Physical renovation and electronic expansion of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection at Michigan State University.

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。密歇根州立大学(MSU)A.J.库克节肢动物研究收藏(ARC)的昆虫和节肢动物收藏包含约110万个固定和标记的标本，以及11.4万个瓶子和4.7万张幻灯片上的标本。大约三分之一的标本来自密歇根州，许多历史上重要的标本可以追溯到1870年的S。有广泛的国内和国际收藏，包括重要的蝴蝶和飞蛾、黄蜂和甲虫的标本。ARC以样本出借的形式直接向来访的科学家提供数据，并回应数据请求。ARC还通过昆虫展示和具有昆虫自然历史知识的工作人员为校内外的许多推广和推广活动提供支持。因此，这些藏品由国内和国际研究科学家使用，支持该州的农业、林业和观赏植物产业，并有助于教育从儿童到成人的普通公众。缺乏空间和不充分、过时的存储设施限制了当前标准和增长。不达标的存储也威胁到这一重要资源的保护。这项提议的目标是：1.通过安装新的橱柜和抽屉，通过至少一个级别的保存来保护整个被钉住的昆虫收藏。将甲虫和黄蜂标本(约650,000)转移并整理到新的软底托盘中。3.验证所有物种名称的有效性(约35,000个)。建立物种保有量数据库，并通过几个网络门户网站进行宣传。这些努力将保护整个物种收藏，增加组织和数据库，并以电子方式向当地、国家和国际科学家和外行提供物种保有量。最终，ARC将实现更多的使用和认可。该项目将帮助支持一名昆虫系统学博士生，并资助四名本科生帮助标本收集和管理的现代化。增加学生在收藏中的活动将有助于吸引人们对昆虫科学职业可能性的关注，并可能增加昆虫学系的招生人数。这些翻修的进展情况可以在http://www.arc.ent.msu.edu/.上查看。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The insect and arthropod collections of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection (ARC) at Michigan State University (MSU) contains ~1.1 million pinned and labeled specimens and also, specimens in 114,000 vials and on 47,000 slides. Approximately a third of the specimens are from Michigan with many historically important specimens dating to the 1870's. There are extensive national and international holdings, including significant specimens of the butterflies and moths, wasps and beetles. The ARC provides data directly to visiting scientists, in form of specimen loans, and responds to data requests. ARC also supports many outreach and extension events on and off campus with insect displays, and staff knowledgeable in insect natural history. Hence, this collection is used by national and international research scientist, supports agricultural, forestry, ornamental plant industries within the state, and helps to educate the general public from children to adults.Curation to current standards and growth are limited by a lack of space and inadequate, out-of-date storage facilities. Sub-standard storage also threatens the conservation of this important resource. The goals of this proposal are: 1. Protect the entire pinned insect collection with at least one level of preservation via the installation of new cabinets and drawers.2. Transfer and curate the beetle and wasp specimens (~650,000) into new soft-bottom trays. 3. Verify the validity all species names (~35,000).4. Construct a data base of the species holdings and publicize it via several web-base portals. These efforts will preserve the entire collection, increase organization, database and electronically serve the species holdings to local, national, and international scientists and laypersons. Ultimately, the ARC will realize an increase of use and recognition. This project will help support a Ph.D. student in insect systematics and fund four undergraduate students to help with the modernization of the collection and curation of specimens. Increased student activity in the collection will help draw attention to career possibilities in insect sciences and could potentially increase enrollment in the Entomology Department. Progress of these renovations can be viewed at http://www.arc.ent.msu.edu/.