Emergency Curation of the Endangered University of Miami Ichthyological Collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History

1972年，热带大西洋生物实验室的鱼类收藏被佛罗里达自然历史博物馆和迈阿密大学分开，后者选择剥离自己的收藏，佛罗里达博物馆选择采用它，从而重新统一了热带大西洋生物实验室的收藏。该奖项为应急管理这些标本提供物资和人员，以确保它们的寿命。总的来说，收养这些孤儿的过程是由各机构和机构的伙伴关系资助的。剥离机构（迈阿密大学）为藏品从迈阿密到盖恩斯维尔的运输提供了支持，国家生物服务局（现为美国地质勘探局的生物资源部门）和佛罗里达州为藏品的计算机编目提供了资金，佛罗里达自然历史博物馆为藏品租赁存储空间提供了资金，而博物馆本身的新收藏空间正在建设和翻新。此外，博物馆已制定计划，在现任鱼类馆长退休后更换他，并聘请一名收藏经理，不仅在项目期间，而且是永久地负责鱼类收藏。美国国家科学基金会在这个多方合作，杠杆项目的投资是为学生援助，并在策展设备和用品。该项目的目标是使用新打印的具有佛罗里达博物馆加入编号的标签，并将所采用的收藏品完全计算机编目为相当于现有佛罗里达博物馆收藏品的标准。这项工作将由学生工人和新的催收经理进行，他们将由PI监督。在项目结束时，佛罗里达博物馆的鱼类收藏，目前被列为第二重要的国家鱼类学中心，很可能获得国际中心的地位。

9616312 Burgess & Gilbert The collection of fishes from the Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory was divided in 1972 between the collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Miami, the latter institution chose to divest itself of the collection and the Florida Museum chose to adopt it, thus reuniting the Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory collection. This award provides supplies and personnel to emergency-curate these specimens to ensure their longevity. Overall, the process of adoption of this orphaned collection has been funded by a partnership of institutions and agencies. The divesting institution (University of Miami) provided support for the transport of the collection from Miami to Gainesville, the National Biological Service (now the Biological Resources Division of the USGS) and the State of Florida provided funding for computer cataloging of the collection, and the Florida Museum of Natural History has provided funds for leasing storage space for the collection while new collections space in the Museum itself is being constructed and renovated. In addition, the Museum has put in place a plan to replace the current curator of fishes upon his retirement, as well as to hire a collection manager for the fish collection not only for the duration of this project, but permanently. The NSF investment in this multi-partnered, leveraged project is for of student assistance, and in curatorial equipment and supplies. The objectives of this project are to with newly printed labels that have a Florida Museum accession number, and completely computer catalog the adopted collection to a standard equivalent to the existing Florida Museum collections. This work will be carried out by the student workers and the new collection manager, who will be supervised by the PI. At the end of the project, the Florida Museum fish collection, which is currently ranked as the second most important National Center for ichthyology, may well have achieved International Ce nter status.