Cyberization of the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum Collections

该奖项将支持路易斯安那州立节肢动物博物馆(LSAM)的数据库和成像，以及来自另外五个节肢动物收藏品的数据整合。产品将包括一个节肢动物多样性的在线数据库，它将作为一个在整个美国南部有用的分类学识别工具。代表约500,000个样本的数据将通过SilverColltions软件在线提供。SilverColltions从LSAM指定数据库获取数据，并以符合DarwinCore的格式将其发布到互联网上。功能包括分类、核对表和图像浏览器、自动完成智能过滤器、实时搜索引擎、生物多样性比较图表、谷歌分布图和BioGeomancer近似值。数据录入和成像将由一名研究助理和首席调查人员培训的本科生完成。工作流程是一个步调一致的计划，允许简化培训、数据输入和质量控制。输入分类、地点和收集事件数据，并由负责这些任务的不同学生生成图像。产品在发布到网上之前会被选中并集成到Specify中。将数据迁移到互联网使全球社会能够从LSAM中包含的丰富数据中受益。我们的系统将节肢动物的名称和图像放在网上，并使分类、地理和栖息地信息立即可用。在线提供这些材料将节省数千个小时的问题诊断工作时间。通过数据库与公众和其他用户群体互动，而不是寻找标本和检查标签的耗时方法，在财务上是有意义的。路易斯安那州拥有丰富的自然生态系统，其中许多受到威胁或经历了戏剧性的衰退。关于国家的数据？S动物和栖息地将通过实施基于网络的互动清单从默默无闻过渡到普遍可用。这笔赠款提供的资金将对学生进行管理、基于网络的数据管理和昆虫学的教育。路易斯安那州节肢动物博物馆可以在http://www.entomology.lsu.edu/lsam/.上找到

This award will support databasing and imaging at the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum (LSAM) and consolidation of data from five additional arthropod collections. Products will include an online database of arthropod diversity that will serve as a taxonomic identification tool useful throughout the southern United States. Data representing ~500,000 specimens will become available online via SilverCollections software. SilverCollections harvests data from the LSAM Specify database and posts it to the internet in a DarwinCore-compliant format. Features include a taxonomy, checklist and image browser, autocomplete smart filters, real time search engine, biodiversity comparison charts, Google distribution maps, and BioGeomancer approximations. Data entry and imaging will be accomplished by undergraduates trained by a Research Associate and Principal Investigators. The workflow procedure is a lockstep plan that permits simplified training, data entry, and quality control. Taxonomy, locality, and collection event data are entered, and images are produced by different students responsible for those tasks. Products are checked and integrated into Specify before being posted online. Migration of data to the internet enables the global community to benefit from the wealth of data contained within the LSAM. Our system puts arthropod names and images on the web and makes taxonomic, geographic, and habitat information instantly available. Having these materials available online will save thousands of work-hours in problem diagnoses. Interacting with the public and other user groups through a database rather than the time-consuming method of finding specimens and checking labels makes fiscal sense. Louisiana has a rich mosaic of natural ecosystems, many of which are threatened or have undergone dramatic declines. Data concerning the state?s fauna and habitats will transition from obscurity to universal accessibility through implementation of an interactive, web-based inventory. Funding provided by this grant will educate students in curation, web-based data management, and the science of entomology. The Louisiana State Arthropod Museum can be found at http://www.entomology.lsu.edu/lsam/.