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Digitisation of primary biodiversity data in natural history collections

Digitisation of primary biodiversity data in natural history collections. John Tann john.tann@austmus.gov.au Kolkata, June 2011.

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Digitisation of primary biodiversity data in natural history collections

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  1. Digitisation of primary biodiversity data in natural history collections John Tann john.tann@austmus.gov.au Kolkata, June 2011 The Atlas is funded by the Australian Government under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategyand further supported by the Super Science Initiative of the Education Investment Fund

  2. Australian collections ABIF estimates February 2011

  3. Herbarium sheets

  4. Herbarium sheets

  5. Museum specimens Carl Bento, Australian Museum Jason Armstrong, Australian Museum Stuart Humphreys, Australian Museum Australian Museum Brooke Carson-Ewart, Australian Museum

  6. Imaging Geoff Thompson, Queensland Museum RBG Sydney Imaging for diagnostics Imaging for preservation Imaging for access

  7. Field data capture • Initially targeted for Citizen Science and rebuilt for researchers • Web and mobile versions • Open Source • You define a project, including fields to collect. • Records captured can be viewed through website • Export records to your CMS • Administration through browser

  8. Names service

  9. Supplementary projects Specify 6 Open source Collection Management System Morphbank Image repository for biological science GEOLocate Georeferencing software and services

  10. Council of Heads of Australian Collections of Microorganisms The Atlas of Living Australia Participants The Atlas is funded by the Australian Government under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategyand the Education Investment Fund

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