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Klymyshyn, O. "History of the publishing activity of the State Natural History Museum of the NAS of Ukraine." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 35 (December 8, 2019): 157–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2019.35.157-160.

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The publishing activity of the museum for the whole period of its existence is analyzed, starting from the first published in the museum by V. Didushitsky in 1880 and up to 2018 inclusive. Approximately this work is about 3.5 thousand publications, among which 84 monographs; 35 issues of the scientific miscellany "Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum"; 5 issues of the book series "Scientific Collections of the State Natural History Museum"; more than 50 catalogs of museum collections, thematic miscellanies, qualifiers, dictionaries and guides; about 2.2 thousand scientific articles; about 1 thousand materials and abstracts of reports of scientific conferences, as well as dozens of popular scientific articles, brochures and booklets.
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JOHANSON, KJELL A., and TOBIA S. MALM. "Seven new Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) Johanson, 2002 from the Neotropical region and Nearctic Mexico (Insecta: Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)." Zootaxa 1208, no. 1 (May 22, 2006): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1208.1.1.

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Seven new species of Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) Johanson 2002 (Helicopsychidae) are described from Mexico (H. curvipalpia new species), Panama (H. blantoni new species, H. chiriquensis new species, H. linguata new species, and H. sanblasensis new species), and Brazil (H. paprockii new species and H. cipoensis new species) based on adult material borrowed from the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D. C. and the Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. New records are given for H. sinuata Denning & Blickle from Mexico, and H. incisa Ross and H. woldai Johanson from Panama.
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Olsen, Edward J. "Collections and Displays: The Grainger Hall of Gems, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois." Rocks & Minerals 63, no. 4 (July 1988): 300–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00357529.1988.11761852.

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Kh., Arkhipova, and Danylyuk K. "Basics of the external communication of State Natural History Museum NAS of Ukraine." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 34 (August 20, 2018): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2018.34.3-8.

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The main tendencies of development of communication strategies of the leading natural history museums of the world are considered. Based on the Strategy for the Development of State Natural History Museum NAS of Ukraine, the main goals, tasks and channels of communication with the main segments of the audience of the museum are developed.
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Burrill, T. J. "Parasitic Fungi of Illinois." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 2, no. 1-8 (May 21, 2019): 140–255. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v2.87.

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Most of the plants herein described were collected in Illinois during 1881 and 1882. by Mr. A. B. Seymour, who was employed for the purpose by the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. The entire collection consists of three thousand seven hundred and eighty-four numbers, many of which are of course duplicates, or are different stages of the same species, leaving, however, a very large number of distinct specific forms—much larger than is usually supposed to exist in our flora. The determinations have been made at the Illinois Industrial University by myself, efficiently aided by Mr. Seymour. For this work, besides the facilities offered by the library and herbarium of the University, the State Laboratory of Natural History furnished many books and specimens. Among the latter are the following sets of exsiccata: DeThumen's Mycotheca Universalis, Ellis' North American Fungi. Ravenel's Fungi Caroliniani and Fungi Americani.
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Gillette, C. P. "Descriptions of New Cynipidae in the Collection of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 3, no. 1-15 (June 11, 2019): 191–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v3.193.

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Antipin, N. "When was the State Historical Museum of the South Urals founded?" Bulletin of the South Ural State University Series «Social Sciences and the Humanities» 20, no. 04 (2020): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.14529/ssh200403.

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The article reconstructs the initial period of the history of the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk). The purpose of the article is to determine the date of foundation of the museum, for which a wide range of archival sources is analyzed. The modern museum adopted the July 1, 1923 as the founding date. The article proves that the museum’s founding date should be considered September 5, 1913, when a meeting of teachers, local historians and local authorities was held in Chelyabinsk, at which a decision was made to organize natural Museum of History and the local branch of the Ural Society of Natural History Lovers. The article shows that the period 1913—1923. in the history of the museum is filled with events, continuity from the first meeting to the opening on July 1, 1923 can be traced.
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Sabaj, Mark H., Kevin S. Cummings, and Lawrence M. Page. "Annotated Catalog of Type Specimens in the Illinois Natural History Survey Fish Collection." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 35, no. 1-5 (October 31, 1997): 253–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v35.130.

