Renovation, digitization, and integration of the Kansas State University mammal collection within national collaborative collections management for enhancing biodiversity research

堪萨斯州立大学哺乳动物馆藏的翻新、数字化和整合到国家合作馆藏管理中，以加强生物多样性研究

• 批准号: 2226917
• 负责人: Andrew Hope
• 金额: $ 27.7万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2226917&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; digitization; integration; Kansas; State

Natural history collections constitute long-term records of global biodiversity from present and past timeframes that might, if properly stored, be preserved many decades or even centuries into the future. These biological resources help to advance scientific understanding in many ways, including how species respond to climate change, how species evolve through time, and how diseases of wildlife and people emerge and spread. Additionally, specimens can be used to enhance public education at all levels, and one day can be used to answer questions asked by future generations. The collections of mammals at Kansas State University (KSU) are representative of species occurring through the Great Plains from roughly the last 100 years. However, their current storage conditions are poor and the information associated with them is not usable by science or the public. This project will ensure that 1) all existing specimens are properly stored in secure and stable cases, shelving units and freezers, 2) all of the data is digitized and made publicly available online for multiple uses, and 3) the KSU mammal collection will become an active resource for enhancing both science and education, with capacity for ongoing growth and increasing public use. Many of the existing mammal specimens are associated with the nearby Konza Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Initiative, and as such the KSU mammal collection will represent a legacy of specimen materials from a multi-decade ecological landscape-scale experimental system. In the first year, new and secure storage cases and shelves will be purchased, and existing mammal specimens will be re-housed. A subset of specimens representative of Kansas mammal diversity will be designated as a teaching collection for KSU classes, and a separate collection for educational purposes will be developed to be housed at the Konza LTER field station. Data associated with all specimens will include information on species, georeferenced collection localities and dates, body measurements, parasites, frozen tissues, and potentially multiple other kinds of specimen parts. All data will be uploaded to the Arctos online multi-collection database and shared across other active specimen data portals including iDigBio. Curation and processing of back-logged specimens will continue through the duration of the project and will be used as resources for teaching curatorial methods to undergraduate students. The work will employ multiple students and technicians over three years. Student experience through learning the process of curating specimens and associated data will help to develop the next generation of museum-based scientists and educators. The renovated collection will enhance K-12 education and multiple undergraduate classes including a field-based methods course in mammalogy. Associated specimen resources will fuel ongoing and novel research directions by the project PI and graduate students. This project will result in a renovated and expanding publicly searchable, and relational specimen data stream. This project is jointly funded by Capacity: Biological Collections and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

自然历史收集构成了从现在和过去的时间表中全球生物多样性的长期记录，如果适当存储，可以保存数十年甚至几个世纪以来。这些生物资源有助于以多种方式提高科学理解，包括物种对气候变化的反应，物种如何演变，以及野生动植物和人们的疾病如何出现和传播。此外，标本可用于增强各级公共教育，有一天可以用来回答子孙后代提出的问题。堪萨斯州立大学（KSU）的哺乳动物收集代表了过去100年来大于大平原的物种。但是，他们当前的存储条件很差，与之相关的信息无法由科学或公众使用。该项目将确保1）所有现有标本都适当地存储在安全稳定的案例中，搁置单元和冷冻机，2）所有数据都被数字化并在线公开可用于多种用途，3）KSU哺乳动物收集将成为增强科学和教育的活跃资源，具有持续增长和持续的公共使用的能力。许多现有的哺乳动物标本与附近的Konza长期生态研究（LTER）倡议有关，因此KSU哺乳动物收集将代表来自多十年生态景观规模实验系统的标本材料的遗产。在第一年，将购买新的且安全的存储箱和货架，并将重新使用现有的哺乳动物标本。堪萨斯州哺乳动物多样性代表的标本代表将被指定为KSU课程的教学收藏，并且将开发出用于教育目的的单独收藏，该集合将在Konza lter field Station设有。与所有标本相关的数据将包括有关物种，地理参考收集地点和日期的信息，身体测量，寄生虫，冷冻组织以及潜在的其他类型的标本零件。所有数据都将上传到Arctos在线多收集数据库，并在包括IDIGBIO在内的其他活动标本数据门户上共享。策划和处理背象标本的策划和处理将在整个项目的过程中继续进行，并将用作教授本科生的策展方法的资源。这项工作将在三年内雇用多个学生和技术人员。通过学习策划标本和相关数据的过程的学生经验将有助于发展下一代博物馆的科学家和教育工作者。经过翻新的收藏将增强K-12教育和多个本科课程，包括哺乳动物的野外方法课程。相关的标本资源将为PI和研究生项目提供持续和新颖的研究指示。该项目将导致经过翻新和扩展的公开搜索和关系标本数据流。该项目由能力共同资助：生物收集和启发竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCOR）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。