CSBR: Natural History: Making a large impact on a small herbarium: Integration of un-accessioned and orphaned specimens to secure and promote wider use of the collection

CSBR：自然历史：对小型植物标本​​馆产生巨大影响：整合未加入和孤立的标本，以确保和促进藏品的更广泛使用

• 批准号: 1561280
• 负责人: John Schenk
• 金额: $ 28.08万
• 依托单位: Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1561280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Making; large

Herbaria are irreplaceable repositories of botanical diversity that catalog the occurrence of plants in the past and present. These collections serve as a foundation in plant science and science policy, especially those serving rural communities. In this setting, herbaria are especially important data sources because land managers require information on native and introduced species, as well as the effects of rapidly changing species assemblages. While serving the larger scientific community, regional herbaria also serve local residents, farmers, private and government policy makers, and land managers more specifically and thoroughly. It is therefore vital that herbaria accurately represent the past and present plant diversity. The Georgia Southern University (GSU) Herbarium holds 21,127 catalogued specimens and is housed in a state-of-the-art building. However, an estimated 26,500 vascular plant specimens (55.6% of the collection) are unorganized and in need of curation and integration to fulfill their scientific value and use. Most of this un-accessioned material comes from the Georgian Coastal Plain, a relatively poorly sampled region that harbors many rare and endangered species. This award will allow GSU to integrate two recently acquired orphaned collections and other backlogged specimens, doubling the GSU Herbarium's holdings and assure the security of an invaluable scientific collection for future generations. Through this project, these specimens will be mounted onto herbarium sheets and data about the collections will be digitized, which will improve and secure the collection for research and education over the long-term. Furthermore, the facility will be updated with the necessary tools to provide researchers and students access to the most comprehensive collection of plant diversity in the region through loans, visits, and online databases.The GSU Herbarium has 21,127 accessioned specimens, but an estimated 26,500 specimens documenting the regional diversity of southeastern Georgian Coastal Plain, including rare species, collections from sparsely sampled areas, and the orphaned Youth Museum of Savannah Herbarium and the Flora of Fort Stewart, are inaccessible for research and education. This impedes efforts to integrate contemporary collections, reorganize the collection, integrate nomenclatural changes, and other educational outreach initiatives, generating an urgent need to process the backlogged collection. The project will integrate un-accessioned specimens into the main collection by transferring collection book information into label data. Specimens will be mounted and filed, and the label data uploaded into existing online database repositories to increase their dissemination and use. In addition, reorganization and nomenclatural updates will secure the collection for future use and facilitate access. The award will greatly enhance and secure a unique, historically significant collection that documents the exceptional plant diversity of the Coastal Plain. Active-learning modules will be created to engage high school and freshman college students, while integrating STEM education. The award will further allow the Herbarium to engage and train GSU's diverse student community by participating in a mentored learning environment and gain experience crucial to pursuing STEM careers by actively assisting in curatorial practices. Results can be viewed on the GSU Herbarium's website (sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/gasherbarium/home) and data will be shared and made available through iDigBio (www. idigbio.org).

草本植物是不可替代的植物学多样性的宝库，它记录了过去和现在的植物发生情况。这些收藏品是植物科学和科学政策的基础，特别是为农村社区服务的植物科学和科学政策。在这种情况下，草本植物是特别重要的数据来源，因为土地管理者需要关于本地和引进物种的信息，以及快速变化的物种组合的影响。在为更大的科学界服务的同时，地区性草药还更具体和更彻底地为当地居民、农民、私人和政府政策制定者以及土地管理者服务。因此，草本植物准确反映过去和现在的植物多样性是至关重要的。佐治亚南方大学(GSU)植物标本馆拥有21,127个已编目的标本，存放在一座最先进的建筑中。然而，估计有26,500个维管植物标本(占收集总数的55.6%)是杂乱无章的，需要进行整理和整合，以实现其科学价值和用途。这些未被加入的材料大多来自格鲁吉亚海岸平原，这是一个采样相对较少的地区，拥有许多稀有和濒危物种。这项奖励将允许格拉斯哥州立大学整合两个最近获得的孤儿收藏品和其他积压的标本，使格拉斯哥州立大学标本馆藏增加一倍，并确保为子孙后代提供无价的科学收藏品的安全。通过这一项目，这些标本将被安装在标本馆单上，有关收藏品的数据将被数字化，这将改善并确保收藏品长期用于研究和教育。此外，该设施将更新必要的工具，使研究人员和学生能够通过借阅、访问和在线数据库获得该地区最全面的植物多样性收藏。GSU植物标本馆有21,127个加入的标本，但估计有26,500个标本记录了格鲁吉亚东南部沿海平原的区域多样性，包括稀有物种，来自稀有样本地区的藏品，以及萨凡纳孤儿青年博物馆和斯图尔特堡植物群，无法进行研究和教育。这妨碍了整合当代收藏、重组收藏、整合命名变化和其他教育宣传举措的努力，产生了处理积压收藏的迫切需要。该项目将通过将收藏册信息转换为标签数据，将未加入的标本纳入主要收藏。标本将被安装和归档，标签数据将上载到现有的在线数据库储存库，以增加其传播和使用。此外，重组和术语更新将确保藏品的安全，以供将来使用，并为获取提供便利。该奖项将极大地加强和确保一个独特的、具有历史意义的收藏，记录海岸平原非凡的植物多样性。将创建主动学习模块，以吸引高中生和大学一年级学生参与，同时整合STEM教育。该奖项将进一步允许标本馆通过参与指导学习环境来参与和培训格拉斯哥州立大学不同的学生群体，并通过积极协助策展实践来获得对从事STEM职业至关重要的经验。结果可以在格拉斯哥州立大学植物标本馆的网站(sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/gasherbarium/home)上查看，数据将通过iDigBio(www.iDigBio)共享和提供。IdigBio.org)。