Reorganization of the Collections of the Paleontological Research Institute

古生物研究所藏品的整理

• 批准号: 9407364
• 负责人: Warren Allmon
• 金额: $ 45.99万
• 依托单位: Paleontological Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-15 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9407364&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reorganization; Collections; Paleontological; Research; Institute

9407364 Allmon The combined collections of invertebrate fossils and Recent mollusks of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) and Cornell University (CU) contain almost two million specimens, including the fifth largest collection of invertebrate fossil type and figured specimens in the United States, and constitute a major potential resource for research and education in paleontology and systematics. These collections, however, have been almost completely inaccessible to potential users. In September 1992, PRI embarked on a program of renovation of staff and facilities that included reorganization and preliminary inventory of its collections. As result, these collections are now usable by staff and visitors. Yet they are still inadequately housed and curated. The CU collection of Recent mollusks is fairly well curated and inventoried, but inadequately housed in an out-of -the-way location. The CU collection of invertebrate fossils is poorly curated, largely univentoried, and housed in inadequate facilities without any curatorial staff in an out-of-the-way location. Funds will be used to support the first phase of a complete reorganization of the PRI and CU collections of invertebrate fossils and Recent mollusks, involving moving the CU facilities, together with approximately half of the existing PRI collections. This will allow these important collections to be curated properly and cared for in a way that will make them fully available to the research and educational communities, and that will prepare them for eventual computerization.

小行星9407364 古生物学研究所（PRI）和康奈尔大学（CU）的无脊椎动物化石和最近的软体动物的组合收藏品包含近200万个标本，包括美国第五大无脊椎动物化石类型和图形标本，并构成古生物学和系统学研究和教育的主要潜在资源。 然而，潜在用户几乎完全无法访问这些收藏。 1992年9月，国际刑法改革协会开始了一项工作人员和设施革新方案，其中包括对其收藏品进行重组和初步清点。 因此，这些收藏品现在可供工作人员和游客使用。 然而，他们仍然没有足够的住房和管理。 最近的软体动物的CU收集是相当好的策划和库存，但不充分的安置在一个偏僻的位置。 CU收集的无脊椎动物化石管理不善，主要是univentoried，并在一个偏僻的位置没有任何策展人员的设施不足。 资金将用于支持第一阶段的一个完整的重组的PRI和CU收集的无脊椎动物化石和最近的软体动物，涉及移动CU设施，连同约一半的现有PRI收藏。 这将使这些重要的收藏品得到适当的管理和照顾，使它们能够充分提供给研究和教育界，并为最终的计算机化做好准备。