Utah Valley State College Virtual Herbarium

犹他谷州立大学虚拟植物标本馆

• 批准号: 0447301
• 负责人: James Harris
• 金额: $ 11.01万
• 依托单位: Utah Valley University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-02-01 至 2008-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0447301&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Utah; Valley; State; College; Virtual

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.

一笔赠款已授予犹他州山谷州立学院的指导下，博士詹姆斯G。Harris和Renee范布伦博士对一个项目的部分支持，该项目旨在从UVSC植物标本馆收集植物采集数据，并将这些信息作为虚拟植物标本馆在全球网络上提供给学生、研究人员和公众。 每个收集记录都将输入一个可搜索的在线数据库，进行地理参考以供地理信息系统应用，并用高分辨率数码相机拍照。UVSC虚拟植物标本馆的用户将能够在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，这些图像将允许对每个标本的形态细节进行严格的检查。 虚拟植物标本馆将通过提供对收集数据的无限制访问和促进数据的快速整合和分析，提高UVSC植物标本馆的教育和科学价值。 此外，虚拟植物标本馆通过减少处理实际植物标本馆标本的需要，将减少使用这些标本时不可避免的附带损害。UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将大大加强UVSC的植物学教育。 参加各种植物学课程的学生和UVSC植物鉴定小组的成员需要访问UVSC植物标本馆进行研究。 虚拟植物标本室将为学生提供从任何连接到万维网的计算机连续访问。 此外，UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将成为系统学、生态学和植物地理学等广泛领域研究人员的宝贵工具。 UVSC植物标本馆包括国家公园的收藏品，为犹他州濒危植物研究收集的标本，北极/高山植物属Braya（十字花科）的国家最完整的收藏品之一，以及来自犹他州偏远和收集不足的地点的标本。 访问UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将是有价值的土地管理者，州和联邦机构负责编目和保护国家的濒危和受威胁的植物，以及其他个人和组织需要有关植物识别和分布的信息。 UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将在整个地区产生教育和科学影响。 公立学校和较小的学院通常没有植物标本室。 UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将作为这些机构的教师和学生以及可能无法充分利用植物标本馆的大型大学学生的教育资源。 UVSC虚拟植物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满足的需求。