CSBR: Natural History: Essential Improvements for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate Zoology Collections at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

CSBR：自然历史：Bernice Pauahi Bishop 博物馆脊椎动物和无脊椎动物收藏的重要改进

• 批准号: 1756270
• 负责人: Holly Bolick
• 金额: $ 49.73万
• 依托单位: Bernice P Bishop Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1756270&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Essential; Improvements

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (BPBM) is the world's largest repository of biological material from Hawaii and the Pacific region. This collection represents a historical record of the many species that have been lost to extinction in this ecologically sensitive region, and also serves as an invaluable tool for research on the rich biodiversity resource that remains. This project will support acquisition of modern cabinets and containers for two of BPBM's natural history collections, Vertebrate Zoology (VZ) and Invertebrate Zoology (IZ), that are urgently needed to rescue specimens from deteriorating cabinets and inadequate shelving, and remain inaccessible to the scientific community because there is no secure space to properly house them. The project will also improve the quality and accessibility of the specimen information within the collections' electronic databases. During the award period, researchers will be providing twelve STEM undergraduate interns and eight high school students with training in collections care and taxonomy, as well as career mentoring. This collaboration will strengthen the museum's relationship with local educational institutions and increase public engagement with science, technology, and Hawaii's unique natural history. During this two-year project, 64 new cabinets will be installed to provide improved storage for 43,800 specimens and 9,051 specimen lots. The improvements will relieve hazardous overcrowding and allow for the completion of long needed curatorial projects. While cataloged specimens are pulled from old cabinets and placed into new ones, their corresponding data records will be cleaned, updated, and expanded. Other material will be digitized anew, including an estimated 10,000 specimens from the VZ collection and 4,000 specimen lots from the IZ collection. Researchers and educators across the globe will be able to access new and updated records via BPBM's website and other online data aggregators, including VertNet, iDigBio, and GBIF. Additionally, each specimen that is touched during this process will receive a QR code. These codes will vastly improve the ability of staff to locate specimens within the collections and track specimens as they are used for research and outreach. The transfer of specimens from old to new equipment also presents an ideal opportunity to assess the conservation status of each specimen. With help from BPBM's assistant conservator, the specimens will receive the care and attention to maintain their integrity well into the future.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

伯尼采保阿希毕晓普博物馆（BPBM）是世界上最大的夏威夷和太平洋地区的生物材料储存库。 这些藏品代表了这一生态敏感地区许多物种灭绝的历史记录，也是研究剩余丰富生物多样性资源的宝贵工具。 该项目将支持为BPBM的两个自然历史收藏品脊椎动物学（VZ）和无脊椎动物学（IZ）购买现代橱柜和容器，这是迫切需要的，以拯救标本从恶化的橱柜和不适当的架子上，科学界仍然无法进入，因为没有安全的空间来妥善安置它们。 该项目还将提高收藏品电子数据库中标本信息的质量和可访问性。 在获奖期间，研究人员将为12名STEM本科实习生和8名高中生提供收藏护理和分类学方面的培训，以及职业指导。此次合作将加强博物馆与当地教育机构的关系，并增加公众对科学、技术和夏威夷独特自然历史的参与。在这个为期两年的项目中，将安装64个新柜，以改善43，800个标本和9，051个标本批次的储存。 这些改善将缓解危险的过度拥挤，并允许完成长期需要的策展项目。 当编目标本从旧橱柜中取出并放入新橱柜时，其相应的数据记录将被清理，更新和扩展。 其他材料将重新数字化，包括来自VZ收集的估计10，000份标本和来自IZ收集的4，000份标本批次。 地球仪的研究人员和教育工作者将能够通过BPBM的网站和其他在线数据聚合器（包括VertNet、iDigBio和GBIF）访问新的和更新的记录。 此外，在此过程中接触的每个样本都将收到一个QR码。 这些编码将大大提高工作人员在收藏品中查找标本的能力，并在标本用于研究和推广时对其进行跟踪。 将标本从旧设备转移到新设备也为评估每个标本的保护状况提供了一个理想的机会。 在BPBM的助理保护员的帮助下，标本将得到照顾和关注，以保持其完整性，直到未来。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得支持的，通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。