Estimating herbarium specimen digitization rates: Accounting for human experience.
Caleb A PowellAlaina KrakowiakRachel FullerErica RylanderEmily L GillespieShawn KrosnickBrad R RuhfelAshley B MorrisJoey ShawPublished in: Applications in plant sciences (2021)
Using student labor is a common tactic for digitization efforts, and the resulting outreach exposes future professionals to natural history collections. However, overcoming the learning curve should be considered when estimating the labor necessary to digitize a collection.