Physical renovation and electronic expansion of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection at Michigan State University.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。密歇根州立大学（MSU）的A. J.库克节肢动物研究中心（ARC）的昆虫和节肢动物收藏品包含约110万个固定和标记的标本，以及114，000个小瓶和47，000个载玻片上的标本。大约三分之一的标本来自密歇根州，其中许多历史上重要的标本可以追溯到19世纪70年代。有广泛的国家和国际馆藏，包括蝴蝶和飞蛾，黄蜂和甲虫的重要标本。研究中心以标本贷款的形式直接向来访的科学家提供数据，并对数据请求作出答复。ARC还支持许多外展和扩展活动在校园内外与昆虫展示，并在昆虫自然历史知识的工作人员。因此，这些收藏品被国内和国际研究科学家使用，支持该州的农业，林业，观赏植物产业，并帮助教育从儿童到成年人的公众。由于缺乏空间和过时的存储设施，目前的标准和增长受到限制。低于标准的储存也威胁到这一重要资源的保护。该提案的目标是：1。通过安装新的橱柜和抽屉，保护整个固定的昆虫收藏，至少有一个保护级别。将甲虫和黄蜂标本（约650，000）转移并保存到新的软底托盘中。3.验证所有物种名称的有效性（~ 35，000）。建立一个物种数据库，并通过几个门户网站公布。这些努力将保护整个收藏，加强组织、数据库，并以电子方式为当地、国家和国际科学家和外行提供物种资源服务。最终，ARC将实现使用和认可的增加。这个项目将帮助支持一个博士学位。他还资助了四名本科生，帮助他们实现标本收集和管理的现代化。 增加学生在收集活动将有助于提请注意在昆虫科学的职业可能性，并可能增加在昆虫学系的招生。这些翻修的进展情况可在http://www.arc.ent.msu.edu/上查看。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The insect and arthropod collections of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection (ARC) at Michigan State University (MSU) contains ~1.1 million pinned and labeled specimens and also, specimens in 114,000 vials and on 47,000 slides. Approximately a third of the specimens are from Michigan with many historically important specimens dating to the 1870's. There are extensive national and international holdings, including significant specimens of the butterflies and moths, wasps and beetles. The ARC provides data directly to visiting scientists, in form of specimen loans, and responds to data requests. ARC also supports many outreach and extension events on and off campus with insect displays, and staff knowledgeable in insect natural history. Hence, this collection is used by national and international research scientist, supports agricultural, forestry, ornamental plant industries within the state, and helps to educate the general public from children to adults.Curation to current standards and growth are limited by a lack of space and inadequate, out-of-date storage facilities. Sub-standard storage also threatens the conservation of this important resource. The goals of this proposal are: 1. Protect the entire pinned insect collection with at least one level of preservation via the installation of new cabinets and drawers.2. Transfer and curate the beetle and wasp specimens (~650,000) into new soft-bottom trays. 3. Verify the validity all species names (~35,000).4. Construct a data base of the species holdings and publicize it via several web-base portals. These efforts will preserve the entire collection, increase organization, database and electronically serve the species holdings to local, national, and international scientists and laypersons. Ultimately, the ARC will realize an increase of use and recognition. This project will help support a Ph.D. student in insect systematics and fund four undergraduate students to help with the modernization of the collection and curation of specimens. Increased student activity in the collection will help draw attention to career possibilities in insect sciences and could potentially increase enrollment in the Entomology Department. Progress of these renovations can be viewed at http://www.arc.ent.msu.edu/.