Small Herbarium Workshop Botany 2014

This wiki includes agenda, materials, and resource in support of the iDigBio small herbarium digitization workshop at Botany 2014, 31 July, Boise, ID.

Agenda and Logistics

• Workshop Announcement
• Draft Agenda
• SCNet announcement

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

Imaging Equipment

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

Related wikis

• iDigBio's Digitization Resources Wiki
• Valdosta State, September 2012
• Small Herbarium workshop, Florida State, December 2013

Remote Participation

• Link for remote participation

Workshop Recordings

• 8am-10:15am
• 10:20am-12pm
• 1pm-2:30pm

Presentations

• Data management tools and database options
• Understanding Data
• Citizen science, crowdsourcing, public participation, and BioSpex
• Documenting the importance of small herbaria
• Introduction to SCNet and NANSH
• The importance of and challenges to getting started
• Intro to iDigBio
• Digitized data and research: molecular, morphological, and vouchered
• Steps for getting started with a digitization program
• Specimen imaging
• Digitization workflows for small herbaria