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

通过自然历史收藏俱乐部网络让学生参与生物多样性收藏：SPNHC 2017 年研讨​​会

• 批准号: 1744392
• 负责人: Kari Harris
• 金额: $ 4.96万
• 依托单位: Arkansas State University Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744392&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engaging; Students; Biodiversity; Collections; through

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.

美国各地的许多大学都收藏了自然历史标本。这些收藏品是由研究人员、教授和学生随着时间的推移而建立的，它们往往是收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)成立于2013年，由学生们组成，他们试图重振他们机构里破旧的自然历史标本。他们提高了资金，提高了对校园藏品研究和教育价值的认识，这反过来又导致了对这些藏品的行政支持和联邦资金。自2013年以来，其他几组学生已经采用了NHC模式，以培训学生的收藏技术，并为他们当地的自然历史收藏筹集资金、提高认识和提供援助。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学会(SPNHC)2017年年会上主办第一次研讨会。研讨会将鼓励其他团体在其校园内采用NHC模式，并成立一个学生俱乐部，加入NHCCN。研讨会将向SPNHC的与会者开放，将邀请14名外部参与者。来自七个机构的七对个人将被邀请参加工作坊。这些配对将由一名教职员工和一名学生组成，然后他们将能够回到他们的机构并开始NCC。该讲习班将针对为少数群体服务的机构，讨论参与者的多样性问题，以扩大对生物多样性和收藏品科学领域的参与。邀请函将针对那些可能从加入NHCCN中受益最大的机构，例如那些表示有兴趣改善学生对收藏的参与的机构，特别是收藏规模较小的机构和以少数群体服务为重点的机构，如历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)、部落学院和大学(TCU)以及为拉美裔服务的机构。还将重点介绍代表美国数量最多、分布最广的一些小藏品。这些收集往往包含许多周围生态系统的记录，这些记录在较大的设施中没有复制，因此对已知的全球生物多样性数据有很大贡献。该奖项利用一种经济高效的方式，通过吸引学生并从致力于这些收藏的成功和可持续性的小型收藏中招募参与者，来确保这些收藏的维护、扩展和数据共享。