Biological museums work to digitize and publish entire collections.

October 25, 2015

Biological museums work to digitize and publish entire collections.

Ethelema, an iron clad beetle. Image available online.

Museums around the globe, including at Ohio State University, are trying to harness the power of digital technology to make available collections that have long lay dormant on shelves and in dusty cabinets. Norman F. Johnson, an entomologist and director of the Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State, said he and his colleagues at the Museum of Biological Diversity have been working on its database since the mid-1990s. Reported by Erik Olsen for the New York Times.


The photographs in the article depict the staff, students, specimens, and imaging equipment at the Triplehorn Insect Collection.

https://go.osu.edu/digitizing

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