From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections
This article assesses the current state of botanical collections in Argentine herbaria, with a particular focus on data and image digitization, collection management, and the publication of information through publicly accessible repositories. The study employed a survey conducted by the Argentine H...
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| author | Yañez, Agustina Exner, Eliana López Mendez, Alicia Bringas, Alejandro Godoy, Ines Plos, Anabella Calviño, Carolina Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto Alvarez, María Victoria Bach, Hernán Geronimo Demaio, Pablo Horacio Farina, Luciana Gil, María Elena Machado, Ana Sofía Monsalvo, Maria Alexandra Paye, Iván Andrés Rossi, Bertilde Tranchida, María Cecilia Villegas, Darío Oscar Zapperi, Georgina |
| author_browse | Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto Alvarez, María Victoria Bach, Hernán Geronimo Bringas, Alejandro Calviño, Carolina Demaio, Pablo Horacio Exner, Eliana Farina, Luciana Gil, María Elena Godoy, Ines López Mendez, Alicia Machado, Ana Sofía Monsalvo, Maria Alexandra Paye, Iván Andrés Plos, Anabella Rossi, Bertilde Tranchida, María Cecilia Villegas, Darío Oscar Yañez, Agustina Zapperi, Georgina |
| author_facet | Yañez, Agustina Exner, Eliana López Mendez, Alicia Bringas, Alejandro Godoy, Ines Plos, Anabella Calviño, Carolina Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto Alvarez, María Victoria Bach, Hernán Geronimo Demaio, Pablo Horacio Farina, Luciana Gil, María Elena Machado, Ana Sofía Monsalvo, Maria Alexandra Paye, Iván Andrés Rossi, Bertilde Tranchida, María Cecilia Villegas, Darío Oscar Zapperi, Georgina |
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| description | This article assesses the current state of botanical collections in Argentine herbaria, with a particular focus on data and image digitization, collection management, and the publication of information through publicly accessible repositories. The study employed a survey conducted by the Argentine Herbaria Network (RedHAr) between August 2023 and February 2025 across 44 herbaria to gather detailed insights into the curation and digitization status of their collections. The findings reveal that while many herbaria perceive a good state of physical conservation and have digitized label data, there is a significant limitation in the utilization of specialized software for managing databases in order to automate internal processes such as label generation and recording the movement of specimens (loans, donations, exchanges). Furthermore, there is a consensus on the importance of making specimen information publicly accessible through repositories, although there are still important limitations such as human resources or lack of equipment. Despite efforts to consolidate biological collections and data at the national level, heterogeneity and challenges in the management and dissemination of information are observed. RedHAr aims to develop strategies to incorporate and improve the databases of Argentine herbaria and to democratize access to their collections, recognizing their fundamental value for biodiversity research. |
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| spelling | INTA239782025-09-29T11:30:27Z From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections Yañez, Agustina Exner, Eliana López Mendez, Alicia Bringas, Alejandro Godoy, Ines Plos, Anabella Calviño, Carolina Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto Alvarez, María Victoria Bach, Hernán Geronimo Demaio, Pablo Horacio Farina, Luciana Gil, María Elena Machado, Ana Sofía Monsalvo, Maria Alexandra Paye, Iván Andrés Rossi, Bertilde Tranchida, María Cecilia Villegas, Darío Oscar Zapperi, Georgina Databases Herbaria Base de Datos Herbario Argentina Digitalization Herbarium Management Digitalización GBIF Gestión del Herbario RedHAr This article assesses the current state of botanical collections in Argentine herbaria, with a particular focus on data and image digitization, collection management, and the publication of information through publicly accessible repositories. The study employed a survey conducted by the Argentine Herbaria Network (RedHAr) between August 2023 and February 2025 across 44 herbaria to gather detailed insights into the curation and digitization status of their collections. The findings reveal that while many herbaria perceive a good state of physical conservation and have digitized label data, there is a significant limitation in the utilization of specialized software for managing databases in order to automate internal processes such as label generation and recording the movement of specimens (loans, donations, exchanges). Furthermore, there is a consensus on the importance of making specimen information publicly accessible through repositories, although there are still important limitations such as human resources or lack of equipment. Despite efforts to consolidate biological collections and data at the national level, heterogeneity and challenges in the management and dissemination of information are observed. 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Herbario BBB; Argentina 2025-09-29T10:42:15Z 2025-09-29T10:42:15Z 2025-08-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23978 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/145/4/blaf049/8224430 0024-4066 1095-8312 https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf049 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Oxford University Press Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4) : blaf049. (August 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Databases Herbaria Base de Datos Herbario Argentina Digitalization Herbarium Management Digitalización GBIF Gestión del Herbario RedHAr Yañez, Agustina Exner, Eliana López Mendez, Alicia Bringas, Alejandro Godoy, Ines Plos, Anabella Calviño, Carolina Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto Alvarez, María Victoria Bach, Hernán Geronimo Demaio, Pablo Horacio Farina, Luciana Gil, María Elena Machado, Ana Sofía Monsalvo, Maria Alexandra Paye, Iván Andrés Rossi, Bertilde Tranchida, María Cecilia Villegas, Darío Oscar Zapperi, Georgina From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| title | From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| title_full | From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| title_fullStr | From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| title_short | From Argentina to the world: Building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| title_sort | from argentina to the world building a network to enhance the capabilities of herbarium collections |
| topic | Databases Herbaria Base de Datos Herbario Argentina Digitalization Herbarium Management Digitalización GBIF Gestión del Herbario RedHAr |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23978 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/145/4/blaf049/8224430 https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf049 |
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