Welcome to the Digitarium!

We are pleased to provide this content that has been developed by staff of the A.C. Moore Herbarium and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Trust Botany and Plant Conservation Group.

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Contributors

Herrick Brown

Herrick Brown

Curator

University of South Carolina - A.C. Moore Herbarium (USCH)


Email: hbrown@mailbox.sc.edu


Avery Browning

Avery Browning

Assistant Curator

University of South Carolina - A.C. Moore Herbarium (USCH)


Email: averyob@mailbox.sc.edu


Csilla Czakó

Csilla Czakó

SCDNR Botany & Plant Conservation Program Liaison, GIS Specialist, USCH Research Affiliate

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) - Natural Heritage Trust


Email: czakoc@dnr.sc.gov



Data Standards


South Carolina Herbaria Data Entry Standards

Basic Data Entry How-to Workshop

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The following resources include identical information offered in three different formats. For convenience, choose the format that best suits your needs or learning style. Regardless of the format, each file presents detailed guidance on how to complete basic data entry (only). At USCH, records are processed in stages. The first stage involves basic data entry. Additional information, such as georeferenced coordinate data, is added in subsequent stages.

This resource was written and compiled by Csilla Czakó (SCDNR NHT Botany and Plant Conservation Program) and Avery Browning (Assistant Curator A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina), with contributions from A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina Staff and Affiliates including but not limited to: Curator Dr. Herrick Brown, Research Affiliate Maura C. Flannery, Resident Xylologist Dr. Mihaly Czakó, Curator Emeritus Dr. John B. Nelson, former Collections Manager Charlie Harmon, State Botanist and Team Lead of the SCDNR NHT Botany and Plant Conservation Program Keith Bradley. Carol Ann McCormick, the wonderful Curatrix of UNC Herbarium provided much needed insight on Collector Name formatting. Thank you to all the All-SC Herbaria Meeting participants (SC, NC, and GA herbarium curators and staff) who contributed their thoughts and wealth of experience. Thank you to Katie Pearson and the Symbiota Team for patiently answering all of our questions. All screenshots and images were taken from the Symbiota SERNEC portal. Symbiota Data Fields (accessed via Symbiota Docs) and The Darwin Core Quick Reference Guide were frequently used in the making of this document.


Given the number of people who worked so hard to bring this project together, when using any or all contents of these documents, please reference it as "South Carolina Herbaria Data Entry Standards".



Imaging Tutorial and Reference Guide


USCH Imaging Tutorial

This resource was written by Avery Browning (Assistant Curator A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina) with contributions from Herrick Brown (USCH) and Csilla Czakó (SCDNR - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources). It provides a tutorial and indexed reference guide for using the lightbox at USCH when imaging herbarium specimens. The PowerPoint version also includes video examples.



Georeferencing Resources




People (Collectors, Determiners, Observers)




Meetings and Discussions

The next (virtual) SC Consortium meeting is October 21st, 2024 on Zoom at 2 pm EST - please register here if you would like to attend!