Utah Valley State College Virtual Herbarium

在James G. Harris博士和Renee Van Buren博士的指导下，犹他谷州立学院获得了一笔拨款，用于部分支持一个项目，该项目将UVSC植物标本馆的植物收集数据数字化，并将这些信息作为虚拟植物标本馆在全球网络上提供给学生、研究人员和公众。每条收集记录都将被输入一个可搜索的在线数据库，供地理信息系统（GIS）应用参考，并用高分辨率数码相机拍摄。UVSC虚拟植物标本馆的用户将能够在可搜索的数据库中定位标本记录，在地图上绘制植物分布，并查看高分辨率的摄影图像，以便对每个标本的形态细节进行严格检查。虚拟植物标本室将提供无限制的访问收集数据，并促进数据的快速整合和分析，从而增加UVSC植物标本室的教育和科学价值。此外，虚拟植物标本室通过减少处理实际植物标本室标本的需要，将减少在使用它们时不可避免地发生的意外损坏。虚拟植物标本室的建立将极大地促进大学的植物学教育。参加各种植物学课程的学生和UVSC植物鉴定小组的成员需要进入UVSC植物标本室进行研究。虚拟植物标本室将为学生提供从任何一台连接到全球网络的计算机上连续访问的机会。此外，UVSC虚拟植物标本室将成为包括系统学、生态学和植物地理学在内的各个领域的研究人员的宝贵工具。UVSC植物标本馆包括国家公园收藏的标本，犹他州濒危植物研究收集的标本，该国最完整的北极/高山植物属Braya（十字花科）的标本之一，以及来自犹他州偏远和收集不足的标本。访问UVSC虚拟植物标本馆将对土地管理者、负责清点和保护国家濒危和受威胁植物的州和联邦机构，以及其他需要植物鉴定和分布信息的个人和组织有价值。UVSC虚拟植物标本室将对整个地区的教育和科学产生影响。公立学校和较小的学院通常没有植物标本室。UVSC虚拟植物标本室将为这些机构的教师和学生以及可能没有足够机会获得植物标本室的大型大学的学生提供教育资源。UVSC虚拟植物标本室将通过向公众提供宝贵的科学和教育资源来满足目前尚未得到满足的需求。

A grant has been awarded to Utah Valley State College under the direction of Dr. James G. Harris and Dr. Renee Van Buren for partial support of a project to digitize plant collection data from the UVSC Herbarium and make the information available on the worldwide web to students, researchers, and the general public as a virtual herbarium. Each collection record will be entered into a searchable online database, georeferenced for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications, and photographed with a high-resolution digital camera. Users of the UVSC Virtual Herbarium will be able to locate specimen records in a searchable database, plot plant distributions on a map, and view high-resolution photographic images that will permit critical examination of the morphological details of each specimen. The Virtual Herbarium will increase the educational and scientific value of the UVSC Herbarium by providing unlimited access to collection data and by facilitating rapid integration and analysis of the data. In addition, the Virtual Herbarium, by reducing the need to handle actual herbarium specimens, will reduce the incidental damage that inevitably occurs with their use. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will significantly enhance botanical education at UVSC. Students enrolled in a variety of botany courses and members of the UVSC Plant Identification Team require access to the UVSC Herbarium for study. The Virtual Herbarium will provide students with continuous access from any computer with a connection to the worldwide web. In addition, the UVSC Virtual Herbarium will be a valuable tool for researchers in a wide variety of fields, including systematics, ecology, and plant geography. The UVSC Herbarium includes National Park collections, specimens collected for a study of Utah endangered plants, one of the most complete collections in the country of the arctic/alpine plant genus Braya (Cruciferae), and specimens from remote and poorly collected locations in Utah. Access to the UVSC Virtual Herbarium will be of value to land managers, state and federal agencies charged with inventorying and protecting the nation's endangered and threatened plants, and other individuals and organizations needing information about plant identification and distribution. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will have an educational and scientific impact throughout the region. Public schools and smaller colleges typically do not have herbaria. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will serve as an educational resource for teachers and students at these institutions as well as for students at larger universities who may not have adequate access to a herbarium. The UVSC Virtual Herbarium will meet a need that is currently not being met, by providing a valuable scientific and educational resource to the public.