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Arctos - iDigBio Collection Management System (CMS) Information Gathering -...
This document captures responses from Arctos to a survey made by iDigBio in 2021 that includes answers to questions that would be relevant for a biodiversity specimen collection...
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-09-04
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Collection Management Systems
This article gives descriptions of commonly used collection management systems used by biodiversity collections and have links to other resources to get further information...
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-09-04
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What is Copyright?
Page that describes the general concepts of Copyright. It addresses several topics that would be of interest to someone new to the different aspects of copyright. It is...
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-07-24
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Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials
Shared best practices for still image materials followed by agencies participating in the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI). The latest update in 2023...
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-06-13
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Code of Ethics and Professional Practices for Collections Professionals
Codes of ethics that are specifically tailored for the activities and responsibilities of collections professionals. This code of ethics is part of the American Alliance of...
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-06-12
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OpticalLimits
Sites that specialize in the review of camera lenses and provide an understanding of the quality of these lenses at particular settings.
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-05-22
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Digital Photography Review
Site that specializes in reviews of hardware for digital photography. -
LightingBug: Transforming Insect Digitization
Insect digitization project main page that focuses on semi-automated label transcription and 3d photogrammetry. There are several pages providing a description of the project,...
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-07-09
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Smithsonian Institution Archives - Digitizing Collections
The resource details technical specifications and standards followed by the Smithsonian Institution Archives for the digitization of still images, audiovisual, and video.
- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-06-13
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Preservation Guidelines for Digitizing Library Materials
This resource from the Library of Congress provides a set of guidelines for the care and handling of collection materials during the digitization process. It outlines... -
Audiovisual Core Term List
The Audiovisual Core Term List is a comprehensive metadata standard that defines controlled vocabularies for describing biodiversity-related multimedia resources (images, audio,... -
Copyright and Scholarship: What is Copyright?
This guide explains the concept of copyright, and serves to clear doubts about several basic aspects revolving around the topic of copyright. -
Cambridge in Colour
The site includes tools, tutorials, and other resources that help introduce concepts in general photography. Among the tools it contains is a depth-of-field calculator. -
Photoshop User Guide - About high dynamic range images
Page of the User Guide that explains about dynamic range and how to create and process High Dynamic Range (HDR) in Photoshop. -
Library of Congress Recommended Formats Statement
Describes recommended formats for analog and digital creative works that will maximise the survivability and continued accessibility of the creative content. -
Developing Robust Object-to-Image-to-Data (DROID) Workflow Modules and Task Lists
The Developing Robust Object-to-Image-to-Data (DROID) initiative convened workshops to create and refine modular digitization workflows for each specimen preparation type. This... -
California Phenology Network Workflow
Digitization protocol specififc to the Califorrnia Harbarium Network. It presents a workflow diagram of specific tasks and description for implementation in a digitization project. -
BugFlow: a community resource for entomological collection digitization
BugFlow is a community resource for sharing entomological collection digitization workflows and modules. It started as an effort of updating insect digitization modules that...