[NHCOLL-L:1328] Re: digital imaging of herbarium specimens

[Daniel Mosquin]

Piet -

Two links that may be of some use:

New York Botanical Garden has undergone a vascular plant type imaging 
project, the details of which can be seen here: 
http://www.nybg.org/bsci/herbarium_imaging/. Of particular interest to you 
would be the Imaging Manual, which is a set of procedures and 
recommendations for photographing and archiving type specimens.

Also, the Museum of Comparative Zoology has a type specimen image database 
of its entomological collections. You can read about their setup on the 
"About" link here: http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm.

Kind regards,
Daniel

At 03:08 AM 11/23/2001, you wrote:
>We want to make images of the historical collections and the types.
>What is the experience of other institutes? What kind of digital camera
>you use? Any advice, suggestion or comment is welcome.
>
>Thanks,
>Piet
>
>--
>Dr. Piet Stoffelen
>National Botanic Garden of Belgium
>Domein van Bouchout
>B-1860 Meise
>Belgium
>Phone: +32-(0)2-269.39.05 ---------- Fax: +32-(0)2-270.15.67

Daniel Mosquin
Accessions Technician
UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Horticulture

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