Collaborative Research: Advancing the Extended Specimen Network: Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection

合作研究：推进扩展标本网络：舍温·卡尔奎斯特收藏的策展和数字化

• 批准号: 2133561
• 负责人: Mare Nazaire
• 金额: $ 48.26万
• 依托单位: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2133561&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Advancing; Extended; Specimen

Among the notable “shoulders of giants” on which present-day botanists stand are those of Dr. Sherwin Carlquist (1930–2021). Carlquist leaves behind a rich legacy and significant collections resulting from over 30 years of important botanical research. Over the course of his distinguished career, Carlquist published prolifically, with over 300 research papers covering such topics as plant anatomy and systematics, evolutionary and ecological theory, flower development, morphology, island biogeography, and taxonomy. As a researcher, Carlquist considered the biological elements within an environment as comprising a dynamic network. This network informed his method for collecting specimens and the rich array of materials and records he generated through that practice. The Carlquist Collection, housed at the California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA) and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library (BRIT), collectively contains 191,789 objects, including herbarium specimens, wood specimens, plant material preserved in spirits, wood anatomy microscope slides, field photograph transparency slides, black and white photographs, and field collection notebooks. A significant portion of the Carlquist Collection has never been curated or digitized, making much of the collection inaccessible. Further, some of the collection materials have faced varying degrees of deterioration owing to inadequate housing in non-archival materials. In a collaborative effort between RSA and BRIT, this project aims to curate and digitize these important collections and their associated data to provide long-term preservation and to create an Extended Specimen Network (ESN), wherein Carlquist’s specimens, field photographs, and collection notebooks will be linked to form an aggregated collection, thus creating limitless additional preparations and digital resources. The project will facilitate immediate application to a suite of research areas, including systematic, wood anatomy, ecology, biogeography, island biology, phenology, plant conservation, history of science, plant humanities, and archival theory and practices. The Carlquist Collection will be publicly available via online data portals.Held at the Herbarium at California Botanic Garden (RSA) and the Library at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), the Sherwin Carlquist Collection encompasses more than 30 years of botanical field research comprising 30,770 biological collections and 161,019 archival objects. This project aims to (1) curate the Carlquist Collection for long-term preservation; (2) digitize and mobilize data for all collections materials held at both institutions; (3) link transcribed collection information, images, and metadata across all biological collections and archival objects; and (4) publish and make publicly available as an aggregated collection through online data portals, including iDigBio and GBIF. This project represents a unique collaborative and interdisciplinary opportunity between natural history collections and archives to create one of the first Extended Specimen Networks (ESN) for a renowned American botanist and serves more broadly to establish a new paradigm for how natural history collections and archives communities envision, implement, and utilize ESN’s within and among their collections. Integral to the project are the activities that involve participation from students at different levels in their academic career. The project will provide education, training, and capacity building for underserved youth and emerging professionals in a field that will greatly benefit from their participation. A workshop and symposium on ESN development are planned for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections annual conference to provide training and resources to the collections community. Paired exhibits for the public and hosted at each institution will highlight the project.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.

当今的植物学家所在的著名“巨人肩膀”中，有Sherwin Carlquist博士（1930–2021）。卡尔奎斯特（Carlquist）留下了丰富的遗产和30多年的重要植物研究所产生的重要收藏。卡尔奎斯特（Carlquist）在杰出的职业生涯中发表了大量发表，其中300多个研究论文涵盖了植物解剖学和系统，进化和生态理论，花卉发展，形态学，岛屿生物地理学和分类学等主题。作为研究人员，卡尔奎斯特将环境中的生物元素视为完成动态网络。该网络告知他收集标本以及他通过该实践产生的丰富材料和记录的方法。卡尔奎斯特（Carlquist）系列位于加利福尼亚植物园植物标本室（RSA）和德克萨斯州植物学研究所（英国），共有191,789个物品，包括植物，木材物种，木材，植物材料保存在烈酒中，木材木材，木材解剖学显微镜滑动，透视透视，透视图，黑色和现场白色照片，白色和现场收集图，以及现场收集图，以及现场收集图，以及现场收集图，以及现场录制。 Carlquist系列的很大一部分从未被策划或数字化，使大部分收藏都无法访问。此外，由于非架构材料中的住房不足，某些收集材料的确定程度不同。在RSA和BRIT之间的协作努力中，该项目旨在策划和数字化这些重要收藏量及其相关数据，以提供长期准备工作并创建扩展的标本网络（ESN），其中Carlquist的标本，现场照片和收集笔记本将链接起来，以形成有限的收藏，从而产生有限的收藏，从而创造有限的其他准备和数字资源。该项目将促进立即应用于一系列研究领域，包括系统，木材解剖学，生态学，生物地理学，岛屿生物学，物候，植物保护，科学史，植物性，植物人类以及档案理论和实践。 The Carlquist Collection will be publicly available via online data portals.Held at the Herbarium at California Botanic Garden (RSA) and the Library at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), the Sherwin Carlquist Collection encompasses more than 30 years of botanical field research completing 30,770 biologic collections and 161,019 archival objects.该项目的目的是（1）策划Carlquist收集以进行长期保存； （2）数字化和动员在两个机构中持有的所有收藏材料的数据； （3）链接所有生物收集和档案对象的收集信息，图像和元数据； （4）通过在线数据门户（包括IDIGBIO和GBIF）发布并作为汇总集合发布并公开发行。该项目代表了自然历史集合和档案之间的独特协作和跨学科的机会，为著名的美国植物学家创建了第一个扩展标本网络（ESN）之一，并更广泛地为自然历史集合和档案社区的设想，实施，以及在其收藏中的内部和利用ESN建立新的范式。该项目不可或缺的是涉及学术生涯中不同级别的学生参与的活动。该项目将为服务不足的青年和新兴专业人员提供教育，培训和能力建设，这些领域将从他们的参与中受益匪浅。计划为自然历史收集年度会议协会举办有关ESN开发的研讨会，以向收藏社区提供培训和资源。为公众提供配对的展览并在每个机构举办的将强调该项目。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为通过评估而被视为珍贵的支持。