The Value of Digitising Natural History Collections

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Research Ideas and Outcomes 7: e78844
https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.7.e78844 (07 Dec 2021)

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1. Executive Summary
- Natural history collections are an invaluable resource enabling fundamental scientific research with wide applications
- Digitising collections would improve access to crucial data enabling more research in a variety of domains from human health to the environment
- The value to the UK of research enabled by digitisation can be very large, running into billions
- There are billions of pounds of value from digitising the Museum collection
2. Introduction
3. Approach
- Identifying the benefits of digitisation
- Valuing the benefits of digitisation
4. Findings
- Theory of change
  - Logic model
- The value of digitising the museum’s collections
  - Valuing the impact of digitisation on research activities
  - The value for the UK of digitising the entire Natural History Museum collection is likely to be very large
- Invasive species
  - Valuing the impact of digitisation on biosecurity
- Benefits of digitisation to medicine discovery
  - Valuing the impact of digitisation on biodiscovery for health
- Benefits of digitisation to agricultural research
  - Valuing the impact of digitisation on agricultural R&D
- Benefits of digitisation to biodiversity conservation
  - Valuing the impact of digitisation on conservation
- Benefits of digitisation to mineral exploration
  - Valuing the impact of digitisation
5. Conclusion
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