Digitization: iDigBio: Integrated Digitized Biocollections Phase 2

数字化：iDigBio：集成数字化生物馆藏第二阶段

• 批准号: 1547229
• 负责人: Roy Nelson
• 金额: $ 1548.67万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1547229&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; iDigBio; Integrated; Digitized; Biocollections

Integrated Digitized Biocollections (idigbio.org) at the University of Florida (UF) and Florida State University (FSU) is the national resource for Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC). The ADBC program was developed in response to the need for a sustained effort to digitize, and make available online, the vast amount of information in the nation's biodiversity collections, which may contain up to 1 billion specimens. For biological specimens, information digitized include names of species, localities and dates of collection, digital photographs, sound, video, and 3-D models created from a variety of sources. This community digitization effort is supported by ADBC through Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs), groups of institutions that digitize specimens to address a major research topic such as the relationship between agricultural crops and insects or the impacts of invasive species on natural ecosystems. iDigBio assists in coordinating activities of the TCNs by facilitating development of standards and workflows for digitization of specimens and related information, providing cyberinfrastructure resources to enable long-term preservation of digital data, promoting novel and traditional uses of collections data in research and outreach, and working with the collections community to plan for the long-term sustainability of the national program and the resources that program has produced. The availability of digitized information about specimens greatly enhances the ability to conduct research on biological diversity and to address some of the most fundamental questions in biology. In the past five years, the national effort to digitize information in the nation's biodiversity collections has been successfully catalyzed by funding from NSF and advanced by activities of iDigBio. Collaborations with data providers and users have been developed, goals and priorities defined, and best practices related to digitization identified. Cyberinfrastructure resources, including a national search portal, have been provided. These community-driven activities have led to improved digitization practices, increased involvement in digitization and training, and adoption of instruments and informatics tools that improve the efficiency and scalability of digitization and research workflows in all types of biodiversity collections. iDigBio works with staff in more than 450 collections in 270 institutions distributed in all 50 states. Communication among stakeholders to increase access to collections data has been established through workshops, webinars, and the use of social media. iDigBio has sponsored attendance of more than 2,200 participants from 511 institutions to over 65 workshops and symposia that targeted digitization. iDigBio has ingested more than 670 record sets containing 48 million records and 13 million images. All data ingested are indexed so that queries and other types of index-based access are supported. Searches for data can be done through a Web-based graphical interface or through programmatic APIs. Search and analytical tools enable users to mine diverse data such as taxonomy, location, images, traits, and vocalizations. Funding for another five years, will allow iDigBio to continue its successful strategies with an increasing emphasis on data improvement and use in research and outreach. This national resource created by the ADBC program is increasingly recognized as an essential resource for information on biodiversity and digitization. As the scientific and societal benefits of validated collections data are realized, digitization will become a common and sustained practice in natural history collections.

佛罗里达大学 (UF) 和佛罗里达州立大学 (FSU) 的综合数字化生物馆藏 (idigbio.org) 是推进生物多样性馆藏数字化 (ADBC) 的国家资源。 ADBC 计划的开发是为了满足持续努力对国家生物多样性收藏中的大量信息进行数字化并在网上提供的需求，这些信息可能包含多达 10 亿个标本。对于生物标本，数字化信息包括物种名称、采集地点和日期、数码照片、声音、视频以及从各种来源创建的 3D 模型。这项社区数字化工作得到了 ADBC 通过主题收藏网络 (TCN) 的支持，这些机构团体对标本进行数字化，以解决重大研究课题，例如农作物与昆虫之间的关系或入侵物种对自然生态系统的影响。 iDigBio 协助协调 TCN 的活动，促进标本和相关信息数字化标准和工作流程的制定，提供网络基础设施资源以实现数字数据的长期保存，促进馆藏数据在研究和推广中的新颖和传统用途，以及与收藏界合作，规划国家计划及其所产生资源的长期可持续性。有关标本的数字化信息的可用性极大地增强了进行生物多样性研究和解决生物学中一些最基本问题的能力。在过去五年中，美国国家科学基金会 (NSF) 的资助和 iDigBio 的活动成功推动了国家生物多样性收藏信息数字化的努力。与数据提供商和用户的合作已经建立，目标和优先事项已确定，并确定了与数字化相关的最佳实践。已经提供了网络基础设施资源，包括国家搜索门户。这些社区驱动的活动改进了数字化实践，增加了对数字化和培训的参与，并采用了仪器和信息学工具，提高了所有类型的生物多样性馆藏中数字化和研究工作流程的效率和可扩展性。 iDigBio 与分布在全美 50 个州的 270 个机构的 450 多个馆藏的工作人员合作。通过研讨会、网络研讨会和社交媒体的使用，利益相关者之间建立了沟通，以增加对馆藏数据的获取。 iDigBio 已赞助来自 511 个机构的 2,200 多名参与者参加超过 65 个针对数字化的研讨会和研讨会。 iDigBio 已采集了超过 670 个记录集，其中包含 4800 万条记录和 1300 万张图像。所有摄取的数据都已建立索引，以便支持查询和其他类型的基于索引的访问。数据搜索可以通过基于 Web 的图形界面或编程 API 来完成。搜索和分析工具使用户能够挖掘各种数据，例如分类、位置、图像、特征和发声。再资助五年，将使 iDigBio 能够继续其成功的战略，越来越重视数据改进以及在研究和推广中的使用。 ADBC 计划创建的这一国家资源越来越被认为是生物多样性和数字化信息的重要资源。随着经过验证的馆藏数据的科学和社会效益的实现，数字化将成为自然历史馆藏中常见且持续的实践。