Collection Enhancement, Enlargement, and Compactorization at the Natural Science Research Laboratory

自然科学研究实验室的馆藏增强、扩大和压缩

• 批准号: 0545040
• 负责人: Robert Bradley
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Texas Tech University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0545040&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collection; Enhancement; Enlargement; Compactorization; Natural

An award has been made to the Texas Tech University under the direction of Dr. Robert D. Bradley to move several natural history collections into a newly renovated area that will double the overall space for these collections. The collections include several hundred thousand specimens of mammals, birds, and invertebrates, as well as tissue and skeleton collections. The collections are heavily used for research and have been resources for numerous graduate thesis research projects. The mammal collection is among the largest associated with an academic institution and houses species from the southwestern United States as well as many other areas of the world. Accessibility to the collections has been severely hampered in recent years by the crowded conditions. Outside funds were procured to build a new collection space and purchase new compactors. The award from BRC will provide staff support to move the collections to the new space, where their research value can be fully realized. The collections are used by federal and state agencies for research and testing in epidemiology. The project will involve a graduate assistant and research assistant who will assist in the move of the collections.

德克萨斯理工大学在罗伯特D。布拉德利将几个自然历史收藏品搬进一个新装修的区域，这将使这些收藏品的整体空间增加一倍。 收藏品包括数十万哺乳动物、鸟类和无脊椎动物的标本，以及组织和骨骼收藏品。 这些收藏品大量用于研究，并已成为许多研究生论文研究项目的资源。 该哺乳动物收藏是与学术机构相关的最大的哺乳动物收藏之一，收藏了来自美国西南部以及世界许多其他地区的物种。 近几年来，由于拥挤的条件，获取收藏品的机会受到严重阻碍。 采购了外部资金，以建造一个新的收藏空间和购买新的压实机。 来自BRC的奖项将提供工作人员支持，将收藏品转移到新的空间，在那里他们的研究价值可以充分实现。 这些收集品被联邦和州机构用于流行病学的研究和测试。该项目将涉及一名研究生助理和研究助理，他们将协助搬运收藏品。