Small Collections Grant
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Improving the digitization and management of reference collections of The Bogota Botanical Garden Herbarium
Colombia
Digitally image, Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
JBB
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá
Objective:
• Upload the non-vascular plant collections to the JBB herbarium website, based on the photography of 300 specimens of bryophytes and lichens, which are curated, systematized and included at the JBB herbarium.
• Set up a protocol for digitization of non-vascular plant collections of the JBB herbarium.
• Improve the specimen digitization of at least 1000 new vascular plants, according to the protocols established by the JBB herbarium.
• Enhance the control of environment qualities for specimen conservation, through the monitoring of the physical factors of collection areas.
Timetable:
This project will be developed in ten months, working on seven major activities to complete the specific objectives. The schedule is described as follows:
Activity 1: Revision of several scientific references and preparation of non-vascular specimens for photography (Month 1).
Activity 2: Photography of 40 non-vascular plants specimens per month (Months 2-8). Photography of 20 non-vascular plants (Month 9).
Activity 3: Standardize and validate a protocol for non-vascular plants digitization at the JBB herbarium (Months 1-5).
Activity 4: Photography and digitization of 125 vascular plants samples per month (Months 2-8).
Activity 5: Systematization, updating and uploading information of vascular and non-vascular specimens to the website (Months 2-9).
Activity 6: Monitoring temperature and relative humidity on collections areas, daily. Data analysis of monitoring to evaluate the application of contingency protocol, weekly (Months 2-10).
Activity 7: Submit the protocol for non-vascular plants digitization at the JBB herbarium to the Scientific Subdirector of the Bogotá Botanical Garden. Submit the technical report to the IAPT (Month 10).
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 JBB herbarium has an annual goal of digitizing and uploading 4000 specimens to the website. The aim of this project is to contribute up to 1000 of these specimens of vascular plants and upload photos of 300 non-vascular plants. The bryophytes and lichens will be prepared by experts, who will take between 5 and 10 photos per specimen, following protocols from scientific references, using a stereo microscope with camera to focus on the main details. The number of photos will depend on the morphological characters for the identification of each group (bryophytes and lichens). The editing of specimen imaging, cataloguing, label data transcription and digitization will be standardized for each group. This protocol will be submitted to the Scientific Subdirector to include in the official entity procedures. Also, to ensure quality photos for the 1000 vascular plant samples, we will use a lightbox following the protocols of the JBB herbarium. Further, the use of a QR Code Reader will be necessary to track the location of each specimen in the process, from mounting to the inclusion in the collection.
Because some collections at the JBB herbarium are located underground, environmental factors are difficult to manage. For this reason, it will be necessary to monitor the temperature and relative humidity daily, using a Datalogger. In case of these factors being out of range, the contingency protocol, designed recently by the staff, will be employed.
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Ángela Teresa Rodríguez
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