Missouri Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden and Saint Louis University will analyze the web annotation needs of the systematic botany scientific community and develop a prototype of how those needs may be met within a digital library platform. The project team will assess the practicality of an existing tool to satisfy the annotation needs of botanical users, including technical, economic, and operational considerations. This work will inform developers on best practices to integrate an annotation tool within a virtual library. The intended outcome of the project is to illuminate literature annotation needs of scientific and other research communities by honing in on the needs of the well-defined user group in systematic botany and by developing a prototype for those needs within a digital library platform.