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The Fish Collection of the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) dates back to the late 1800s and the extensive surveys of Illinois fishes led by Dr. Stephen A. Forbes, director of the Survey's predecessor, the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (ISLNH). From 1876 to 1903 Forbes, assisted by his esteemed colleague Robert E. Richardson and numerous field and laboratory personnel, collected and preserved over 200,000 specimens from more than 450 localities distributed in 93 of the 102 counties of Illinois. During this time, the ISLNH Collection served as the basis for several catalogs of Illinois fishes (Nelson 1876; Jordan 1878a; Forbes 1884; Large 1903), and provided material for the description of at least 25 species. This work culminated in the classic Fishes of Illinois written by Forbes and Richardson, published by the Survey in 1909 and reprinted in 1920 (although no publication date is given for the original volume, H.C. Oesterling, former INHS editor, lists the date as 1909 in Howard 1932:46). Accompanied by a separate atlas of distribution maps of 98 species, this comprehensive treatment of the state's ichthyofauna still is recognized as one of the finest publications on fishes. The INHS Fish Collection was expanded by Dr. Philip W. Smith, who worked as a systematic biologist at the Survey from 1942 until his retirement in 1979 (Burr and Page 1987). Over a period of 1 1 years from 1962 to 1972, Smith assembled a large collection of fishes from Illinois and neighboring states. The ichthyological surveys conducted by Smith, his students, and INHS staff led to the publication of a second Fishes of Illinois (Smith 1979). Smith's monograph provided identification keys, information on the ecology and taxonomy of Illinois fishes, and detailed distribution maps that documented changes in the state's fish fauna that had occurred since the survey of Forbes and Richardson. The size and geographic scope of the INHS collection have been considerably expanded in the past three decades; the collection now contains about 7 1 1 ,000 cataloged specimens (over 7 1 ,000 lots) of more than 1,800 species. A recent literature survey identified over 250 publications citing the use of INHS specimens over the past 40 years. Included are two publications that have greatly advanced both the professional and popular understanding of North American fishes: the Handbook of Darters (Page 1983) and A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico (Page and Burr 1991).
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Redmer, Michael, Lauren E. Brown, and Ronald A. Brandon. "Natural History of the Bird-voiced Treefrog (Hyla avivoca) and Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) in Southern Illinois." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 36, no. 1-3 (September 30, 1999): 37–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v36.124.

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The bird-voiced tree frog,Hyla avivoca Viosca 1928 and green tree frog, Hyla cinerea(Schneider 1799) are distributed primarily on the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the southeastern United States(Conant and Collins 1998).The ranges of both species reach their northern limits in the Midwest in southern Illinois where Smith (1961) recorded them from Alexander, Jackson, and Union counties. Because the few documented localities of these tree frogs in Illinois were, until recently, mainly in or near remnant Austroriparian swamplands(which are disappearing rapidly), concern has been expressed that their continued existence in the state is in jeopardy (Ackerman 1975; Ashton et al. 1976; Dyrkacz 1974). Since Smith's(1961)comprehensive study The Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois, few additional records for these species have been reported. Carton and Brandon(1975)studied reproductive ecology andh abitat of H. cinerea at a southern Illinois swamp, but there has been no previous in depth environmental examination of H.avivoca in Illinois. The objective of this publication is to report the results of our study of the natural history of these two poorly known tree frogs in southern Illinois.
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MAERKER, ANNA. "The tale of the hermaphrodite monkey: classification, state interests and natural historical expertise between museum and court, 1791–4." British Journal for the History of Science 39, no. 1 (February 23, 2006): 29–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000708740500734x.

