RAMHSS: Sustaining Support for the Curation, Improvement, and Service Function of a Major Systematic Collection of Recent Mollusks

RAMHSS：对近期软体动物主要系统收藏的管理、改进和服务功能的持续支持

• 批准号: 8911074
• 负责人: George Davis
• 金额: $ 58.46万
• 依托单位: Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-03-01 至 1993-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8911074&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAMHSS; Sustaining; Support; Curation; Improvement

The Mollusk Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is one of the largest and most significant collections in the United States and the world devoted to a single group of organisms. Essentially all groups of mollusks from around the world are represented in this collection, and thorough systematic research in malacology almost always requires reference to specimens in this collection. The collection includes more than 400,000 specimen lots, comprising 10.3 million specimens, of which 11,700 are type specimens. Three major curatorial projects are currently underway: computer cataloging and accessioning of shells obtained as gifts, orphaned collections, and research collections; sorting, identifying, cataloging and accessioning alcohol-preserved specimens; and completion of a computerized catalog of type specimens. These curatorial projects will improve greatly the research impact of the collection. Visiting scientists will have more complete access to important material, and malacologists from around the world will gain a clearer picture of the Academy's holdings. Research in systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology, and environmental management will be enhanced through these efforts.

费城自然科学学院的软体动物收藏集是美国最大，最重要的收藏之一，全世界都致力于一组生物体。 本质上，来自世界各地的所有软体动物都代表了这个系列，而在疾病学上进行了彻底的系统研究，几乎总是需要参考该系列中的标本。 该系列包括40万标本，包括1,030万个标本，其中11,700个标本是类型标本。 目前正在进行三个主要的策展项目：作为礼​​物，孤儿收藏品和研究收藏的壳的计算机编目和加入；分类，识别，分类和戒酒保存的标本；并完成类型标本的计算机目录。 这些策展项目将大大改善收藏的研究影响。 来访的科学家将有更多的全面访问重要材料，来自世界各地的恶性病学家将对学院的持股更加清晰地了解。 通过这些努力将增强系统学，进化生物学，生态学和环境管理的研究。