Engaging Students in Biodiversity Collections through a Network of Natural History Collections Clubs: A SPNHC 2017 workshop

美国许多大学都收藏了自然历史标本。这些馆藏是由研究人员、教授和学生随着时间的推移建立的，它们通常是馆藏地理位置周围区域生物多样性的最佳代表。 第一个自然历史收藏俱乐部 (NHCC) 于 2013 年由学生成立，他们致力于复兴所在机构破旧的自然历史标本。他们筹集了资金并提高了人们对校园藏品的研究和教育价值的认识，这反过来又为这些藏品提供了行政支持和联邦资助。自 2013 年以来，其他几个学生团体也采用了 NHCC 模式来培训学生收藏技术，并为当地的自然历史收藏筹集资金、提高认识和帮助。这些俱乐部共同组成了自然历史收藏俱乐部网络 (NHCCN)。该网络将于 2017 年 6 月 18 日在科罗拉多州丹佛市举行的自然历史藏品保护协会 (SPNHC) 2017 年年会上举办首次研讨会。该研讨会将鼓励其他团体在其校园内采用 NHCC 模式，并成立一个加入 NHCCN 的学生俱乐部。该研讨会将对 SPNHC 与会者开放，并将邀请 14 名外部与会者。来自七个机构的七对个人将被邀请参加研讨会。这些配对将由一名教职人员和一名学生组成，然后他们将能够返回所在机构并成立 NHCC。本次研讨会将通过针对少数群体服务机构扩大生物多样性和馆藏科学领域的参与来解决参与者的多样性问题。邀请将针对那些可能从加入 NHCCN 中获益最多的机构，例如那些表示有兴趣提高学生参与收藏的机构，特别是拥有少量收藏的机构和重点为少数族裔服务的机构，例如历史黑人学院和大学 (HBCU)、部落学院和大学 (TCU) 以及西班牙裔服务机构。 还将重点关注代表美国数量最多、分布最广的一些藏品的小型藏品。 这些收藏通常包含许多周围生态系统的记录，这些记录在大型设施中没有重复，因此对已知的全球生物多样性数据做出了重大贡献。 该奖项利用一种经济高效的方式来确保这些馆藏的维护、扩展和数据共享，通过让学生参与并从致力于这些馆藏的成功和可持续性的小型馆藏中招募参与者。

Many universities across the United States house collections of natural history specimens. These collections were built over time by researchers, professors, and students, and they often are the best representation of the biodiversity in the areas immediately surrounding the collections' geographic location. The first Natural History Collections Club (NHCC) was formed in 2013 by students who sought to revitalize dilapidated natural history specimens at their institution. They raised funding and awareness of the research and education value of the collections on their campus, which in turn led to administrative support and federal funding for those collections. Since 2013, several other groups of students have taken up the NHCC model to train students in collections techniques and raise funding, awareness, and assistance for their local natural history collections. These clubs collectively form the Natural History Collections Club Network (NHCCN). The Network will host its first workshop at the 2017 annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) in Denver, Colorado on June 18, 2017. The workshop will encourage other groups to take up the NHCC model on their campus and start a student club that will join the NHCCN. This workshop will be open to SPNHC attendees and fourteen outside participants will be invited. Seven pairs of individuals from seven institutions will be invited to attend the workshop. These pairs will consist of a faculty member and a student who will then be able to return to their institution and start a NHCC. This workshop will address participant diversity by targeting minority-serving institutions to broaden participation in the fields of biodiversity and collections science. Invitations will target institutions that may benefit most from joining the NHCCN, such as those that have expressed interest in improving student involvement in collections, particularly institutions with small collections and institutions with minority-serving emphases such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Emphasis will also be given to small collections that represent some of the most numerous and widespread collections in the United States. These collections often contain many records of their surrounding ecosystems not duplicated in larger facilities, and therefore contribute significantly to known global biodiversity data. This award utilizes a cost-efficient way to ensure the maintenance, expansion, and data sharing of these collections by involving students and recruiting participants from small collections that are committed to the success and sustainability of those collections.