Small Herbarium Workshop FSU

This wiki provides resources for the Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Florida State University, 9-12 December 2013

Agenda and Logistics

• Tentative Draft Agenda
• Workshop Logistics
• Informational e-mail number one
• VisitTallahassee.com
• Online Visitor's Guide to Tallahassee
• Andrew's Downtown (restaurant)
• Map of downtown and Gaines Street dining options
• Bread & Roses: Vegan/vegetarian restaurant, new, very good quiche! noon-4ish. 915-2 Railroad Ave., about a block from Residence.

Collaborative Notes and Communication

• Collaborative Notes Doc
• @iDigBio says Got Twitter? Small Herbaria Workshop hash tag #smallherb
• Attend Remotely: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/smallherb

Presentations

• [The FSU experience] Austin Mast
• Photography 101 for Small Herbaria, Joanna McCaffrey
• The Salem College Herbarium Helen Fowowe
• The Valdosta State Herbarium (VSC) Experience Richard Carter
• The Arkansas State Herbarium Experience Kari Harris
• The CSC Herbarium Experience Anna Monfils
• The Fairmont State Experience Donald E. Trisel
• [Specify collections management software] Andy Bentley
• Installing Specify from script Theresa Miller
• Symbiota Ed Gilbert
• Photography 101 Joanna McCaffrey
• [Setting up an imaging station:NYBG style] Kim Watson
• [Using Lightroom to manage image processing workflows] Kim Watson
• [Creating herbarium labels with mail merge in Word] Richard Carter
• [Pre­digitization curation] Richard Carter
• [Accessing your Symbiota node and entering data] Ed Gilbert
• Georeferencing Choices [pptx] Deborah Paul
• OCR, it's not just for parsing! Think Sort. [pptx] Deborah Paul
• Got (messy) data? Try Open Refine [pptx] Deborah Paul

Workflow Documents

• Florida State University Herbarium Imaging Protocol
• Valdosta State University Herbarium (VSC) Vascular Plant Imaging Protocol
• Valdosta State Herbarium (VSC) Bryophyte Packet Imaging Protocol
• Valdosta Herbarium image processing with Nikon Dust Off process included
• Increasing the efficiency of digitization workflows for herbarium specimens, Tulig M, Tarnowsky N, Bevans M, et al

iDigBio's Flat Sheets and Packets Working Group Workflows

• Module 1 Pre-digitization Curation Tasks
• Module 2: Imaging station setup for camera stations
• Module 3: Imaging station setup for scanners
• Module 4: Imaging tasks
• Module 5: Image processing
• Module 6: Data capture

Imaging Equipment

• NYBG Herbarium Imaging and Equipment Specifications
• Nikon cameras and a related copy stand and lights
• Imaging Equipment Recommendations for Small Herbaria

Imaging Procedures and Workflows

• NYBG: Standardized Digital Imaging and Archiving Procedures, Mike Bevans

Image Processing

• NYBG Image editing guidelines
• iDigBio's Recommendations for the Acquisition, Processing, Storage, and Distribution of Digital Images
• Valdosta State's Label Merge by Phillip Lowe

Related Articles and Papers

• Streamlining Collaborative Digitization, Tulig & Watson, NYBG
• Beginner's Guide to Digital Imaging - Glossary

Barcodes

• LBCC barcode document

Sources for Barcodes

• Computype 2285 West County Road C St. Paul, MN 55113 (800) 328-0852
• Watson Label Products 3884 Forest Park Blvd St Louis, Mo 63108 (314) 652-6715 (800) 678-6715
• University Products blank archival labels