Collection Improvement for the Mammal Collection at the Burke Museum, University of Washington

9709442 Kenagy这个馆藏改进项目将帮助在过去15年中经历了快速增长（总共40,000个标本）的哺乳动物馆藏，并在最近获得了强有力的新的机构承诺，以激活其研究和策展计划。为了跟上馆藏规模的增长，需要在物理和策展方面进行改进。主要资料包括来自森林调查的14000个标本，主要来自华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和阿拉斯加州的原生林；来自欧内斯特·布斯私人收藏的6500个标本；以及来自沃拉沃拉学院的4500个标本。资金将用于将所有标本整合成一个系统的序列，并对最近获得的28000件标本进行编目。将购买七个大型新标本箱，以取代不合格的样品箱，并提供新的存放空间。对标本及其有关资料的查阅，以及对藏品的持续管理，将因实物整合和将整个藏品编入已建立的计算机化数据库而大大便利。伯克博物馆的哺乳动物收藏对当地研究界、地区和国际科学家的效用将通过拟议的改进得到极大的提高。该项目由华盛顿大学、州和联邦机构以及美国国家科学基金会合作资助。

9709442 Kenagy This collection improvement project will assist a mammal collection that has experienced rapid growth (to a total of 40,000 specimens) in the past 15 years and has recently obtained strong new institutional commitments for activation of its programs of research and curation. Both physical and curatorial improvements are required to catch up with the growth in the size of the collection. Major accessions include 14,000 specimens from forest surveys, mainly in old growth forests, in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska; 6,500 specimens from the private collection of Ernest Booth; and 4,500 specimens from the Walla Walla College collection. Funds will be used to physically integrate all specimens into a systematic sequence and to catalog the 28,000 recent acquisitions. Seven large new specimen cases will be purchased to replace substandard cases and provide new holding space. Access to the specimens and their associated information, as well as the ongoing curation of the collection, will be greatly facilitated both by the physical integration and cataloging of the entire collection into an already established computerized data-base. The utility of the Burke Museum's mammal collection to the local research community and to regional and international scientists will be greatly enhanced by the proposed improvements. This project is funded by a partnership among the University of Washington, state and federal agencies, and the NSF.