Small Collections Grant
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Boosting the development of a recently established southern Brazilian herbarium: acquisition of equipment for digitization.
Brazil
Digitally image
Cost (USD):
1758
LAG
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Centro de Educação Superior da Região Sul
Objective:
The objective of this project is to establish a digitization platform at the Anita Garibaldi Herbarium (LAG) from the Centro de Educação Superior da Região Sul of the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Although established this year, this collection already has over 1,000 specimens. As everyone knows, our political scenario is not currently science-friendly, with continuous budget cuts. Funding opportunities are also becoming increasingly scarce. Thus, we see the IAPT SCG as timely opportunity to create conditions for the digitization of herbarium sheets at LAG.
Timetable:
Based on the date of announcement of the awarded projects, we estimate the following timetable:
- Purchase and receipt of the digital camera: March-June, 2020;
- Assembly of the imaging station and initial tests: July-August, 2020;
- Scholarship selection and training: September, 2020;
- Beginning of the process of image acquisition, processing, and upload to the JABOT platform: October, 2020;
- Estimated deadline for digitization of all herbarium sheets (at that time): July, 2021.
Scoring Rubric
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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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Plan:
The first step will be the purchase of a digital camera to capture high resolution images of the herbarium sheets (for equipment model and budget information please see the Excel form). After purchasing and receiving the camera, we will build an imaging station with a LED lighting system. Then, after initial testing to set the best camera setting for image acquisition, we will begin the process of digitization of the herbarium sheets at LAG. Since we do not have a technician, a scholarship will be offered to the undergraduate students of the institution. The scholarship holder, supervised by the herbarium curator, will be trained to obtain, process and upload the images to the JABOT online platform (please visit the JABOT website: http://www.jbrj.gov.br/jabot/). The maintenance of the images online is guaranteed by the Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.
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"Other" target:
Christian da Silva
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