Digitization PEN: Integration of data from the San Diego Natural History Museum with the Lepidoptera of North America Network

圣地亚哥自然历史博物馆（SDNHM）被授予与北美鳞翅目网络主题收藏网络（LepNet TCN）合作的奖项，成为现有网络（PEN）的合作伙伴。 该项目的主要目标是将SDNHM中的蝴蝶和蛾类标本的信息与LepNet相结合，以促进博物馆标本用于研究和教育。 像LepNet这样的公共数据资源越来越多地被用于研究环境变化对自然界的影响，并制定保护优先事项。 与SDNHM标本相关的信息填补了加州南部和下加利福尼亚半岛的主要数据空白。 此外，该项目还将增加目前在LepNet中没有代表的物种，其中四分之一的数据早于20世纪20年代，这一时期目前在门户网站中代表性不足。 沿着这些科学成果，该项目将吸引数十名高中实习生和志愿者，并为至少6名本科生提供与科学相关的工作经验。 研究人员还将制作公众友好的社交媒体和博客内容，突出蝴蝶和飞蛾的美学，多样性和生物学。这个NSF-ADBC资助的项目将转录SDNHM中超过150，000个鳞翅目标本记录的标签数据，并将其纳入LepNet数据资源。所有标本都将被条形码化，数据库化和地理参考，至少4000个样本将被成像并在线提供。该项目将使南加州和下加利福尼亚加州半岛目前可访问的标本记录数量分别增加684%和241%。SDNHM对这一地区的研究已经持续了140多年，这将大大增加目前记录在LepNet中的时间多样性，增强门户网站在研究随时间变化方面的实用性。 参与的本科生，高中实习生和志愿者将接受博物馆策展，成像，数据库协议和基于收藏的研究的培训和指导。 数字化数据将与iDigBio（idigbio.org）共享，以便用于研究，教育和公共用途。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

An award is made to the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) to join with the Lepidoptera of North America Network Thematic Collection Network (LepNet TCN) as a Partner to Existing Network (PEN). The main goal of this project is to integrate information from butterfly and moth specimens at the SDNHM with LepNet to facilitate the use of museum specimens for research and education. Publicly accessible data resources like LepNet are increasingly being used to study the impact of environmental change on the natural world and to develop conservation priorities. The information associated with the SDNHM specimens fills major data gaps from southern California and the Baja California Peninsula. In addition, the project will add species currently not represented in LepNet and a quarter of the data predates the 1920s, a period currently underrepresented in the portal. Along with these scientific outcomes, the project will engage dozens of high-school interns and volunteers and provide science-related work experience for at least six undergraduate students. The researchers will also be producing public-friendly social media and blog content that highlights the aesthetics, diversity, and biology of butterflies and moths. This NSF-ADBC funded project will transcribe label data for over 150,000 Lepidoptera specimen records from the SDNHM and incorporate it in into the LepNet data resource. All specimens will be barcoded, databased, and georeferenced, and at least 4000 exemplars will be imaged and available online. The project will increase the current number of accessible specimen records for southern California and the peninsula of Baja California by 684% and 241% respectively. The SDNHM has maintained over 140 years of research on this region, which will provide a substantial increase in the temporal diversity currently documented in LepNet, enhancing the portal's utility for change over time research. The participating undergraduate students, high school interns, and volunteers will be trained and mentored in museum curation, imaging, databasing protocols, and collections-based research. Digitized data will be shared with iDigBio (idigbio.org) where it can be accessed for research, education, and public use.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.