Small Collections Grant
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Backlog processing and digitalization of specimens collected for the taxonomic revision of Calendula L. (Asteraceae)
Portugal
Digitally image, Process backlog
Cost (USD):
2000
AVE
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro
Objective:
The aims of this project are to: - mount 523 specimens of Calendula collected under the scope of the recently published taxonomical revisions of Calendula, including 8 type specimens; - make their data, and a selection of images, including the type specimens, available online on GBIF, therefore promoting universal access to this information; - train young alumni in the study of flora and herbarium management.
Timetable:
This collection is presently enclosed in newspaper sheets. A selection of duplicates has been sent to herbaria like: ENSA, MA, ORT, RAB.
The first task is to choose the better duplicate (afterwards called original) available of each specimen.
Secondly, the original specimen will be mounted on a standard herbarium size sheet of cartridge paper.
To each specimen it will also be glued a label with the appropriate field details (collector plus number, date, place of collection, habit and habitat) and identification. If necessary, small envelopes will also be added to achenes of leaves accidentally detached from the specimen.
Finaly, the herbarium reference number will be added to the specimens, and they will be organized in species folders and placed orderly in parcels (pigeonholes).
Since a database has already been prepared, data needs only be adapted to DWC format, before submission to GBIF. We already have equipment and a setup to make digital images, and we have plans to store them on https://archive.org/, to make them available also on GBIF.
It is estimated that a total of 20-30 working days (1,5 month pay) will be enough for a master student to do all these tasks.
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
2024
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Plan:
The herbarium of the University of Aveiro was founded in 1977, with an initial team that included the curator, one main collector and one technician, which was uncharged of the mounting of the specimens. Since then, collections have grown to c. 22000 specimens plus 43000 duplicates, and extended its range from the district of Aveiro to the entire continental Portugal, and even abroad, like Timor-Leste, Mozambique, Porto santo Islands and the collections of Calendula from the Iberian Peninsula, Macaronesia and the understudied North of Africa, although the team has shrunk to only one person (the curator R.Pinho), and no one to process the specimens.
So, this project will allow to hire a master student to process the Calendula backlog, i.e.: mounting in cardboard, including labels and using appropriate gummed archival linen tape. Type specimens will be wrapped in their appropriate red banded sheets, while all the other specimens will be enclosed in vegetal paper, and genus folders. This will render these collections ready to be consulted by any researcher upon request. Furthermore, their data, which has already been databased, will be made available on GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/) along with, at least, a selection of images, which will include eight (8) type specimens. Contacts have already been made with the GBIF helpdesk and our University’s Point of contact to get support. A selection of duplicates have already been offered and deposited in other herbaria
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Paulo Cardoso da Silveira
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