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Collecting quantitative metadata by counting all specimens in a herbarium

Peter Desmet
October 18, 2011

Collecting quantitative metadata by counting all specimens in a herbarium

Talk at the TDWG 2011 annual conference in New Orleans, United States - October 18, 2011.

What information do you get when you count all specimens in a herbarium?

Peter Desmet

October 18, 2011
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  1. 1  record   1  folder   1  genus   1

     loca&on   in  1  tray  
  2. Combina&ons   Rubus  specimens  from  Canada?   Yes:  2921,  in

     trays  A236-­‐07  –  A238-­‐04    
  3. 158   work  days   Publishing  1%   Data  cleaning

     21%   Digi&zing  8%   Coun&ng  70%  
  4. 5,740  $   total  salary  cost   Publishing  7%  

    Digi&zing  0%   Coun&ng  37%   Data  cleaning  56%  
  5. 138  h     1049  h   Staff  5,740  $

      Volunteers  0  $   88%  by  volunteers  
  6. ?!   Tricky  to  extrapolate!   What  about  non-­‐mounted  specimens?

      How  useful  is  this  data?   Is  there  a  metadata  repository?