Small Collections Grant
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Improvement of the specimen type collection of the Forest Herbarium (MOL) of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in Lima, Peru
Peru
Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
MOL
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Objective:
Update the information and improve the conditioning of Type specimens stored in the Forest Herbarium (MOL).
Timetable:
The project will be executed in 6 months.
-Revision (6 weeks): First and second week: a review of the database. Third to sixth week: location, selection and relocation of type specimens of the matrix herbarium.
-Conditioning (12 weeks): First week: preparation of conditioning material, assembly and labeling. Second to the eighth week: specialized curatorship and rotary health treatment. Ninth to twelfth week: specialized treatment of samples in alcohol.
-Systematization (4 weeks): complete the information of the vouchers and publications.
-Digitalization of specimens (4 weeks): photographed and coding of type specimens.
-Re-incorporation of specimens (2 weeks): Type specimens will be relocated in their respective cabinets.
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:
Update of the Forest Herbarium (MOL) database:
-Includes the revision of the database, location of the type specimens in the matrix herbarium, Collection of published information that cites type specimens (JSTOR and others), as well as a selection of the collections cited in the Herbarium database. Finally, the location and selection of the type specimens of the matrix herbarium for conditioning.
-Specialized curatorship. Sanitary treatment and cleansing, reconstruction of damaged botanical material, voucher review and determination labels. Each specimen will be covered with white tissue paper, then placed inside a 14 gauge white folk cardboard card folder and finally covered by an orange Canson cardboard folder that will have a label identifying it as a type specimen. For preserved specimens in alcohol, the preservative liquid and damaged containers will be renewed. This includes changing labels.
-Systematization. - Voucher information completion of the specimens and the data of the reference publications in the Herbarium database.
-Digitalization. - High-resolution photography of the type specimens using the MOL Herbarium photo module. In addition, a folder will be prepared with all digital information that will be available for incorporation into the Digital Herbarium-Atrium online platform.
-Reincorporation of type specimens to the parent Herbarium. Once the process is completed, the specimens in the respective cabinets.
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"Other" target:
Sonia Cesarina Palacios Ramos
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