Accelerating the Digitization of Biodiversity Research Specimens through Online Public Participation
Accelerating the Digitization of Biodiversity Research Specimens through Online Public Participation
复制标题
通过在线公众参与加速生物多样性研究标本数字化
DOI：
10.7490/f1000research.1097575.1
复制
发表时间：
2015
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
Austin R Mast
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Elizabeth R. Ellwood;B. A. Dunckel;P. Flemons;R. Guralnick;Gil Nelson;Greg Newman;Sarah Newman;Deborah L Paul;G. Riccardi;N. Rios;Katja C. Seltmann;Austin R Mast
生物多样性研究界的一个目标是到2020年将美国收藏的10亿个标本中的大部分收集起来。实现这一雄心勃勃的目标需要加强合作和技术创新，并在大学和博物馆之外进行更广泛的参与。让公众参与到数字化中来，既可以为数字化机构服务，也可以促进公众对生物多样性科学的理解。我们讨论了公众参与者可以访问的三个广泛领域，这些领域将加速研究进展：标签和分类账转录，地点描述的地理参考，以及图像中的标本注释。我们说明每项活动，比较有用的工具，提出最佳实践和标准，并确定我们的知识差距和改进领域。公众参与生物多样性研究标本数字化的领域正处于增长阶段，科学家、教育工作者和公众有许多新的机会，与其他领域的补充项目（例如，数字人文（Digital Humanities）
A goal of the biodiversity research community is to digitize the majority of the one billion specimens in US collections by 2020. Meeting this ambitious goal requires increased collaboration and technological innovation and broader engagement beyond the walls of universities and museums. Engaging the public in digitization promises to both serve the digitizing institutions and further the public understanding of biodiversity science. We discuss three broad areas accessible to public participants that will accelerate research progress: label and ledger transcription, georeferencing from locality descriptions, and specimen annotation from images. We illustrate each activity, compare useful tools, present best practices and standards, and identify gaps in our knowledge and areas for improvement. The field of public participation in digitization of biodiversity research specimens is in a growth phase with many emerging opportunities for scientists, educators, and the public, as well as broader communication with complementary projects in other areas (e.g., the digital humanities).
众包作为人文研究基础设施的组成部分
DOI：
10.3366/ijhac.2013.0086
发表时间：
2013
期刊：
International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing
影响因子：
--
作者：
Dunn S
通讯作者：
Dunn S