CSBR: Natural History Collections: Curation and Digitization of Recently Acquired, Major Fossil Vertebrate Research Collections at the Florida Museum of Natural History

CSBR：自然历史收藏：佛罗里达自然历史博物馆最近获得的主要脊椎动物化石研究收藏的管理和数字化

• 批准号: 1203222
• 负责人: Jonathan Bloch
• 金额: $ 45.53万
• 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: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Collections; Curation

The Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) at the University of Florida, houses the third largest cataloged collection of vertebrate fossils in United States, providing the most complete basis available for study of vertebrate life and evolution in the eastern United States and the circum-Caribbean Basin area over the past 65 million years. Recent acquisition of three major fossil vertebrate collections from this region has outpaced the museum's ability to store, prepare, curate, and digitize these important fossils in a timely manner. This project provides support for these activities allowing for over 50,000 significant vertebrate fossils, including images, to be made available for scientific research.This project allows for expansion of the already successful FLMNH web site. Digital images will be featured on an on-line database, in more popular-oriented web pages on fossil species and localities, and will be used to develop on-line fossil identification guides, and to update the still popular web site on fossil horse evolution. Graduate and undergraduate students and post-graduate assistants will be trained in curatorial activities and receive mentoring in scientific research, communication of results to the public, and professional development skills improving their ability and desire to implement broader impact activities as future professionals.

佛罗里达大学的佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（FLMNH）在美国拥有第三大脊椎动物化石集合，为在过去6500万年中提供了最完整的脊椎动物和进化研究脊椎动物生活和进化的基础。最近从该地区收购了三个主要的化石脊椎动物收藏品已经超过了博物馆及时存储，准备，策划和数字化这些重要化石的能力。 该项目为这些活动提供了支持，允许将50,000多种重要的脊椎动物（包括图像）提供用于科学研究。该项目允许扩大已经成功的FLMNH网站。数字图像将在在线数据库中，在更受欢迎的化石物种和地方的网页上进行介绍，并将用于开发在线化石识别指南，并在化石马演化上更新仍然受欢迎的网站。研究生和本科生和研究生助手将接受策展活动的培训，并接受科学研究，与公众的成果交流以及专业发展技能的指导，以提高他们的能力和渴望，以实施更广泛的影响活动作为未来的专业人士。