RCN: SERNEC: SouthEast Network of Expertise and Collections

RCN：SERNEC：东南专业知识和收藏网络

• 批准号: 0542320
• 负责人: Zack Murrell
• 金额: $ 49.89万
• 依托单位: Appalachian State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0542320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; SERNEC; SouthEast; Network; Expertise

The SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) includes 150 herbaria in 15 states throughout the southeastern United States. The central vision for SERNEC is to engender a wider understanding of one of the most botanically diverse regions of the earth, which will lead to better botanical research, improvements in rational biodiversity and land-use management, and a better-informed public. The Southeast contains a significant amount of undeveloped land, has a well-documented record of past plant migrations, and is home to a large number of herbarium collections, all of which make it an ideal model for evaluating our changing biota. By integrating collections at a regional scale, linking smaller herbaria and larger research collections, the SERNEC network will make information and expertise broadly available to researchers and educators interested in habitat fragmentation, global warming, invasive species, and other pressing regional, national, and global biological issues.The goals SERNEC is pursuing in achieving its vision are: 1) developing plans to make regional collections available in digital form to the scientific community and general users, 2) coordinating research activities among network members and participants to help address the impact of humans on the biota and how that impact can be ameliorated, 3) coordinating teaching and learning activities to train new botanists, to help K-12 teachers develop new and richer curricula, and to spur greater botanical awareness among the general public. The network will hold five annual regional symposia/workshops in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB), the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS) and The Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC) and state level symposia/workshops. An electronic discussion list serves to coordinate activities of the core network participants and a second has been created to coordinate a larger group representing 45 herbaria. The SHC/SERNEC website is available online at http://www.newberrynet.com/sabs/shc/ and an electronic newsletter is being developed that can be distributed in hard copy to reach other interested parties. Databasing collections on a regional scale will provide information to address taxonomic, ecological, evolutionary, conservation and plant natural products research questions. This network of regional expertise complements other large-scale data gathering and dissemination initiatives to generate a synergy of ideas for future research endeavors. Interactions among experts at various institutions provides a "virtual campus" to assist in training biologists and serves as a resource for finding needed expertise for federal, state and local agencies, and community colleges. Herbaria and their curatorial expertise are an excellent source of information for K-12 teachers, students, and the broader community, and this network provides the information needed to assist each herbarium in maximizing their outreach to educators and the local public. Finally, this network will ensure the long-term preservation of and public access to unique research materials.

东南地区专业知识和收藏网络 (SERNEC) 包括美国东南部 15 个州的 150 个植物标本室。 SERNEC 的中心愿景是让人们更广泛地了解地球上植物多样性最丰富的地区之一，这将带来更好的植物学研究、改善合理的生物多样性和土地利用管理以及让公众了解更多信息。 东南部拥有大量未开发土地，对过去的植物迁徙有详细记录，并且拥有大量植物标本馆藏品，所有这些使其成为评估不断变化的生物群的理想模型。通过整合区域范围内的馆藏，将较小的植物标本室和较大的研究馆藏联系起来，SERNEC 网络将为对栖息地破碎化、全球变暖、入侵物种和其他紧迫的区域、国家和全球问题感兴趣的研究人员和教育工作者广泛提供信息和专业知识。 SERNEC 为实现其愿景而追求的目标是：1）制定计划，以数字形式向科学界和一般用户提供区域馆藏，2）协调网络成员和参与者之间的研究活动，以帮助解决生物问题人类对生物群的影响以及如何改善这种影响，3）协调教学活动以培训新的植物学家，帮助 K-12 教师开发新的和更丰富的课程，并激发公众更大的植物意识。该网络将与东南生物学家协会 (ASB)、南阿巴拉契亚植物学会 (SABS) 和植物标本馆馆长协会 (SHC) 的年会以及州级研讨会/研讨会一起举办五次年度区域研讨会/研讨会。电子讨论列表用于协调核心网络参与者的活动，第二个已创建用于协调代表 45 个植物标本室的更大组。 SHC/SERNEC 网站可在线访问：http://www.newberrynet.com/sabs/shc/，并且正在开发电子通讯，可以以硬拷贝形式分发给其他感兴趣的各方。区域范围内的数据库收集将为解决分类学、生态、进化、保护和植物天然产品研究问题提供信息。这个区域专业知识网络补充了其他大规模数据收集和传播举措，为未来的研究工作产生思想的协同作用。各个机构的专家之间的互动提供了一个“虚拟校园”来协助培训生物学家，并作为联邦、州和地方机构以及社区大学寻找所需专业知识的资源。 Herbaria 及其馆藏专业知识是 K-12 教师、学生和更广泛社区的绝佳信息来源，该网络提供了帮助每个植物标本馆最大限度地接触教育工作者和当地公众所需的信息。最后，该网络将确保独特研究材料的长期保存和公众获取。