Curatorial Improvements to the Entomological Collection, Bernice P. Bishop Museum

伯尼斯·P·毕夏普博物馆昆虫学收藏的策展改进

• 批准号: 9423814
• 负责人: Scott Miller
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Bernice P Bishop Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-03-15 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9423814&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curatorial; Improvements; Entomological; Collection; Bernice

9423814 Miller The Bishop Museum arthropod collections are a unique assemblage of specimens mainly from the Pacific and its source areas. The collections experienced enormous growth in the last 40 years as over 13 million specimens were added almost entirely by project-based collecting. The collections now rank among the three largest entomological collections in the U.S.. This project will complete the improvements to collections begun in 1986 with the installation of 60% of a compactor system and consolidation of the scattered collections onto a single floor. A second phase included the elevation of curatorial levels to loanable units for the Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera. This project will complete the elevation of curatorial levels for the remainder of the collection, focusing on the Hymenoptera, Heteroptera, Homoptera, Orthopteroidea and the smaller orders and groups (Mallophaga and Thrchoptera), and including the subclasses Acari. Visiting scientists will curate the collections to loanable units (Smithsonian curatiorial level 3). Before the visit of the specialist, the technical staff of Bishop will consolidate the group and presort the specimens. During the specialist's visit a technician will help the specialist as well as complete any tasks remaining after the specialist leaves. This strategy saves the visitor's time and provides for a more efficient visit. Another fund-extending strategy that has worked will and one also proposed for use here, is taking advantage of travel schedules to piggyback a Honolulu visit. In some cases, exceptional curators were able to work on the collections by timing their visits with their travel schedules, supporting a Honolulu leg to their trip, for example. The completion of the proposed project has long term cost benefits as staff and visitors will not have to sift through multiple drawers of specimens looking for members of the group of their interest. Collections management tasks will be streamlined. Over time, as the studied m aterials are returned, the collection as a whole will become a much stronger reference collection permitting speedier and better identifications. Properly organized collections set the stage for the use of computers in their management and for the dissemination and manipulation of data associated with the specimens. All leading to much better documentation and understanding of the biodiversity of the region.

[9423814]米勒毕晓普博物馆节肢动物藏品是一个独特的标本组合，主要来自太平洋及其源区。在过去的40年里，藏品经历了巨大的增长，超过1300万的标本几乎完全是基于项目的收集。这些收藏现在已跻身美国三大昆虫学收藏之列。该项目将完成1986年开始的馆藏改进工作，安装60%的压缩系统，并将分散的馆藏整合到一个楼层。第二阶段包括将策展水平提升到鞘翅目、双翅目和鳞翅目的可借阅单位。该项目将完成其余藏品的管理水平提升，重点关注膜翅目、异翅目、同翅目、直翅目和较小的目和组（Mallophaga和Thrchoptera），包括Acari亚纲。来访的科学家将管理这些藏品以借出单位（史密森尼策展级别3）。在专家到访前，毕晓普的技术人员将对小组进行整合，并对标本进行分类。在专家访问期间，技术人员将帮助专家并完成专家离开后剩下的任何任务。这种策略节省了访问者的时间，并提供了更有效的访问。另一种有效的资金扩展策略是利用旅行时间表，顺便去趟檀香山，这一策略也被提议在这里使用。在某些情况下，杰出的策展人能够根据他们的旅行日程安排参观这些藏品，例如，在他们的旅行中安排一个檀香山站。拟议项目的完成具有长期的成本效益，因为工作人员和参观者将不必在多个抽屉的标本中筛选寻找他们感兴趣的小组成员。收藏品管理任务将被简化。随着时间的推移，当研究过的材料被归还时，整个收藏将成为一个更强大的参考收藏，允许更快更好的识别。妥善组织的藏品为使用计算机进行管理以及传播和处理与标本有关的数据奠定了基础。所有这些都有助于更好地记录和了解该地区的生物多样性。