Small Collections Grant
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Digitization, processing and taxonomic updating of the USD Herbarium, with emphasis on historical and type specimens.
Dominican Republic
Database, Digitally image, Process backlog
Cost (USD):
2000
USD
Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas, UASD
Objective:
Improve curatorial and digitization practices of the USD Herbarium collection.
Formally incorporate into the collection the pending unprocessed samples.
Review and update the currently transcribed specimens in the database.
Curate all type specimens and the herbarium's historical collection.
Digitize all type specimens and the herbarium’s historical collection, including both the transcription of labels and generation of high quality images.
Syncronize the database, along with digital images, of the USD Herbarium collection with the Symbiota portal for easy upload to GBIF.
Timetable:
Duration: Two years.
Schedule:
January - June 2021: Processing and entry of the unprocessed specimens to the collection.
June - December 2021: Update of the Database.
January - June 2022: Update of the collection classification system according to the APG IV System.
June - December 2022: Digitization and publication of the historical collection and types in the Symbiota web portal, which open access platform linked to GBIF.
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:
Our project consists of five stages: First stage) The herbarium database will be reviewed and refined; this stage comprises quality control of the data from transcribed labels (e.g., standardization of collector names and dates, and identify errors in the transcriptions) and updating their taxonomic information. Second stage) The mounting, curation and formal entry of the unprocessed specimens will be carried out, including mounting and barcoding of specimens before entry to the main collection Third stage) The collection’s classification system will be updated: from Cronquist to the APG IV system. Fourth stage) The curatorial staff will be trained in the handling of equipment and the use of virtual platform for the subsequent digitization of historical specimens and types. Fifth stage) The transcriptions and images of the digitized specimens will be published on an open access specimen aggregator platform (e.g., GBIF, Symbiota).
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"Other" target:
Ruth H. Bastardo
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