Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The impact of preserved museum specimens is transforming and increasing by three-dimensional (3D) imaging that creates high-fidelity online digital specimens. Through examples from the openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network, we describe how we created a digitization community dedicated to the shared vision of making 3D data of specimens available and the impact of these data on a broad audience of scientists, students, teachers, artists, and more. High-fidelity digital 3D models allow people from multiple communities to simultaneously access and use scientific specimens. Based on our multiyear, multi-institution project, we identify significant technological and social hurdles that remain for fully realizing the potential impact of digital 3D specimens.
Source: BioScience
Authors: David C Blackburn, Doug M Boyer, Jaimi A Gray, Julie Winchester, John M Bates, Stephanie L Baumgart, Emily Braker, Daryl Coldren, Kevin W Conway, Alison Davis Rabosky, Noé de la Sancha, Casey B Dillman, Jonathan L Dunnum, Catherine M Early, Benjamin W Frable, Matt W Gage, James Hanken, Jessica A Maisano, Ben D Marks, Katherine P Maslenikov, John E McCormack, Ramon S Nagesan, Gregory G Pandelis, Heather L Prestridge, Daniel L Rabosky, Zachary S Randall, Mark B Robbins, Lauren A Scheinberg, Carol L Spencer, Adam P Summers, Leif Tapanila, Cody W Thompson, Luke Tornabene, Greg J Watkins-Colwell, Luke J Welton, the oVert Project Team, Edward L Stanley
Institutions: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Duke University, Field Museum of Natural History, University of Chicago, University of Colorado Boulder, Texas A&M University, University of Michigan, DePaul University, Cornell University, University of New Mexico, Science Museum of Minnesota, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington, Occidental College, University of Kansas, California Academy of Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Idaho State University, Yale University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,342
Awards: Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, The oUTCT PEN: Outwardly Mobilizing the UTCT Vertebrate Archive for Research and Training, Collaborative Research: Digitization PEN: BatPEN!—A Partnership to Facilitate Scientific Inquiry into the Vast Functional Trait Diversity of Phyllostomid Bats, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization PEN: Functional Quantitative Characters for Ecology and Evolution (FuncQEE), Digitization: iDigBio: Integrated Digitized Biocollections Phase 2, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization PEN: GalapaGateway: Unlocking Model Evolutionary Systems for Research and Education, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization PEN: CryptoVert - Digitizing small-bodied cryptobenthic fishes for the oVertTCN, Digitization PEN: oMEGA - Online Metrology of Extant Giant Animals for the oVert TCN, Collaborative Research: Cross-Cutting Improvements: Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network (NoCTURN), Digitization PEN: oBird: 3D Photogrammetry of Museum Specimens for Phenomics across the Avian Tree of Life, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization PEN: oMeso: Opening Mesoamerican Herpetofaunal Diversity to Whole Phenome Imaging, Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D
OpenAlex ID: W4392498823