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

加州昆虫学会昆虫学收藏 科学包含大约1240万个标本 代表着30万个物种，它是世界上最大的， 世界上最活跃的昆虫收藏。 是 在美国西部主要的收藏品大卫博士 负责收藏的策展人卡瓦诺设计了一个 雄心勃勃的计划，以改善策展和可用性的 收藏. 新的存储托盘和识别标签将 加强馆藏对访问研究人员的效用， 收集管理人员。 许多重要的收藏 目前无法访问的数据将被处理并 随时提供给来访的调查人员，并通过 科学院的标本租借计划。 拟议的收集改进项目将增加 该系列的研究影响重大，并将有助于 确保不可替代的研究标本的长期安全性。 像这样的自然历史标本收藏 研究生物多样性的独特资源。 未来 几代人的研究将依赖于持续的增长， 改善博物馆收藏。

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.