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A purportedly hermaphrodite monkey which was offered to Grand Duke Ferdinando III of Tuscany in 1791 was sent to the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History for an evaluation. In their investigation, the museum's naturalists encountered a fundamental classificatory problem which made it impossible to decide whether the animal was monstrous or normal – a ‘taxonomist's regress’ which constitutes a special case of finitism as analysed in the Edinburgh school's readings of Wittgenstein. The communication between museum and court shows that in resolving this ambiguity, museum naturalist Giovanni Fabbroni demarcated experts from laypeople and defined state interest by distinguishing between the grand duke's private interests and those of the state. This case thus highlights the role of late Enlightenment absolutism for the creation of modern practices and concepts of expertise in the service of the state.
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Knight Lozano, Henry. "Reptilian State: Florida at the American Museum of Natural History One Hundred Years Ago." Southern Cultures 27, no. 2 (2021): 14–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/scu.2021.0024.

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Larson, Carolyne R. "“Noble and Delicate Sentiments”." Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 42–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2017.47.1.42.

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This article explores the emotional community of museum natural scientists in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Argentina, a context in which the growth of museum natural sciences and nation-state formation became closely intertwined. Influenced by powerful nineteenth-century notions of civilization and modernity, Argentine scientists and statemakers sought to create a distinctively Argentine science, which would emulate European science in form but also retain a uniquely national character. A small group of influential museum administrators and scientists consciously strove to strengthen science’s influence in Argentine national society by creating communal norms among scientists that resonated with narratives about civilization and modernity, and that guided proper behavior and emotional expression. Scientists also challenged the expectations of their community, testing the strength of central emotional tenets such as patriotism and objectivity. This article uses emotional communities as a framework for exploring the push and pull between social patterns and individual choices in this critical moment in Argentina’s history, when new and powerful ideas about science—as a modern, objective, and national practice—emerged in tandem with nation-state formation. In particular, this article explores museum natural scientists’ emotional concerns with objectivity and patriotism through a small group of Argentine museum natural scientists: Francisco P. Moreno, Juan B. Ambrosetti, Hermann Burmeister, and Florentino Ameghino.
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Yeatter, Ralph E. "The Prairie Chicken in Illinois." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 22, no. 1-7 (December 31, 2019): 377–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v22.253.

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The present report summarizes a study of the biology and management of the greater prairie chicken in Illinois, a study begun in 1935 by members of the Section of Game Research and Management of the Illinois Natural History Survey. The summers of 1935 and 1936 were spent in full-time field work in southeastern Illinois. Since that time, supplemental studies of prairie chicken habits, requirements and distribution have been continued in various parts of the state. Annuallysince 1935, spring and fall censuses have been made on 4 square miles of prairie chicken range in Jasper County used as a study area. The present report includes data on earlv distribution, present range, life history, populations, mortality causes, food habits and management of the prairie chicken in Illinois.
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Abraczinskas, Laura, and Barbara Lundrigan. "Improving Security for Natural Science Collections at the Michigan State University Museum." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 15, 2018): e26336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.26336.

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Established in 1857, the Michigan State University (MSU) Museum houses natural science collections that include 117,000 research and teaching specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and vertebrate fossils. These collections are worldwide in scope and provide a record of biodiversity that ranges from 1844 to the present day. The collections contain specimens of rare, endangered, threatened, and extinct species. Within each vertebrate discipline, specimens are cataloged into designated research or teaching collections; these are housed within multiple research and preservation spaces, occupying 678 square meters. Currently, 394 natural science specimens are on exhibit in the Museum's gallery spaces, which include an additional 1,830 square meters. Over the past three decades, the Museum has experienced a number of thefts from both collections and exhibit areas, with the most recent specimen theft occurring in 2011: a silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) stolen from the Museum's rainforest habitat diorama. That theft, along with the history of the others, initiated a series of improvements to the Museum's security. These included changes in personnel access to the Museum building and to collections areas; replacement and installation of new technological equipment, including key-card access and camera systems Museum-wide; and revisions of associated policies and procedures. These effectively closed "loopholes" that formerly compromised security best practice. Targeted improvements have been made at the building, gallery, elevator, room, and cabinet levels, and included specialized accommodation for specimens that are particularly sensitive, such as rhino horn (in keeping with Natural Sciences Collections Association guidance). In addition, the Museum modified operating procedures for behind-the-scenes tours of the research and collections spaces (for example, staff-to-visitor ratio and policy for use of imaging and recording equipment).
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Yu., Chernobay. "Academician N.I. Vavilov in the chronotope of the guest book of State Natural History Museum NAS of Ukraine." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 34 (August 20, 2018): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2018.34.9-18.

