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有自然历史标本。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的，它们往往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）成立于2013年，由学生组成，他们试图在他们的机构振兴破旧的自然历史标本。他们提高了资金和对校园收藏品的研究和教育价值的认识，这反过来又导致了对这些收藏品的行政支持和联邦资助。自2013年以来，其他几个学生团体已经采取了NHCC模式，以培训学生的收藏技术，并提高资金，意识和援助，为他们当地的自然历史收藏。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日在科罗拉多丹佛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他们的校园采取NHCC模式，并开始一个学生俱乐部，将加入NHCCN。本次研讨会将向SPNHC与会者开放，并将邀请14名外部参与者。将邀请来自七个机构的七对个人参加讲习班。这些配对将由一名教师和一名学生组成，然后他们将能够返回他们的机构并开始NHCC。该讲习班将针对为少数群体服务的机构，以扩大对生物多样性和收藏科学领域的参与，从而解决参与者的多样性问题。邀请将针对可能从加入NHCCN中受益最多的机构，例如那些表示有兴趣提高学生参与收藏的机构，特别是拥有小型收藏的机构和具有少数民族服务重点的机构，如历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU），部落学院和大学（TCU）和西班牙裔服务机构。 重点也将给予代表在美国的一些最众多和最广泛的集合的小集合。 这些收藏品往往包含许多大型设施无法复制的周围生态系统的记录，因此对已知的全球生物多样性数据做出了重大贡献。 该奖项利用一种具有成本效益的方式，通过让学生参与并从致力于这些藏品的成功和可持续性的小型藏品中招募参与者，来确保这些藏品的维护，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.