CSBR:Curation, Digitization, and Georeferencing of the Ichthyology and Herpetology Collections at Southeastern Louisiana University

CSBR：东南路易斯安那大学鱼类学和爬虫学收藏的管理、数字化和地理参考

• 批准号: 1948971
• 负责人: Kyle Piller
• 金额: $ 40.92万
• 依托单位: Southeastern Louisiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1948971&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Curation; Digitization; Georeferencing; Ichthyology

Natural history collections often represent the centerpiece of biodiversity studies. For decades, large state or national collections have provided specimens for taxonomic or phylogenetic studies, but small, regional university collections also have the ability to make strong contributions to biodiversity discovery. Unfortunately, small regional collections often lack the needed resources or are inaccessible to the general scientific community because these collections are not integrated with online databases. The overall goal of this project at Southeastern Louisiana University is to improve curation of existing museum specimens and tissue samples, digitize and georeference specimen data, and integrate these data with online repositories, thereby making the data available to the general scientific community. In addition, this project will revitalize interest in the natural world by using natural history collections to highlight the unique organismal diversity here in Louisiana and beyond. Southeastern personnel will develop a travelling fish, reptile, and amphibian program termed "The Bone Sheaux". This outreach program will be used to stimulate interest in organismal biology to K-12 students in southeastern Louisiana, which includes some of the most impoverished parishes (counties) in Louisiana. In addition, a permanent loan will be made available to Southeastern's field station, Turtle Cove, which hosts more than 3,000 visitors annually for public outreach and teacher training workshops. Finally, a natural history museum course will be developed for Southeastern's undergraduate students and provide them training in museum curation and specimen preparation.Southeastern Louisiana University possesses ichthyology and herpetology collections that initially were developed for teaching and research in the 1950's. The bulk of the collection is comprised of fishes, with the majority of the specimens from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin in southeast Louisiana, and more recently from throughout Mexico and Central America. In addition, it also possesses an ever-growing herpetology collection, a portion of which was recently obtained from the orphaned Tulane University herpetology collection. The objectives of this project are as follows: (1) to curate the ichthyology collection through ethanol changes, and lid and jar replacement to ensure the long-term viability and persistence of the collection; (2) to integrate the Tulane herpetology collection including isopropyl to ethanol changes, re-labeling and re-jarring, and integration of these specimens into the Southeastern collection; (3) to increase accessibility of the ichthyology and herpetology collections to the external community by digitizing and georeferencing the databases; and (4) to integrate Southeastern's collection data with publicly available data repositories, including iDigBio.org. Completion of these tasks will make Southeastern's collection data available to the scientific community and facilitate greater external usage of the collections.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.

自然历史收藏品通常是生物多样性研究的核心。几十年来，大型的州或国家收藏品为分类学或系统发育研究提供了标本，但小型的区域性大学收藏品也有能力为生物多样性的发现做出重大贡献。遗憾的是，小型区域性收藏品往往缺乏必要的资源，或者由于这些收藏品没有与在线数据库相结合，一般科学界无法进入。东南路易斯安那大学这个项目的总体目标是改善现有博物馆标本和组织样本的管理，标本和地理参考标本数据，并将这些数据与在线存储库集成，从而使数据可供一般科学界使用。此外，该项目将通过使用自然历史藏品来突出路易斯安那州及其他地区独特的生物多样性，从而重振人们对自然世界的兴趣。东南部的工作人员将开发一个旅行鱼类，爬行动物和两栖动物计划，称为“骨头”。该推广计划将用于激发路易斯安那州东南部K-12学生对生物生物学的兴趣，其中包括路易斯安那州一些最贫困的教区（县）。此外，还将向东南大学的海龟湾野外考察站提供永久贷款，该考察站每年接待3,000多名游客，参加公共宣传和教师培训讲习班。最后，将为东南大学的本科生开设一门自然历史博物馆课程，并为他们提供博物馆管理和标本制备方面的培训。东南路易斯安那大学拥有鱼类学和爬虫学收藏，最初是在20世纪50年代为教学和研究而开发的。大部分的收藏品是由鱼类组成的，其中大部分标本来自路易斯安那州东南部的庞恰特雷恩湖盆地，最近来自墨西哥和中美洲。此外，它还拥有一个不断增长的爬虫学收藏，其中一部分是最近从孤儿杜兰大学爬虫学收藏获得的。该项目的目标如下：（1）通过乙醇的变化，以及盖子和罐子的更换来管理鱼类学收藏，以确保收藏的长期可行性和持久性;（2）整合杜兰爬虫学收藏，包括异丙基乙醇的变化，重新标记和重新震动，并将这些标本整合到东南收藏中;（3）通过数字化和地理参考数据库，增加外部社区对鱼类学和爬虫学收藏的访问;以及（4）将东南大学的收集数据与公开的数据存储库相结合，这些任务的完成将使东南大学的收集数据提供给科学界，并促进更大的外部该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。