Louisiana State University Herbarium

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. Since then we have provided custom solutions for every need that they have requested. A summarized list of services are provided below.

Client Since: 2004

Visit Main Website: LSU Herbarium

Virtual Herbarium Web Portal: http://www.herbarium.lsu.edu/plants

Website & Web Portal Features:

• Redesign of Website
• SilverCollection
• Real time Advanced Search Engine
• Google Map Interface for all Long/Lat Specimens
• Tree Style Browsing
• State Distribution Maps
• Advanced Image System
• FactSheet Fusion Integration
• Lucid 3 Interactive Keys Integration
• TapirLink Integration
• CoolIris Integration

Administrative Features:

• Digital Specimen Sheet Archive Automation (100+ Specimen Sheets / Hr)
• Biogeomancer lookup tool to reference non geocoded data
• 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

CyberFlora Louisiana

The project, “CyberFlora Louisiana,” is one of the first statewide projects of its kind and will serve as a model for other state networks.

New software and cutting-edge technology has opened up the possibility of collecting the information, and includes plans to develop an electronic statewide database featuring all of the 1.1-million plant specimens in Louisiana. The SilverBiology team is in charge of all the logistics and supervising the whole process of imaging, managing, and processing the specimen sheet collection. We are developing and working to improve our existing and new software to work efficiently with this and other projects similar to this one.

Client Since: 2009

Visit Website: CyberFlora Louisiana

Web Features:

• SilverCollection (Coming 2010)
• SilverImage (Currently)
• HelpingScience (Coming 2010)
  

    University of Louisiana at Monroe Herbarium

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.

Client Since: 2008

Visit Main Website: ULM Herbarium

Virtual Herbarium Web Portal: http://collection.silverbiology.com/ulm/herbarium/

Web Features:

• SilverCollection (Hosted Solution)
  

    Kansas State University

We have been working with the institution's natural history collections (herbarium and entomological) and libraries to help set up their biological collection web portals.

Client Since: 2008

Web Portal: http://biodis.k-state.edu/collections (under development)

Services Provided:

• SilverCollection (Web Portal for Biological Collections)
• TapirLink Installation and Consulting
• LSID Installation and Consulting

    University of Washington Herbarium (WTU) - Burke Museum

The University of Washington Herbarium (also known as WTU) is an international resource for research into the diversity, distribution and ecology of Pacific Northwest vascular plants, non-vascular plants, fungi, lichen, and algae. With over 600,000 specimens currently in the collections and between 5,000-10,000 specimens added annually, WTU is one of the largest herbaria in the region.

Client Since: 2008

Website: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/index.php

Services Provided:

• Google map tool with collection data layed to show locality

North Puget Sound Prairie Working Group

The North Puget Sound Prairie Working Group promotes the conservation of North Puget Sound prairie ecosystems and the associated native plants and animals. This conservation is accomplished by connecting partners, sharing expertise and experiences, developing and sharing resources, and effectively planning, coordinating and implementing prairie conservation activities. The working group's focus is on the entire North Puget Sound prairie system, with an initial emphasis on Whidbey Island.

Client Since: 2008

Website: http://www.northsoundprairies.org/

Web Portal: (Currently in Development)

Services Provided:

• Website design and interface
• Interactive prairie ecosystems via Google Maps
• Land management activitiy tools
• Interactive native plants and animal species lists