Workshop:Expanding the Network of Natural History Collections Clubs through Workshops to Broaden Participation of Students in Biodiversity Collections; May 25-31, 2019; Chicago, IL

美国各大学的自然历史收藏是由研究人员、教授和学生长期建立起来的，它们通常是周围地区区域生物多样性的最佳科学代表。尽管这些藏品具有研究价值，但由于缺乏当地机构的支持，其中一些藏品处于困境。提高人们对校园收藏的研究和教育价值的认识和支持的一种方法是由学生领导的自然历史收藏俱乐部（NHCC）。从2013年开始，根据国家生物中心的模式，成立了几个俱乐部，培养下一代本科生的生物收集方法和管理；并提高人们对校园自然历史藏品的认识，增加其科学和教育用途。这些俱乐部共同组成了自然历史收藏俱乐部网络（NHCCN）。该网络在国际和地区会议上举办了讲习班，鼓励其他团体在其校园内采用NHCC模式，并成立学生俱乐部，成为NHCCN的一部分。通过该奖项，计划举办研讨会活动，招募和教育感兴趣的学生和教师顾问，以发展国家卫生中心，加强现有网络，并支持参与现有的国家卫生中心。2019年的研讨会将在5月26日至31日举行的自然历史藏品保护协会（SPNHC）年会的一整天中举行。研讨会议程包括培训和讨论的主题，如自然历史收藏文献，标本数字化和体验式学习。研讨会的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对收藏的参与的机构，特别是那些拥有小型收藏的机构和强调少数民族服务的机构，如历史黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）、部落学院和大学（tcu）和西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）。拥有少量自然历史收藏的大学通常包含许多其周围生态系统的记录，这些记录在大型设施中无法复制，因此为国家和全球数据资源提供了独特的生物多样性代表。通过该奖项提供的支持是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，确保参与馆藏的维护、扩展和数据共享。研讨会公告的链接可在网上找到（https://www.idigbio.org/content/spnhc-travel-grants-nhccn）.This)，该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

Natural history collections at universities across the United States were built over time by researchers, professors, and students, and they often are the best scientific representation of regional biodiversity for the surrounding areas. Despite the research value, some of these collections are in distress due to lack of local institutional support. One approach for raising awareness and support for the research and education value of campus collections is a student-led Natural History Collections Club (NHCC). Since 2013, several clubs have formed based on the NHCC model to train the next generation of undergraduate students in biological collections methods and management; and to raise awareness, increase scientific and educational use, of their campus natural history collections. These clubs collectively form the Natural History Collections Club Network (NHCCN). The Network has hosted workshops at international and regional meetings to encourage other groups to take up the NHCC model on their campuses and to start a student club and become part of the NHCCN. Through this award, workshop activities are planned that recruit and educate interested students and faculty advisors to develop a NHCC, strengthen the existing network, and support participation in existing NHCCs. A 2019 workshop will take place during a full day of the annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), which meets May 26-31. The workshop agenda includes training and discussion on topics such as natural history collections documentation, specimen digitization, and experiential learning. Invitations for workshops 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 (HSIs). Universities with small natural history collections often contain many records of their surrounding ecosystems not duplicated in larger facilities and therefore provide unique representation of biological diversity to national and global data resources. The support provided through this award represents a cost-efficient way to ensure the maintenance, expansion, and data sharing of participating collections by involving students and recruiting participants from small collections that are committed to the success and sustainability of those collections. A link to the workshop announcement is available on the web (https://www.idigbio.org/content/spnhc-travel-grants-nhccn).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.