Collections Digitization Workflows and Protocols

This wiki gathers useful resources for planning and executing biodiversity digitization projects. This includes general digitization resources, as well as preparation-specific workflows and protocols.

This page serves as a community collaboration collaboration. Contributions of existing workflows and protocols are encouraged, whether such workflows were developed by the contributor or discovered while searching the internet.

Create a free iDigBio account to upload and link your own contributions, or e-mail contributions (links or documents) to Molly Phillips (mphillips@flmnh.ufl.edu) or Gil Nelson (gnelson@bio.fsu.edu) for uploading and linking. An initial set of stubs is provided. Please expand as needed.

General Digitization Resources

• Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization
• iDigBio Digitization Workflow Workshop (DROID) report
• iDigBio's Collaborative Workflows Page (DROID Working Groups)
• Workflow Modules and Task Lists developed at DROID Workshop
• No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections (Zookeys Special Issue)
• [Specimen Image Capture: collected resources about image specifications, files, equipment and other resources]
• [iDigBio's Intellectual Property Policy]