Diatoms of North AmericaANSP Diatom Herbarium: Using the Symbiota database and preparing samples and slides for deposition
Description: As one of the world's two largest diatom repositories, the Diatom Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University holds over 250,000 slides and continuously incorporates new research deposits from around the globe. Join Collection Manager Laura Aycock for guide to specimen preparation, physical curation, and collections data management.
This talk will review practical standards for sample storage, archival slide labeling, and the management of associated and extended metadata required for accession. Laura will also tour the herbarium's new "Symbiota" portal and highlight current collection-based projects underway at ANSP.
Target Audience: Diatom Researchers, Taxonomists, Data Stewards, Herbarium and Natural History Museum Curators, Graduate Students and Early-Career Phycologists, Bioassessment Biologists
