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CollectionSpace - iDigBio Collection Management System (CMS) Information...
This document captures responses from CollectionSpace to a survey made by iDigBio in 2021 that includes answers to questions that would be relevant for a biodiversity specimen...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-09-04
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CollectionSpace
Collection management system that not only focus on biodiversity specimen collections but also allows the management of collection of several fields such as archeology, art,...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-09-04
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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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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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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-24
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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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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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Digital Images Are Data: And Should Be Treated as Such
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...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-06-11
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Avoiding Twisted Pixels: Ethical Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and...
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...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-06-11
- Resource Date Published: 2010-06-22
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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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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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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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Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials
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...
- Language: eng
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-16
- Resource Date Published: 2022-10-12
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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-06-13