Support for the Improvement, Care, and Use of the Entomological Collection at the California Academy of Sciences

加州科学院的昆虫收藏馆收藏了大约1240万个标本，代表了30万个物种，是世界上最大和最活跃的昆虫收藏馆之一。这是美国西部同类藏品的主要收藏。大卫·卡瓦诺（David Kavanaugh）博士负责收藏，他制定了一项雄心勃勃的计划，以改善收藏的管理和可用性。新的储存托盘和识别标签将提高对来访研究人员和收集管理人员的效用。许多目前无法获得的重要藏品将被处理，并通过学院的标本借阅计划随时提供给来访的调查人员。建议的馆藏改进项目将显著提高馆藏的研究影响力，并有助于确保不可替代的研究标本的长期安全。像这样的自然历史标本收藏是研究生物多样性的独特资源。未来几代的研究将依赖于博物馆藏品的持续增长和完善。

The Entomology Collection of the California Academy of Sciences contains approximately 12.4 million specimens representing 300,000 species, and it ranks among the largest and most actively used insect collections in the world. It is the principal collection of its type in the western U.S. Dr. David Kavanaugh, Curator in charge of the collection, has devised an ambitious plan to improve the curation and availability of the collection. New storage trays and identification labels will enhance the utility of the collection to visiting researchers and to the collection management staff. Many important collections that are currently inaccessible will be processed and made readily available to visiting investigators and through the Academy's specimen loan program. The proposed collection improvement project will increase the collection's research impact significantly, and will help to assure the long-term safety of irreplaceable research specimens. Collections of natural history specimens such as this one are unique resources for the study of biological diversity. Future generations of research will rely on the continued growth and improvement of museum collections.