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.

佛罗里达大学在 Douglas S. Jones 博士的指导下获得了一笔拨款，用于整合、整理和数字化 875,000 个无脊椎动物化石标本，使总共约 2,500,000 个标本的数据可在线用于研究和教育。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。将整合的标本由杜兰大学、南佛罗里达大学、南极始新世收藏以及保莱软体动物和珊瑚化石收藏捐赠。 当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，他们寻找科学项目、学期论文、化石照片和其他材料的信息。 该项目将极大地扩大公众可用的数据量。 藏品中的材料将被添加到一项名为“移动博物馆”的持续推广计划中，该计划专为 6 至 12 年级学生设计。