[Nhcoll-l] Seeking recommendations for mollusk specimen digitization workflows

[E.M. TuckerLab]

Hi Dakota,
BugFlow (https://entcollnet.github.io/BugFlow/) has a lot of collection
digitization workflows shared on the repository. It's primarily
insect/arthropod focused ("bug" flow), but I imagine there still may be
helpful information for mollusk collections that just needs some
modification.

Best,
Erika

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Milwaukee Public Museum <https://www.mpm.edu/> (MPM) | Community Engagement
Projects Manager
Biodiversity Outreach Network <https://www.bon-earth.org/> (BON) |
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*Entomologist & Museum Collection Specialist*

Check it out!
   *Bug.News <http://bug.news/> *(blog)
   iDigBees Resources <https://idigbees.org/resources/>
   TPT Resources & Products
<https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Digitizing_collections_to_trace_parasite-host_associations_and_predict_the_spread_of_vector-borne_disease>
   BON Entomological Resources
<https://www.bon-earth.org/products-resources> (supplies, DIY, etc.)
   BugFlow <https://entcollnet.github.io/BugFlow/> (digitization workflows)
   GloBI How-To <https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/how-to> (help
page)
   SCAN <https://scan-bugs.org/> (Symbiota Collections of Arthropods
Network - arthropod database)
   *Bug Jewelry* <https://www.earthengypsydesigns.com/category/bugs> (made
with real bugs)




On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM Dakota Rowsey <drowsey at smm.org> wrote:

> Hello NHCOLLers,
>
> I am getting ready to develop a workflow for digitizing our museum's
> collection of mollusks from Minnesota, which mainly consists of freshwater
> mussels and land and freshwater snails. My taxonomic expertise is not in
> mollusks (though I'm a big fan of unionids) and so I'm interested to learn
> from other collection managers of mollusks who have digitized their own
> collections. What worked well for you and what would you recommend doing
> differently? I'm also interested in what kinds of digitized information
> would be of interest to malacologists that may not be readily available
> from specimen tags and field notes but would nevertheless be feasible to
> capture quickly, considering we will be handling our entire collection of
> shells and fluid specimens - I'm thinking trait data of some kind. Since
> we're starting mostly from scratch, I want to use this opportunity as best
> I can.
>
> Thanks for any advice you may have!
>
> Sincerely,
> Dakota
>
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> *Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. *(he/his)
> Biology Collections Manager
> Science Museum of Minnesota
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