Following its creation in 1970, the Garoua Wildlife School in Cameroon proceeded to collect botanical specimens as well as selected large- and medium-sized mammals and birds species from protected areas in three different ecosystems of Cameroon: forest, savanna and the Sahel. The great diversity of these collections gave considerable importance to educational units for national and international students. Because of this, the herbarium of the Wildlife College is second in importance in Cameroon after the National Herbarium and it is able to combine information on the samples of species from the Sudanese and Sahelian zones. To date, more than 10,000 botanical specimens, 300 specimens of birds and almost 100 mammal specimens are preserved in various teaching units from the Garoua Wildlife School. With support from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the digitization of herbarium specimens began in 2010. Although the herbarium collection is currently connected to the GBIF network to enable wider usage, specimens from other teaching units are not yet accessible to potential users. An effort was made to begin the digitization of specimens of mammals and birds, but this does not always conform to recommended digitization standards that would facilitate large-scale synthesis, sharing and utilization. We anticipate that our participation in the TDWG conference will provide the much-needed platform for discussions on data management standards for the remaining collections and hence avenues for sharing and dissemination of information.