Compactorization, Reorganization, and Electronic Cataloguing of the Peabody Museum Paleobotany Collections

皮博迪自然历史博物馆（耶鲁大学）的古植物学收藏是美国最大和最具历史意义的收藏之一。超过150，000个标本，它包括四个独立的单元：最初的耶鲁收藏，纽约植物园收藏，普林斯顿收藏，以及皮博迪策展人和学生最近的实地收藏。 该项目将集中努力对耶鲁大学目前正在建设的新环境科学设施中的古植物学收藏品进行重组、编目和完成电子编目。 购买一个压缩机系统和一个标准尺寸的橱柜，两者都符合ESF的收集设备标准，将优化空间，此举将为重组和整合四个收集单元提供一个独特的机会。 尚未电子编目的标本数据将输入皮博迪博物馆范围的关系数据库系统Argus，并将在皮博迪博物馆网站上提供。

The Paleobotany collection of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) is one of the largest and most historically important in the United States. WIth over 150,000 specimens, it comprises four separate units: the original Yale Collection, the New York Botanical Garden Collection, the Princeton Colletion, and the more recent field collections of Peabody curators and students. This project will focus efforts on the reorganization, compactorization, and completion of the electronic cataloguing of the Paleobotany Collection in Yale University's new Environmental Science Facility, currently under construction. Purchase of a compactor system and of a standard size of cabinetry, both conforming to the collections equipment standard of the ESF, will optimize space, and the move will allow a unique opportunity to reorganize and integrate the four collection units. Specimen data that have not yet been electronically catalogued will be entered into the Peabody's museum-wide relational database system, Argus, and will be available over the Peabody Museum website.