CSBR: Natural History: Curation and Digitization of Newly Acquired Modern and Fossil Invertebrate and Protist Research Collections at the SDSM&T Museum of Geology

南达科他州矿业学院和地质技术博物馆获奖，以管理和数字化最近获得的三件现代和新近纪(过去2300万年)无脊椎动物和原生生物的藏品。这些有针对性的收藏代表了古代和现代的浅海环境，是保护古生物学和当代生态学研究的基础。材料包括1989-2011年皮安德森的田野收藏，皮贝兰格合作者的学位论文收藏，以及前南达科他州大学斯普林菲尔德分校的孤儿收藏。该项目的产品将包括精心策划的藏品；包括辅助数据在内的数字化和地理参考记录，以及图文并茂的动物名录。该项目的推广和教育活动包括对研究生和本科生进行现代策展技术培训。大学生还将参与设计展品，用于向初中生推广。此外，目标标本将用于课程开发，以培训下一代博物馆馆长，包括来自州立和部落学院的学生。将鼓励参与的学生通过利用藏品开展研究项目来进行智力投资。欲了解更多信息，请访问：http://www.sdsmt.edu/MuseumCollections.。

An award was made to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Museum of Geology to curate and digitize three recently acquired collections of modern and Neogene-age (last 23 million years) invertebrates and protists. The targeted collections represent ancient and recent shallow-marine environments and are a foundation for conservation paleobiology and contemporary ecological research. Materials include 1989-2011 field collections of PI Anderson, dissertation collections of co-PI Belanger, and an orphaned collection from the former University of South Dakota-Springfield. Products of this project will include well-curated collections; digitized and georeferenced records including ancillary data, and illustrated faunal lists.Outreach and educational activities of this project include the training of graduate and undergraduate students in modern curatorial techniques. College students will also be involved in designing exhibits for use in outreach to middle and high school students. Furthermore, the targeted specimens will be used in course development for the training of the next generation of museum curators, including students from state and tribal colleges. Participating students will be encouraged to become intellectually invested through the development of research projects using the collections. More information can be found at: http://www.sdsmt.edu/MuseumCollections.