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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 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
- Metadata Creation Date: 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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-09-03
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Eagle Eye
Software that aims to help with the digitization of paper collection forms. It specializes in the form templates used in KU collections, but it allows adaptation to other form...- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-09-03
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MorphoSource
Repository of 3D models specialized on natural history, cultural heritage and scientific collections. It provides tools to find, view and download 3D data. -
TaxonWorks
Web-based Collection Management System that is designed to streamline the entire taxonomic workflow, from capturing early observations and specimen data to producing... -
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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-08-01
- Resource Modified Date: 2022-07-19
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Biodiversity Data Mobilization Course
A course that covers accepted community standards for the implementation of biodiversity data mobilization efforts. The course includes written and video materials that can be...- Language: engspafrapor
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-31
- Resource Modified Date: 2021-05-01
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ITP: The Integrated Publishing Toolkit
Software that allows for the creation and management of repositories for publishing data in GBIF. It creates a Darwin-Core compliant repository that can be published in GBIF.
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-31
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GBIF Data Validator
A tool that helps with the validation of datasets that will be shared through GBIF. It checks for syntactical correctness and validates data content, so as to identify potential...- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-31
- Resource Modified Date: 2021-06-18
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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-06-13
- Resource Modified Date: 2023-05-01
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Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide
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...
- Language: engspa
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-05-29
- Resource Modified Date: 2022-02-25
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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-06-12
- Resource Modified Date: 2021-02-21
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Smart Shooter
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...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-03-28
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Arctos: Collaborative Collection Management Solution
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,...- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-24
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Specify 6
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-...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-24
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Specify 7
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...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-24
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Handbook of best practice and standards for 2D+ and 3D imaging of natural...
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...
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-17
- Resource Date Published: 2020-04-06
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Inselect - Source Code
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...
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-16
- Resource Modified Date: 2017-01-16