Increasing Efficiency of Space Utilization for the Triplehorn Insect Collection (OSUC)

在诺曼·F.博士的指导下，俄亥俄州州立大学研究基金会获得了一个奖项。约翰逊购买一个新的压实机系统，并作出其他改进，为策展的昆虫学收集在俄亥俄州州立大学。 这个超过350万个标本的收藏包含了许多来自该地区和世界各地的昆虫科学出版物和书籍的基础材料。 新的压缩机系统和用于储存标本的档案抽屉将有助于保存它们，供研究人员、土地资源管理人员和学生将来研究。 收藏品已接近饱和，计划中的升级将带来显著增长。 除了物理上的改进，还将编制一个用于为新物种命名的模式标本在线目录。 该资源将提供给世界各地的研究人员，并将与昆虫物种的标本标签数据和科学文献相关联。 该系列被广泛用于教育，少数民族高中学生实习生和本科生和研究生的研究计划。 每年有超过1000名游客使用馆藏资源，新设备和数字资源将提高馆藏的科学，教育和公众价值。

An award has been made to the Ohio State University Research Foundation under the direction of Dr. Norman F. Johnson to purchase a new compactor system and make other improvements for curation of the entomology collection at Ohio State University. This collection of more than 3.5 million specimens contains material that has been the foundation of numerous scientific publications and books on insects from the region and worldwide. The new compactor system and archival drawers for storage of the specimens will help preserve them for future study by researchers, land resource managers, and students. The collection is near capacity and the planned upgrades will provide for significant growth. In addition to the physical improvements, an online catalog of type specimens used to assign scientific names to new species will also be compiled. This resource will be available to researchers worldwide and will be linked to specimen label data and scientific literature on the insect species. The collection is broadly used in education, by minority high school student interns and undergraduate and graduate students in research programs. Over one thousand visitors utilize the collection resources every year, and the new equipment and digital resources will enhance the value of the collection for science, education, and the public.