CSBR: Natural History: Launching the University of Vermont Natural History Museum Step One: Securing the Collections

佛蒙特州大学自然历史博物馆(UVM)的藏品对世界各地的研究人员来说是一种宝贵的资源，因为它们的地理范围广泛，收集标本的历史悠久。到目前为止，它们是佛蒙特州最大的，是佛蒙特州记录其动植物的官方档案馆。这些藏品的重组将扩大其接触范围，包括密歇根州立大学本科生和研究生、研究人员、公民科学家和当地志愿者。外展工作将吸引对通过实际使用标本了解生物多样性和保护感兴趣的K-12团体。这项对UVM自然历史收藏的投资将有助于改善标本存储条件，增强虫害控制策略，并减少火灾和洪水造成的破坏机会。这些目标收藏了超过66万个植物、节肢动物和哺乳动物的标本。在标本得到保护的同时，馆长和学生将系统地重新组织它们，以反映当代分类学分类。此外，植物和节肢动物数字化计划将扩大到完全代表这些收藏，并向研究人员和教育工作者提供标本图像和相关数据。有关这些藏品及其科学和教育使命的更多信息可在博物馆的网站上公开获得：http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmnhm/.

The University of Vermont Natural History Museum (UVM) collections are a valuable resource for researchers throughout the world because of their worldwide geographic scope and long history of collecting specimens. By far the largest in the state, they serve as the State of Vermont's official archive for documentation of its flora and fauna. The reorganization of the collections will expand its access to a wide array of people, including UVM undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, citizen scientists, and local volunteers. Outreach efforts will attract K-12 groups interested in learning about biodiversity and conservation through hands-on use of the specimens. This investment into UVM's natural history collections will help to improve specimen storage conditions, enhancing pest control strategies and reduce the chance of damage from fire and flood. The targeted collection houses over 660,000 specimens of plants, arthropods and mammals. While the specimens are being secured, curators and students will systematically reorganize them to reflect contemporary taxonomic classification. Also, the plant and arthropod digitization program will be expanded to fully represent the collections and make specimen images and related data available to researchers and educators. Additional information about the collection and its scientific and educational missions is publicly available on the museum's website: http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmnhm/.