Support for the Improvement of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Fish Collection

支持改善密歇根大学动物学博物馆鱼类藏品

• 批准号: 9015158
• 负责人: William Fink
• 金额: $ 27.9万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-06-01 至 1995-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9015158&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; Improvement; University; Michigan; Museum

The University of Michigan's Fish Collection contains more than 3 million specimens and approximately 2,000 type specimens, making it the largest university-held fish collection in the country and the fourth largest fish collection in North America. This collection was one of the first to be catalogued on microcomputers, and it remains one of the leaders in its applications of computer databases for research and curation. Dr. William Fink, Curator of the collection, proposes continued curatorial improvements to the curation of the collection and an upgrade for the database hardware and software. New storage containers will assure the long-term preservation of large specimens, and an active program of visiting specialists will identify new accessions into the collection so that others may study them. New computer equipment will provide dial-in access by research scientists at remote sites. The proposed improvements will increase the research impact of this important collection. Systematists, ecologists, biogeographers, and investigators from a variety of other disciplines will benefit from the continued improvements to this valuable research resource.

密歇根大学的鱼类收藏包含超过300万个标本和大约2000个类型标本，使其成为美国最大的大学鱼类收藏，也是北美第四大鱼类收藏。这个收藏是最早在微型计算机上编目的收藏之一，它仍然是应用计算机数据库进行研究和策展的领导者之一。馆藏馆长威廉·芬克博士建议继续对馆藏的管理进行改进，并对数据库硬件和软件进行升级。新的储存容器将确保大型标本的长期保存，一个积极的访问专家计划将确定新加入的收藏品，以便其他人可以研究它们。新的计算机设备将为偏远地区的研究科学家提供拨号接入服务。提出的改进将增加这一重要收藏的研究影响。系统学家、生态学家、生物地理学家和其他学科的研究者将从这一宝贵研究资源的持续改进中受益。