Workshop on the Projected Use of "Bioinformatics Circuit Riders" for the Computerization of Herbaria in the U.S.A. Lincoln, Nebraska, November 15-18, 1999.

该项目将支持于1999年11月举行的为期3天的规划研讨会，以制定建议，启动美国所有植物标本馆的计算机化。整个项目的关键是一个生物信息学“巡回骑手”系统，从一个或多个家庭站点操作，他们将前往植物标本馆，提供博物馆计算机化的指导，开始捕获标签信息，分发生物信息学和植物标本馆信息计算机化的教育材料。研讨会的参与者将包括植物标本馆馆长、植物系统学家、生物信息学专家、收藏管理人员和操作系统管理人员。该项目将与发展中的信息网络概念相结合，作为国家生态观测网和BON的一部分。

ESTES, JAMESProposal: DEB-9910160 This project will support a 3-day planning workshop in November 1999 to develop recommendations to initiate computerization of all herbaria in the US. the key to the overall project is a system of bioinformatics "circuit riders" operating from one or more home stations, who will travel to herbaria and provide instruction in museum computerization, initiate the capture of label information, and distribute educational materials on bioinformatics and computerization of herbarium information. Workshop participants will include herbarium curators, plant systematists, bioinformatics specialists, collection managers, and operating system managers. This project will integrate with the developing concepts of an information network as part of the National Ecological Observatory Network and BON.