Curation and Databasing of the Gordon Alexander Othoptera Collection at the University of Colorado

在M博士的指导下，科罗拉多大学获得了一笔赠款。迪恩鲍尔斯部分支持一个项目，以策展和数据库的戈登亚历山大收集蚱蜢。 这个集合是由超过19,000蝗虫从落基山脉和平原地区的科罗拉多，最初收集的主持下，1958 - 1960年美国国家科学基金会赠款。 大约75%的收藏品是由超过65，000只蝗虫的代表性标本组成，代表95个不同的物种，这些标本是在该赠款的有效期内处理的。 剩下的25%是由20世纪30年代至60年代在科罗拉多和邻近各州进行的其他研究的标本组成。 考虑到人类最近对这一地区的巨大影响，这些收集对于了解这些变化发生之前存在的社区特别重要。 该项目的目标是：1）策划收集，以保护它，并使其可供研究人员使用; 2）数据库收集;和3）使从这个集合的信息提供给研究人员以及外行人通过在线发布从这个集合的数据。 为了实现这些目标，昆虫学部分需要资金来支持策展人员和学生协调和实施该项目。昆虫学部分还需要额外的策展用品，显微镜和计算机设备，以适当地策展和数据库的所有标本。将对亚历山大蚱蜢收藏品进行管理和数据库化，并通过在全球生物多样性网络上公布数据，通过在赠款赞助下开发的新网站在网上公布这一具有重要历史意义的收藏品的信息。 亚历山大藏品将以允许专业研究人员和公众访问可用于教育和外展相关项目的数据的形式提供。 学生将广泛参与这一项目。 研究生将接受博物馆技能，昆虫分类学，策展，数据库和计算机程序的使用方面的培训，这些程序对于在互联网上提供收集数据非常重要。本科生和公众也将有机会通过互联网访问一个关系数据库，这将使他们能够检查亚历山大的调查和收集数据，该项目将使亚历山大收藏随时提供给研究人员，土地管理人员，教育工作者和学生。 除了使收集和标本信息可用于研究，研究人员可以使用这些数据来检查土地利用做法和气候变化对社区和物种的影响。 此外，博物馆的教育部门将确保将收藏品和互联网材料用于对公众的宣传和教育。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Colorado under the direction of Dr. M. Deane Bowers for partial support of a project to curate and database the Gordon Alexander collection of grasshoppers. This collection is composed of over 19,000 grasshoppers from the Rocky Mountain and plains regions of Colorado that were originally collected under the auspices of a 1958 - 1960 NSF grant. Approximately 75% of this collection is composed of representative specimens from over 65,000 grasshoppers, representing 95 different species, that were processed during the tenure of this grant. The remaining 25% is composed of specimens from other studies conducted in Colorado and neighboring states during the 1930's to 1960's. Given the recent and dramatic impacts of humans in this region, this collection is of particular importance for understanding the communities in existence before these changes occurred. The goals of this project are 1) to curate the collection in order to preserve it and make it accessible to researchers; 2) to database the collection; and 3) to make the information from this collection available to researchers as well as lay-people by publishing the data from this collection online. In order to accomplish these goals, the Entomology section requires funds to support curatorial staff and students to coordinate and implement the project. The Entomology section also requires additional curatorial supplies, a microscope and computer equipment, to properly curate and database all specimens. The Alexander grasshopper collection will be curated and databased and information from this historically important collection will be posted online via a new website developed under the auspices of the grant and through publishing the data on global biodiversity networks. The Alexander collection will be made available in a format that will allow professional researchers and the public access to data that can be used for education and outreach-related projects. Participation in this project by students will be extensive. Graduate students will be trained in museum skills, insect taxonomy, curation, databasing, and use of computer programs that are important for making collection data available over the internet. Undergraduates and the general public will have also have access, via the internet, to a relational database that will allow them to examine Alexander's survey and collection data, This project will make the Alexander Collection readily available to researchers, land managers, educators and students. In addition to making the collection and its specimen information available for study, the data can be used by researchers to examine the effects of land use practices and climate change on communities and species. Furthermore, the Education section of the Museum will ensure that the collection and the internet material will be used in public outreach and education to the public.