Collection Improvement for the Mammal Collection at the Burke Museum, University of Washington

华盛顿大学伯克博物馆哺乳动物藏品的藏品改进

• 批准号: 9709442
• 负责人: George Kenagy
• 金额: $ 15.95万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9709442&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collection; Improvement; Mammal; Burke; Museum

9709442 Kenagy This collection improvement project will assist a mammal collection that has experienced rapid growth (to a total of 40,000 specimens) in the past 15 years and has recently obtained strong new institutional commitments for activation of its programs of research and curation. Both physical and curatorial improvements are required to catch up with the growth in the size of the collection. Major accessions include 14,000 specimens from forest surveys, mainly in old growth forests, in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska; 6,500 specimens from the private collection of Ernest Booth; and 4,500 specimens from the Walla Walla College collection. Funds will be used to physically integrate all specimens into a systematic sequence and to catalog the 28,000 recent acquisitions. Seven large new specimen cases will be purchased to replace substandard cases and provide new holding space. Access to the specimens and their associated information, as well as the ongoing curation of the collection, will be greatly facilitated both by the physical integration and cataloging of the entire collection into an already established computerized data-base. The utility of the Burke Museum's mammal collection to the local research community and to regional and international scientists will be greatly enhanced by the proposed improvements. This project is funded by a partnership among the University of Washington, state and federal agencies, and the NSF.

小行星9709442 这个收集改进项目将帮助在过去15年中经历了快速增长（总共40，000个标本）的哺乳动物收集，并在最近获得了强有力的新机构承诺，以激活其研究和策展计划。实物和策展都需要改进，以赶上收藏规模的增长。主要的加入包括14，000个标本从森林调查，主要是在古老的森林，在华盛顿，俄勒冈州和阿拉斯加; 6，500个标本从欧内斯特·布斯的私人收藏;和4，500个标本从瓦拉瓦拉学院收集。这笔资金将用于将所有标本整合到一个系统的序列中，并对最近收购的28，000件标本进行编目。将购买七个新的大型标本箱，以取代不合格的箱子，并提供新的存放空间。将整个收藏品实际合并并编入一个已经建立的计算机化数据库，将大大便利对标本及其相关信息的查阅，并便利对收藏品的持续管理。伯克博物馆的哺乳动物收藏品对当地研究界以及区域和国际科学家的效用将通过拟议的改进得到极大的提高。 该项目由华盛顿大学、州和联邦机构以及NSF之间的合作伙伴关系资助。