CSBR: Natural History: Engaging Our Future to Preserve Our Past: Curation and Preservation of Historically Significant Collections Through Student Participation at the Rancho Santa

学生参与在兰乔圣植物园历史上重要的收藏品的保护自然历史收藏品提供了一个透镜到过去和一种手段来设想未来。在预测生物多样性随着气候和土地利用的变化而发生的变化方面，采集数据尤为重要。兰乔圣安娜植物园（RSABG）的植物标本馆收藏了超过120万个标本，被大量用于研究、教育和公共宣传。从多个来源，植物标本馆获得了由10个重要的世纪植物学家收集的30，000个植物标本。其中70%来自34个指定的世界生物多样性热点中的15个; 30%代表加州植物区系省生物多样性热点。这些标本由于储存条件差，急需进行养护。一些标本已被确定为描述和命名科学新物种的关键。这些藏品的管理将提供物理访问目前无法用于研究的藏品，促进科学新物种的发现，并产生新的分布和物候数据。重要的是，策展将确保急需的保护。数字化工作将为研究人员、学生和公众提供这一丰富的标本数据来源。该项目的组成部分是涉及研究生，本科生和高中生参与的活动。值得注意的是，RSABG将通过吸引来自大洛杉矶都市区的服务不足的青年来扩大成功的本科生实习计划。特别针对的是高中阶段的高危和过渡年龄青年，他们将接受为期六周的暑期初级实习方案的培训。所有实习生将参加五个研讨会，这将有助于学生连接到收藏，自然历史和生物多样性。RSABG的一个展览将重点介绍该项目的活动和学生参与情况。由于植物标本馆服务于不断扩大的研究、教育和保护管理需求，因此对具有历史、分类和地理意义的藏品进行策划和数字化至关重要，通过对其长期安全性的投资，确保其可用于研究。通过各种来源，兰乔圣安娜植物园的植物标本馆获得了30，000个具有历史、分类和地理重要性的维管植物标本，代表了20世纪10位重要植物学家的收藏。由于过去和目前的储存条件不令人满意（例如，非档案报纸）。因此，这些收藏品迫切需要策展和改善储存，以确保它们为子孙后代所用。一些标本被认为是已经丢失的模式标本。这个为期三年的项目的主要目标是通过学生的参与来策划和保护这些标本。在他们的学术生涯中不同层次的学生的大干部将参与该项目的各个方面，包括标本制备，数据库，成像和地理参考。标本数据将可用于约350科18，000多种维管植物。该项目产生的所有数据将与iDigBio、GBIF、加州植物标本馆联盟和RSABG植物标本馆门户网站共享。有关RSABG、其外联活动以及该项目成果的更多信息，请访问http://www.rsabg.org。

Student Engagement in the Preservation of Historically Significant Collections at Rancho Santa Botanic GardenNatural history collections offer a lens into the past and a means to envision the future. Collections are especially important in predicting biodiversity change with shifts in climate and land use. The Herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSABG) houses more than 1.2 million specimens and is heavily utilized for research, education, and public outreach. From multiple sources, the Herbarium acquired 30,000 plant specimens collected by ten significant 20th century botanists. 70% of these were collected from 15 of 34 designated world biodiversity hotspots; 30% represents the California Floristic Province biodiversity hotspot. These specimens are in critical need of curation owing to poor storage conditions. Several specimens have been identified as critical for describing and naming species new to science. Curation of these collections will provide physical access to collections currently unavailable for study, promote discovery of species new to science, and yield new distribution and phenology data. Importantly, curation will ensure critically needed preservation. Digitization efforts will provide access of this rich source of specimen data to researchers, students, and the public. Integral to the project are activities involving the participation of graduate students, undergraduates, and high school students. Notably, RSABG will expand on a successful undergraduate internship program by engaging underserved youth from the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. Especially targeted are at-risk and transitional aged youth at the high school level, who will be trained in a six-week summer junior intern program. All interns will participate in five workshops that will serve to connect students to collections, natural history, and biodiversity. An exhibit at RSABG will highlight the activities and student participation in the project.As herbaria serve expanding needs for research, education, and conservation management, it is critical that collections of historic, taxonomic, and geographic significance are curated and digitized, ensuring their availability for research through investments in their long-term security. Through various sources, the Herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden acquired 30,000 vascular plant specimens of historic, taxonomic, and geographic importance representing the collections of ten significant botanists of the 20th century. These specimens are in danger of deterioration, owing to unsatisfactory past and current storage conditions (e.g., non-archival newspapers). Thus, these collections are in critical need of curation and improved storage to secure them for posterity. Several specimens have been identified as type material that was thought to have been lost. The principal objective of this three-year project is to curate and digitize these specimens through student participation. A large cadre of students at different levels in their academic career will participate in all aspects of the project, including specimen preparation, databasing, imaging, and georeferencing. Specimen data will become available for more than 18,000 species of vascular plants in ~350 families. All data resulting from this project will be shared with iDigBio, GBIF, the Consortium of California Herbaria, and the RSABG Herbarium web portal. Additional information about RSABG, its outreach activities, and the results of this project is available at http://www.rsabg.org.