capture
• Georeferencing Locality Descriptions
• Digitization Workflows and Protocols
• More on digitization