Renovation and Computerization of the University of Nebraska Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

在罗伯特·M·亨特博士的指导下，内布拉斯加-林肯大学获得了一项奖励，为内布拉斯加州州立博物馆的哺乳动物化石收藏购买新的橱柜和存储设备，并使这些收藏的数据可以在一个在线数据库中访问，世界各地的科学家和教育工作者都可以对其进行搜索。内布拉斯加州州立博物馆收藏了过去4000万年来生活在北美的大量哺乳动物化石。这些收藏品反映了北美生态系统在这段时间内的变化。数据库工作将从标本标签中获取信息，并以科学家和教育工作者可以使用的可搜索格式通过万维网访问这些信息。博物馆将继续利用藏品中的这些和其他化石开展广泛的推广计划，特别关注美洲原住民社区的利益，他们的土地是许多标本的来源。

An award has been made to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under the direction of Dr. Robert M. Hunt to acquire new cabinets and storage equipment for the fossil mammal collection of the Nebraska State Museum, and to make the data from the collection accessible in an online database searchable by scientists and educators worldwide. The Nebraska State Museum contains a large collection of fossil mammals living in North America over the last 40 million years. These collections reflect the change in the North American ecosystem during that span of time. The database effort will capture information from specimen labels and make them accessible through the worldwide web in a searchable format that can be used by scientists and educators. The museum will continue its extensive outreach programs using these and other fossils in its collection, with special attention to the interests of the Native American community, whose land is the source of many of the specimens.