Digitization Resources

This page provides resources and information for the series of digitization training workshops being conducted by iDigBio. Included is a growing list of links to documents, websites, videos, presentations, and other important information related to biological collection digitization.

Workshop Outlines

• Herbarium Digitization Workshop Agenda: Media:Herbarium_Digitization_Workshop_Agenda.pdf
• Collaborative Workshop Notes - Day 2
• Collaborative Workshop Notes - Day 3

General Digitization Resources

• No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections (ZooKeys Special Issue)
• Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization Media:3135-G-3-layout.pdf

Imaging Documents

• Introducing the Digital Negative Specification
• Digital Negative Specification for Manufacturers
• Mike Bevans' Herbarium Image Editing Guidelines: Media:Herbarium_Image_Editing_Guidelines.pdf
• Mike Bevans' Digital Imaging and Archiving: Media:Standardized_Digital_Imaging NYBG.pdf
• Mike Bevans' Intro to Photoshop Media:Intro_to_Photoshop.pdf
• Mike Bevans' So, you want to digitize plant specimens Media:Imaging Manual.pdf
• Douglas Cromey's Digital Imaging Ethics
• Atiz Innovation, Inc.: Making sense of DPI, PPI, Megapixels and Resolution
• Nikon's Capture NX2 Software User's Manual
• Lichen/Bryophyte TCN Imaging Recommendations
• Pacific Northwest Herbaria imaging station and workflow

Camera Manuals & Specifications

• Nikon Camera Control Pro Reference Manual
• Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.11 Instruction Manual

Imaging Workflows and Protocols

• iDigBio Digitization Workflow Workshop (DROID) report
• iDigBio's Collaborative Workflows Page
• Bryophyte/Lichen TCN workflow
• Florida State University Herbarium Imaging Protocol: Media:Imaging_Protocol_v5b.pdf
• JSTOR PLANTS Handbook
• Developing integrated workflows for the digitisation of herbarium specimens using a modular and scalable approach

Georeferencing Resources

• Biogeomancer, Guide to Best Practices in Georeferencing
• Geolocate: Online and Desktop Georeferencing Tools
• MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS Georeferencing Guidelines
• Herpnet's georeferencing resources page
• iDigBio Georeferencing Wiki
• iDigBio's Georeferencing Working Group Forum

Database Resources

• iDigBio's Database, Portals, Aggregators, and Tools Review Page

Identifiers

• iDigBio GUID statement

Videos

• iDigBio's Introduction to Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 software
• iDigBio's Introduction to Nikon's Live View Feature
• Arizona State University's Orientation to Settings on a Canon Camera
• iDigBio's Batch Processing with Nikon Capture NX2
• iDigBio's Nikon D3X Camera Setup for Scientific Specimen Imaging