MRI: Acquisition of a Computer-Enhanced Specimen Analysis Station for Multidisciplinary Museum Research

克利夫兰自然历史博物馆（CMNH）获得了一笔资助。Keiper, Hannibal， Latimer和Matson获得了计算机增强标本分析站的组件。这将需要整合两台显微镜（一台复合显微镜和一台解剖显微镜）、微缩摄影设备、三维数字化仪、高分辨率录像机和一个配有两台联网计算机的声音实验室。这些仪器将使博物馆工作人员、他们的大学和高中学生、研究生、同事和访问科学家能够准确地识别、研究和编目CMNH的研究标本。新设备将允许更有效的计算机编目，更准确地分析标本（包括但不限于动物、植物、化石、矿物学、考古学和人类学材料），并为CMNH开辟新的研究途径，这将通过现代计算机软件能力得到加强。该设备将提高克利夫兰自然历史博物馆的研究能力。它将促进博物馆工作人员、学生和来自多个学科的同事的分析和新的科学发现。对古生物学和人类学材料的分析将揭示对各种生物进化史的新见解。该设备将促进发现保护工作所必需的生物有机体的新信息，包括调查工作、动物生态学以及新物种和生命阶段的描述。由于公众可以通过显示器查看正在进行的工作，并观察计算机增强的标本分析，因此该项目将提高公众对博物馆科学研究的认识。

ABSTRACT A grant has been awarded to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH)under the direction of Drs. Keiper, Hannibal, Latimer and Matson to obtain the components for a computer-enhanced specimen analysis station. This will entail integrating two microscopes (one compound microscope and one dissectionmicroscope), macrophotography equipment, a three-dimensional digitizer, a high resolution VCR, and a sound lab with two networked computers. These instruments will allow museum personnel, and their college and high school students, graduate students, colleagues, and visiting scientists, to accurately identify, study, and catalog research specimens housed at CMNH. New equipment will allow for more efficient computer cataloging, more accurate analysis of specimens (including, but limited to, animal, plant, fossil, mineralogical, archaeological, and anthropological materials), and open up new avenues of research for CMNH that will be enhanced with modern computer software capabilities. This equipment will improve the research capabilities of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. It will facilitate analyses and new scientific discoveries by museum staff, students, and associates from multiple disciplines. Analysis of paleontological and anthropological materials will reveal new insights into the evolutionary history of a variety of organisms. The equipment will promote discoveries of new information on biological organisms necessary for conservation efforts, including survey work, animal ecology, and descriptions of new species and life stages. Because the public will be able to view ongoing work and observe computer-enhanced specimen analysis though a monitor, this project will promote public awareness of scientific research in museums.