118 digitization-resources found

A practical guide that demonstrates the usage of georeferencing best practices applied to different scenarios or types of locality description one might encounter when in the...

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...

Provides best practices for digital photography, including topics about: workflow, equipment, camera settings, image processing, storage and backup, and photographic techniques...

Author's manuscript of an article published in Methods Mol Biol. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-056-4_1). This makes a point that digital images are data and thus should...

Author Manuscript of the article published in Sci Eng Ethics (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-010-9201-y). This manuscript describes guidelines for the ethical use and...

Remote shooting camera software. One aspect that makes it useful for digitizing collections is that it can read different types of barcodes directly from the photo and include...

As a collection management information system, Arctos serves a diverse group of disciplines related to natural and cultural history. It is meant to be a collaborative platform,...

Desktop application for a collection management system, part of a suite of software developed by the Specify Collections Consortium. It can be used for free using the open-...

Web-based collection management system, part of a suite of software developed by the Specify Collections Consortium. It can be used for free using the open-source installation...

Sites that specialize in the review of camera lenses and provide an understanding of the quality of these lenses at particular settings.

List and describe a comprehensive number of techniques for the digitization of 2D and 3D objects in natural history collections. It highlights the weak and strong points of each...

A mobile application for Android that allows users to have better control over how the photos are taken, allowing advanced control over camera settings.

Site that specializes in reviews of hardware for digital photography.

A desktop application that helps with the automation of processing specimen images from whole-drawer scans. It combines several steps in the processing and management of images...

A desktop application that helps with the automation of processing specimen images from whole-drawer scans. It combines several steps in the processing and management of images...

This article provides guidelines on how to deal with offensive language present in labels and images of collections in a way that both preserves historical integrity and...

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,...

The resource details technical specifications and standards followed by the Smithsonian Institution Archives for the digitization of still images, audiovisual, and video.

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...

This document provides a collection of guidelines regarding the ethical acquisition and manipulation of files. This helps to avoid manipulating images in a way that is...