Ying Luo

Ying Luo is a Digitisation Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where they work on digitising specimens and illustrations to improve access to the collections. With an MA Museum Studies degree from the University of Leicester, Ying is passionate about preserving collections and making them useful for research, learning, and public engagement.

Ying Luo will be speaking at the Digital Collections Summit 2025 :

Beyond the Collections: Behind Kew’s Digitisation Project

With around 7.5 million plant and fungal specimens, RBG Kew ’s ongoing mass Digitisation Project is one of the world’s most ambitious initiatives transforming botanical collections into accessible digital resources. We explore the cutting-edge imaging and databasing technology behind Kew’s project, enabling our digitised collection to facilitate research globally. Explore how we overcame challenges such as digitising bulky Herbarium specimens, microscope slides and fragile, historically important Herbarium sheets , such as those collected by Darwin. Whether you’re interested in heritage preservation or digital innovation, join us to explore the process of unlocking our collection for use around the world.