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Digital libraries for biodiversity and natural history collections

✍ Scribed by Miguel Ruiz; Jacob Kramer-Duffield; Jane Greenberg; Nathan Hall

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
38 KB
Volume
46
Category
Article
ISSN
0044-7870

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This panel aims to discuss the importance of creating digital libraries for biodiversity and natural history collections, the state of the art in terms of standards, best practices and the challenges that natural history museums and herbaria face when trying to digitize their collections, and the creation and management of personal digital libraries for botanical learning.

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