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The book of visitors to the of State Natural History Museum NAS of Ukraine preserved the signature of Academician N.I. Vavilov from August 1, 1940. And the time of the appearance of the autograph, and the subsequent tragic events associated with the fate of the great scientist, give him a visit to the old Lviv׳s museum of special meaning and special social science value. The article makes a thorough review of the events and participants of the last period of life of N.I. Vavilov.
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Abiad, Homer, Ram Ramani, James B. Currie, and Ronald C. Hershow. "The natural history of hepatitis D virus infection in Illinois State facilities for the developmentally disabled." American Journal of Gastroenterology 96, no. 2 (February 2001): 534–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03555.x.

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Maureille, Bruno. "Sur les restes présents au Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois, USA) et inventoriés comme provenant du Moustier (Dordogne)." Paléo 9, no. 1 (1997): 397–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/pal.1997.1246.

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Belovari, Susanne. "Professional minutia and their consequences: provenance, context, original identification, and anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois." Archival Science 13, no. 2-3 (May 19, 2013): 143–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10502-013-9202-0.

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LIVEROVSKAYA, Tatyana, and Marina PIKULENKO. "SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INTERACTION IN NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUMS IN USA." LIFE OF THE EARTH 42, no. 4 (November 25, 2020): 451–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m1774.0514-7468.2020_42_4/451-464.

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Currently, modern museums activity has not only common trends but features connected with national, social and state development. Using the example of the two oldest museums in Texas and Colorado (Museum of Natural Sciences in Houston, Texas, Museum of Natural History of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado), the authors analyze the characteristic features of USA natural science museums formation as cultural and educational centers. The development of the American museum concept as a multifaceted processes of interaction integrator between scientific organizations with the widest segments of the population is also analyzed. The results of the museums work are summarized, features of their activity and emergence are emphasized. It allows Russian museum workers to adapt and apply the foreign experience under domestic conditions.
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M., Skyrpan. "Reidentification of "Ring-tailed Harrier" (Circus) from ornithological collection of the State Museum of Natural History." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum Vol. 33, no. 33 (August 10, 2017): 125–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2017.33.125-132.

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The paper contains analysis of 42 museum items of 3 species of harriers: Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766), Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (S.G. Gmelin, 1771) and Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758). These species can be difficult to identify. We reidentified 23 items with description of the species, sex and age
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Боголепова, Людмила, and Lyudmila Bogolepova. "CONTRIBUTION OF SCIENTISTS OF KEMEROVO STATE UNIVERSITY TO SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE REGION." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Biological, Engineering and Earth Sciences 2017, no. 2 (August 25, 2017): 9–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2542-2448-2017-2-9-14.

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The article is devoted to a research of historical, cultural and natural heritage of biologists of the Kemerovo State University, their contribution to solving environmental problems of the region, to preservation of the plant and animal life of Kuzbass by creating natural reserves and designated conservation areas in Kuzbass. the results of long-term scientifi research conducted by local biologists were included into Inventories of the rare and protected animals and plants which formed the basis of the Red Lists of the Kemerovo region. The article features the role of the Siberian Archeology, Ethnography and Ecology Museum (KemSU) in preservation of regional natural heritage and ecological awareness promotion among school and university students. On the basis of museum materials, it traces the history of scientifi research connected with environmental protection. The environmental exhibit of the museum displays items of natural biodiversity of the Kemerovo region and Siberia which entered the zoological, entomological, theriological, ornithological collections and materials presenting the ecological situation in the area. These collections are sources for scientifi research in biology, zoology, geology and ecology.
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Sartakova, Anna V. "THE HISTORY AND MODERN STATE OF THE MUSEUM INSTITUTIONS OF THE SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF THE TRANS-BAIKAL TERRITORY." Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Kul'turologiya i iskusstvovedenie, no. 39 (2020): 273–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/22220836/39/25.

