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规模最大、历史上最重要的藏品之一。它有超过150,000个标本，由四个独立的单元组成：原始的耶鲁收藏，纽约植物园收藏，普林斯顿学院，以及皮博迪策展人和学生的最新野外收藏。该项目将致力于重组、压缩和完成耶鲁大学新的环境科学设施中古植物学收藏的电子编目，该设施目前正在建设中。购买符合ESF收集设备标准的压实机系统和标准尺寸的橱柜将优化空间，此举将为重组和整合四个收集单位提供独特的机会。尚未电子编目的标本数据将被输入皮博迪博物馆范围的关系数据库系统Argus，并将通过皮博迪博物馆网站获得。

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.