CSBR: Natural History: Essential storage upgrade for ornithological research collections at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

CSBR：自然历史：爱荷华大学自然历史博物馆鸟类学研究藏品的基本存储升级

• 批准号: 1458098
• 负责人: Cindy Opitz
• 金额: $ 36.65万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458098&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Essential; storage

This project will upgrade infrastructure in the bird, egg, and nest research collections at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. Founded in 1858, UIMNH is the oldest US university museum west of the Mississippi River, and it remains the only museum of its kind in the state. Its holdings represent more than a century of biological collecting in Iowa, the Midwest, and around the world, and are of historical and ecological importance. The ornithology collection is among the largest and best-documented, with approximately 13,880 bird and 17,220 egg and nest specimens, many from the Midwest before large-scale agriculture and urbanization drastically changed the landscape. This collection is an important and irreplaceable resource for modern scientific studies, including research on the effects of land-use and climate change, introduced and invasive species, and modern agricultural practices. This upgrade will improve conditions, alleviate overcrowding, and generally secure and stabilize the collection, ensuring its continued availability while increasing access for scientists and students. The project will provide training and development opportunities for several undergraduate students. It will also include the development of public exhibit components on the use of museum collections in modern scientific research, to be displayed both at UIMNH and in the traveling UI Mobile Museum. The project's major activity will be the installation of a compactor storage system and new cabinets in one room of Macbride Hall, the 1907 building housing UIMNH. Consolidating and rehousing the ornithology collection in this single area will allow more efficient use of space and taxonomic reorganization, and will greatly improve access by staff and visitors. This upgrade will bring the entire ornithology collection into an environmentally controlled room for the first time in its history. As part of the upgrade and rehousing process, all specimens will be georeferenced. Scientifically and historically important specimens will be photographed, increasing the amount of digital data available for the collection. The bases of public exhibit cases that currently contain research specimens will be transformed into a combination of interactive exhibits for children and "visible storage," introducing museum visitors to the research collections and their role in modern science. In addition, a digital touchscreen module on collections-based research will be added to the UI Mobile Museum (http://discover.research.uiowa.edu/mobile-museum). All data resulting from this project will be shared with iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/), ensuring accessibility to researchers and educators. Additional information on the UIMNH collections can be found at http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh/researchcollections.html.

该项目将升级爱荷华大学自然历史博物馆的鸟类、蛋和巢研究藏品的基础设施。 UIMNH 成立于 1858 年，是密西西比河以西最古老的美国大学博物馆，也是该州唯一的此类博物馆。 它的藏品代表了爱荷华州、中西部和世界各地一个多世纪以来的生物收集，具有重要的历史和生态意义。 鸟类学收藏是规模最大、记录最齐全的收藏之一，拥有大约 13,880 只鸟类和 17,220 个蛋和巢标本，其中许多来自大规模农业和城市化彻底改变地貌之前的中西部。该藏品是现代科学研究的重要且不可替代的资源，包括对土地利用和气候变化的影响、引进和入侵物种以及现代农业实践的研究。 此次升级将改善条件，缓解过度拥挤，并总体上保护和稳定藏品，确保其持续可用，同时增加科学家和学生的访问机会。 该项目将为多名本科生提供培训和发展机会。 它还将包括开发关于在现代科学研究中使用博物馆藏品的公共展览组件，并将在 UIMNH 和流动的 UI 移动博物馆中展示。 该项目的主要活动是在 Macbride Hall（UIMNH 所在的 1907 年建筑）的一个房间安装压实存储系统和新橱柜。在这个单一区域整合和重新安置鸟类学收藏品将能够更有效地利用空间和分类重组，并将大大改善工作人员和游客的访问。此次升级将有史以来第一次将整个鸟类学收藏品带入环境受控的房间。 作为升级和安置过程的一部分，所有标本都将进行地理参考。 具有科学和历史意义的重要标本将被拍摄，从而增加可用于收藏的数字数据量。 目前包含研究标本的公共展柜底座将转变为儿童互动展品和“可见存储”的结合体，向博物馆参观者介绍研究藏品及其在现代科学中的作用。 此外，UI 移动博物馆 (http://discover.research.uiowa.edu/mobile-museum) 将添加一个基于馆藏研究的数字触摸屏模块。 该项目产生的所有数据将与 iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/) 共享，确保研究人员和教育工作者能够访问。有关 UIMNH 馆藏的更多信息，请访问 http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh/researchcollections.html。