Support for the Improvement of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Fish Collection

密歇根大学的鱼类收藏包含更多 超过300万个标本和大约2,000个模式标本， 使其成为世界上最大的大学鱼类收藏馆。 是北美第四大鱼类收藏地。 这是最早被列入目录的收藏之一。 微型计算机，它仍然是其领导者之一， 计算机数据库在研究和管理中的应用。 威廉芬克博士，收藏馆馆长，建议继续 对收藏品的策展进行策展改进， 升级数据库硬件和软件。 新存储 集装箱将确保长期保存大型 标本，以及访问专家的积极计划将 确定新加入的收藏，以便其他人可以 研究他们。 新的计算机设备将提供拨号接入 由偏远地区的研究科学家进行。 拟议的改进将增加研究的影响力 这个重要的收藏。 系统论者，生态学家， 考古学家和其他各种各样的调查人员 学科将受益于不断改善这一点， 宝贵的研究资源。

The University of Michigan's Fish Collection contains more than 3 million specimens and approximately 2,000 type specimens, making it the largest university-held fish collection in the country and the fourth largest fish collection in North America. This collection was one of the first to be catalogued on microcomputers, and it remains one of the leaders in its applications of computer databases for research and curation. Dr. William Fink, Curator of the collection, proposes continued curatorial improvements to the curation of the collection and an upgrade for the database hardware and software. New storage containers will assure the long-term preservation of large specimens, and an active program of visiting specialists will identify new accessions into the collection so that others may study them. New computer equipment will provide dial-in access by research scientists at remote sites. The proposed improvements will increase the research impact of this important collection. Systematists, ecologists, biogeographers, and investigators from a variety of other disciplines will benefit from the continued improvements to this valuable research resource.