Louisiana State University Herbarium

Client Since: 2004

LSU Herbarium houses approximately 150,000 Specimen Sheets containing 4,000 different species. It is the largest online University archive in Louisiana. Approximately 300 Specimen Sheets are being archived daily to complete the first Louisiana Digital Herbarium. In 2004 we were contracted to migrate their Brahms DB to an Online System with search engine capabilities. Over the past 3 years we have provided custom solutions for every need that they have requested. A summarized list of services are provided below.

Visit Website: LSU Herbarium

Website Features:

• Web 2.0 Style Interface
• Real time Advanced Search Engine
• Google Map Interface for all Long/Lat Specimens
• Tree Style Browsing
• FactSheet Fusion Integration
• State Distribution Maps
• Advanced Image System

Administrative Features:

• Digital Specimen Sheet Archive Automation (100+ Specimen Sheets / Hr)
• Interactive Image Manager to import, load and tag additional images to the species
• Comment Manager to moderate comments submitted through the website for a specimen
• Nightly Batch that processes and Zoomifies the image archive