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

美国的许多大学都收藏了自然历史标本。这些藏品是由研究人员、教授和学生随着时间的推移而建立起来的，它们通常是藏品地理位置周围地区生物多样性的最佳代表。第一个自然历史收藏俱乐部（NHCC）是由学生们在2013年成立的，他们试图振兴他们学校破旧的自然历史标本。他们筹集了资金，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带来了行政支持和联邦资金。自2013年以来，其他几个学生团体也采用了NHCC的模式，培训学生的收藏技术，并为当地的自然历史收藏筹集资金、提高认识和援助。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收藏保护协会（SPNHC） 2017年年会上举办第一次研讨会。该研讨会将鼓励其他团体在校园里采用NHCCN的模式，并成立一个加入NHCCN的学生俱乐部。本次研讨会将向SPNHC与会者开放，并邀请十四名外部与会者。来自七间机构的七对人士将获邀参加工作坊。这些配对将由一名教师和一名学生组成，然后他们将能够回到他们的机构并启动NHCC。本次研讨会将解决参与者多样性问题，以少数民族服务机构为目标，扩大在生物多样性和收藏科学领域的参与。邀请将针对那些可能从加入NHCCN中受益最多的机构，例如那些表示有兴趣提高学生对收藏的参与的机构，特别是那些拥有小型收藏的机构和那些强调少数民族服务的机构，如历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）、部落学院和大学（tcu）和西班牙裔服务机构。重点还将放在代表美国一些数量最多、分布最广的小型藏品上。这些藏品通常包含许多在大型设施中无法复制的周边生态系统记录，因此对已知的全球生物多样性数据作出了重大贡献。该奖项采用了一种经济有效的方式，通过让学生参与进来，并从致力于这些馆藏的成功和可持续发展的小型馆藏中招募参与者，来确保这些馆藏的维护、扩展和数据共享。

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.