Papers by Gerardo Mazzetta
Some palaeobiological traits of the horned carnivorous dinosaur Carnotaurus BONAPARTE are assesse... more Some palaeobiological traits of the horned carnivorous dinosaur Carnotaurus BONAPARTE are assessed. Its body mass and indicator of athletic capabilities are estimated. A model of the jaw mechanics is proposed, including the analysis of the cranial kinesis. Fur- ther, the strength of the horns, head and neck muscles are studied. It is concluded that Car- notaurus was an agile theropod, with a somewhat fast rather than strong bite, and that it must have used the horns in intraspecific fights or even in hunting. RESUMO: Neste trabalho, discutem-se alguns aspectos paleobiologicos do dinossaurio car- nivoro com cornos Carnotaurus BONAPARTE. Sua massa corporal e a sua capacidade atleti- ca foram estimados. Propoe-se um modelo da mecânica mandibular, incluindo uma analise da cinetica do crânio. Alem disto, a resistencia dos cornos, cabeca e pescoco e estudada. Conclui-se que Carnotaurus era um teropode agil, com uma mordida mais rapida do que for- te e que deve ter usado seus cornos para l...
Nuevos hallazgos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Candeleros (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Picún Leufú, Neuquén, Argentina
Ameghiniana, 2004
Resumen. Se describe un nuevo afloramiento portador de icnitas de dinosaurios correspondiente a l... more Resumen. Se describe un nuevo afloramiento portador de icnitas de dinosaurios correspondiente a la seccion inferior de la Formacion Candeleros del Subgrupo Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano). Las icnitas se preservaron en areniscas gruesas a finas de color grisaceo y provienen del islote Cerrito del Bote, ubicado en el extremo suroeste del lago artificial Ezequiel Ramos Mexia, 15 km al este de Picun Leufu, Neuquen, Argentina. La relativamente buena preservacion de las huellas del icnoyacimiento permitio reconocer la presencia de tres morfotipos, correspondientes a un sauropodo titanosaurio de tamano mediano, un teropodo carnosaurio de gran talla y teropodos celurosaurios pequenos. Las huellas del titanosaurio fueron referidas a la icnoespecie Sauropodichnusgiganteus Calvo. Se documenta tambien la presencia de Abelichnusastigarrae Calvo a traves de dos huellas correspondientes a un carnosaurio, asi como de un morfotipo icnologico no registrado anteriormente y correspondiente a celurosau...
Supplementary material 4 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howar... The NHM has committed to Open Data and Open Access principles for science data, to be consistent ... more The NHM has committed to Open Data and Open Access principles for science data, to be consistent with UK government and European Commission objectives, funding body conditions, peer institutions and the wider scientific community. This strategy would also significantly enhance our collaborative research potential and position as a world-leading resource of natural history and biodiversity data. The argument for this approach has been laid out in detail in the 'Open by Default' NHM Digital Information Issues Paper reviewed by the Board of Trustees in 2013, and Open Access principles have already been incorporated into the NHM's intellectual property policy. The DCP Digital Licensing and Citation Policy, endorsed by Science Strategy Group in January 2015, is intended to build upon that position. Once defined, data policies should be embedded within the systems and protocols for managing internal datasets and serving them up to the public domain. Open access principles will be applicable to the vast majority of digital assets generated by the NHM's ongoing digitisation activities. However, there are exceptions to this rule where an entirely open access and licensing model is not appropriate, and a consistent and quantifiable approach will be needed to handle these. One such exception is designed to protect the NHM's research competitiveness, primarily by the application of appropriate embargoes to delay public release of the data. This document describes the NHM policy and processes for applying of science data embargoes for the NHM. It should be regarded as an exception to the 'Open by Default' rule, as defined by the overarching DCP data policy framework. KEY ITEMS 1. Review body: Science Strategy Group, supplemented by the Registrar and an IP specialist and with reference to specialist advisory groups as appropriate, to act as the primary authority for reviewing applications to invoke an embargo exception. 2. Duration: Initial applications for embargos to have the option of an initial 12 month or 36 month duration from the delivery of a research-ready dataset. 3. Application process: Initial embargo applications to be approved without challenge unless there are exceptional circumstances. If no application is received, it will be assumed that the data can be released under default open terms (subject to any additional exceptions). 4. Assessment: Applications to be based on an assessment of the 'value' that the embargo will bring to the NHM, balanced with our obligations to release data under EU, UK government and funder expectations. 5. Renewals: Applications to renew embargos to require increasingly compelling arguments for the 'value' that an extension would deliver. 6. Management: Full details of current and historic embargos to be held in a central log, maintained by the Head of Science Administration Team. Policy for managing science data embargoes v1.0 2 CONSULTATION This policy was originally drafted in consultation with the Digital Collections Programme Board, DCP Digital Policy and Standards Project Board and Science Strategy Group. Wider consultation across Science via a Town Hall meeting and direct feedback on the draft document was used to refine the final policy document.
