Infrastructure Upgrades for the University of Georgia Herbarium

佐治亚大学植物标本馆基础设施升级

• 批准号: 0345226
• 负责人: Wendy Zomlefer
• 金额: $ 30.12万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0345226&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Infrastructure; Upgrades; University; Georgia; Herbarium

A grant has been awarded to Dr. W. Zomlefer at the University of Georgia to fund the following urgently needed improvements to the University of Georgia Herbarium [GA]: (1) upgrading the heavily used and aging compactor system; (2) acquiring herbarium cabinets for proper archival specimen storage; (3) mounting and accessioning backlog specimens to help attain projected growth for the next 15 years; (4) reorganizing the main collection folders for easier access; and (5) completing data entry for the Georgia Atlas pilot project and posting this database on the Web. GA Herbarium is a highly used facility with 230,000 accessioned vascular plant specimens (including over 250 types) and is nationally and internationally recognized for collections from Georgia and North America (especially the southeastern United States). Researchers at the University of Georgia and neighboring institutions, students, and personnel from various governmental agencies extensively utilize the collection, and GA Herbarium is also host to public tours and scores of visiting scientists who visit to examine specimens each year. Proper care of this valuable collection is imminently threatened by an aging and dangerous compactor system requiring constant repair, coupled with cabinets unsuitable for archival storage. Upgraded electronics and addition of standard herbarium cabinets will have the immediate and long-term impact of providing reliable safe storage and efficient entry to the GA Herbarium collection. Successful conclusion of the proposed project will also allow access to the complete Georgia Atlas of Vascular Plants database, and data from the currently unmounted backlog will be available to the scientific community as accessioned specimens.Broader Impacts (beyond scientific community use). Tangible benefits to society include conservation of an important element of Georgia's irreplaceable state heritage with improved storage and access of vouchered plant specimens. Lack of vouchers undermines the legitimacy of historical surveys and other studies, and these specimens are properly preserved only in well-supported herbaria. Completion of the Georgia Atlas database has many practical applications for society at large, such as defining under-collected areas, ranges of endangered or poisonous species, and locations of plant communities requiring management. This project will promote learning via direct incorporation of herbarium improvements into several University of Georgia museum technique courses, exposing undergraduate and graduate interns to one-on-one training with specimen preparation and care. The upgraded system would also allow storage of a larger plant archive for teaching.

已向W博士提供赠款。Zomlefer在格鲁吉亚大学资助以下急需改进的格鲁吉亚大学植物标本馆[GA]：（1）升级大量使用和老化的压实系统;（2）获取植物标本柜适当的档案标本储存;（3）安装和登记积压标本，以帮助实现未来15年的预期增长;（4）重新整理主要收集文件夹，以便于查阅;（5）完成格鲁吉亚地图集试验项目的数据输入，并将该数据库张贴在网上。 GA植物标本馆是一个高度使用的设施，拥有230，000个登记的维管植物标本（包括250多个类型），并在格鲁吉亚和北美（特别是美国东南部）的收藏中获得国家和国际认可。 研究人员在格鲁吉亚大学和邻近机构，学生和来自各政府机构的人员广泛利用收集，GA植物标本馆也是主办公共图尔斯和访问科学家谁访问检查标本每年的分数。 妥善照顾这一宝贵的收藏是迫在眉睫的威胁，老化和危险的压实系统需要不断维修，加上橱柜不适合档案储存。 升级电子设备和增加标准植物标本柜将产生直接和长期的影响，提供可靠的安全储存和有效进入GA植物标本馆收藏。拟议项目的成功完成还将允许访问完整的格鲁吉亚维管植物地图集数据库，目前未安装的积压数据将作为加入标本提供给科学界。 对社会的重大利益包括保护格鲁吉亚不可替代的国家遗产的一个重要组成部分，改善了植物标本的储存和获取。 缺乏凭证破坏了历史调查和其他研究的合法性，这些标本只有在支持良好的标本馆中才能得到妥善保存。 格鲁吉亚地图集数据库的完成对整个社会有许多实际应用，例如定义采集不足的区域、濒危或有毒物种的范围以及需要管理的植物群落的位置。 该项目将通过直接将植物标本馆的改进纳入格鲁吉亚大学的几门博物馆技术课程，使本科生和研究生实习生接受标本制备和护理的一对一培训，从而促进学习。 升级后的系统还可以储存更大的植物档案，用于教学。