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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... -
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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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-08-29
- Resource Date Published: 2025-06-17
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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-08-01
- Resource Modified Date: 2022-07-19
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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
- Metadata Creation Date: 2025-07-31
- Resource Modified Date: 2011-01-30
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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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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... -
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... -
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... -
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,... -
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. -
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,... -
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Creative Commons Licences List
List of Creative Commons licenses -
Copyright and Scholarship: What is Copyright?
This guide explains the concept of copyright, and serves to clear doubts about several basic aspects revolving around the topic of copyright. -
Photoshop User Guide - About high dynamic range images
Page of the User Guide that explains about dynamic range and how to create and process High Dynamic Range (HDR) in Photoshop. -
Library of Congress Recommended Formats Statement
Describes recommended formats for analog and digital creative works that will maximise the survivability and continued accessibility of the creative content. -
LACMIP EMu Handbook
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