Herbaria@home (herbarium at home) is a venture from the Manchester Herbarium (I
think) which allows computer users to contribute to the digitisation process of the million
or so herbarium specimens in their collection and the collections of other UK herbaria
(eg Birmingham and Aberystwyth - sorry if I've mis-spelled that) and it is rather good fun
- if you like that sort of thing!
Each herbarium specimen has been scanned in and labelled by species but other info
such as who collected it, when, where, whether or not its in flower, whose collection it
came from etc. etc. need to be added.
You're given a sheet and you transcribe the information printed or written on the herbarium
sheet itself, or its labels, into a form. Sometimes things are a bit unreadable and you
can ask for feedback if you're struggling. My first four sheets were a nightmare to read,
but the next four have been easy - so it's a mixed bag!
You don't have to register but if you do you can join in with the community a bit - and it
lets you get feedback.
I've 'done' Herb Robert this morning, which is a favourite of mine, and three other plants.
Herbaria@home
http://herbariaunited.org/atHome/
Read more about the project
http://herbariaunited.org/wiki/Herbaria@home_information
Videos that introduce the project
http://herbariaunited.org/ahcontent/videos/
I suppose it's not particularly bushcrafty but it's making things easier for future botanists
to access digitised samples which is useful for IDENTIFICATION - as well as keeping an
eye on changes in BIODIVERSITY, so I think it's important
think) which allows computer users to contribute to the digitisation process of the million
or so herbarium specimens in their collection and the collections of other UK herbaria
(eg Birmingham and Aberystwyth - sorry if I've mis-spelled that) and it is rather good fun
- if you like that sort of thing!
Each herbarium specimen has been scanned in and labelled by species but other info
such as who collected it, when, where, whether or not its in flower, whose collection it
came from etc. etc. need to be added.
You're given a sheet and you transcribe the information printed or written on the herbarium
sheet itself, or its labels, into a form. Sometimes things are a bit unreadable and you
can ask for feedback if you're struggling. My first four sheets were a nightmare to read,
but the next four have been easy - so it's a mixed bag!
You don't have to register but if you do you can join in with the community a bit - and it
lets you get feedback.
I've 'done' Herb Robert this morning, which is a favourite of mine, and three other plants.
Herbaria@home
http://herbariaunited.org/atHome/
Read more about the project
http://herbariaunited.org/wiki/Herbaria@home_information
Videos that introduce the project
http://herbariaunited.org/ahcontent/videos/
I suppose it's not particularly bushcrafty but it's making things easier for future botanists
to access digitised samples which is useful for IDENTIFICATION - as well as keeping an
eye on changes in BIODIVERSITY, so I think it's important
