CSBR: Natural History Collections: Completing the rehabilitation of the orphaned USGS fossil invertebrate collection at the University of California Museum of Paleontology

1997年，加州大学古生物学博物馆（UCMP）接受了门洛帕克美国地质调查局（USGS）收集的大量无脊椎动物化石（来自12,100个地方的17万块化石）的责任。不幸的是，与化石一起保存的综合文件没有作为档案材料保存下来，正在恶化。此外，在搬迁过程中，藏品被打乱了，许多木箱损坏了，门也不见了。1998年，该系列的三分之一被纳入UCMP的主要收藏。该项目将(1)将剩下的三分之二的藏品重新安置在博物馆级的橱柜中，(2)对抽屉中的内容进行重组、重新标签和数字化捕获，(3)数字化捕获并存储在档案媒体中。这些藏品大部分来自过去2500万年前的北美西海岸，是独一无二的，不可替代的。发表论文1000余篇，内容包括系统地层学研究、古生态与古气候研究、资源评价、地质调查等。该项目将为研究生提供重要的策展经验，并将使本科生参与真实的研究活动。伯克利的生物学学者计划，旨在促进来自经济、性别、种族和文化群体的学生的成功，这些群体在生物学领域历来未被充分代表，将协助本科生招聘。该项目还将为更广泛的公众提供更多的科学意识，因为我们将以物理和数字方式提供这个世界级的古生物收藏。

In 1997 the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) accepted responsibility for the extensive invertebrate collection (170,000 fossils from 12,100 localities) from the United State Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park. Unfortunately, the comprehensive documentation stored with the fossils was not preserved as archival material and is deteriorating. Moreover, during the move the collection was scrambled, many of the wooden cases damaged, and the doors lost. In 1998, one third of the collection was integrated into UCMP's main collection. This project will (1) re-house the remaining two thirds of the collection in museum-grade cabinets, (2) reorganize, re-label, and digitally capture the contents of the drawers, and (3) digitally capture and store the documentation in archival media.This collection, largely from the West coast of North America from the last 25 million years, is unique and irreplaceable. It has generated over 1,000 publications, including systematic and biostratigraphic studies, paleoecological and paleoclimatic research, resource assessments, and geologic surveys. This project will provide important curatorial experiences for graduate students and will also engage undergraduate students in authentic research activities. The Berkeley's Biology Scholars Program, which promotes the success of students from economic, gender, ethnic and cultural groups historically underrepresented in biology, will assist with undergraduate recruitment. The project will also provide increased science awareness to a broader public audience as we make available, both physically and digitally, this world-class paleontological collection.