FSML Increasing Data Integration, Research Collaboration, and Training at Archbold

位于佛罗里达州中南部的Archbold生物站获得了一笔拨款，用于加强其计算机网络，以扩大数据集成，加强研究合作，并改善学生培训。Archbold是一个独立的研究、教育和保护组织，拥有73年的长期生态研究历史。带有Adobe Creative Cloud的多媒体服务器将改进图像存档和编目，使Archbold令人印象深刻的图像和视频存档能够被搜索，因此研究人员、教育工作者、环保人士和公众都可以访问它们。Archbold维护一个数据库，用于无缝数据管理和在线数据访问；一台新的服务器将加快对可搜索环境和研究数据的访问，为未来不可避免的数据存储需求提供越来越大的空间。一个新的虚拟专用网络将允许远程用户，如研究合作者和学生，以及工作人员在旅行或在家工作时安全访问网络。大型归档服务器将在存储库中存放像正射影像这样的静态媒体。最后，该站将转向增强的基于磁盘的备份，以提高备份效率并改进安全性和灾难恢复。网络的增强将增强Archbold在员工科学团队和外部研究人员和学生之间的协作能力，使新的合成和酝酿新的想法成为可能。这些改进将进一步与目前与Archbold合作的50多所大学和研究机构的科学家进行互动，包括Archbold作为成员的重要研究网络，如全球湖泊生态观测网络GLEON和新成立的美国农业部长期农业生态系统研究网络。在阿奇博尔德接受培训的学生，大多毕业于北美各地的大学，参加国际空间站的学士学位后项目，他们将更紧密地融入国内机构和大型科学团队。在空间站会议设施举行的研究合作会议将得到更好的支持，以实现科学互动。阿奇博尔德广泛的教育、推广和保护项目将直接受益于增强的基础设施。教育项目直接向公众传播阿奇博尔德科学，每年有数千名学生参与科学过程（K-Gray）。改善对视频和图像集合的访问将对许多与Archbold合作以加强科学传播的创意团队至关重要。这也将有助于建立吸引艺术家和摄影师的项目（艺术-科学联盟）。参观该站学习中心的公众游客可以通过高质量的解说标牌和许多公共活动了解现场研究。该奖项将加强该网站，提供更丰富的信息和教育材料。总的来说，这份提高IT能力的合同将对Archbold的实质性教育、推广和保护计划产生广泛的影响。欲了解更多关于Archbold的信息，请访问网站http://www.archbold-station.org。

Archbold Biological Station in south central Florida is awarded a grant to enhance its computer network to expand data integration, enhance research collaboration, and improve student training. Archbold is an independent research, education, and conservation organization with a 73-year history of long-term ecological research. A multimedia server with Adobe Creative Cloud will improve image archiving and cataloguing to enable searches of Archbold's impressive archive of images and videos, so they can be accessible to researchers, educators, conservationists, and the public. Archbold maintains a database for seamless data management and online data access; a new server will speed up access to searchable environmental and research data, providing growing room for inevitable future demands on data storage. A new Virtual Private Network will allow secure offsite access to the network for remote users such as research collaborators and students, and for staff when traveling or working from home. A large archive server will house static media like orthophotos in a repository. Finally the Station will move to an enhanced disk-based backup to increase the efficiency of backups and improve security and disaster recovery. The network enhancements will enhance Archbold's ability to work collaboratively among staff science teams and outside researchers and students, enabling new synthesis and fermenting new ideas. The enhancements will further interactions with scientists at more than 50 universities and research institutions currently working with Archbold, including important research networks that Archbold is a member of such as the Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network GLEON and the newly-formed USDA Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research Network. Students being trained at Archbold, mostly graduates from universities around North America in the Station's post-baccalaureate program, will integrate more closely into home institutions and with large science teams. Research collaborations meeting at the Station's conference facilities will experience better support to enable science interactions. Archbold's extensive education, outreach, and conservation programs will benefit directly from the enhanced infrastructure. Education programs disseminate Archbold science directly to the public, involving thousands of students annually (K-Gray) in the process of science. Improved access to collections of videos and imagery will be vital to the many creative teams working with Archbold to enhance science communication. This will also help build the programs (Arts-Science Alliance) that attract artists and photographers. Public visitors to the Station's Learning Center learn about on-site research via high quality interpretive signage and many public events. The award will enhance the web site providing a richer focus on information and education materials. Overall this award to improve IT capacity will have wide-ranging impact on Archbold's substantial education, outreach, and conservation programs. For further information about Archbold, please visit the website at http://www.archbold-station.org.