[Nhcoll-l] Online label maker

[Ian Engelbrecht]

Hi folks,

I just wanted to drop an alert here about a simple online label designing
tool I built, available at
https://labels.nscf.org.za.

You drag in your Darwin Core-ish csv file with your label data and then
tweak the settings (dimensions, font weight, etc) to your liking and then
‘print’ the labels via the browser’s print dialog (typically saving to PDF
for actual printing). You can edit field mappings and select which elements
you want to include/exclude (barcodes, det labels, punch hole marks). Your
settings are saved when you ‘print’ your labels. There’s a link to an
example dataset too as a place to start if needed.

The idea was to have a way to quickly generate specimen labels
independently of a full blown CMS. This is nice for undergraduate student
projects, independent collectors/hobbyists wanting to label their specimens
prior to depositing with an institution, etc. We have ‘general’ and
herbarium labels presently. Ento labels are ‘coming soon’, but will
probably just be a smaller version of the ‘general’ labels.

Just a note that no data are sent over the wire at any point, everything
happens locally in your browser, so your data are safe and private
throughout (feel free to drop the code, available on github, into your
favorite AI chat to check and confirm).

This tool was built while I was employed at the NSCF, there’s also a link
to that project’s website if you’re interested.

Any feedback is welcome on this email address.

Kind regards,

Ian
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