i Collections : introduction Gordon Paterson Chair, i
Collections
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i Collections: British and Irish Lepidoptera Project Digitising
British Isles Lepidoptera collection ~500,000 specimens, 5,000
drawers Re-curation Specimen imaging Complete label information
Georeferencing Data available through the KE EMu collections data
system
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i Collections: WHY BRITISH AND IRISH LEPIDOPTERA? 1) Needed a
coherent collection which would provide sufficient numbers of
specimens to develop, test and establish suitable mass digitisation
pipelines. 2) Needed to be of sufficient size to make an impact and
to deliver a large volume of data. 3) Needed to be scientific and
culturally coherent and credible our entire British and Irish
collections are of interest to scientists, conservationists and the
general public. 4) Data produced would address wider scientific and
societal issues 5) A collections management perspective what do we
have? How many? And where are the gaps? 6. There are external
sources of information on UK leps (from surveys) so we can use it
as a model system to study the utility of collections for
macroecological studies. 7. This may act as a useful pilot project
for a global collaboration - Macro Leps are one of the few 'large'
invert groups where it may be possible to do the whole world.
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i Collections: Building the pipeline Preparation Specimens and
labels are put in individual trays Imaging Canon DSRL and macro
lens Rehousing New drawers Databasing Rapid Data Entry Application
Georeferencing
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British & Irish Collections
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i Collections: The Digitising Team Flavia Johanna Elisa Peter
Lyndsey Sara Peter
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i Collections: The Pipeline in action
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Preparation for imaging
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Imaging station
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Data capture
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i Collections: Progress Record statusCount Completed63109 Need
scrutiny678 Referred to admin801
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i Collections: British & Irish Lepidoptera Project 4-6
people over 3 years Small tasks Team work Average imaging rate 163
specimen/day*person Average time for preparation, imaging and
databasing is approx 3 min >1/specimen Less then 0.1% of damaged
specimens
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What next? 1)Establish consistent taxonomy within the data
capture module 2)Georeferencing 3)KE EMu interface 4)Lots more
digitising!
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i Collections Team Chair: Gordon Paterson; Collections
management: Geoff Martin, Martin Honey, Blanca Huertas, Theresa
Howard, Rob Huxley QA/QC KE EMu: Darrell Siebert; Workflows:
Vladimir Blagoderov, Steve Cafferty; Database/interfaces: Adrian
Hine, Chris Sleep, Mike Sadka; Senior users: Steve Brooks, Ian
Kitching; Digitisation Team: Peter Wing, Elisa Cane, Flavia Toloni,
Joanna Durant, Sara Albuquerque, Lyndsey Douglas, Gerardo Mazzetta;
Georeferencing/GIS: Malcolm Penn; Administration: Victoria
Carter.