Preserving rare and endemic Hawaiian specimens in the Joseph F. Rock herbarium through digitization

通过数字化在 Joseph F. Rock 植物标本馆中保存稀有和特有的夏威夷标本

• 批准号: 2135175
• 负责人: Christopher Muir
• 金额: $ 14.89万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 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: 2022-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2135175&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preserving; rare; endemic; Hawaiian; specimens

This project will preserve and improve access to the Joseph F. Rock Herbarium at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa through digitization of its 55,000 specimens. Hawaiʻi has some of the greatest biodiversity in the United States, particularly when it comes to its native plants: 90% are found nowhere else in the world. A high proportion of these plants are listed as threatened or endangered, and many have gone extinct in the last century. Natural history collections serve as invaluable records of biodiversity and are important references for species that are threatened, endangered, or otherwise difficult to access. The Joseph F. Rock herbarium is one of the oldest herbaria in the Pacific and is home to rare and endemic species of the Hawaiian and Pacific islands. The newly digitized specimens will be available to researchers across the globe, greatly increasing the utility of the collection. Digitization will be conducted by undergraduates at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to provide meaningful research experiences for students. The herbarium will host volunteer digitization events, increase collaboration with the campus arboretum, and engage with the public via events at a local botanical garden.The rare and endemic Hawaiian and Pacific island plant specimens in the Rock herbarium will be preserved through overall modernization of the collection. Specifically, this project will digitize the 55,000 specimens in the collection, remove the backlog of specimens that need to be accessioned, and disseminate specimen data to a broader research community through a dedicated Consortium of Pacific Herbaria web portal and iDigBio.org. Modernization will also include expanded pest management and expanding the throughput of specimen digitization. The project additionally serves to maintain and strengthen collaborations across Pacific herbaria and promote digitization of other, smaller collections. The project will employ nine students each year, emphasizing the training and retention of students from historically excluded groups, including Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Outreach efforts will focus on connecting preserved specimens to living collections on the University of Hawaiʻi Campus Arboretum and Lyon Arboretum and continuing efforts to connect the herbarium to Hawaiian culture and knowledge.This project is jointly funded by the Capacity: Biological Collections Program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

该项目将保护和改善对约瑟夫F。位于马诺阿的夏威夷大学岩石标本馆通过对其55，000个标本进行数字化。夏威夷拥有美国最大的生物多样性，特别是其本土植物：90%的植物在世界其他地方都找不到。这些植物中有很大一部分被列为受威胁或濒临灭绝，许多已经在上个世纪灭绝。自然历史收藏品是生物多样性的宝贵记录，也是受威胁、濒危或难以接近的物种的重要参考资料。约瑟夫F。岩石标本馆是太平洋最古老的标本馆之一，是夏威夷和太平洋岛屿稀有和特有物种的家园。新数字化的标本将提供给地球仪的研究人员，大大增加了收藏的效用。数字化将由夏威夷大学马诺阿分校的本科生进行，为学生提供有意义的研究经验。植物标本馆将举办志愿者数字化活动，加强与校园植物园的合作，并通过当地植物园的活动与公众互动。岩石植物标本馆中的稀有和特有的夏威夷和太平洋岛屿植物标本将通过全面现代化的收藏来保存。具体而言，该项目将对收藏的55，000个标本进行分类，消除需要加入的积压标本，并通过专门的太平洋植物标本联盟门户网站和iDigBio.org向更广泛的研究界传播标本数据。现代化还将包括扩大害虫管理和扩大标本数字化的吞吐量。此外，该项目还有助于维持和加强太平洋植物标本馆之间的合作，并促进其他较小收藏品的数字化。该项目每年将雇用9名学生，重点是培训和留住来自历史上被排斥群体的学生，包括夏威夷土著人和太平洋岛民。外联工作的重点是将保存的标本与夏威夷大学埃西校区植物园和里昂植物园的活标本联系起来，并继续努力将植物标本馆与夏威夷文化和知识联系起来。生物收集计划和刺激竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）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。