Digitization of herbarium is a method of keeping electronic record of data within a database, which contains information about the specimen (Scientific name, collection number, locality etc.). Sometimes the herbarium specimens may become inaccessible to the scientific researchers, students as well as public due to several unavoidable circumstances. Thus, the concept of virtual herbarium is gaining popularity among the herbaria worldwide. Digitization of the herbarium specimens help to keep a record of the herbarium specimens in the electronic media with a high-resolution image, which helps to preserve data for the future.
Digitization and Publicity Section
