Partnership to the Fossil Insect Collaborative for Collections at the University of California Museum of Paleontology

加州大学伯克利分校古生物博物馆(UCMP)将加入昆虫化石专题收藏网络(TCN)，致力于利用古生物学数据了解环境变化对昆虫多样性和进化的影响。该项目将扩大TCN目前的地理覆盖范围，为研究人员和公众提供可通过网络访问的数字化图像和大约4900只生活在显著气候变化时期的新生代昆虫的标本记录。这些标本包括来自大盆地的稀有昆虫组合琥珀中的昆虫，以及来自南加州兰乔拉布雷亚和麦基特里克的冰河时代昆虫。将这些标本添加到昆虫化石TCN中将增强数据集，以分析这些对气候敏感的生物如何应对整个地球历史上的突然环境变化，以及气候变暖对当今生物多样性的影响。加州大学伯克利分校的学生将进行数字化，同时学习自然历史收藏的价值及其与科学的相关性。项目数据将加强UCMP的K-16教师-学生科学教育计划、全球公众宣传和互联网资源。来自当地社区的意见将有助于开发“Digit”，这是一款面向研究人员、教师和学生、行业成员、政府机构和公众的移动应用程序。该奖项是通过推进生物收藏数字化计划作为国家生物收藏数字化资源的一部分颁发的，由该奖项产生的所有数据将通过国家资源(iDigBio.org)获得。

The University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) will join the Fossil Insect Thematic Collections Network (TCN) dedicated to understanding the impacts of environmental change on insect diversity and evolution using paleontological data. The project will expand the TCN's current geographic coverage providing researchers and the public with web-accessible digitized images and specimen records of approximately 4,900 Cenozoic insects that lived during times of significant climate change. These specimens include insects in amber, a rare insect assemblage from the Great Basin, and Ice Age insects from southern California's Rancho La Brea and McKittrick tarpits.Addition of these specimens to the Fossil Insect TCN will enhance datasets for analyzing how these climatically-sensitive organisms have responded to abrupt environmental changes throughout Earth history, and the implications of climatic warming on present-day biodiversity. Students at UC Berkeley will perform the digitization while learning about the value of natural history collections and their relevance to science. Project data will enhance UCMP's K-16 teacher-student science education programs, global public outreach, and Internet resources. Input from local communities will assist in developing "DigIt", a mobile application for researchers, teachers and students, members of industry, government agencies, and the public. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource (iDigBio.org).