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GBIF IPT Data-hosting centres
Page detailing the options available of sites and organizations that host an Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) for publishing data to GBIF. The list details options by...- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-09-05
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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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Arctos Webinar Recordings
Series of webinar recordings on how to use Arctos collection management system- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-09-04
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Arctos Handbook
The Arctos handbook includes relevant information on how to use Arctos but also includes relevant information for the broader collection audience for best practices to consider...- 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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DiSSCo Digitization Guides
This is resource contains pages pertaining best practices and guides for the digitization of biodiversity specimen collections built by Distributed System of Scientific...- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-09-03
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Slides Digitization - R. Glenn Northcutt Collection
Series of short videos describing the processed used to digitize the histological slides in the Northcutt Collection- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-08-29
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Resources for Using Open Refine
Wiki article that provides a general overview of OpenRefine, what it does, when to use it and provides some tricks for automation. The article also provides links to several...- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-08-01
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GUID and Life Sciences Identifiers Applicability Statements
A set of documents that provide guidelines and recommendations for standardizing the use of identifiers for digitized biodiversity specimens.- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-07-31
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Data Ingestion Guidance
An article that provides an overview of requirements and standards for publishing biodiversity specimen data. It gives a summary of different relevant topics and provides links...- Language: eng
- Created: 2025-07-31
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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,...