CSBR: Natural History Collections: Building a central database and curation improvements for The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History

CSBR：自然历史收藏：为佛罗里达自然历史博物馆的麦奎尔鳞翅目中心建立中央数据库和管理改进

• 批准号: 1349345
• 负责人: Akito Kawahara
• 金额: $ 49.84万
• 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: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2018-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1349345&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Collections; Building

An award is made to the University of Florida to curate, digitize, and consolidate specimens and data housed at the McGuire Center of Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH). The McGuire Center houses one of the world's largest collections of butterflies and moths, including numerous scientifically important specimens. Although professional collectors developed much of the collection, many specimens came from amateur scientists and have not been properly curated or integrated into the collection. The results of this project will increase the accessibility of specimen data, making them available via the Internet to be utilized by a wide audience of scientists, educators and students. Undertaking and completing this project represents an important first step in reorganizing specimens and digitizing much of the data representing Florida's native butterflies and related organisms.Several outreach and educational activities using the collection's charismatic holdings will be developed and will include minorities and groups underrepresented in STEM programs. Existing programs at the FLMNH, such as the Summer Junior Volunteer Program, will be leveraged and will include programs for enthusiast groups, elementary school groups, and high school students. Additionally, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students will be trained in research and curatorial techniques using collections digitized in this project. More information may be found at: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/.

佛罗里达大学被授予佛罗里达自然历史博物馆鳞翅目和生物多样性麦奎尔中心收藏的标本和数据的管理、数字化和整合。麦奎尔中心收藏了世界上最大的蝴蝶和飞蛾收藏之一，其中包括许多具有重要科学意义的标本。尽管专业收藏家开发了大部分收藏品，但许多标本来自业余科学家，没有经过适当的策划或整合到收藏品中。该项目的成果将增加标本数据的可及性，使其能够通过因特网提供，供广大科学家、教育工作者和学生使用。开展和完成这个项目是重新组织标本和数字化代表佛罗里达本土蝴蝶和相关组织的大部分数据的重要第一步。将利用该收藏的魅力资产开展几项外展和教育活动，并将包括在STEM项目中代表性不足的少数族裔和群体。外国语学院现有的计划，如暑期青少年志愿者计划，将得到利用，并将包括针对爱好者小组、小学小组和高中生的计划。此外，高中生、本科生和研究生将在研究和策展技术方面接受培训，使用该项目中数字化的藏品。欲了解更多信息，请访问：http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/.。