Collaborative Research: Digitization PEN: Filling in knowledge gaps with key herbaria for understanding vascular plant diversity in the Atlantic coastal plain

合作研究：数字化 PEN：利用关键植物标本室填补知识空白，以了解大西洋沿海平原的维管植物多样性

• 批准号: 1802342
• 负责人: Lisa Wallace
• 金额: $ 14.27万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802342&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Digitization; PEN; Filling

The Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) is developing one of the most comprehensive data sets of plant diversity in North America. Through SERNEC, more than 4.5 million herbarium specimens from the southeastern U.S. will be digitized for online access through a project portal and the iDigBio Specimen Portal. In this Partner to Existing Network (PEN) project, three additional herbaria at the College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, and University of Mary Washington will contribute digitized and georeferenced herbarium records from southeastern Virginia to these efforts. Plant diversity in this region is of interest because of the high degree of turnover due to southern species reaching their northern limit and northern species reaching their southern limit in southeastern Virginia. These records join the SERNEC data set that contribute information about plant diversity in the North American Coastal Plain, an area rich in rare, unique species. The SERNEC data set is a one-stop resource for taxonomic and ecological research and botanical education and aids in the revision of state checklists of plants and specimen curation. Student interns will have opportunities to develop professional skills in team work, communication, and goal-setting, as well as exploring potential career options in museum management. Citizen-scientists aiding in digitization will have opportunities to interact with project personnel and learn about the importance of natural history collections in education and research and local plant diversity. Educational materials developed for K-12 classes will enhance botanical literacy and illustrate plant diversity, structure and geographical range in the Southeast. Images and associated label data for approximately 118,000 vascular plant specimens in the three herbaria will be captured digitally and accessible online at the SERNEC Symbiota Portal and the iDigBio Specimen Portal. If lacking, georeferenced coordinates for the collection location of each specimen will be determined and added to the database. These activities expand the use of software packages that were enhanced for use in the SERNEC project, including Symbiota, GEOLocate, and Zooniverse. Original data, including images and text, will be retained long-term at institutional repositories of the herbaria involved in this project. Specimen digitization will be conducted by undergraduate student interns at each of the institutions and citizen-scientists, including the Virginia Master Naturalists and volunteers working in Notes from Nature.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

东南地区专业知识和收藏网络（SERNEC）正在开发北美最全面的植物多样性数据集之一。通过SERNEC，将通过项目门户和IDIGBIO标本门户将来自美国东南部的450万种标本式标本数字化以在线访问。在现有网络（PEN）项目的合作伙伴中，威廉和玛丽学院，旧多米翁大学和玛丽·华盛顿大学的另外三种草药将在弗吉尼亚州东南部为数字化和地球化标本室记录提供这些努力。该地区的植物多样性引起了人们的关注，因为由于南部物种达到其北部极限，北部物种达到了弗吉尼亚州东南部的南部极限，因此植物多样性。这些记录加入了SERNEC数据集，该数据集在北美沿海平原上提供有关植物多样性的信息，北美沿海地区是富含稀有，独特物种的地区。 SERNEC数据集是分类学和生态研究和植物教育的一站式资源，并有助于修订植物和标本策划的国家清单。学生实习生将有机会发展团队合作，沟通和目标的专业技能，并探索博物馆管理中的潜在职业选择。公民科学家协助数字化将有机会与项目人员互动，并了解自然历史收集在教育和研究中的重要性以及当地的植物多样性。为K-12类开发的教育材料将增强植物素养，并说明东南部的植物多样性，结构和地理范围。三种草药中大约118,000个血管植物标本的图像和相关标签数据将在Sernec Symbiota Portal和Idigbio标本门户网上以数字方式捕获。如果缺乏，将确定并添加到数据库中的每个样品的收集位置的地理参与坐标。这些活动扩大了用于在SERNEC项目中使用的软件包的使用，包括Symbiota，Geolocate和Zooniverse。原始数据，包括图像和文本，将在参与该项目的草本植物的机构存储库中长期保留。标本数字化将由本科生实习生在每个机构和公民科学家，包括弗吉尼亚大师博物学家和从事自然笔记的志愿者中进行。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估来进行评估的支持。