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
• Workflow Elements and Concepts: Common Practices, presentation by Gil Nelson
• 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
• InvertNet: a new paradigm for digital access to invertebrate collections (Zookeys article)
• iDigBio's Intellectual Property Policy

Herbarium Digitization Workflows and Protocols

Herbarium Digitization Workflows and Protocols
Title	Contributing Organization	Last Updated
Florida State Herbarium Imaging Protocol	Florida State Herbarium	May 2012
Valdosta State University Herbarium Vascular Plant Imaging Protocol]	Valdosta State University Herbarium	Unknown
Valdosta State University Bryophyte Packet Imaging Protocol]	Valdosta State University Herbarium	Unknown
Valdosta State University Image Processing with Nikon Dust Off Process included	Valdosta State University Herbarium	Unknown
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria imaging workflows	Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria	July 2010
STAR Herbarium Digitization Workflow	Arkansas State University STAR Herbarium	Unknown
Plant Imaging, Harvard University E-Type Initiative	Harvard University Entomology	Unknown
University of Vermont Pringle Herbarium GPI Pre-Digitization Curation Workflow	University of Vermont, Pringle Herbarium	Unknown
Global Plants Initiative Partner Handbook	Global Plants Initiative, JSTOR	Unknown
Developing integrated workflows for the digitisation of herbarium specimens using a modular and scalable approach	Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, published in Zookeys	July 2012
Herbarium Digitization Tasks and Components Overview: Presentation by Gil Nelson	iDigBio	September 2012
Herbarium Workflows: Presentation by Gil Nelson	iDigBio	September 2012
Increasing the efficiency of digitization workflows for herbarium specimens (article in Zookeys)	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, The New York Botanical Garden	July 2012
Herbarium Specimen Imaging: Standards and suggestions: Presentation by Kimberley Watson, NY Botanical Garden	The New York Botanical Garden	July 2014

Invertebrate Digitization Workflows and Protocols

Invertebrate Digitization Workflows and Protocols
Title	Contributing Organization	Last Updated
Insect Imaging, Harvard University E-Type Initiative	Harvard University Entomology	Unknown
Field Museum of Natural History Moreau Lab Imaging Manual	Field Museum of Natural History, Moreau Lab	January 2013

Palaeontology Digitization Workflows and Protocols

Palaeontology Digitization Workflows and Protocols
Title	Contributing Organization	Last Updated
Paul Selden's workflow for imaging fossil spiders (including hardware and software notes)	Paul Selden, University of Kansas	September 2013

Browse Workflows and Protocols

DROID Categories
Flat sheets and packets | Pinned specimens in trays and drawers | 3D Objects in Drawers and Boxes | Things in spirits

Discipline
Entomology | Herpetology | Paleontology | Botany | Marine Invertebrates | Ichthyology | Mammalogy | Mineralogy | Ornithology

Manufacturer
Leica | Nikon | Canon | Olympus | Satscan | BK Visionary Digital

Other keywords
Volunteers | Types | Crowdsourcing | Global Plants Initiative