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.

位于佛罗里达大学的佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（FLMNH）收藏了美国第三大的脊椎动物化石目录，为研究过去6500万年来美国东部和环加勒比海盆地地区的脊椎动物生活和进化提供了最完整的基础。最近从该地区收购的三种主要脊椎动物化石藏品已经超出了博物馆及时存储、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支持，使50 000多个重要的脊椎动物化石，包括图像，可用于科学研究。数码图像将在一个联机数据库中、在关于化石物种和地点的更大众化的网页上刊登，并将用于编制联机化石鉴定指南和更新仍然很受欢迎的关于马化石进化的网址。研究生和本科生以及研究生助理将接受策展活动的培训，并接受科学研究，向公众传播结果和专业发展技能的指导，提高他们作为未来专业人士实施更广泛影响活动的能力和愿望。