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The article is devoted to the history of the establishment of museum institutions of specially pro-tected natural territories in the Trans-Baikal Territory. At the beginning of the article the author notes that the museum business for specially protected natural areas is a traditional direction of educational work in Russia, including in the Trans-Baikal Territory. On the basis of field materials, the author gives the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of these institutions in the special natural territo-ries of the Trans-Baikal Territory, determine the purpose, tasks and the special role of the museums and visiting centers of the nature reserves in preserving, interpreting and popularizing also historical sites, the cultural material heritage. Moreover, the article presents information about the peculiarities of the organization of museum institutions of nature reserves and national parks of this region. In addi-tion, the authors use specific examples of actualizing the natural heritage through its museumification. Besides, the author emphasizes that the uniqueness of the museum business of the reserved areas of the Trans-Baikal Territory is expressed in the unified information visit center “Specially Protected Natural Territories of Transbaikalia”, established in 2012, located in Chita. It provides all information to tou-rists about all nature protection zones of the region, as well as conducts various activities for the for-mation of ecological culture. The author draws our attention to the fact that today many exhibits of specially protected natural areas have stopped demonstrating taxidermy exhibits, because stuffed animals have a negative impact on people, causing negative associations related to the killing of the animal, so many visitor centers replaced with mock-ups. One of the important positive qualities of museums and visiting centers of specially protected natural territories is their ability not only to satisfy the recreational needs of visi-tors, but also to have a significant educational potential. Despite the fact that today the protected natu-ral areas of the region under discussion do not have museums recreating or creating new ones, they suggest perspective plans for the departments of environmental education. In conclusion, the nature of museums and visiting centers in nature reserves are presented, both positive and problematic moments in their formation and activities are indicated.
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Dziubenko, Nataliia, Andriy Andriyovych Bokotey, and Oleksandr Semenovych Klymyshyn. "Museums of natural history: performance indicators and evaluation criteria." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 36 (December 10, 2020): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2020.36.15-20.

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The existing system of performance indicators of natural history museums in Ukraine, based on the analysis of the Ukrainian legislate framework and the study of foreign experience are considered in the work. It is proved that the criteria for evaluating of natural history museums performance of various profiles and subordination today are ineffective and do not reflect the real state of affairs. The efficiency of natural history museums performance is assessed in accordance with quantitative indicators (visitors number, units in the collection, etc.), but the quality of services is not mention. The emphasizes to develop and apply a standardized evaluation of museums performance as one of the most important steps towards reforming the entire museum industry in Ukraine was done.
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Fakundiny, Robert. "The New York State Museum: Child of the Geological Survey that Grew to be its Guardian." Earth Sciences History 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 125–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.17704/eshi.6.1.9w66h2g183510672.

