CSBR: Natural History Collections: Completing the rehabilitation of the orphaned USGS fossil invertebrate collection at the University of California Museum of Paleontology

1997年，加州大学古生物学博物馆(UCMP)接受了门洛帕克美国地质调查局(USGS)的广泛无脊椎动物收藏(来自12,100个地点的170,000个化石)的责任。不幸的是，与化石一起储存的全面文件没有作为档案材料保存下来，而且正在变质。此外，在搬家过程中，藏品被打乱，许多木箱损坏，门也丢失了。1998年，三分之一的藏品被并入联合圣保罗大学的主要藏品。该项目将(1)将剩余三分之二的藏品重新放置在博物馆级的橱柜中，(2)重新组织、重新标记并以数字方式捕获抽屉中的内容，以及(3)以数字方式捕获文件并将其存储在档案介质中。这些藏品主要来自过去2500万年的北美西海岸，是独一无二的，不可替代的。它产生了1000多份出版物，包括系统和生物地层学研究、古生态和古气候研究、资源评估和地质调查。该项目将为研究生提供重要的策展经验，并将吸引本科生参与真实的研究活动。伯克利的生物学学者计划将帮助本科生招生，该计划旨在促进来自经济、性别、种族和文化群体的学生的成功，这些学生在生物学领域历来代表性较低。随着我们以实物和数字方式提供这些世界级的古生物收藏，该项目还将向更广泛的公众提供更多的科学意识。

In 1997 the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) accepted responsibility for the extensive invertebrate collection (170,000 fossils from 12,100 localities) from the United State Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park. Unfortunately, the comprehensive documentation stored with the fossils was not preserved as archival material and is deteriorating. Moreover, during the move the collection was scrambled, many of the wooden cases damaged, and the doors lost. In 1998, one third of the collection was integrated into UCMP's main collection. This project will (1) re-house the remaining two thirds of the collection in museum-grade cabinets, (2) reorganize, re-label, and digitally capture the contents of the drawers, and (3) digitally capture and store the documentation in archival media.This collection, largely from the West coast of North America from the last 25 million years, is unique and irreplaceable. It has generated over 1,000 publications, including systematic and biostratigraphic studies, paleoecological and paleoclimatic research, resource assessments, and geologic surveys. This project will provide important curatorial experiences for graduate students and will also engage undergraduate students in authentic research activities. The Berkeley's Biology Scholars Program, which promotes the success of students from economic, gender, ethnic and cultural groups historically underrepresented in biology, will assist with undergraduate recruitment. The project will also provide increased science awareness to a broader public audience as we make available, both physically and digitally, this world-class paleontological collection.