CSBR: Natural History: Curation and Digitization of Newly Acquired Modern and Fossil Invertebrate and Protist Research Collections at the SDSM&T Museum of Geology

南达科他州矿业和技术学院地质博物馆获得了一个奖项，以管理和保护三个最近获得的现代和新生代（过去2300万年）无脊椎动物和原生生物的收藏品。这些目标藏品代表了古代和近代的浅海环境，是保护古生物学和当代生态研究的基础。材料包括PI安德森1989-2011年的实地收集，共同PI贝朗格的论文收集，以及前南达科他州斯普林菲尔德大学的孤儿收集。该项目的产品将包括精心策划的收藏品;数字化和地理参考记录，包括辅助数据，以及插图动物群清单。大学生也将参与设计展览，用于推广到初中和高中学生。此外，目标标本将用于课程开发，以培训下一代博物馆馆长，包括来自州立和部落学院的学生。参与的学生将被鼓励成为智力投资，通过使用集合的研究项目的发展。更多信息可以在http://www.sdsmt.edu/MuseumCollections上找到。

An award was made to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Museum of Geology to curate and digitize three recently acquired collections of modern and Neogene-age (last 23 million years) invertebrates and protists. The targeted collections represent ancient and recent shallow-marine environments and are a foundation for conservation paleobiology and contemporary ecological research. Materials include 1989-2011 field collections of PI Anderson, dissertation collections of co-PI Belanger, and an orphaned collection from the former University of South Dakota-Springfield. Products of this project will include well-curated collections; digitized and georeferenced records including ancillary data, and illustrated faunal lists.Outreach and educational activities of this project include the training of graduate and undergraduate students in modern curatorial techniques. College students will also be involved in designing exhibits for use in outreach to middle and high school students. Furthermore, the targeted specimens will be used in course development for the training of the next generation of museum curators, including students from state and tribal colleges. Participating students will be encouraged to become intellectually invested through the development of research projects using the collections. More information can be found at: http://www.sdsmt.edu/MuseumCollections.