期刊
ZOOKEYS
卷 -, 期 209, 页码 7-17出版社
PENSOFT PUBL
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.209.3313
关键词
Scientific collections; biodiversity; digitization; specimen access; biodiversity informatics; data sharing; linked data; interoperability
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资金
- National Science Foundation [DBI 0956371]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [0956371] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
New information technologies have enabled the scientific collections community and its stakeholders to adapt, adopt, and leverage novel approaches for a nearly 300 years old scientific discipline. Now, few can credibly question the transformational impact of technology on efforts to digitize scientific collections, as IT now reaches into almost every nook and cranny of society. Five to ten years ago this was not the case. Digitization is an activity that museums and academic institutions increasingly recognize, though many still do not embrace, as a means to boost the impact of collections to research and society through improved access. The acquisition and use of scientific collections is a global endeavor, and digitization enhances their value by improved access to core biodiversity information, increases use, relevance and potential downstream value, for example, in the management of natural resources, policy development, food security, and planetary and human health. This paper examines new opportunities to design and implement infrastructure that will support not just mass digitization efforts, but also a broad range of research on biological diversity and physical sciences in order to make scientific collections increasingly relevant to societal needs and interest.
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