Curatorial Upgrade and Computerization of the Cornell Ornithological Collection

该赠款支持改进和计算机化 康奈尔大学鸟类学收藏。 重要的是 收藏的关键在于它的年龄和来源，因此，它的 生境、物种分布、特别是 自19世纪中期以来， 著名鸟类学研究证书记录（270名毕业生 自1915年以来）。 收集标本45，600件（36，800 皮，4,000具骨架，1500个酒鬼，2000个鸡蛋，1000个 在纽约和北 美国物种，其中一个最好的样本混合区， 大平原和墨西哥 部分藏品将在 重新安置在新的内阁，以缓解拥挤和援助 保存;整个收藏将被计算机化， MUSE，由康奈尔大学与NSF共同开发的集合数据库包 支持. 这些改进将使收藏品从一个几乎 孤儿的地位，并将使它更容易获得的研究 鸟类学历史和鸟类生物学教育 鸟

This grant supports improvements to and computerization of the Cornell University ornithology collection. Much of the importance of the collection lies in its age and sources and, therefore, its record of change in habitats, species distributions, particular morphologies and so on since the middle 1800s as well as its voucher record of celebrated ornithological research (270 graduate degrees since 1915). The collection of 45,600 specimens (36,800 skins, 4,000 skeletons, 1500 alcoholics, 2000 egg sets, 1000 mounts, 300 nests) is particularly strong in New York and North American species, with one of the best samples of hybrid zones in the Great Plains and Mexico. Part of the collection will be rehoused in new cabinets to alleviate crowding and aid conservation; the entire collection will be computerized using MUSE, a collection database package developed at Cornell with NSF support. These improvements will save the collection from a nearly orphaned status, and will make it much more accessible for research and education in the history of ornithology and the biology of birds.