The aim of this course is to empower participants with the knowledge and skills to (1) identify and describe relevant facets of information or potential information related to biodiversity specimens, (2) identify and describe common digitization protocols and best practices related to transcription, imaging, and georeferencing, (3) identify downstream uses that are relevant to digitization decision-making, (4) recognize basic principles of data management including the importance of identifiers, (5) identify collections management system (CMS) options and the major differences among them, and (6) outline a digitization project, including quality control and a data management plan that includes data sharing.
Introducing you to the people behind the projects.
This course provides the opportunity to engage with a panel of experts representing different collection management systems.
Panelists have included representatives from Axiell, Arctos, Specify, Symbiota, BRAHMS, CollectionSpace, CollectiveAccess, EarthCape, and TaxonWorks.
Arriving soon! A new curated platform for digitization resources from across
the world. The Digitization Knowledgebase will provide links to relevant
content, organized by topic for easy exploration.
