{"id":4446,"date":"2023-01-12T13:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/?page_id=4446"},"modified":"2023-02-24T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:04:51","slug":"information-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/information-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity Information Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Biodiversity Information Management team works to digitize and make freely available NYBG\u2019s world-renowned botanical natural history collection and other science-related resources. \u00a0<\/p>

The Steere Herbarium, cornerstone to the Garden\u2019s plant research and conservation program, is a museum collection of more than 7.8 million archivally preserved specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, fungi, and lichens collected from all over the world throughout the last few centuries. \u00a0<\/p>

Digitization of the Steere Herbarium began in 1995, and has become an integral part of Herbarium daily operations. Numerous dedicated\u00a0staff<\/a><\/span>, interns, and\u00a0volunteers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0work toward a common goal: to catalog, image, and georeference every specimen in the collection. \u00a0<\/p>

Funding for digitization is provided primarily through grants and donors. A summary of past and current projects is available on our\u00a0projects<\/span><\/a> page.<\/p>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Digital Imaging Center is the heart of NYBG\u2019s specimen digitization<\/u><\/a> program\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAxiell EMu Collections Management System is the primary repository for all digitized collections\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Laboratory<\/u><\/a> analyses and visualizes geospatial data\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur Integrated Publishing Toolkit <\/u><\/a>is publicly available to publish and share biodiversity datasets\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Digitization of the collection would not be complete without publishing these data to the web. No matter where you are, we bring context for the plant specimens we have digitized to your screen. Our online database has made it easy for researchers and other users to acquire data and understand global patterns of plant diversity.\u00a0 Access to our collections- and research-based websites is available through\u00a0Science Digital<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>

To explore our specimen data, please visit the\u00a0Virtual Herbarium<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Highly efficient protocols are necessary to reach the Steere Herbarium\u2019s digitization goal in a timely manner.<\/p>

Most projects begin with an indexing step, where large batches of specimens are catalogued with minimal data including the specimen\u2019s scientific name and barcode number. Next all catalogued specimens are digitally photographed in the Digital Imaging Center<\/span><\/a>, after which the images are post-processed, uploaded to EMu, and processed with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The OCR-generated text files are then uploaded to EMu, enabling digitizers to group images with similar collection labels for more efficient transcription using EMu\u2019s customized rapid data entry fields.<\/p>

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The Biodiversity Information Management team works to digitize and make freely available NYBG\u2019s world-renowned botanical natural history collection and other science-related resources.   The Steere Herbarium, cornerstone to the Garden\u2019s plant research and conservation program, is a museum collection of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2608,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4446","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBiodiversity Information Management - The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biodiversity Information Management at The New York Botanical Garden oversees science collections management and digitization.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/information-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biodiversity Information Management - 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