Currently 7 Thematic Collection Networks with 130 participating institutions

Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC NSF Program)

Project Goals1. Digitize & Georeference one million occurrence records

for southwestern ground-dwelling arthropods2. Produce 16,000 species images (promote identifications)3. Online interactive database & taxonomic workflows

Broader Impact Goals1. Promote Biodiversity-Informatics workforce2. Use Data Now: SDM & Biodiversity Modeling (Climate

Change)

Eight SCAN Museums

Workflow - Symbiota

SCAN InteractivityiDigBio

SCAN Symbiota Data PortalHosted at iDigBio

SCAN Background Website

Specify

EMu

Symbiota

Arctos

Transitioning to Drupal Site hosted

by iDigBio

Filtered PushFiltered Push and Portal

Power Annotation UpdatesFiltered Push

Updates Catalog Records

Museum-specific Catalog Management Tools

(100,000 Records)

SCAN InteractivityiDigBio

SCAN Symbiota Data PortalHosted at iDigBio

SCAN Background Website

Specify

EMu

Symbiota

Arctos

Transitioning to Drupal Site hosted

by iDigBio

Filtered PushFiltered Push and Portal

Power Annotation UpdatesFiltered Push

Updates Catalog Records

Museum-specific Catalog Management Tools

Eight SCAN Museums

Eight Museums

w/ High EndImaging Systems

Workflow - Imaging

SCAN Imaging1. Online image library 2. Zoomify3. How-to resources

SCAN Challenges & Opportunities

1. Develop a virtual workforceA. Basic Virtualization (Skype & Adobe Connect)B. Host virtual workshops & meetings with wikis, blogs etc….

2. Create a digitization culture A. Expand to Non-Scan taxa B. Other collections (within existing institutions, smaller museums, and private)

3. Increase Identification Capabilities A. Faster reliable identifications to genus or species

1. Taxon-specific imaging (most taxa), DNA barcoding (Carabidae), genitalia (Eleodes)

4. Navigate the Dynamic Road of Technologies A. Adopting & Cross-walking Available TechnologiesB. Planning for the future