Achievements
  1. Foreign Institution visited including: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (Japan), the Herbarium of Tokyo University (TI, Japan), V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), Paris Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (France), London Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK), Deutsche Entomologische Institut (DEI, Germany), Kyushu University Museum (KUM, Japan), The Hokkaido University Museum (HUM, Japan), Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University (MCZ, USA), Bernice P. Bishop Museum (USA), The British Museum, Oxford University Pitt-Rivers Museum, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of Cambridge University (UK), Nishinomiya Shell Museum (Japan) and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
  2. Database construction
    1. The digitization of the native vascular plant type specimens by photo or scan. The archived data include: over 500 species, 1,080 sheets of important specimens of Orchidaceae in Taiwan and over 1,000 images of specimens and protologue. Partial of the data is published and capable of online search.
    2. 699 pieces of insect specimens are digitized and available online, including 448 type species and 185 synonym, over 3,000 specimen images.
    3. Taiwanese ethnological specimens over 660 pieces, photo collections over 110 images preserved in the British Museum, Oxford University Pitt-Rivers Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of Cambridge University have been digitized and data constructed. Partial of the data is capable of online search.
  3. Agreement and memorandum
    1. Agreement between the British Museum and the Research Center for Digital Humanities of National Taiwan University (RCDH).
    2. Memorandum of understanding between the Herbarium of the University of Tokyo (TI) and the Research Center for Digital Humanities of National Taiwan University (RCDH).
    3. Memorandum of understanding between the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences (PH) and the Research Center for Digital Humanities of National Taiwan University (RCDH).