Published: March 26, 2025 Conference Proceedings
Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 2 Contributors 3 Annual Meetings 4 Resources Statement of Purpose This page is where information pertaining to official Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) Annual Meetings can be maintained, including PDFs of conference proceedings and abstracts. Contributors Genevieve Tocci, Emily Braker, Sankurie Pye Annual Meetings 2023 – San Francisco, CA, USA – 38th…
Published: March 26, 2025 Botanical Collections, Conference Proceedings, Cryogenic Collections, Field Collecting, Specimen and Material Type, Zoology Collections
Contents 1 About 2 Contributors 3 Specimen Preparation Types by Collection Type 3.1 Botany 3.2 Herpetology 3.3 Ichthyology 3.4 Ornithology 4 Links 4.1 Community Standards About These links and documents contain information about best practices for the preparation of different types of natural history specimens. Contributors Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting – 2016, during an…
Published: March 26, 2025 Conference Proceedings, Digitization and Imaging, Field Collecting, Specimen and Material Type, Zoology Collections
Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 2 Contributors 3 Recommended Equipment 4 Imaging specimens 5 Imaging Back-up Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about best practices for imaging live animals in the field. Contributors Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting – 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following…
Published: March 26, 2025 Conference Proceedings
Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 1.1 Introduction to Digitization 2 Contributors 3 Related pages 4 iDigBio’s workflows for digitization 5 Six task clusters of digitization 6 Adam Summers workflow for CT scanning Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about digitizing natural history collections and their associated data. Introduction to Digitization In the context of the SPNHC wiki ‘digitize’ means…
Published: March 26, 2025 Conference Proceedings
Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 2 Contributors 3 Database choice and formatting Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about databasing as relevant to natural history collections. Contributors Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting – 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following individuals participating in…
Published: March 26, 2025 Conference Proceedings
Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 2 Contributors 3 Data Aggregation (mobilization) 4 Identifiers (GUID) Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about data aggregation as relevant to natural history collections. Contributors Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting – 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the…
Published: March 25, 2025 Conference Proceedings, Field Collecting, Zoology Collections
Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 2 Introduction 3 Contributors 4 Collection Techniques 4.1 Herps 4.2 Fishes 5 Equipment Disinfection Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about best practices for collecting specimens. Contributors Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting – 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following individuals participating in…
