Digital Content Lifecycle and Natural History Collections: New Responsibilities & Opportunities

There has been an increasing focus on digitizing objects housed in natural history collections and recent funding initiatives will lead to the acquisition of digital assets on a massive scale. The acquisition of these assets presents many new challenges related to the management and accessibility of these items. It also provides an opportunity to make collections accessible in new and interesting ways. This session features presentations on the digital content life-cycle from leaders in the field. Topics covered include preservation, discovery, and dissemination.