MRI: Acquisition of a Computer-Enhanced Specimen Analysis Station for Multidisciplinary Museum Research

摘要在Keiper、Hannibal、Latimer和Matson博士的指导下，克利夫兰自然历史博物馆(CMNH)获得了一笔赠款，以获得一个计算机增强的标本分析站所需的部件。这将需要集成两台显微镜(一台复合显微镜和一台解剖显微镜)、显微摄影设备、一台三维数字化仪、一台高分辨率录像机和一个配有两台联网计算机的声音实验室。这些仪器将允许博物馆工作人员、他们的大学生和高中生、研究生、同事和来访的科学家准确地识别、研究和编目保存在CMNH的研究标本。新设备将允许更有效的计算机编目，更准确的标本分析(包括但不限于动物、植物、化石、矿物学、考古学和人类学材料)，并为CMNH开辟新的研究途径，这些研究将得到现代计算机软件能力的增强。该设备将提高克利夫兰自然历史博物馆的研究能力。它将促进博物馆工作人员、学生和来自多个学科的同事进行分析和新的科学发现。对古生物学和人类学材料的分析将揭示对各种生物进化史的新见解。该设备将促进发现保护工作所需的生物有机体的新信息，包括调查工作、动物生态学以及对新物种和生命阶段的描述。由于公众将能够通过监视器观看正在进行的工作和观察计算机增强的标本分析，这项计划将提高公众对博物馆科学研究的认识。

ABSTRACT A grant has been awarded to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH)under the direction of Drs. Keiper, Hannibal, Latimer and Matson to obtain the components for a computer-enhanced specimen analysis station. This will entail integrating two microscopes (one compound microscope and one dissectionmicroscope), macrophotography equipment, a three-dimensional digitizer, a high resolution VCR, and a sound lab with two networked computers. These instruments will allow museum personnel, and their college and high school students, graduate students, colleagues, and visiting scientists, to accurately identify, study, and catalog research specimens housed at CMNH. New equipment will allow for more efficient computer cataloging, more accurate analysis of specimens (including, but limited to, animal, plant, fossil, mineralogical, archaeological, and anthropological materials), and open up new avenues of research for CMNH that will be enhanced with modern computer software capabilities. This equipment will improve the research capabilities of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. It will facilitate analyses and new scientific discoveries by museum staff, students, and associates from multiple disciplines. Analysis of paleontological and anthropological materials will reveal new insights into the evolutionary history of a variety of organisms. The equipment will promote discoveries of new information on biological organisms necessary for conservation efforts, including survey work, animal ecology, and descriptions of new species and life stages. Because the public will be able to view ongoing work and observe computer-enhanced specimen analysis though a monitor, this project will promote public awareness of scientific research in museums.