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.

自然历史收藏构成了当前和过去时间范围内全球生物多样性的长期记录，如果保存得当，这些记录可能会保存到未来几十年甚至几个世纪。这些生物资源有助于在许多方面增进科学认识，包括物种如何应对气候变化、物种如何随着时间的推移而进化，以及野生动物和人类的疾病如何出现和传播。此外，标本可用于加强各级公共教育，一日可用于回答子孙后代的问题。堪萨斯州立大学 (KSU) 收藏的哺乳动物代表了大约过去 100 年大平原上出现的物种。然而，它们目前的存储条件很差，与它们相关的信息无法被科学或公众使用。该项目将确保 1) 所有现有标本均妥善保存在安全稳定的箱子、架子和冰箱中，2) 所有数据均已数字化并在线公开供多种用途，3) KSU 哺乳动物收藏将成为加强科学和教育的积极资源，具有持续增长和增加公众使用的能力。许多现有的哺乳动物标本都与附近的孔扎长期生态研究 (LTER) 计划相关，因此 KSU 哺乳动物收藏将代表来自数十年生态景观规模实验系统的标本材料遗产。第一年，将购买新的安全存储箱和架子，并重新安置现有的哺乳动物标本。代表堪萨斯州哺乳动物多样性的标本子集将被指定为堪萨斯州立大学课程的教学收藏品，并将开发一个用于教育目的的单独收藏品，存放在 Konza LTER 野外站。与所有标本相关的数据将包括有关物种、地理参考采集地点和日期、身体测量、寄生虫、冷冻组织以及可能的多种其他类型标本部分的信息。所有数据都将上传到 Arctos 在线多采集数据库，并在包括 iDigBio 在内的其他活跃样本数据门户之间共享。积压标本的策展和处理将在项目期间持续进行，并将用作向本科生教授策展方法的资源。这项工作将在三年内雇用多名学生和技术人员。学生通过学习标本和相关数据的处理过程获得的经验将有助于培养下一代博物馆科学家和教育工作者。翻新后的藏品将加强 K-12 教育和多个本科课程，包括哺乳动物学实地方法课程。相关的标本资源将推动项目 PI 和研究生正在进行的新颖的研究方向。该项目将导致更新和扩展可公开搜索的相关样本数据流。该项目由能力：生物收藏和刺激竞争性研究既定计划 (EPSCoR) 联合资助。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。