Publication Date:
2024-03-22
Description:
This paper describes the design and build of a pilot Natural Sciences Collections
Digitisation Dashboard (CDD). The CDD will become a key service for the Distributed
System of Scientific Collections Research Infrastructure (DiSSCo) and aims to improve the
discoverability of natural science collections (NSCs) held in European institutions, both
digitised and undigitised. Furthermore, it will serve as a dynamic visual assessment tool for
strategic decision-making, including the prioritisation of digitisation. The CDD pilot includes
high-level information from nine European NSCs, covering the number of objects,
taxonomic scope, storage type, chronostratigraphy (Earth Science Collections),
geographical region and level of detail in digitisation. This information is structured through a standardised Collection Classification Scheme, which uses high-level categorisation to
describe physical natural science collections.
Keywords:
data dashboard
;
natural science collections
;
biodiversity
;
geodiversity
;
collection
;
classification scheme
;
collections coverage
;
digitisation metrics
;
data visualisation
;
discoverability
;
prioritisation
;
decision-making
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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