2024 Digital Data: Concurrent Session - Day 1, Building the Digitization Coordination Network

Описание: Many larger museums and archives have begun to implement a centralized approach to digitization of the collections by creating Digitization Coordinator positions. This new effort has initiated a singular vision for digitization which incorporates priorities, workflows, and resources to greatly improve the efficiency and throughput of digitization in collections. This effort is gaining more attention as the community sees the benefit of creating a more structured cross-disciplinary approach to digitization, allowing for better awareness and resourcing of the digitization needs in collections. Throughout a 3 day workshop held at the National Museum of Natural History in May 2023, it became evident that coordination of digitization efforts within natural history collections is multifaceted with many different stakeholders. Collaborations between different institutions and different countries would only strengthen the impact and sharing of knowledge. Participants agreed that a community network focused on information and resource sharing amongst people working in digitization coordinator roles or associated efforts was needed. The group set goals to create a “Digitization Coordinator Network” (DigiCoord Net) to help address these needs in the community. This session will highlight progress made establishing the network to date and to garner feedback from the audience.

Speakers:
David Jennings, Project Manager, UF / Florida Museum / iDigBio
Jillian Goodwin, Conference Manager / iDigBio