Digitization PEN: Critical Central and South American additions to the EPICC TCN from the oldest Invertebrate Paleontology collection in the United States

数字化 PEN：美国最古老的无脊椎动物古生物学收藏中对 EPICC TCN 的重要中美洲和南美洲补充

• 批准号: 1902275
• 负责人: Jocelyn Sessa
• 金额: $ 12.4万
• 依托单位: Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-15 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1902275&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digitization; PEN; Critical; Central; South

An award is made to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANSP) to join the Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network (TCN) as a Partner to Existing Networks (PEN). The EPICC TCN focuses on the digitization of marine invertebrate fossils from the last 66 million years from Eastern Pacific rim localities. These specimens capture a record of several important climatic events in geologic history and can help researchers understand how marine invertebrate species and ecosystems have responded to climatic changes in the past, and how they may respond to similar events in the future. Student interns will be hired through Drexel University's co-op program to assist in all aspects of the digitization process. Co-op students will also engage in research and present the results of their work at either a University, local, or national conference. Collections staff will also work with ANSP's Women in Natural Sciences (WINS) program for high school girls from underserved families in Philadelphia. Two WINS students will intern as part of the ANSP EPICC team, and then will receive a scholarship to attend Drexel?s summer geoscience field camp for high school students as a capstone experience. For this project, ANSP staff will digitize and make available online specimen and locality data for approximately 18,300 EPICC TCN-relevant specimens held in the ANSP Invertebrate Paleontology Department. ANSP collections staff will also photograph and make available online images for 402 EPICC TCN-relevant historic type specimens. This large and historic collection is largely uncatalogued, is not digitized, and is not available online. The specimens digitized through the EPICC TCN will represent the first online presence for the ANSP Invertebrate Paleontology collection, the oldest invertebrate paleontology collection in North America. In addition, this PEN will fill key gaps within the EPICC project, with a particular focus on specimens from Central and South America. The specimen data and the type specimen photographs from this PEN will be made available to researchers and the public through iDigBio (idigbio.org) in accordance with EPICC's policy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

德雷塞尔大学自然科学院 (ANSP) 获得奖励，作为现有网络 (PEN) 的合作伙伴加入东太平洋新生代无脊椎动物群落 (EPICC) 主题馆藏网络 (TCN)。 EPICC TCN 专注于东太平洋沿岸地区过去 6600 万年海洋无脊椎动物化石的数字化。 这些标本记录了地质史上几个重要的气候事件，可以帮助研究人员了解海洋无脊椎动物物种和生态系统如何应对过去的气候变化，以及它们如何应对未来的类似事件。 学生实习生将通过德雷塞尔大学的合作项目聘用，以协助数字化过程的各个方面。 带薪实习的学生还将参与研究，并在大学、地方或全国会议上展示他们的工作成果。 馆藏工作人员还将与 ANSP 的自然科学女性 (WINS) 项目合作，为费城服务不足家庭的高中女生提供帮助。两名 WINS 学生将作为 ANSP EPICC 团队的一员实习，然后将获得奖学金参加德雷克塞尔为高中生举办的夏季地球科学野外营，作为顶点体验。 对于该项目，ANSP 工作人员将对 ANSP 无脊椎动物古生物学部门保存的约 18,300 个 EPICC TCN 相关标本进行数字化并提供在线标本和地点数据。 ANSP 收藏工作人员还将拍摄 402 个 EPICC TCN 相关历史类型标本的照片并提供在线图像。 这个庞大且具有历史意义的馆藏大部分没有编目，没有数字化，也无法在线获取。 通过 EPICC TCN 数字化的标本将代表 ANSP 无脊椎动物古生物学馆藏的首次在线展示，该馆藏是北美最古老的无脊椎动物古生物学馆藏。 此外，该 PEN 将填补 EPICC 项目中的关键空白，特别关注来自中美洲和南美洲的标本。 根据 EPICC 的政策，该 PEN 中的标本数据和模式标本照片将通过 iDigBio (idigbio.org) 向研究人员和公众开放。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。