Drawer Imaging Group

International Whole-Drawer Digitization Interest Group

This page is devoted to resources and discussion for whole-drawer and bulk imaging of dried, pinned insect collection drawers and related bulk specimen containers. The interest group schedules regular discussion sessions via Adobe Connect for the purpose of sharing techniques, strategies, uses, improvements, and technology associated with producing a single image of an entire insect drawer. Resources, related documents, and discussion notes are stored below.

Interest Group Members

• Nicole Fisher (co-coordinator), Australian National Insect Collection
• Gil Nelson (co-coordinator), iDigBio
• Vladimir Blagoderov, History Museum
• Andy Deans, Penn State
• Chris Dietrich, Illinois Natural History Survey
• Paul Flemons, Australian Museum
• Jeff Holland, Purdue
• Roy Larimer, Visionary Digital
• Joost van Leusen, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
• Stephan Schmidt, Zoologische Staatssammlung München
• Geoff Thompson, Queensland Museum
• Jennifer Zaspel, Purdue

Collaborative Notes and Interest Group Documents

• Collaborative Notes Document

Relevant Papers

• Results and insights from the NCSU Insect Museum GigaPan project, Bertone, et al.
• Whole-drawer imaging for digital management and curation of a large entomological collection, Mantle, et al.
• InvertNet: a new paradigm for digital access to invertebrate collections, Dietrich, et al.
• DScan – a high-performance digital scanning system for entomological collections, Schmidt, et al.
• Digitaliseren van de entomologische collecties van Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leusen, et. al

Digitization of the entomological collections of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leusen article above, translated to English

Relevant Links

• Drawer Digitization Project - Hymenoptera (Zoologische Staatssammlung in Munich)