CSBR: Natural History Collections: Integrating the Orphaned Southern Illinois University Fluid Vertebrate Collections into the Illinois Natural History Survey Collections

CSBR：自然历史收藏：将南伊利诺伊大学孤儿流体脊椎动物收藏整合到伊利诺伊州自然历史调查收藏中

• 批准号: 1916255
• 负责人: Christopher Taylor
• 金额: $ 24.95万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-15 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1916255&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Collections; Integrating

Natural history collections are irreplaceable research resources for biological information. Specimen-based data within them are used for basic and applied research across multiple scientific disciplines. Data in collections are used to detect changes in the health of our ecosystems, highlight species and ecosystems in need of conservation, discover unknown biodiversity, and document the evolutionary history of life on earth. When natural history collections are neglected or abandoned, vast amounts of biological information are lost or made unavailable to the scientific community. In 2015 the large, geographically unique, and recently orphaned Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) fluid vertebrates collections were moved to the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) in Champaign, Illinois where they have remained in boxes and unavailable to researchers. This award provides funding for the unboxing and full curation of specimens and specimen-based data in the SIUC collections and their integration into the INHS biological collections. Data associated with over 650,000 specimens will be available for biological research and a myriad of other scientific challenges. Undergraduate students will be recruited from the Museum Studies Program (MUSE) housed in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois. The project team will be working with and training undergraduates in two different courses offered under MUSE.The full curation and integration of the SIUC fluid vertebrate collections into the INHS will occur through a two-stage process over a period of three years. First, metadata associated with SIUC specimens will be normalized by updating taxonomic names, standardizing geographic locality information, and correcting typographical errors. Specimens lacking georeferenced coordinate data will have that information added to their record fields. The second stage will focus on the physical unpacking of the boxes currently housing the SIUC collections and final curation. Final curation will consist of assigning new INHS catalog numbers and importing SIUC specimen metadata into INHS databases, placing specimens in appropriate archival containers as necessary. Duplicated specimens will be removed and transferred to collaborating museums. New archival labels will be associated to the SIUC specimens, which will be placed in appropriate physical locations within the INHS collection ranges and made available for use. Finally, all SIUC specimen metadata will be served online through the INHS and iDigBio (idigbio.org) web portals where they will be available for download by the scientific community. As a platform to help train the next generation of museum curators, collection managers, and museum technicians, the project will engage high school and undergraduate students in database query, specimen identification and preparation, curation, and georeferencing phases of the project.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.

自然历史收集是无可替代的生物学信息研究资源。 其中基于标本的数据用于跨多个科学学科的基础研究和应用研究。 收集中的数据用于检测生态系统健康的变化，突出需要保护，发现未知的生物多样性的物种和生态系统，并记录地球上生命的进化历史。 当自然历史收集被忽视或放弃时，科学界丢失或无法提供大量的生物学信息。 2015年，在Carbondale（SIUC）的伊利诺伊州伊利诺伊州南部的大型，独特的，最近是孤立的孤儿脊椎动物的脊椎动物系列被转移到伊利诺伊州香槟的伊利诺伊州自然历史调查（INHS），在那里他们仍然留在盒子里，研究人员不可避免。 该奖项为SIUC集合中的标本和基于标本的数据的拆箱和完整策划提供了资金，并将其集成到INHS生物收集中。 与65万标本相关的数据将用于生物学研究和无数其他科学挑战。 本科生将从伊利诺伊大学人类学系的博物馆研究计划（MUSE）招募。 项目团队将在Muse下提供的两个不同课程中与本科生合作并培训本科生。在三年的时间内，将通过两个阶段的过程进行SIUC流体脊椎动物收集的完整策划和整合到INHS中。 首先，与SIUC标本相关的元数据将通过更新分类名称，标准化地理位置信息和纠正印刷错误来标准化。 缺乏地理参与坐标数据的标本将将这些信息添加到其记录字段中。 第二阶段将集中于当前包含SIUC收藏品和最终策划的盒子的物理包装。 最终策划将包括分配新的INHS目录编号和将SIUC标本元数据导入INHS数据库，并根据需要将样品放在适当的档案容器中。 重复的标本将被删除并转移到合作的博物馆。 新的档案标签将与SIUC标本相关联，SIUC标本将放置在INHS集合范围内的适当物理位置并提供使用。 最后，所有SIUC标本元数据都将通过INHS和IDIGBIO（idigbio.org）网络门户网站在线提供，科学界将可以下载它们。 作为帮助培训下一代博物馆策展人，收集经理和博物馆技术人员的平台，该项目将吸引高中和本科生参与数据库查询，标本识别和准备，策划和地理化阶段的项目。该奖项的奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估范围来反映了众所周知的范围，该奖项已被视为众所周知的范围。