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

在罗伯特·d·布拉德利博士的指导下，德克萨斯理工大学获得了一项奖励，将几个自然历史藏品转移到一个新装修的区域，这将使这些藏品的整体空间增加一倍。馆藏包括几十万个哺乳动物、鸟类和无脊椎动物标本，以及组织和骨骼标本。这些藏品被大量用于研究，并已成为许多研究生论文研究项目的资源。哺乳动物收藏是与学术机构相关的最大的收藏之一，收藏了来自美国西南部以及世界许多其他地区的物种。近年来，拥挤的环境严重阻碍了对这些藏品的访问。获得了外部资金来建造新的收集空间和购买新的压实机。BRC的奖励将为工作人员提供支持，将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。这些藏品被联邦和州机构用于流行病学的研究和测试。该项目将包括一名研究生助理和一名研究助理，他们将协助藏品的移动。

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.