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Authors
Blagoderov, VladimirPenn, MG

Sadka, Mike
Hine, Adrian
Brooks, Stephen
Siebert, Darrell
Sleep, Chris
Cafferty, Steve
Cane, Elisa
Martin, Geoff

Toloni, Flavia
Wing, Peter

Chainey, John
Duffell, Liz
Huxley, Rob
Ledger, Sophie
McLaughlin, Caitlin
Mazzetta, Gerardo
Perera, J

Crowther, Robyn

Douglas, Lyndsey
Durant, Joanna
Honey, Martin
Huertas, B

Howard, Theresa
Carter, Victoria
Albuquerque, Sara
Paterson, Gordon
Kitching, I

Issue date
2017-09-25Submitted date
2017-09Subject Terms
digitisationgeoreferencing
sites
collection
database
workflow
museum
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The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects – iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date - the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project.Citation
Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, Albuquerque S, Paterson G, Kitching I (2017) iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e19893. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e19893Publisher
Pensoft PublishersJournal
Biodiversity Data JournalType
Journal ArticleItem Description
This is an open access article, available to all readers online, published under a creative commons licensing (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The attached file is the published version of the article.ISSN
1314-2836EISSN
1314-2828ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3897/bdj.5.e19893
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