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

9709442 Kenagy这一采集改进项目将帮助在过去15年中经历了快速增长(总数达到40,000个标本)的哺乳动物采集，并且最近在启动其研究和管理计划方面获得了强有力的新的机构承诺。为了跟上藏品规模的增长，需要在实物和策展方面进行改进。主要材料包括来自森林调查的14,000个标本，主要来自华盛顿、俄勒冈和阿拉斯加的古老森林；来自欧内斯特·布斯私人收藏的6,500个标本；来自沃拉·沃拉学院收藏的4,500个标本。资金将用于将所有标本实际整合成一个系统的序列，并对最近获得的28,000件标本进行编目。将购买七个新的大型标本箱，以取代不合格的标本箱，并提供新的容纳空间。通过将整个标本实物整合并编目到一个已经建立的计算机化数据库中，将极大地便利标本及其相关信息的获取以及对藏品的持续管理。伯克博物馆的哺乳动物收藏对当地研究界以及地区和国际科学家的效用将因拟议的改进而大大提高。该项目由华盛顿大学、州和联邦机构以及美国国家科学基金会合作资助。

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.