Preserving rare and endemic Hawaiian specimens in the Joseph F. Rock herbarium through digitization

通过数字化在 Joseph F. Rock 植物标本馆中保存稀有和特有的夏威夷标本

• 批准号: 2135175
• 负责人: Christopher Muir
• 金额: $ 14.89万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 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: 2022-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2135175&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preserving; rare; endemic; Hawaiian; specimens

This project will preserve and improve access to the Joseph F. Rock Herbarium at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa through digitization of its 55,000 specimens. Hawaiʻi has some of the greatest biodiversity in the United States, particularly when it comes to its native plants: 90% are found nowhere else in the world. A high proportion of these plants are listed as threatened or endangered, and many have gone extinct in the last century. Natural history collections serve as invaluable records of biodiversity and are important references for species that are threatened, endangered, or otherwise difficult to access. The Joseph F. Rock herbarium is one of the oldest herbaria in the Pacific and is home to rare and endemic species of the Hawaiian and Pacific islands. The newly digitized specimens will be available to researchers across the globe, greatly increasing the utility of the collection. Digitization will be conducted by undergraduates at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to provide meaningful research experiences for students. The herbarium will host volunteer digitization events, increase collaboration with the campus arboretum, and engage with the public via events at a local botanical garden.The rare and endemic Hawaiian and Pacific island plant specimens in the Rock herbarium will be preserved through overall modernization of the collection. Specifically, this project will digitize the 55,000 specimens in the collection, remove the backlog of specimens that need to be accessioned, and disseminate specimen data to a broader research community through a dedicated Consortium of Pacific Herbaria web portal and iDigBio.org. Modernization will also include expanded pest management and expanding the throughput of specimen digitization. The project additionally serves to maintain and strengthen collaborations across Pacific herbaria and promote digitization of other, smaller collections. The project will employ nine students each year, emphasizing the training and retention of students from historically excluded groups, including Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Outreach efforts will focus on connecting preserved specimens to living collections on the University of Hawaiʻi Campus Arboretum and Lyon Arboretum and continuing efforts to connect the herbarium to Hawaiian culture and knowledge.This project is jointly funded by the Capacity: Biological Collections Program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

该项目将通过数字化55,000个标本来维护并改善Mānoa夏威夷大学约瑟夫·F·岩石植物园的访问权限。夏威夷拥有美国一些最伟大的生物多样性，尤其是在其本地植物方面：90％的世界在世界上没有其他地方。这些植物中很大一部分被列为受到威胁或濒危的威胁，许多植物在上个世纪已灭绝。自然历史收集是生物多样性的宝贵记录，是威胁，濒危或难以获取的物种的重要参考。约瑟夫·洛克（Joseph F. Rock）的植物标本室是太平洋地区最古老的草药之一，是夏威夷和太平洋岛屿的稀有和内在物种的家园。新近数字化的标本将提供给全球的研究人员，从而大大增加了该系列的效用。数字化将由夏威夷大学Mānoa大学的大学生进行，以为学生提供有意义的研究经验。植物标本室将举办志愿者数字化活动，增加与校园植物园的合作，并通过当地植物园的活动与公众互动。岩石印刷厂的稀有和特有的夏威夷和太平洋岛植物标本将通过该系列的整体现代化来保存。具体来说，该项目将数字化集合中的55,000个标本，删除需要访问的标本的积压，并通过Pacific Herbaria Web Portal和idigbio.org的专用财团将标本数据传播到更广泛的研究社区。现代化还将包括扩展的害虫管理和扩展标本数字化的吞吐量。该项目还有助于维持和加强太平洋植物植物的合作，并促进其他较小的收藏的数字化。该项目每年将雇用九名学生，强调从历史上排除的团体（包括夏威夷人和太平洋岛民）的学生培训和保留学生。外展工作将着重于将保存的标本与夏威夷大学校园园区和里昂植物园的生活收藏联系起来，并继续努力将植物标本室与夏威夷文化和知识联系起来。该项目由该项目共同资助：能力：生物收藏计划和通过既定的竞争力研究（EPSCOR）的生物收藏计划和既定的宣传（EPSCOR）。基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响评论标准。