Title:
Digitising the entire Museum collection could contribute over £2 billion to the global economy
Author:
Josh Davis
Published:
Natural History Museum, 26 October 2021
From the article:
The economic benefit of digitising an entire museum collection has been quantified for the first time.
Research has found that digitising the Museum's 80 million objects would contribute to biodiversity research, the study of invasive species and the safeguarding of agricultural crops to the tune of billions of pounds.