Digitization PEN: Integrating the unique collections of southern Illinois at SIU to improve coverage of the Southeastern US Flora in SERNEC

数字化 PEN：整合 SIU 伊利诺伊州南部的独特馆藏，以提高 SERNEC 对美国东南部植物区系的覆盖范围

• 批准号: 2002400
• 负责人: Kurt Neubig
• 金额: $ 17.4万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2002400&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; PEN; Integrating; unique; collections

Through this award the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Herbarium will join the SERNEC Thematic Collections Network (TCN). The SIU collections house an estimated 90,000 specimens of plants, primarily representing the regional flora, including many historically important specimens. While providing diverse data useful to various basic scientific fields, this project be fundamental to the greater understanding of plant sciences in southern Illinois and the surrounding regions. It will also provide information for more applied fields, such as natural area conservation, ecosystem restoration, and ecological impacts of human activities. On a local level, the digital resources will be integrated into courses at SIU, used in outreach activities at university sponsored events and in a local nature recreation park, and promoted to the general public.The herbarium at SIU will digitize the collection to gather and provide label transcriptions, georeferences, and specimen imaging online as part of the Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC). The flora of southern Illinois is closely allied to the southeastern US floristically. This project will proceed with a pre-digitization check of specimens, followed by barcoding, verification of label data, label transcription, digital imaging, image editing, and georeferencing. Finally, data will be transferred to SERNEC for public access, and added to the national resource at iDigBio.org.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.

通过该奖项，南伊利诺伊大学（SIU）植物标本室将加入SERNEC专题馆藏网络（TCN）。SIU收藏了大约90,000种植物标本，主要代表了该地区的植物群，其中包括许多具有历史意义的重要标本。在为各个基础科学领域提供有用的多种数据的同时，该项目对伊利诺伊州南部及周边地区的植物科学有了更深入的了解。它还将为更多的应用领域提供信息，如自然区域保护、生态系统恢复和人类活动的生态影响。在地方层面，数字资源将被整合到SIU的课程中，用于大学主办的活动和当地自然休闲公园的外展活动，并向公众推广。SIU的植物标本室将对这些藏品进行数字化，以收集并提供标签转录、地理参考和标本在线成像，作为东南地区专业知识和收藏网络（SERNEC）的一部分。伊利诺斯州南部的植物区系与美国东南部的植物区系密切相关。该项目将对标本进行数字化前检查，随后进行条形码、标签数据验证、标签转录、数字成像、图像编辑和地理参考。最后，数据将转移到SERNEC供公众访问，并添加到idigbio.org的国家资源中。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。