Support for Compactors for the LACM Invertebrates Collection

南加州大学（USC）艾伦·汉考克基金会（AHF）的多毛类收藏于1988年捐赠给洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆（LACM）。该藏品是美国西部同类藏品中最大的，也是美国第二大的，拥有世界上最广泛的东太平洋多毛体藏品，但其总覆盖范围却是世界各地的。在这次收购之后，LACM于1988年聘请了一位多毛类收藏经理，并于1990年聘请了一位策展人。除了1992年南加州大学捐赠给LACM的一小部分海绵、月形蠕虫、nemerteans和被囊动物外，多毛类的收藏和工作人员仍然被安置在南加州大学校园里，条件极其拥挤。作为对这些藏品和人员的承诺的一部分，LACM目前正在为多毛类工作人员建造办公/研究空间，并彻底改造了一个宽敞的一楼房间，专门用于容纳多毛类和其他无脊椎动物藏品的压实机和轨道。这个收集空间利用压实机，区域存储容量可以完全最小化，允许多毛类收集充足的增长。该项目将支持为该空间设计的所有压实机轨道、车厢和货架的购买和安装。这类藏书具有根本的重要性，不仅是作为初级研究工作的资源，而且对广泛的其他活动也很重要。例如，标本及其目录是环境影响评价的重要资源。此外，这些收藏提供了有价值的展览和教育机会，吸引各级应用程序。

The University of Southern California's (USC) Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) polychaete collection was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (LACM) in 1988. The collection is the largest of its kind in the western United States and second largest in the country, maintaining the most extensive holdings in eastern Pacific polychaetes in the world, yet is cosmopolitan in its total coverage. Following this acquisition, the LACM hired a polychaete collection manager in 1988 and a curator in 1990. Along with a small wet collection of sponges, platyhelminths, nemerteans, and tunicates donated to LACM in 1992 by USC, the polychaete collection and staff are still housed on the USC campus under extremely crowded conditions. As part of its commitment to these collections and personnel, the LACM is presently constructing office/research space for the polychaete staff, and completely remodelling an expansive ground floor room to specifically accommodate compactors and rails for the polychaete and miscellaneous invertebrates collections. With this collection space utilizing compactors, the areas storage capacity can be fully minimized, allowing ample growth of the polychaete collection. This project will support the purchase and installation of all compactor rails, carriages, and shelves designed for this space. %%% Collections of this sort are fundamentally important not only as resources for primary research endeavors but also for a broad spectrum of other activities. For example, specimens and their catalogues are essential resources for environmental impact assessment. As well these collections provide valuable exhibit and educational opportunities with appeal to all levels of application.