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David Allen and Mike HaddockK-State Libraries

Coalition for Networked InformationDecember 15, 2009

Collaboration of the K-State Herbarium, Collaboration of the K-State Herbarium, Museum of Entomological and Prairie Museum of Entomological and Prairie

Arthropod Research Arthropod Research and K-State Librariesand K-State Libraries

“Elevate the K-State natural history museums as the premier collection for biodiversity research and bioinformatics in the prairie and Great Plains region.”

Project Project objectives :objectives :

modernize collections facilities

database the natural history collections

create Biodiversity Information System (BiodIS) with access, discovery and collaboration tools for diverse audiences

facilitate training in collections research and biodiversity informatics

scan selected plant and insect specimens

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Accomplishments to Accomplishments to date:date:

Herbarium cabinets replaced; insect cabinets continue to be replaced; updating curation of insect specimens

130,000 plants and 95,000 insects databased

Biodiversity Information System (BiodIS) created and available for use

Accomplishments to Accomplishments to date:date:

2,000 pages of historically significant print documents have been digitized

Ten graduate and undergraduate students trained in collections research and basic biodiversity informatics

Other sources of funding contributing to the project include NSF, NFS-EPSCoR, K-State Research and Extension, and K-State Libraries

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High school biology teachers – Web 2.0, teacher involvement for development, custom searches

Plant taxonomists, ecologists and other non-systematist scientists – tools to increase use of the collections data by other scientists

Extension agents (diagnostics) - pages with commonly requested and advisory information.

General public and promoters – highlight broad interest images and print resources, featured collection/researcher

Great Plains herbaria – potential for networking of curators, discussion of databases, possible collaborations, promoting of collections

In Progress:In Progress:

Currently scanning plant specimens – 3000+ completed - images will be linked to the database

Field photos of selected insects will be added to the databases

Additional monographs have been digitized and are undergoing OCR review prior to loading on BiodIS: Grasses in Kansas, Grasshoppers of Kansas, Beetles of Kansas, Wildflowers of Kansas, Weevils of Kansas, Trees of Kansas

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