Reconnecting to Country: Metadata enrichment of NYBG Steere Herbarium specimens

This ENRICH funded project encompasses the botanical specimens housed at New York Botanical Garden's William and Lynda Steere Herbarium collected from Australia.

The records from this collection represent the depth of biocultural, ecological and economic knowledge from Australia that has been documented, dispersed and stored internationally. Meaning, beyond the reach and consent of First Nations communities.

This metadata enrichment project involves the research, mapping and consolidation of NYBG records - pertaining to Australian specimens - and their associated data including (but not limited to): flowering plants, fungi, mosses, algae and lichens.

This project is in alignment with Maim Nayri Wingara and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute's Communique on Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance.

The project is led by ENRICH Research Fellow Rose Barrowcliffe (Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, AUS) and Research Assistant Dakota Feirer (Graduate, New York University, USA) in collaboration with New York Botanical Garden.

Dakota Feirer
dakota.feirer@mq.edu.au

• https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/collections/

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Collections and items in our institution have incomplete, inaccurate, and/or missing attribution. We are using this notice to clearly identify this material so that it can be updated, or corrected by communities of origin. Our institution is committed to collaboration and partnerships to address this problem of incorrect or missing attribution.

The BC (Biocultural) Notice is a visible notification that there are accompanying cultural rights and responsibilities that need further attention for any future sharing and use of this material or data. The BC Notice recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples to permission the use of information, collections, data and digital sequence information (DSI) generated from the biodiversity or genetic resources associated with traditional lands, waters, and territories. The BC Notice may indicate that BC Labels are in development and their implementation is being negotiated.

The TK (Traditional Knowledge) Notice is a visible notification that there are accompanying cultural rights and responsibilities that need further attention for any future sharing and use of this material. The TK Notice may indicate that TK Labels are in development and their implementation is being negotiated.