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Small Collections Grant

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Digitalization and preparation of collections in the HACAM Herbarium: A safeguarding of the plant diversity in the Brazilian semiarid

tournefort@gmail.com

Brasil

Curate specimens, Digitally image, Process backlog

Cost (USD): 

3000

HACAM

STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA-UEPB

Objective:

- Mounting 2,000 exsiccatae.
- Digitize and make available online 4,000 exsiccatae.
- Expand the integration between scientific networks in the different areas of knowledge for the use of data available in HACAM.
- Training and education of human resources in taxonomy and floristics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- Strengthen research in plant biodiversity and the exchange between herbaria (loans, donations, and or exchanges) within the Northeast and other Brazilian regions.
- Expand public access to good quality scientific information.

Timetable:

Activity
Project planning and organization: Months 1-3
Survey and diagnosis of the herbarium collection: Months 1-3
Mounting the herbarium specimens: Months 4-9
Label preparation and standardization: Months 4-9
Taxonomic and curatorial review: Months 4-9
Preparation for digitization: Months 1-12
Digitization of herbarium specimens: Months 1-12
Quality control of images and data: Months 7-12
Online availability/integration to the databases intended: Months 7-12
Final report preparation and send to IAPT: Month 12

Scoring Rubric

Reviewer's name:

Collection Improvement (max. 120 points)

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  • Facilitating access to the physical collections by digitization (e.g., data entry, setting up database structure with an outline of the platform to be used, purchasing equipment, and imaging specimens) – up to 30 points.

  • Enhancing physical collections by improving the conservation status of specimens in the herbarium (e.g., better folders, protecting covers, mounting paper, labeling, etc.) – up to 30 points.

  • Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.

  • Increasing our understanding of the flora or funga by making new herbarium specimens available, such as processing of backlog or collecting and mounting of new specimens from understudied sites – up to 20 points.

  • Securing collections by distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria or shipping endangered collections to another herbarium – up to 20 points.

This proposal scores:

/120

Methods & Funding (max. 40 points)

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  • Match between the proposed budget and methods for the aims described – up to 10 points.

  • Perceived need, the extent to which the project will benefit from IAPT funding: e.g., due to active floristic work or contribution to poorly collected sites, due to threatened conditions of collections, and for the degree of involvement of others (outreach and education). We give more points for herbaria in low- and middle-income countries – up to 20 points.

  • Sharing duplicate specimens with other herbaria – up to 10 points.

This proposal scores:

/40

Broader Impacts (max. 40 points)

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  • Degree of regional importance of the collection or the taxonomic importance of the targeted collection – up to 10 points.

  • The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.

  • The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.

This proposal scores:

/40

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Year of last successful SCG application:

Has applicant applied for SCG before?:

No

Plan:

The images obtained are available on the JABOT platform (JBRJ), an initiative that represented an important milestone for the knowledge of flora, especially in Paraíba and the Brazilian Northeast, given that the collection of our herbarium corresponds mainly to field expeditions that have been carried out since July 2009 by researchers and students, including undergraduate Final Course Projects (TCC) developed in the Department of Biology, State University of Paraíba (UEPB), master's dissertations and doctoral theses carried out in postgraduate programs (PPGs) in three states of the Brazilian Northeast: Paraíba - Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Conservation (PPGEC-UEPB); Pernambuco - Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBio-UFRPE); Bahia - Postgraduate Program in Plant Biodiversity (PPGBio-UNEB). Despite playing a relevant role in documenting the regional flora, especially of the Brazilian semiarid, the Manuel de Arruda Câmara Herbarium (HACAM) still lacks adequate conditions for the full development and expansion of its botanical collections. Making their collections available in their entirety is necessary to more effectively support the development of floristic, taxonomic, biogeographical, and other studies, in order to meet the research lines currently carried out in the Department of Biology, Campus I, especially concerning the areas of expertise of the Botany professors and related fields that make up the undergraduate courses in Biological Sciences (Bachelor's.

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"Other" target:

JOSÉ IRANILDO

MIRANDA DE MELO

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