NMNH - NEON Workshop: Curation of Biological Specimens, Physical Samples and Associated Data

2008年5月，史密森学会国家自然历史博物馆与国家生态观测站网络（NEON）董事会就藏品相关问题举办了一次研讨会。讲习班将加强对作为NEON组成部分的系统学重要性的重视，并促进对NEON数据的研究用途的讨论和规划。此外，研讨会将促进生态学家和系统学家之间就从NEON领域开发的最佳收藏进行交流。这种交流将使NEON的智力效益最大化，加强研究界之间的重要联系，并使其能够利用NEON的资源来推进生态知识。具体来说，研讨会将讨论用NEON制作的系列。是否有20个最适合NEON的域名？作为相关标本和数据储存库的合作机构的目标、标准、方法、协议和责任。讲习班参与者将举行会议，以解决包括需要开发和测试库存方法在内的问题；标本、凭证和数据标准的详细说明；有关收集设施需求的详情；分类学支持和准分类学家培训的需要；并开发了电子虚拟字库。需要考虑的长期问题包括所有权、长期护理和许可问题。拟议的研讨会将通过简短的讲座和相关的分组讨论来解决所有这些问题，从而产生书面建议和向NEON董事会提交的最终报告。

Funds are provided to The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History to conduct a workshop with the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Board of Directors in May 2008 on collections-related issues. The workshop will strengthen the focus on the importance of systematics as a component of NEON, and foster discussion and planning on research uses of NEON data. Additionally, the workshop will foster interchange among ecologists and systematists regarding the best possible collections to develop from NEON domains. This interchange should maximize the intellectual benefit of NEON, reinforcing the important connections within the research community and enable it to use NEON resources to advance ecological knowledge.Specifically, the workshop will address the kinds of collections to be made from NEON?s 20 domains that will best serve NEON?s aims, and the standards, methods, protocols, and responsibilities for partnering institutions that will serve as repositories for associated specimens and data. The workshop participants will conduct sessions to resolve issues including the need to develop and test inventory methods; details of standards for specimens, vouchers, and data; details regarding collections facility needs; need for taxonomic support and training of parataxonomists; and, development of an electronic virtual type collection. Long-term issues needing consideration included issues of ownership, long-term care, and permitting. The proposed workshop will address all of these considerations through brief lectures and related breakout discussions, resulting in written recommendations and a final report to the NEON Board of Directors.