ICBR Capacity: Biological Collections: Infrastructure improvement and data preservation of the Tetrapods Collection at the Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity.

在过去的50年里，由于自然栖息地的迅速变化，北美的动物数量一直在下降。自然历史博物馆标本对生物多样性和保护研究越来越有价值，因为它们提供了物种分布和遗传和解剖特征变化的历史记录。自1870年作为赠地大学成立以来，俄亥俄州州立大学的主要使命之一一直是保护自然资源和生物多样性。生物多样性博物馆四足动物（两栖动物，爬行动物，哺乳动物和鸟类）收藏成立于19世纪70年代，是俄亥俄州同类收藏中最古老，最多样化的收藏。该项目将提供急需的基础设施升级，以保护35 000多个具有历史和生物价值的标本，并提高标本及其相关数据的可访问性。这种增加的可访问性将为研究人员，保护管理人员和政府决策者提供有意义的信息。来自不同学科和背景的本科生和研究生将在俄勒冈州立大学四足动物收藏的转型中发挥关键作用，并有助于激励下一代博物馆和保护科学家。对博物馆相关职业感兴趣的学生，包括自然历史收藏俱乐部成员，将通过专业会议在与当地媒体和社区成员以及博物馆社区的外联和参与中发挥重要的领导作用。该项目将取代所有在20世纪60年代购买的过时的金属和木制橱柜。此举可为动物及雀鸟藏品提供适当的保护，使其免受虫害及其他有害因素可能造成的损害，并可为扩充藏品提供更有效的储存空间，以及大大改善藏品的组织安排，方便员工及访客进出。该项目的其他目标包括：（1）通过清点所有编目标本并使用标本标签验证数据库中的数据，纠正当前数据库的数据质量问题，（2）成像和保存退化标本标签和蛋卡，并将未转录的数据添加到数据库中，以及（3）将当前数据库转换为长期可持续性的强大平台。该项目产生的所有数据将与GBIF（https：//www.example.com）、VertNet（http：vertnet.org）和iDigBio（https：//www.idigbio.org/）等数据聚合器公开共享。www.gbif.org新培训的学生倡导者和外展活动将促进藏品的价值增加，进一步促进研究界对藏品的使用，并最大限度地提高未来的合作机会。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。

Animal populations in North America have been declining over the last 50 years due to rapid changes in their natural habitat. Natural history museum specimens have become increasingly valuable to biodiversity and conservation research because they provide a historical record of species distribution and changes in genetic and anatomical characteristics. Since its founding as a land-grant university in 1870, one of the main missions of The Ohio State University has been preserving natural resources and biodiversity. The Museum of Biological Diversity Tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds) Collection was established in 1870s and is the oldest and most diverse collection of its kind in Ohio. This project will provide a much-needed infrastructure upgrade to protect over 35,000 historically and biologically valuable specimens and to enhance accessibility to the specimens and their associated data. This increased accessibility will provide meaningful information to researchers, conservation managers, and governmental policymakers. Undergraduate and graduate students from diverse disciplines and backgrounds will play a key role in the transformation of the OSU Tetrapods Collection, and help to inspire the next generation of museum and conservation scientists. Students with an interest in museum-related careers, including Natural History Collection Club members, will serve vital leadership roles in outreach and engagement with the local media and community members as well as with museum communities through professional conferences.This project will replace all the obsolete metal and wooden cabinets purchased in the 1900s–1960s with steel cabinets. This rehousing will provide the mammal and bird collections proper protection from possible damage caused by pests and other harmful elements and more efficient storage for expansion, and greatly improve organization and accessibility by staff and visitors. Other objectives of this project include: (1) rectifying the data quality issues of the current database by inventorying all cataloged specimens and validating data in the database with specimen labels, (2) imaging and preserving deteriorating specimen labels and egg cards and adding un-transcribed data to the database, and (3) transitioning the current database to a robust platform for long-term sustainability. All data resulting from this project will be publicly shared with data aggregators such as GBIF (https://www.gbif.org), VertNet (http://vertnet.org), and iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/). The increased value of the collection would be promoted by newly trained student advocates and outreach activities, which further boosts the use of the collection by the research community and maximizes the future collaborative opportunities.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.