Computerization and Integration of Exceptional Invertebrate Fossil Research Collections: Florida Museum of Natural History

杰出无脊椎动物化石研究藏品的计算机化和整合：佛罗里达自然历史博物馆

• 批准号: 0645865
• 负责人: Douglas Jones
• 金额: $ 28.19万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0645865&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computerization; Integration; Exceptional; Invertebrate; Fossil

A grant has been awarded to the University of Florida under the direction of Dr. Douglas S. Jones to integrate, curate, and digitize 875,000 invertebrate fossil specimens, making data from a total of approximately 2,500,000 specimens available online for research and education. The Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) at the University of Florida holds one of the ten largest invertebrate fossil collections in the United States and is ranked fifth in annual research loan activity among institutions housing large invertebrate fossil collections. The specimens that will be integrated have been donated from Tulane University, the University of South Florida, the Antarctic Eocene Collection, and the Paulay Collection of fossil molluscs and corals. Most visitors to the current invertebrate paleontology website are students, educators, and fossil enthusiasts searching for information for science projects, term papers, photographs of fossils, and other material. The project will greatly expand the amount of data available to the public. Material from the collection will be added to an ongoing outreach program called Museum on the Move, designed for grades 6-12.

在道格拉斯·S·琼斯博士的指导下，佛罗里达大学获得了一笔赠款，用于整合、管理和数字化875,000个无脊椎动物化石标本，使总计约2,500,000个标本的数据可以在线获取，用于研究和教育。佛罗里达大学的佛罗里达自然历史博物馆(FLMNH)拥有美国十大无脊椎动物化石收藏之一，在拥有大量无脊椎动物化石收藏的机构中，其年度研究贷款活动排名第五。将被整合的标本来自杜兰大学、南佛罗里达大学、南极始新世收藏馆和保利软体动物和珊瑚化石收藏馆。目前无脊椎动物古生物学网站的大多数访问者是学生、教育工作者和化石爱好者，他们正在为科学项目、学期论文、化石照片和其他材料寻找信息。该项目将极大地扩大公众可获得的数据量。这些藏品将被添加到一个正在进行的名为移动中的博物馆的外展项目中，该项目是为6-12年级设计的。