CSBR: Natural History: Preservation of Carnegie Museum of Natural History's Herpetology Collection

CSBR：自然历史：卡内基自然历史博物馆爬行动物收藏的保护

• 批准号: 1557428
• 负责人: Stephen Rogers
• 金额: $ 49.92万
• 依托单位: Carnegie Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-15 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1557428&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Preservation; Carnegie

This project will improve the security, preservation, and accessibility of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herpetological Collection, a world-class resource of over 235,000 specimens. This collection includes large historical holdings from areas that have undergone drastic environmental change or may face important change in the future. Recent research citing the collection exemplifies how new and unpredicted scientific paradigms, environmental issues, and technological advances require the existence of extensive and accessible historical scientific collections. Genetics, molecular phylogenetics, museomics, biomechanics, global change, emerging diseases, and invasive species are research areas for which specimens from this collection have recently been used. Based on recommendations from recent assessments that identified a number of urgent challenges affecting the collection and its related data, Carnegie Museum of Natural History has developed an extensive plan to preserve and increase access to the collection, ensuring that this important resource is sustained and able to support research for generations to come. Ranking tenth among US collections of its kind, the Herpetology Collection at Carnegie Museum of Natural History spans more than 100 years of scientific collecting in 170 countries. It includes 148 holotypes and 2,007 paratypes (specimens of special scientific and historic significance used in the original species descriptions), specimens of six extinct and 78 critically endangered species, and one of the world's largest turtle collections. Through this award, Carnegie Museum of Natural History will: a) optimize storage space to improve curation and access and mitigate preservation risks due to overcrowding and suboptimal containers; b) digitize vouchered archival data related to specific specimens, providing vital context for the collection; c) accession and catalog ca. 12,000 specimens, georeference locality data, and make data and images of holotypes and paratypes digitally accessible; d) update taxonomy throughout the Section and reorganize the collection accordingly; e) enhance the public's appreciation of the value of collections and research by developing new collections-based programs and exhibits. Ensuring the long-term preservation and availability of the Section's specimens and related data is key for supporting future research efforts. Likewise, digitizing important archival records will expand the relevance of the collection for studies in ecology, systematics, conservation, and the history of natural history collections. Updating taxonomy and georeferencing additional records will enhance the precision of biodiversity data, improving usefulness to the global research community. In addition, collaborative planning will lead to the implementation of new educational programming and two new museum exhibits designed to enhance the public's appreciation of the value of collections for research and increase understanding of the collection's importance in the public's day-to-day life. Project results are available on line (www.carnegiemnh.org/projects/alcohol-house), and data will be shared and made available through iDigBio (www.idigbio.org), VertNet, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

该项目将改善卡内基自然历史博物馆疱疹学集合的安全性，保存和可及性，这是世界一流的235,000多个标本的资源。该系列包括来自经历过急剧环境变化或将来可能面临重要变化的地区的大量历史持有。最近引用该系列的研究说明了新的和未预测的科学范式，环境问题和技术进步如何需要存在广泛且易于获得的历史科学收藏。遗传学，分子系统发育学，博物馆，生物力学，全球变化，新兴疾病和入侵物种是最近使用该系列的标本的研究领域。根据最近评估的建议，这些评估确定了影响收集及其相关数据的许多紧急挑战，卡内基自然历史博物馆制定了一项广泛的计划，以维护和增加对收藏的机会，从而确保了这一重要资源是持续的，并能够支持未来几代人的研究。卡内基自然历史博物馆的疱疹学系列中排名第十，在170个国家 /地区的科学收藏中占了100多年的科学收藏。它包括148种整型和2,007种副类型（原始物种描述中使用的特殊科学和历史意义的标本），六种灭绝的标本和78种极度濒危物种，以及世界上最大的乌龟收藏品之一。通过该奖项，卡内基自然历史博物馆将：a）优化存储空间，以改善策划，访问并减轻人满为患和次优的容器而降低保存风险； b）数字化与特定标本有关的代金券档案数据，为收集提供了重要的背景； c）加入和目录CA。 12,000个标本，地理局部数据，并使数据和图像进行数字访问的数据和图像； d）在整个部分中更新分类法，并相应地重组集合； e）通过开发新的基于藏书的计划和展览来增强公众对收藏价值和研究价值的赞赏。确保该部分标本和相关数据的长期保存和可用性是支持未来研究工作的关键。同样，数字化重要的档案记录将扩大该收集的相关性对于生态学，系统学，保护和自然历史收集历史的相关性。更新分类学和地理发行的其他记录将提高生物多样性数据的精度，从而提高对全球研究界的有用性。此外，协作计划将导致实施新的教育节目，并旨在增强公众对收藏价值的研究和对收藏在公众日常生活中的重要性的了解的欣赏。项目结果可在线（www.carnegiemnh.org/projects/alcohol-house）上获得，并且将通过IDIGBIO（www.idigbio.org），Vertnet和全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）共享并提供数据。