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The New York State Museum was created by State legislation in 1870 out of the old State Cabinet, which held the specimens collected by the State Geological and Natural History Survey, James Hall, then State Geologist and Palaeontologist within the Survey, was named Director of the Museum. Hall's need to possess and study vast quantities of paleontological specimens required space for collections storage and processing. His collections became the major supply of specimens for the Cabinet and eventually the Museum. After the original Survey was disbanded, in the early 1840's, Hall's presence gave the Cabinet a definite geological character. As the chief geological scientist, Hall considered the geological research of the Cabinet and later the Museum as a product of the "Geological Survey of New York," even though no formal designation of such a unit was ever proclaimed by state legislation. After all, other states were forming geological research units similar to Hall's and calling them geological surveys. It made sense for good communications for Hall and his predecessor State Geologists to refer to their staff as the New York State Geological Survey. Eventually, through a series of other legislative acts, most importantly in 1904 and 1945, the Museum was made the formal administrative home for the Geological Survey and, thus, its guardian. Museum Directors, therefore, have had the principle role in determining the fate of geological and paleontological research within the Geological Survey, After 1926, when the first non-geologist became director, the Museum's research scope grew faster in other natural and social history areas, such as botany, entomology, zoology, archaeology, ethnology, and history. This expansion is exemplified by the addition of a State Historian to the Education Department in 1895. During its 150-year history the Geological Survey has moved six times, and it is now housed in the Cultural Education Center in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York.
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Polevod, V. A. "THE HISTORY OF FORMATION OF ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUMS OF KEMEROVO REGION." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University, no. 2 (July 8, 2016): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2016-2-41-49.

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Collections of insects in the museums are a part of natural heritage. Their preservation presents complexity, but is relevant for scientific, educational and exposition tasks. The history of entomological researches in the territory of Kemerovo region is described, the problem of discrepancy of data in references on stories of collecting entomological material to the maintenance of museum entomological collections in the region is analyzed.The generalizing research on existence and history of completing of entomological collections in the Region’s museums was never carried out earlier. 6 museums with such materials, the collections of the Department of Zoology and Ecology of Kemerovo State University and a number of private collections were revealed. Also detailed description of large collections of Kemerovo State University (materials of the Museum, the Department of Zoology and Ecology) and the Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore is provided for the first time. The example of particular collections allowed observing the general regularity of merge of private collections with museum funds. Unambiguous leadership of of Kemerovo State University collections in quantity of units of storage and their importance is established. They are actively used and involved in research, educational, exposition and exhibition life of the University and the Region (with active support of private collections).
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V., Khodzinskyi, and Cheremnykh N. "Mole (Talpa europaea L., 1758) in funds of the State Natural History Museum of the NAS of Ukraine." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 34 (August 20, 2018): 29–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2018.34.29-36.

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The natural collection (n = 280 specimens) of the mole (Talpa europaea L., 1758) from the collections of the State Natural History Museum of the NAS of Ukraine was studied. The main material was collected in May-August by 23 collectors during the period 1868-1998. Morphometry of 86% of mole specimens was carried out, 52% of the individuals were weighed before preparation, the sex was set at 81% of individuals, and the age – 73%. Natural mole from the museum's funds are extracted or found in Bulgaria (1 gathering place) and six regions of West of Ukraine (30 collection sites). The ratio of the sexes of mole individuals, exhibits which are stored in the museum's funds, is 1.0 : 0.7 (♂ : ♀), age groups – 1.0 : 0.3 (ad. : subad.).
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Anisimova, Margarita Vyacheslavovna. "The section of history and everyday life in the Russian Museum: establishment, development, and liquidation." Исторический журнал: научные исследования, no. 4 (April 2020): 108–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0609.2020.4.33047.

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The subject of this research is activity of the section of history and everyday life of the State Russian Museum established in 1918. The department devised a new theme – history of everyday life and its visualization in museum expositions, which was natural development of the Russian historical science. Intended to preserve and actualize the history of everyday life of different social classes, it shared fate of multiple national museums of everyday life: exhibitions that tool place in the 1920s were cancelled; in the late 1930s, the collections were transferred to museums of different categories, such as the State Museum of Revolution, the State Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR. However, the section of history and everyday life did not cease to exist, and in 1941 merged into the State Hermitage Museum as an independent structural department of the history of Russian culture. Leaning on the new archival sources, an attempt was made to elucidate the work of the department of history and everyday life along with its branches in conditions of difficult political situation in the country during the 1920s – 1930s. Initially, the primary task of the department consisted procurement of the funds with the items from nationalized manor houses; later in consisted in exposition of the collection; and then due to the absence of the unified state institution for regulation of questions of preservation of historical and cultural heritage, the activity was focused on preventing scattering of the collections. After the First Museum Congress in 1930, the museums were recognized as the means of political-educational propaganda, which let to countrywide stagnation of expositional and exhibition activity of the museums. The museums of history and everyday life, being the mixed type museums, were incapable of resisting new realities, and thus re-specialized into museums of history and art or liquidated completely.
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Somavilla, Alexandre, and Andreas Köhler. "Social wasps (Polistinae) from Pampa Biome: South Brazil, Northeastern Argentina and Uruguay." EntomoBrasilis 10, no. 2 (August 31, 2017): 139–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v10i2.689.