Supplementary material 3 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howar... Data on labels can be grouped into the following categories; Collection Event Data Collecting eve... more Data on labels can be grouped into the following categories; Collection Event Data Collecting event data comprises the collection locality, the collection date and collector. One or more of these components may be missing. There may also be other properties of the collection locality given e.g. altitude, Ordnance Survey grid reference, a precise latitude & longitude. Prior Collection & Sale Data There may be one of more labels describing previous collections or sales the specimen has passed through. These data normally give the name of the prior collection or sale with no additional detail. Registration Number and Detail In theory all specimens in the collection should have a registration number, though in reality not all specimens will have this number. The number links to a record in the Acquisition register with details of when and from where the specimens entered the museum. This number is not unique to the specimen, rather it applies to a batch of material. The number is in the format of [museum prefix] [year]-[number] e.g. 'BMNH(E) 2013-12'. There is some variability how the prefix is written, historically it was written 'B.M.' or 'Brit. Mus.'. More recently it is written 'BMNH(E)'. On some labels the museum prefix may be missing entirely and it just gives a [year]-[number]. On the registration label it may also give the source of the registered material e.g. 'N.C. Pilleau Coll.'. Specimen Number A specimen number (also known as specimen barcode) is unique to a specimen and is physically associated with it. This number is to ensure any data or image can be traced unambiguously to the specimen. A small proportion of the UK Lepidoptera collection already has a specimen number allocated to them. All specimen numbers added as part of the iCollections project include a Datamatrix barcode that encodes the number in a machine readable format. Preparation Details These are details relating to a slide or vial preparation (or both). The information will usually be a slide or vial number but may refer to other properties of the preparation. Taxonomic Determination Labels from recent specimens may have information about the determination such as the name of the taxon, the person who made the determination and the determination date. However for most older specimens determination data are absent. The iCollections project is not capturing these data if they are present.
Supplementary material 2 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howar... Data on labels can be grouped into the following categories; Collection Event Data Collecting eve... more Data on labels can be grouped into the following categories; Collection Event Data Collecting event data comprises the collection locality, the collection date and collector. One or more of these components may be missing. There may also be other properties of the collection locality given e.g. altitude, Ordnance Survey grid reference, a precise latitude & longitude. Prior Collection & Sale Data There may be one of more labels describing previous collections or sales the specimen has passed through. These data normally give the name of the prior collection or sale with no additional detail. Registration Number and Detail In theory all specimens in the collection should have a registration number, though in reality not all specimens will have this number. The number links to a record in the Acquisition register with details of when and from where the specimens entered the museum. This number is not unique to the specimen, rather it applies to a batch of material. The number is in the format of [museum prefix] [year]-[number] e.g. 'BMNH(E) 2013-12'. There is some variability how the prefix is written, historically it was written 'B.M.' or 'Brit. Mus.'. More recently it is written 'BMNH(E)'. On some labels the museum prefix may be missing entirely and it just gives a [year]-[number]. On the registration label it may also give the source of the registered material e.g. 'N.C. Pilleau Coll.'. Specimen Number A specimen number (also known as specimen barcode) is unique to a specimen and is physically associated with it. This number is to ensure any data or image can be traced unambiguously to the specimen. A small proportion of the UK Lepidoptera collection already has a specimen number allocated to them. All specimen numbers added as part of the iCollections project include a Datamatrix barcode that encodes the number in a machine readable format. Preparation Details These are details relating to a slide or vial preparation (or both). The information will usually be a slide or vial number but may refer to other properties of the preparation. Taxonomic Determination Labels from recent specimens may have information about the determination such as the name of the taxon, the person who made the determination and the determination date. However for most older specimens determination data are absent. The iCollections project is not capturing these data if they are present.
Supplementary material 1 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howar... Data on labels can be grouped into the following categories; Collection Event Data Collecting eve... more Data on labels can be grouped into the following categories; Collection Event Data Collecting event data comprises the collection locality, the collection date and collector. One or more of these components may be missing. There may also be other properties of the collection locality given e.g. altitude, Ordnance Survey grid reference, a precise latitude & longitude. Prior Collection & Sale Data There may be one of more labels describing previous collections or sales the specimen has passed through. These data normally give the name of the prior collection or sale with no additional detail. Registration Number and Detail In theory all specimens in the collection should have a registration number, though in reality not all specimens will have this number. The number links to a record in the Acquisition register with details of when and from where the specimens entered the museum. This number is not unique to the specimen, rather it applies to a batch of material. The number is in the format of [museum prefix] [year]-[number] e.g. 'BMNH(E) 2013-12'. There is some variability how the prefix is written, historically it was written 'B.M.' or 'Brit. Mus.'. More recently it is written 'BMNH(E)'. On some labels the museum prefix may be missing entirely and it just gives a [year]-[number]. On the registration label it may also give the source of the registered material e.g. 'N.C. Pilleau Coll.'. Specimen Number A specimen number (also known as specimen barcode) is unique to a specimen and is physically associated with it. This number is to ensure any data or image can be traced unambiguously to the specimen. A small proportion of the UK Lepidoptera collection already has a specimen number allocated to them. All specimen numbers added as part of the iCollections project include a Datamatrix barcode that encodes the number in a machine readable format. Preparation Details These are details relating to a slide or vial preparation (or both). The information will usually be a slide or vial number but may refer to other properties of the preparation. Taxonomic Determination Labels from recent specimens may have information about the determination such as the name of the taxon, the person who made the determination and the determination date. However for most older specimens determination data are absent. The iCollections project is not capturing these data if they are present.
Figure 8c from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 8a from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 8b from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 7 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, A... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 6 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, A... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 5 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, A... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 4d from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 4a from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 4c from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 3 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, A... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 4b from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, ... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 2 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, A... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
Figure 1 from: Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, A... The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects-iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date-the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project. §
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The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its... more The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects – iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date - the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project.
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