Small Collections Grant
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Scanning, photography and storage of materials in the SPFR Herbarium (DB/FFCLRP-USP, Brazil)
Brasil
Database, Digitally image, Process backlog, Ship, Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
SPFR
University of São Paulo
Objective:
- to accelerate the digitization of the SPFR Herbarium collection – from c. 4,600 to 7,000 digitalized records
- make the records available on an online platform
- photograph at least 1,000 materials and make records available online by 2023
- pack the material for incorporation, including procedures for prior freezing of the material to avoid contamination (mold and insects)
- Return of loans.
- organize the collection for assembly and correct packaging of the exsiccates (nearly 4,000 numbers waiting to the mounted)
- training students in scientific collection management activities
Timetable:
1st - Organization of material for returning loans; repayment of loans; collection organization; taking photos of the specimens
2nd - digitization of specimens; making records available online; collection organization; taking photos of the specimens
3rd - digitization of specimens; making records available online; collection organization; taking photos of the specimens
4th - digitization of specimens; making records available online; collection organization; taking photos of the specimens
5th - digitization of specimens; making records available online; collection organization; taking photos of the specimens
6th - digitization of specimens; making records available online; organization of the collection. taking photos of the specimens. Final report
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:
To continue digitizing the collection, a more modern computer is requested (price c. US$665.00*) for the collection, given that the computer currently available for the task is 10 years old and with limited operational capacity. The change of computer is important because one of the other objectives of the present proposal is to photograph the collection and make the photos of the specimens available online on the SpeciesLink Platform. Currently only images of types from the SPFR collection are available online (17 materials) and the plan is to photograph the entire collection (20,000 plants), 1,000 of which in the period of the present project (by the end of 2023). Therefore, a stative for photos, with two lamps and board (price c. US$ 570.00) is also requested to photograph the specimens. A portion of the funding is requested to finance students for the task of photographing, digitizing and making the specimens available online (US$ 385.00). *- estimated prices originally in Brazilian Real (RS$), and then converted to US dollar, quotation US $1.00 dollar = RS$5.2681, December, 28th, 2022).
Finally, an upright freezer (price c. US$380.00) is also requested to store material that has been sent to the SPFR collection, or to store material received as a donation or loan. Currently, the Herbarium has a freezer that is about 30 years old, which from time to time breaks and has to be repaired, which puts the material at risk.
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Milton Groppo Junior
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