Curatorial Upgrading of a Major Echinoderm Collection, LACM

在洛杉矶收集现代棘皮动物 县自然历史博物馆包括30,000多件藏品， 是世界上第三大棘皮动物群 在过去的十年里，收藏品迅速增长， 吸收艾伦汉考克基金会的大量收藏 南加州大学的教授，以及几个 更小的孤儿收藏 洛杉矶县博物馆 馆藏是西方最重要的研究资源 美国棘皮动物专家和海洋生物学家使用这种 生态与环境研究分类群 管理 棘皮动物馆馆长戈登·亨德勒博士提出， 对收藏品进行了广泛的策展改进，包括 安装高密度存储系统和集成， 重组新收购的孤儿收藏品。 拟议的策展活动将增加 这些重要系统的可用性和利用 参考收藏。 系统主义者，生态学家， 进化生物学家越来越依赖于 像这样的收藏。 持续增长和适当的 自然历史博物馆的收藏品管理将产生 生物学研究中的重要研究成果 多样性

The collection of modern echinoderms in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History comprises more than 30,000 lots, and ranks as the third largest collection of echinoderms in the U.S. The collection has grown rapidly over the past ten years by absorbing the large collection in the Allan Hancock Foundation of the University of Southern California, as well as several smaller orphaned collections. The Los Angeles County Museum's collection is the most important research resource in the western U.S. for echinoderm specialists and marine biologists using this taxonomic group in studies of ecology and environmental management. Dr. Gordon Hendler, Curator of Echinoderms, proposes extensive curatorial improvements to the collection, including installation of a high density storage system and integration and reorganization of the newly acquired orphaned collections. The proposed curatorial activities will increase the availability and utilization of these important systematic reference collections. Systematists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists are increasingly dependent on access to collections such as this. The continued growth and proper curation of collections in natural history museums will yield important research dividends in the study of biological diversity.