1. The INRAM Biodiversity Project at UNM Christopher K. Frazier, Timothy K. Lowrey INRAM Biodiversity Program Manager and Biodiversity Director University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA AAAS Review University of New Mexico 2003-05-20

2. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

3. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

4. People – New Hires Program Manager for INRAM Biodiversity –Chris Frazier, June 2002 Collection Managers for MSB Arthropod Division –Hired Dave Lightfoot and Sandy Brantley, June 2002. Database Administrator for MSB –Raul de la Garza, hired May 2003. Web Designer for VCE –Sonia Crawford, May 2003 Georeferencing Project Specialist –Gabor Racz, May 2003.

5. People – New Hires (cont.) Graduate Students –2 half time for Arthropod Division –1 for INRAM Biodiversity –1 Georeferencing System Programmer Undergraduate Students –Approximately 10 students hired for curatorial support and database entry for Herpetology, Herbarium, and Arthropods. MSB Program Coordinator –To be hired, Summer 2003.

6. People – Existing Staff with Partial INRAM Support PIs –Tim Lowrey (Biodiversity) & Bruce Neville (VCE) Biology Dept Faculty –Steve Poe, Associate Curator for Herpetology, August, 2002 Advisors –James Brunt & Bill Michener (LTER Network Office). Web-master for INRAM –Marshall White, shared with LTER Network Office.

7. People – Existing Staff with Partial INRAM Support (cont.) VCE Staff –Anne Schultz (Centennial Library) VCE Video Production Manager –Tim Aydelott (NMMNH) Georeferencing Project PI –Teri Neville (NMNHP) Georeferencing Project Manager –Lee Pierce (NMNHP)

8. People – Out of State Advisors Peter McCartney, ASU Greg Vorontsov, KU Reed Beaman, Yale University

9. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

10. Equipment File Server Solution for MSB Database Entry –Application Server, thin-client terminals and back-up tapes. Startup for MSB Arthropod Collection Managers –Computer, printer and monitor. Museum specimen cabinet drawers, pinning trays, reference books. Startup for INRAM Biodiversity Program Manager –Laptop computer with Printer. VCE Web Site Development –Computer, monitor, flatbed and slide scanner (CESL). VCE Video Production –Beta Deck (NMMNH) for video editing for VCE content

11. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

12. Services & Activities - General Oversaw development of the INRAM web site & web site design process for LESA & VCE. Organized and implemented three all-state INRAM planning meetings. Developing the Biological Museum Data Management System to be used by collections throughout the state. Developed georeferencing team and INRAM georeferencing protocol document.

13. Services & Activities – Within UNM Administered UNM INRAM budget, revised budget and negotiated cost-share agreements. Developed and implemented time-card system for UNM INRAM students and on-call staff.

14. Services & Activities – Within MSB Museum-wide –Initiated, partially funded, and implemented hiring of Database Administrator. –Program Coordinator/Education-Outreach Person Arthropod Division –Financed hiring of collection managers, provided startup equipment & supplies, graduate and undergraduate help, and consulted on databasing and designing curatorial protocols and policies. Genomic Resources –Provided financial support to acquire the ENMU vertebrate tissue collection. Herbarium –Developed and deployed new databasing software and equipment, support for 3 students data entry.

15. Services & Activities – Within MSB Herpetology –Supporting 4 students for data entry, quality control and curatorial assistance. Initiating georeferencing with their collection. Mammal Division –Providing financial support to maintain efforts toward the MaNIS georeferencing project when MaNIS funding expired. New Mexico Natural Heritage Program –Support for systems administration and other technical staff. Supported development of GIS technology. Support for a back- up solution.

16. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

17. Collaborations New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciences –Working together to develop VCE content. IMLS proposal submitted jointly. Informal Science (NSF) proposal in development (August pre-proposal deadline). Earth Data Analysis Center –Ongoing talks to collaborate on providing geospatial data services for New Mexico.

18. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

19. Outreach Presented at International Meeting – Presented talk on INRAM Biodiversity efforts at the International Forum on Trends and Developments in Biodiversity Informatics meeting (Sao Paolo, Brazil, October, 2002). Gave Seminar –Held half-day seminar on Managing Biodiversity Information for an Ecoinformatics Training Program for Information Managers for Biological Field Stations (October, 2002). Hosted NSF program officers during visit to state Promoted our activities with the State Library System and the State Department of Education

20. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

21. Products Web Sites –www.inram.orgwww.inram.org –vce.inram.org –biodiversity.inram.org –Biodiversity demo web site

22. MSB File Server Solution

23. Biological Museum Collection Data Management System

24. Products - Georeferencing INRAM Georeferencing Protocol Document –Georeferencing team has put together a detailed protocol documenting our methodology. MSB Geospatial Data System –Will be used for georeferencing, but also a general support tool for MSB curation and research.

25. INRAM Biodiversity at UNM People Equipment Services & Activities Collaborations Outreach Products MSB Division Activities

26. Arthropods –Basic curation of specimens in preparation of databasing. Investigated databasing options with lengthy review of existing databasing software. Lead for creating a statewide arthropod species list. Herbarium –Implemented new MSB file server solution. Hired students for database entry in October. Switched to new database system. Now entering 20 records/student/hour. Approx. 20K new records added since October.

27. MSB Division Activities Herpetology –Finished coarse databasing of collection. Now performing quality check on data and preparing location information for georeferencing. Beginning implementation of INRAM georeferencing protocol. Mammals –Finishing georeferencing of NM mammal collection localities under MaNIS grant with INRAM help. –Helping design the INRAM georeferencing protocol.

28. This Year Activities (Year 2) Deploy data management system to other collections at UNM and throughout state. Integrate data management system with central server. Continue developing web sites for INRAM, VCE and Biodiversity. MSB Divisions –Arthropods from curation to database entry. –Herbarium finish databasing and begin georeferencing. –Herpetology begin georeferencing. –Mammals integrate georeferenced localities back into database and QC.