Utah Valley State College Virtual Herbarium

在詹姆斯·G·哈里斯博士和蕾妮·范布伦博士的指导下，犹他谷州立大学获得了一笔赠款，用于部分支持一个项目，该项目旨在将来自UVSC植物标本馆的植物采集数据数字化，并将信息作为虚拟标本馆在万维网上提供给学生、研究人员和普通公众。每个收藏记录将被输入一个可搜索的在线数据库，进行地理参照，以用于地理信息系统(地理信息系统)应用程序，并用高分辨率数码相机拍照。UVSC虚拟标本馆的用户将能够在一个可搜索的数据库中找到标本记录，在地图上绘制植物分布图，并查看高分辨率的摄影图像，这将允许对每个标本的形态细节进行关键检查。虚拟标本馆将通过提供对收集数据的无限制访问以及促进数据的快速整合和分析来增加UVSC标本馆的教育和科学价值。此外，虚拟标本馆通过减少处理实际标本馆标本的需要，将减少在使用标本馆标本时不可避免地发生的附带损害。UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将大大加强UVSC的植物学教育。注册各种植物学课程的学生和UVSC植物鉴定小组的成员需要进入UVSC植物标本馆进行研究。虚拟标本馆将为学生提供从任何连接到万维网的计算机上的连续访问。此外，UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将成为广泛领域的研究人员的宝贵工具，包括分类学、生态学和植物地理学。UVSC植物标本馆包括国家公园收藏品，为研究犹他州濒危植物而收集的标本，美国最完整的北极/高山植物属十字花科植物标本收藏之一，以及来自犹他州偏远和采集较差地点的标本。对于土地管理者、负责清点和保护国家濒危和受威胁植物的州和联邦机构，以及其他需要植物识别和分布信息的个人和组织来说，访问UVSC虚拟植物馆将是有价值的。UVSC虚拟标本馆将在整个地区产生教育和科学影响。公立学校和规模较小的大学通常没有草药。UVSC虚拟标本馆将为这些机构的教师和学生以及可能无法充分利用标本馆的较大大学的学生提供教育资源。UVSC虚拟标本馆将通过向公众提供宝贵的科学和教育资源来满足目前尚未得到满足的需求。

A grant has been awarded to Utah Valley State College under the direction of Dr. James G. Harris and Dr. Renee Van Buren for partial support of a project to digitize plant collection data from the UVSC Herbarium and make the information available on the worldwide web to students, researchers, and the general public as a virtual herbarium. Each collection record will be entered into a searchable online database, georeferenced for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications, and photographed with a high-resolution digital camera. Users of the UVSC Virtual Herbarium will be able to locate specimen records in a searchable database, plot plant distributions on a map, and view high-resolution photographic images that will permit critical examination of the morphological details of each specimen. The Virtual Herbarium will increase the educational and scientific value of the UVSC Herbarium by providing unlimited access to collection data and by facilitating rapid integration and analysis of the data. In addition, the Virtual Herbarium, by reducing the need to handle actual herbarium specimens, will reduce the incidental damage that inevitably occurs with their use. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will significantly enhance botanical education at UVSC. Students enrolled in a variety of botany courses and members of the UVSC Plant Identification Team require access to the UVSC Herbarium for study. The Virtual Herbarium will provide students with continuous access from any computer with a connection to the worldwide web. In addition, the UVSC Virtual Herbarium will be a valuable tool for researchers in a wide variety of fields, including systematics, ecology, and plant geography. The UVSC Herbarium includes National Park collections, specimens collected for a study of Utah endangered plants, one of the most complete collections in the country of the arctic/alpine plant genus Braya (Cruciferae), and specimens from remote and poorly collected locations in Utah. Access to the UVSC Virtual Herbarium will be of value to land managers, state and federal agencies charged with inventorying and protecting the nation's endangered and threatened plants, and other individuals and organizations needing information about plant identification and distribution. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will have an educational and scientific impact throughout the region. Public schools and smaller colleges typically do not have herbaria. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will serve as an educational resource for teachers and students at these institutions as well as for students at larger universities who may not have adequate access to a herbarium. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will meet a need that is currently not being met, by providing a valuable scientific and educational resource to the public.