Small Collections Grant
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Pre-digitization Curation and Publication of Papua New Guinea National Herbarium Biodiversity Data
Papua New Guinea
Database
Cost (USD):
2000
LAE
Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute
Objective:
The project’s main objective is to clean and improve the quality of herbarium data to make them
“fit for use” which can be published.
Timetable:
The project will take up to three (3) months for pre-digitization process. The project is planned to be in three (3) phases from Taxonomic, Spatial, Collection and Publishing biodiversity data. Phase one will be Taxonomic activities which will take up to a month and will involve missing data (e.g.: subspecies written but not the species), Incorrect values (typos, wrong column, symbols « ?? », …), non-atomic values (e.g.: « subsp. bicostasa » in a single term), uncertainty on at least one name of the binominal nomenclature, duplicates (synonyms, several valid names…), inconsistent data after to databases fusion using several checklists. The second phase will be Spatial data and will also take up to a month to complete coordinates inversion, null values, unknown datum, conversion issues and Geo-referencing. The third phase will be Collection data and Publishing where missing data (e.g.: no Collector names and number) and inconsistency Collector names and Number will be corrected before the data is online published. The herbarium staff will coordinate all the pre-digitization process and will be assisted by the university undergraduate personnel.
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 Papua New Guinea National Herbarium (LAE) is managed by the PNG Forest Research Institute (PNGRFI) under the PNG Forest Authority (PNGFA). Its function is to explore and document the country’s forests resources for scientific research, conservation, environmental, social and economic aspects. The LAE herbarium contains over 300 000 plant specimens of which 90 000 has already been databased and the information is available on the PNG Plant Database website (web//:pngplants.org). While data entry into PNG Plant Database continues, the herbarium is now in the process of pre-digitization curation of its collections. The pre-digitization curation process requires data mobilization in which herbarium data will be extracted from PNG Plant Database and will undergo some quality checks. The project will specifically define and determine error types, search and identify error instances, correct the errors, document error instances and error types, modify data entry procedures to reduce future errors and will ensure a maximum quality possible when digitizing of Taxonomic, Geographical, Collection and collector and Descriptive data. It is anticipated that after the pre-digitization process, the biodiversity data will be shared and be made available to be accessed online through published GBIF platform using Darwin Core. The project will support at least one herbarium staff and a recent undergraduate student to perform data clean-up process and prepare data for online publishing.
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Penniel Lamei
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