Ongoing Management and Online Access of Ephemeroptera Collections at Florida A&M University

在迈克尔·哈伯德博士的指导下，佛罗里达A M大学获得了一笔赠款，以便能够在线访问佛罗里达AM大学（FAMU）的蜉蝣研究收藏。 这笔赠款继续通过提供资源将历史记录转移到互联网可访问的博物馆数据库中来支持这些重要的收藏品。 FAMU负责照顾代表东南部各州许多水生昆虫原始调查的收藏品。 其他广泛的馆藏具有世界重要性，代表了FAMU教师的研究成果和捐赠给FAMU的收藏品，因为该大学的国际公认的专业知识。 赠款的主要部分是将这些藏品中包含的信息转移到在线访问，使用在NSF支持下设计的博物馆数据库。 记录将从卡片目录转换为电子格式，供互联网访问。 FAMU的记录可以追溯到20世纪40年代，为该州制定生物水质标准奠定了基础，并提供了记录随时间变化所需的记录。 这些记录可以放在现代地理参照系统上，并计划增加经纬度坐标。 作为佛罗里达州节肢动物收藏馆的附属机构，FAMU的所有记录也可以链接到该州的其他数据库。 国家科学基金会认识到，有丰富的信息可以在历史收藏中找到，必须提供给现代研究人员使用现代数据收集技术。 国家科学基金会的支持还帮助本科生，并提供博物馆管理和科学材料护理方面的培训。 在以前的NSF支持下，学生已经进入昆虫学或生物学的职业生涯，其中一些具有研究生学位。 在FAMU所有昆虫学计划支持学校丰富的活动，提供研讨会和培训计划，应要求确定昆虫，并参与社区。 研究标本是国际上借来的，许多来自国外的游客访问塔拉哈西研究这些蜉蝣，所有这些都是NSF重要支持的结果。

A grant has been awarded to Florida A&M University under the direction of Dr. Michael Hubbard to enable online access to research collections of mayflies at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The grant continues NSF support of these important collections by providing resources to move historical records onto an internet accessible museum database. FAMU is responsible for the care of collections representing original surveys of many aquatic insects in the Southeastern states. Other extensive holdings are of worldwide importance and represent research accomplishments of FAMU faculty and collections donated to FAMU because of the University's internationally recognized expertise.This grant continues previous NSF support for taking care of historic donations. A major portion of the grant is concerned with moving the information contained in these collections to online access using a museum database designed under NSF support. Records will be converted from a card catalog to electronic format for internet access. The records at FAMU, dating from the 1940's, formed the basis for developing biological water quality standards in the state and provide the records necessary to document change over time. These records can be located on a modern georeferencing system with the planned addition of latitude-longitude coordinates. As an affiliate of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, all records at FAMU can also link to other databases within the state. NSF recognizes that there is a wealth of information to be found in historic collections that must be available to modern researchers using modern data-gathering techniques. NSF support also helps undergraduate students and provides training in museum management and care of scientific material. Students under previous NSF support have already gone on to entomological or biological careers, some with graduate degrees. All entomological programs at FAMU support school enrichment activities, provide workshops and training programs, identify insects on request, and participate in the community. Research specimens are loaned internationally and numerous visitors from abroad visit Tallahassee to study these mayflies, all as a result of important NSF support.