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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-09-04
- Resource Date Created: 2021-01-01
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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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MorphoSource
Repository of 3D models specialized on natural history, cultural heritage and scientific collections. It provides tools to find, view and download 3D data. -
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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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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Lightroom
Computer software that focuses on image manipulation via non-destructive edits. It allows batch editing files and produces edits such as changing the color profiles, cropping,...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-25
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Helicon Focus
Photo stacking software that can work with large numbers of high-quality photos. It can process RAW files and save the resulting compilation in DNG. It takes advantage of multi-... -
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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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
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Inselect
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...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-16
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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 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,... -
EMu
Collection management system by Axiell. It specializes in cultural heritage and natural history museum collections.
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-06-27