Computerization of Mollusk Collections at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

9616621 Rosenberg费城自然科学院（ANSP）最新的软体动物收藏是美国最古老的软体动物收藏，也是世界上第二大的软体动物收藏。它目前有超过43万件已编目的物品，包含约1200万件标本。许多陆地和淡水标本代表了现在受到威胁、濒危或灭绝的物种。为了进一步提高藏品的科学价值，本项目将对在美国收集的标本进行标签和目录数据的计算机化处理。计算机化对研究系统学、进化论和生物地理学的科学家有明显的好处，但对环境科学也有广泛的好处。收集的计算机化将有助于确定软体动物物种历史分布模式的变化。目前此类信息很少，但不仅是对软体动物进行基本系统和生态研究的科学家所需要的，而且是为监测生态系统健康提供基线数据所需要的。该项目由美国国家科学基金会和美国地质勘探局生物资源部门合作资助，并将为综合分类信息系统做出贡献。

9616621 Rosenberg The Recent mollusk collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) is the oldest mollusk collection in the country, and the second largest catalogued one in the world. It currently has more than 430,000 catalogued lots containing about 12 million specimens. Many of the land and freshwater specimens represent species now threatened, endangered or extinct. To further increase the scientific value of the collection, this project will computerize the label and catalog data of those specimens collected in the United States. Computerization has obvious benefits for scientists studying systematics, evolution and biogeography, but there are also broad benefits for environmental sciences. Computerization of the collections will help in determining changes in the historical distribution patterns of mollusk species. Little such information is currently available, but is needed not only by scientists conducting basic systematic and ecological research on mollusks, but to provide baseline data for monitoring the health of ecosystems. This project is funded by a partnership between the NSF and the Biological Resources Division of the USGS, and will contribute to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.