Back to the future: A refined single‐user photostation for massively scaling herbarium digitization

2021/03/16 by Charles C. Davis, Jonathan A. Kennedy, Jonathan Kennedy +1 · 7 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Artificial intelligence #Biology #Computer science #Database #Digital collections #Digitization #Ecology #Herbarium #Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases #Plant and animal studies #Scalability #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Telecommunications #Variety (cybernetics) #Workflow #World Wide Web

paper · doi:10.1002/tax.12459

published in Taxon 70(3), 635-643 (Wiley)

openalex publication_date 2021/03/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Abstract The digitization of herbarium collections is greatly transforming plant biodiversity science, yet most herbarium data remain inaccessible. Here, we present a novel, single‐user photostation and associated workflow for efficiently mobilizing herbarium specimens. Our apparatus represents a significant improvement to existing technology and is scalable to a variety of digitization tasks from small to massive collections.

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