Digitization Pen: Augmenting the temporal and geographic range of invertebase through additional collaboration of the Chicago Academy of Sciences

芝加哥科学院/佩吉·诺特巴特自然博物馆(CAS/PNNM)被资助加入现有的主题收藏网络(TCN)项目“InvertEBase：回溯看未来：物种丰富的无脊椎动物动物群记录生物多样性变化的原因和后果”，该项目旨在创建一个易于访问的科学资源，为无脊椎动物，特别是软体动物和节肢动物物种发生、丰度和范围分布变化的新研究提供信息。104,850个标本的数据将有助于支持对无脊椎动物生物多样性进行更全面了解的研究，为改进有关土地管理、恢复和保护的政策和做法奠定基线。通过开发与下一代科学标准一致的课程内容，向学生介绍当地软体动物物种作为环境指标的作用，该项目产生的收集数据的更多可获得性也将使芝加哥的K-12学生和教师受益。学院还将与菲尔德自然历史博物馆合作，为当地常见的软体动物开发数字和印刷野外指南。这些指南将被广泛分发，并将成为公民科学工作的资源援助。芝加哥科学院成立于1857年，并迅速确立了自己在收集和研究地区动植物方面的早期领导者地位。这一遗产转化为中西部/西部大湖区有价值的物种历史发生数据，特别是在伊利诺伊州。该项目建议将代表该地理区域的无脊椎动物标本的数据数字化并提供服务。InvertEBase TCN的努力将汇集来自美国东部的390多万份数字化标本记录。CAS/PNNM提议的伙伴关系将贡献约104,850条记录，填补TCN数据的地理和时间空白。CAS/PNNM还将利用和改进现有工作流程，以提高数字化进程的效率和成本效益。该项目计划通过与下一代科学标准相一致的发展课程来影响芝加哥的K-12学生和教师。该奖项是通过推进生物多样性收集数字化计划的生物收集数字化国家资源的一部分，该项目产生的所有数据将通过iDigBio获得。

The Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (CAS/PNNM) is funded to join the existing Thematic Collections Network (TCN) project "InvertEBase: Reaching back to see the future: Species-rich invertebrate faunas document causes and consequences of biodiversity shifts," which aims to create an easily accessible scientific resource that will inform novel research on changing species occurrences, abundances, and range distribution of invertebrates, specifically mollusks and arthropods. Data for 104,850 specimens will contribute to support research that provide a more comprehensive understanding of invertebrate biodiversity, building a baseline for improved policies and practices regarding land management, restoration, and conservation. Increased accessibility to collections data stemming from this project will also benefit K-12 students and teachers in Chicago through the development of a curriculum component that aligns with Next Generation Science Standards, introducing students to the role of local mollusk species as environmental indicators. The Academy will also collaborate with the Field Museum of Natural History to develop digital and print field guides to common local mollusks. These guides will be widely distributed and will be resource aids for citizen science endeavors.The Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 and quickly established itself as an early leader in collecting and researching regional flora and fauna. This legacy translates into valuable historic species occurrence data for the Midwestern/Western Great Lakes region, particularly within the state of Illinois. This project proposes to digitize and serve data for specimens of invertebrates representative of that geographic region. The efforts of the InvertEBase TCN will aggregate more than 3.9 million digitized specimen records from across the eastern United States. The partnership proposed by CAS/PNNM will contribute an estimated 104,850 records, filling geographic and temporal gaps in the TCN's data. CAS/PNNM will also exploit and improve existing workflows in order to improve efficiencies and cost effectiveness of the digitization process. The project plans to impact K-12 students and teachers in Chicago through the development curricula that align with Next Generation Science Standards. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program and all data resulting from this project will be available through iDigBio.