Real-World Collections

    Louisiana State University Herbarium

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

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: 2004

Visit Main Website: LSU Herbarium

Web Portal Features:

• 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

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

    University of Louisiana at Monroe Herbarium

Web Portal: http://collection.silverbiology.com/ulm/herbarium/
The ULM Herbarium houses plant specimens from all over the world, but mainly from Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. Today the herbarium consists of approximately 336 cabinets housing nearly 472,000 plant specimens, ranking it among the ten largest herbaria in the Southeast.

Client Since: 2008

Visit Main Website: ULM Herbarium

Web Portal Features:

• 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

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

    Kansas State University

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

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

Client Since: 2008

Services Provided:

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