Improvement for the Ornithology Collections, University of Kansas Natural History Museum

该项目将支持堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆和生物多样性研究中心收集的所有干鸟标本的重新安置。藏品需要重新安置有两个原因：1。馆藏拥挤——通过系统的研究，馆藏的增长导致了病例标本的严重拥挤，在馆藏区没有新的可用空间。此外，收集区域的物理限制使其不适合安装移动压实机。藏品保护——几乎所有的标本都有30多年的历史，许多已经退化到不能再为标本材料提供足够的保护，使其免受虫害和环境波动的影响。解决办法是将这些藏品重新安置在更大、更高、更现代的箱子里。这种解决方案比安装移动压实机设备的成本要低得多，并且可以提供更多的空间和更好的保护。大约20%的空间可用于标本存储，足以解决关键的空间问题，并提供大约5年的正常收藏扩展。新的保护套已经作为原型设计和测试，将为这个世界级的鸟类收藏提供最先进的保护。

This project will support the rehousing of the entire dry bird specimen collection in the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas. The collection requires rehousing for two reasons:1. Collections crowding - Collections growth through systematic research has resulted in severe crowding of specimens in cases, with no new space available in the collections area. Moreover, physical constraints of the collections area makes it unsuitable for installation of mobile compactor units.2. Collections conservation- Almost all of the cases are more than 30 years old, and many have degraded to the point that they no longer provide adequate protection for specimen material against pest infestations and environmental fluctuations.The solution is to rehouse the collection in larger, taller, modern cases. This solution is far less costly than installation of mobile compactor units, and will provide more space and better protection.Approximately 20% more space would be available for specimen storage, enough to solve critical space problems and to provide about 5 years of normal collections expansion.The new cases, already designed and tested as prototypes, would provide state-of-the-art protection for this world-class ornithological collection.