Critical expansion needs in the University of Alaska Museum's Mammal Collection

在林克·E·奥尔森博士的指导下，阿拉斯加大学向费尔班克斯大学颁发了一个奖项，以提供新的标本货架和箱子，使自然历史博物馆的哺乳动物收藏的存储空间增加50%。哺乳动物收藏包含了这一地区一组重要的哺乳动物标本，这对北极变暖的研究很重要。大多数标本来自阿拉斯加、北冰洋和北太平洋，来自美国、加拿大和俄罗斯。该藏品包括许多海洋哺乳动物标本。整个收藏品都可以通过博物馆的Arctos数据库在线访问。在过去的25年里，这些藏品的数量显著增加。目前约有10,000件标本被堆放在盒子里，新的箱子和架子将使它们能够得到适当的照顾和储存在档案设施中。这些藏品将被安置在一座新建筑中，该建筑的面积将是现有建筑的两倍。该项目将雇用一名研究生担任馆藏重组的策展助理。

An award has been made to the University of Alaska Fairbanks under the direction of Dr. Link E. Olson to provide new specimen shelving and cases that will allow a 50% increase in storage space for the Mammal Collection of the natural history museum. The mammal collection contains an important set of specimens of mammals in this region that is important in studies of arctic warming. Most specimens are from Alaska, the Arctic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean, from the US, Canada, and Russia. The collection includes many marine mammal specimens. The entire collection is accessible online through the museum Arctos database. The collection has grown markedly in the last 25 years. Some 10,000 specimens are currently stacked in boxes, and the new cases and shelving will allow for their proper care and storage in archival facilities. The collection will be housed in a new building that will double the size of the current one. The project will employ a graduate student to work as a Curatorial Assistant in reorganization of the collection.