Increasing Efficiency of Space Utilization for the Triplehorn Insect Collection (OSUC)

在诺曼·F·约翰逊博士的指导下，俄亥俄州立大学研究基金会获得了一项奖励，用于购买新的压实机系统，并对俄亥俄州立大学的昆虫学收藏进行其他改进。这一超过350万份标本的收集包含的材料一直是该地区和世界各地关于昆虫的众多科学出版物和书籍的基础。新的压实机系统和用于存储标本的档案抽屉将有助于保存它们，以供研究人员、土地资源经理和学生未来研究。该系列已接近饱和，计划中的升级将带来显著增长。除了物理上的改进外，还将编制一个模式标本在线目录，用于为新物种指定科学名称。这一资源将向世界各地的研究人员提供，并将与昆虫物种的标本标签数据和科学文献相联系。这些收藏品被广泛用于教育，被少数族裔的高中生实习生以及研究项目的本科生和研究生所使用。每年有超过1000名参观者使用藏品资源，新的设备和数字资源将提高藏品的科学、教育和公众价值。

An award has been made to the Ohio State University Research Foundation under the direction of Dr. Norman F. Johnson to purchase a new compactor system and make other improvements for curation of the entomology collection at Ohio State University. This collection of more than 3.5 million specimens contains material that has been the foundation of numerous scientific publications and books on insects from the region and worldwide. The new compactor system and archival drawers for storage of the specimens will help preserve them for future study by researchers, land resource managers, and students. The collection is near capacity and the planned upgrades will provide for significant growth. In addition to the physical improvements, an online catalog of type specimens used to assign scientific names to new species will also be compiled. This resource will be available to researchers worldwide and will be linked to specimen label data and scientific literature on the insect species. The collection is broadly used in education, by minority high school student interns and undergraduate and graduate students in research programs. Over one thousand visitors utilize the collection resources every year, and the new equipment and digital resources will enhance the value of the collection for science, education, and the public.