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

该项目将支持在堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆和生物多样性研究中心重新安置整个干鸟标本收藏。收藏品需要重新安置有两个原因：1.收藏品拥挤--由于系统研究，收藏品的增长导致标本严重拥挤，收藏区没有新的空间可用。此外，收集区域的物理限制使其不适合安装移动压路机单元。藏品保护--几乎所有的藏品都有30多年的历史，许多已经退化到不再为标本材料提供足够的保护以抵御虫害和环境波动的地步。解决方案是将藏品重新安置在更大、更高的现代箱子中。这一解决方案比安装移动压实器单元的成本低得多，将提供更多的空间和更好的保护。大约20%的空间将用于标本存储，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。新的案例，已经设计和测试作为原型，将为这个世界级的鸟类学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.