Initiating a Collection Digitisation Project Description: Document describing the process of initiating the digitisation of a natural history collection. Abstract: This document is designed to give the reader the confidence to get started and to make the right decisions when planning a natural history collection digitisation project. The authors have years of experience working with collections and they have instilled this expertise into this paper so one can more efficiently ask the right questions and make the appropriate plans prior to committing any resources to the task. GBIF Secretariat Author(s):Cristopher K. Frazier, John Wall and Sharon Grant, Contributor(s):GBIF Secretariat 2008-01 Biodiversity data digitisation, Strategies for data discovery and publishing English application/msword http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2176 Digital document Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470 Rights: Permission to copy and/or distribute all or part of the information contained herein is granted, provided that such copies carry due attribution to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Right holders: Global Biodiversity Information Facility