Collaborative Research: Advancing the Extended Specimen Network: Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection

合作研究：推进扩展标本网络：舍温·卡尔奎斯特收藏的策展和数字化

• 批准号: 2133562
• 负责人: Ana Nino
• 金额: $ 50.98万
• 依托单位: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2133562&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Advancing; Extended; Specimen

Among the notable “shoulders of giants” on which present-day botanists stand are those of Dr. Sherwin Carlquist (1930–2021). Carlquist leaves behind a rich legacy and significant collections resulting from over 30 years of important botanical research. Over the course of his distinguished career, Carlquist published prolifically, with over 300 research papers covering such topics as plant anatomy and systematics, evolutionary and ecological theory, flower development, morphology, island biogeography, and taxonomy. As a researcher, Carlquist considered the biological elements within an environment as comprising a dynamic network. This network informed his method for collecting specimens and the rich array of materials and records he generated through that practice. The Carlquist Collection, housed at the California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA) and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library (BRIT), collectively contains 191,789 objects, including herbarium specimens, wood specimens, plant material preserved in spirits, wood anatomy microscope slides, field photograph transparency slides, black and white photographs, and field collection notebooks. A significant portion of the Carlquist Collection has never been curated or digitized, making much of the collection inaccessible. Further, some of the collection materials have faced varying degrees of deterioration owing to inadequate housing in non-archival materials. In a collaborative effort between RSA and BRIT, this project aims to curate and digitize these important collections and their associated data to provide long-term preservation and to create an Extended Specimen Network (ESN), wherein Carlquist’s specimens, field photographs, and collection notebooks will be linked to form an aggregated collection, thus creating limitless additional preparations and digital resources. The project will facilitate immediate application to a suite of research areas, including systematic, wood anatomy, ecology, biogeography, island biology, phenology, plant conservation, history of science, plant humanities, and archival theory and practices. The Carlquist Collection will be publicly available via online data portals.Held at the Herbarium at California Botanic Garden (RSA) and the Library at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), the Sherwin Carlquist Collection encompasses more than 30 years of botanical field research comprising 30,770 biological collections and 161,019 archival objects. This project aims to (1) curate the Carlquist Collection for long-term preservation; (2) digitize and mobilize data for all collections materials held at both institutions; (3) link transcribed collection information, images, and metadata across all biological collections and archival objects; and (4) publish and make publicly available as an aggregated collection through online data portals, including iDigBio and GBIF. This project represents a unique collaborative and interdisciplinary opportunity between natural history collections and archives to create one of the first Extended Specimen Networks (ESN) for a renowned American botanist and serves more broadly to establish a new paradigm for how natural history collections and archives communities envision, implement, and utilize ESN’s within and among their collections. Integral to the project are the activities that involve participation from students at different levels in their academic career. The project will provide education, training, and capacity building for underserved youth and emerging professionals in a field that will greatly benefit from their participation. A workshop and symposium on ESN development are planned for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections annual conference to provide training and resources to the collections community. Paired exhibits for the public and hosted at each institution will highlight the project.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.

当今植物学家站在著名的“巨人的肩膀”上，其中之一是舍温·卡尔奎斯特博士（1930-2021）。卡尔奎斯特留下了丰富的遗产和30多年来重要的植物学研究所产生的重要收藏。在他杰出的职业生涯中，卡尔奎斯特发表了大量的研究论文，涉及植物解剖学和系统学，进化和生态理论，花的发育，形态学，岛屿地理学和分类学等主题。作为一名研究人员，卡尔奎斯特认为环境中的生物元素构成了一个动态网络。这个网络告诉他收集标本的方法，以及他通过这种做法产生的丰富的材料和记录。卡尔奎斯特收藏馆位于加州植物园标本馆（RSA）和德克萨斯州图书馆植物研究所（BRIT），共收藏了191，789件物品，包括标本馆标本、木材标本、保存在烈酒中的植物材料、木材解剖显微镜载玻片、野外照片透明载玻片、黑白白色照片和野外收集笔记本。卡尔奎斯特收藏的很大一部分从未被策划或数字化，使得大部分藏品无法访问。此外，由于非档案材料存放不足，一些收藏材料面临不同程度的损坏。在RSA和BRIT之间的合作努力中，该项目旨在策划和收集这些重要的收藏品及其相关数据，以提供长期保存，并创建一个扩展的标本网络（ESN），其中Carlquist的标本，实地照片和收藏笔记本将被链接以形成一个聚合的集合，从而创建无限的额外准备和数字资源。该项目将促进立即应用到一套研究领域，包括系统，木材解剖学，生态学，植物地理学，岛屿生物学，物候学，植物保护，科学史，植物人文学以及档案理论和实践。卡尔奎斯特藏品将通过在线数据门户向公众开放。舍温·卡尔奎斯特藏品保存在加州植物园（RSA）的植物标本馆和德克萨斯州植物研究所（BRIT）的图书馆，涵盖了30多年的植物学领域研究，包括30，770件生物收藏品和161，019件档案物品。该项目旨在（1）为长期保存而策划卡尔奎斯特收藏品;（2）收集和调动两个机构持有的所有收藏材料的数据;（3）将所有生物收藏品和档案对象的转录收藏信息，图像和元数据链接起来;以及（4）通过在线数据门户网站，包括iDigBio和GBIF，发布并公开提供聚合收藏品。该项目代表了自然历史收藏和档案之间独特的合作和跨学科的机会，为著名的美国植物学家创建了第一个扩展标本网络（ESN），并更广泛地为自然历史收藏和档案社区如何设想，实施和利用ESN的内部和之间的集合建立了一个新的范式。该项目的组成部分是涉及学生在其学术生涯的不同层次的参与活动。该项目将为服务不足的青年和新兴专业人员提供教育、培训和能力建设，他们的参与将使该领域受益匪浅。计划为自然历史收藏品保护协会年会举办一次关于ESN发展的讲习班和研讨会，为收藏界提供培训和资源。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。