Small Collections Grant
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Begin digitizing the herbarium specimens in HZAC Herbarium
Mexico
Database, Curate specimens, Digitally image, Process backlog, Conserve
Cost (USD):
3000
HZAC
Zacatecas Research Center, Zacatecas State Herbarium
Objective:
1. Improve the herbarium equipment by acquiring a new stereoscope and a shelf to display the herbarium specimens.
2. Acquire the materials to assemble specimens.
3. Acquire a digital SLR camera to begin digitizing.
4. Digitalize the first one thousand specimens available on the Mexican herbaria network portal “red de herbarios mexicanos”.
5. Train undergraduate students in herbarium management and the capture and post-processing of images of specimens
Timetable:
Activity:
Buy stereoscope, SLR Camera, materials to assemble specimens and shelf; Month: Apr.
Students training; Months: Apr-May.
Identification and mounting of botanical specimens; Months: Jun-Oct
Digitalize first 1000 specimens in specimens available on the Mexican herbaria network portal “red de herbarios mexicanos; Months: Jul-Dec.
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.
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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.
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Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.
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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:
Students who need to complete their community service and professional internships will receive training in collection management, database management, taxonomic identification, mounting of botanical specimens, image capture, and post-processing. The stereoscope and other equipment will be acquired as soon as possible so that they can be used by students and researchers who need them.
Institution:
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Applicant First Name/s:
email:
"Other" target:
Emmeth Josafath
Rodríguez-Pérez
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