Workshop to Produce a Decadal Vision for Taxonomy and Natural History Collections, November 11-13, 2003, Gainesville, Florida

佛罗里达自然历史博物馆的拉里·m·佩奇博士已经获得了一笔拨款，用于组织和举办一个跨学科研讨会，该研讨会将汇集专业科学学会、博物馆和其他研究机构的代表，目的是为分类学和自然历史收藏制定一个长期愿景。需要分类学研究和自然历史收藏的重要研究领域和问题将被确定。此外，研讨会参与者将在教育新一代分类学家和使公众和教育工作者能够获得分类知识方面，确定与分类研究和自然历史收藏相关的教育挑战和机遇。与会者认识到，保护生物学家和资源管理者依靠准确的分类和博物馆收藏记录来确定保护区域的优先次序和制定明智的管理政策，他们将提出加快物种发现和描述进程的方法。初步报告将于2004年1月31日前以电子方式发送给NSF，最终报告将于2004年5月15日前提交给NSF。

A grant has been awarded to Dr. Larry M. Page, Florida Museum of Natural History, to organize and conduct an interdisciplinary workshop that will bring together representatives of professional scientific societies and museums and other research institutions for the purpose of producing a long-term vision for taxonomy and natural history collections. Important research areas and questions that require taxonomic research and natural history collections will be identified. In addition, workshop participants will identify educational challenges and opportunities related to taxonomic research and natural history collections, both in terms of educating a new generation of taxonomists and in making taxonomic knowledge accessible to the public and educators. Acknowledging that conservation biologists and resource managers depend on accurate taxonomies and museum collection records for prioritizing areas for protection and for informed management policies, participants will recommend ways to expedite the process of species discovery and description. A preliminary report will be sent electronically to NSF by January 31, 2004, and a printed final report submitted to NSF by May 15, 2004.