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

佛蒙特大学自然历史博物馆（UVM）的藏品是世界各地研究人员的宝贵资源，因为它们的世界范围的地理范围和收集标本的悠久历史。到目前为止，该州最大的，他们作为佛蒙特州的官方档案馆，记录其植物群和动物群。 馆藏的重组将扩大其访问范围，包括UVM本科生和研究生，研究人员，公民科学家和当地志愿者。外联工作将吸引有兴趣通过实际使用标本了解生物多样性和保护的K-12团体。对UVM自然历史收藏品的投资将有助于改善标本储存条件，加强害虫控制策略，减少火灾和洪水造成损害的机会。目标收藏馆收藏了超过66万份植物、节肢动物和哺乳动物标本。当标本被保护时，策展人和学生将系统地重新组织它们，以反映当代的分类学分类。 此外，植物和节肢动物数字化计划将扩大，以充分代表收集和标本图像和相关数据提供给研究人员和教育工作者。有关藏品及其科学和教育使命的更多信息可在博物馆网站上公开获取：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/.