Critical expansion needs in the University of Alaska Museum's Mammal Collection

在林克·e·奥尔森博士的指导下，阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学获得了一项奖励，为自然历史博物馆的哺乳动物收藏提供新的标本架和箱子，这将使存储空间增加50%。哺乳动物的收藏包含了一套重要的哺乳动物标本在这个地区，是重要的研究北极变暖。大多数标本来自阿拉斯加、北冰洋和北太平洋、美国、加拿大和俄罗斯。收藏了许多海洋哺乳动物标本。所有藏品都可以通过博物馆的Arctos数据库在线访问。在过去的25年里，藏品的数量显著增加。目前大约有10,000个标本堆放在盒子里，新的箱子和架子将允许它们在档案设施中得到适当的照顾和储存。这些藏品将被安置在一座新楼里，这座新楼的面积将是现有建筑的两倍。该项目将聘请一名研究生担任策展助理，负责藏品的重组。

An award has been made to the University of Alaska Fairbanks under the direction of Dr. Link E. Olson to provide new specimen shelving and cases that will allow a 50% increase in storage space for the Mammal Collection of the natural history museum. The mammal collection contains an important set of specimens of mammals in this region that is important in studies of arctic warming. Most specimens are from Alaska, the Arctic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean, from the US, Canada, and Russia. The collection includes many marine mammal specimens. The entire collection is accessible online through the museum Arctos database. The collection has grown markedly in the last 25 years. Some 10,000 specimens are currently stacked in boxes, and the new cases and shelving will allow for their proper care and storage in archival facilities. The collection will be housed in a new building that will double the size of the current one. The project will employ a graduate student to work as a Curatorial Assistant in reorganization of the collection.