Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN): A Model for Collections Digitization to Promote Taxonomic and Ecological Research

数字化 TCN：合作研究：西南节肢动物馆藏网络 (SCAN)：馆藏数字化促进分类学和生态学研究的模型

• 批准号: 1207371
• 负责人: Neil Cobb
• 金额: $ 36.63万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1207371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; TCN; Collaborative; Research; Southwest

Collaborative Research Digitization TCN: Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN): A Model for Collections Digitization to Promote Taxonomic and Ecological ResearchThe Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) brings together 10 diverse arthropod collections at universities and museums throughout the Southwest to create a virtual network of ground dwelling arthropods which are notably responsive to temporal and spatial environmental changes. These 10 collections document much of the Southwest's biodiversity, but currently the data associated with millions of arthropod specimens are not easily accessible. To overcome this, SCAN will develop methods for integrating existing databases, catalogue-image specimens, develop new electronic identification techniques, and produce a virtual library of ground-dwelling arthropods (beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, ants). In addition the project will work with the existing project Filtered Push to increase the capacity of experts to provide remote identifications and annotations of data that can be sent throughout the network.The comprehensive SCAN online library and expert information will be available to the public as well as professionals in taxonomy, ecology, and climate change science. Smaller institutions will be provided increased access to large data sets for promoting research. The SCAN datasets will support a number of ongoing projects examining the effects of environmental and land-use change on individual arthropod species. By increasing access to this information, SCAN will stimulate new research and increased awareness in biodiversity conservation throughout the region. Over 50 undergraduates also will be trained in cyberinfrastructure, systematics, and ecology. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource, iDigBio.org.

Collaborative Research Digitization TCN: Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN): A Model for Collections Digitization to Promote Taxonomic and Ecological ResearchThe Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) brings together 10 diverse arthropod collections at universities and museums throughout the Southwest to create a virtual network of ground dwelling arthropods which are notably responsive to temporal and spatial environmental更改。这10个集合记录了西南地区的大部分生物多样性，但是目前与数百万节肢动物标本相关的数据不容易访问。为了克服这一点，扫描将开发用于整合现有数据库，编目图像标本，开发新的电子识别技术的方法，并生成一个虚拟的地面居民节肢动物（甲虫，蚱hoppers，蜘蛛，蚂蚁）的虚拟库。此外，该项目将与现有项目过滤的推动力一起工作，以提高专家的能力，以提供可以在整个网络中发送的数据的远程识别和注释。全面的扫描在线图书馆和专家信息将提供给公众以及分类，生态学和气候变化科学方面的专业人员。将为较小的机构提供增加对促进研究的大型数据集的访问权限。扫描数据集将支持许多正在进行的项目，以研究环境和土地利用变化对单个节肢动物物种的影响。通过增加对这些信息的访问，扫描将刺激新的研究并提高整个地区生物多样性保护的认识。超过50名本科生还将接受网络基础设施，系统学和生态学的培训。该奖项是通过生物收集计划的数字化数字化来授予生物收集数字化的国家资源的一部分，该奖项产生的所有数据将通过国家资源Idigbio.org获得。