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i Collections : introduction Gordon Paterson Chair, i Collections

i Collections : introduction Gordon Paterson Chair, i Collections. i Collections : British and Irish Lepidoptera Project. Digitising British Isles Lepidoptera collection ~500,000 specimens, 5,000 drawers Re-curation Specimen imaging Complete label information Georeferencing

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i Collections : introduction Gordon Paterson Chair, i Collections

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  1. iCollections: introduction Gordon Paterson Chair, iCollections

  2. iCollections: British and Irish Lepidoptera Project • Digitising British Isles Lepidoptera collection • ~500,000 specimens, 5,000 drawers • Re-curation • Specimen imaging • Complete label information • Georeferencing • Data available through the KE EMu collections data system

  3. iCollections: WHY BRITISH AND IRISH LEPIDOPTERA? 1) Needed a coherent collection which would provide sufficient numbers of specimens to develop, test and establish suitable mass digitisation pipelines. 2) Needed to be of sufficient size to make an impact and to deliver a large volume of data. 3) Needed to be scientific and culturally coherent and credible ­ our entire British and Irish collections are of interest to scientists, conservationists and the general public. 4) Data produced would address wider scientific and societal issues 5) A collections management perspective ­ what do we have? How many? And where are the gaps? 6. There are external sources of information on UK leps (from surveys) so we can use it as a model system to study the utility of collections for macroecological studies. 7. This may act as a useful pilot project for a global collaboration - Macro Leps are one of the few 'large' invert groups where it may be possible to do the whole world.

  4. iCollections: Building the pipeline

  5. British & Irish Collections

  6. iCollections: The Digitising Team Peter Peter Johanna Sara Elisa Lyndsey Flavia

  7. iCollections: The Pipeline in action

  8. Preparation for imaging

  9. Imaging station

  10. Data capture

  11. iCollections: Progress

  12. iCollections: British & Irish Lepidoptera Project • 4-6 people over 3 years • Small tasks • Team work • Average imaging rate 163 specimen/day*person • Average time for preparation, imaging and databasing is approx 3 min • >£1/specimen • Less then 0.1% of damaged specimens

  13. What next? • Establish consistent taxonomy within the data capture module • Georeferencing • KE EMu interface • Lots more digitising…!

  14. iCollections Team Chair: Gordon Paterson; Collections management: Geoff Martin, Martin Honey, Blanca Huertas, Theresa Howard, Rob Huxley QA/QC KE EMu: Darrell Siebert; Workflows: Vladimir Blagoderov , Steve Cafferty; Database/interfaces: Adrian Hine, Chris Sleep, Mike Sadka; Senior users: Steve Brooks, Ian Kitching; Digitisation Team: Peter Wing, Elisa Cane, Flavia Toloni, Joanna Durant, Sara Albuquerque, Lyndsey Douglas, Gerardo Mazzetta; Georeferencing/GIS: Malcolm Penn; Administration: Victoria Carter.

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