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Abstract. This study aimed to determine social wasps’ species from Pampa Biome. Were examined samples of social wasps from south-central of Rio Grande do Sul state (Brazil), parts of Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Cordoba, Santa Fé and La Pampa provinces (Argentina) and in Uruguay maintained in the Coleção Entomológica de Santa Cruz do Sul (Santa Cruz do Sul-Brazil), American Museum of Natural History (USA), Natural History Museum (London-United Kingdom) and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris-France). Thirty species were recorded: Agelaia (01), Brachygastra (01), Mischocyttarus (04), Polistes (15), Polybia (08) and Protonectarina (01).Vespas sociais do Bioma Pampa: sul do Brasil, nordeste da Argentina e Uruguai.Resumo. Este estudo objetivou determinar as espécies de vespas sociais provenientes do Bioma Pampa. Foram examinadas vespas sociais provenientes de coletas da região centro-sul do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil), parte das províncias de Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Cordoba, Santa Fé e La Pampa (Argentina) e Uruguai depositadas na Coleção Entomológica de Santa Cruz do Sul (Santa Cruz do Sul-Brasil), American Museum of Natural History (Nova Iorque-USA), Natural History Museum (Londres-Reino Unido) e Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris-França). Trinta espécies foram registradas: Agelaia (01), Brachygastra (01), Mischocyttarus (04), Polistes (15), Polybia (08) e Protonectarina (01).
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O., Klymyshyn, and Savytska A. "History of formation and modern structure of the bryolological herbarium of the State Natural History Museum of the NAS of Ukraine." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 34 (August 20, 2018): 19–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2018.34.19-28.

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The history of formation of the bryological herbaria of the State Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is considered. Many collectors and scientists-botanists took part in the formation of the main scientific fund of the bryological herbaria, among them A. Lazarenko, K. Ulychna, V. Melnichuk, M. Slobodian and others. The article contains a list of samples of bryophytes, which are included in the Red Book of Ukraine. Rare samples (including doublets and exsiccates) are described from territories of other countries, as well as specimens dating to the end of the 19th century.
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Mauger, David, and Thomas G. Anton. "Current distribution and status of amphibians and reptiles in Will County, Illinois." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 40, no. 1 (February 28, 2015): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v40.94.

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The distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Will County, Illinois, was assessed using museum records and results from 58 surveys conducted between 1986 and 2009 on lands owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Will County (FPDWC) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). One hundred and twenty sources of information were examined including technical reports, theses, dissertations, and personal data belonging to the authors. Forty-eight species (19 amphibians, 29 reptiles) were documented by photos or specimens from Will County. Eleven species were determined widespread and common, 6 were categorized as patchy distributions and are uncommon or locally common, and 23 were found to have restricted distributions and are considered rare, including seven state-listed species. One of those state-listed species (Sistrurus catenatus) is likely extirpated. Eight species had undetermined distributions, four of them of questionable occurrence. One of the questionable species (Anaxyrus fowleri) is no longer included in the current list of Will County herpetofauna because it has been determined to have been an introduction and no known population exists. For three others Terrapene carolina, Pantherophis spiloides, Nerodia rhombifer) we were unable to conclusively interpret their records and they are assigned questionable status until further records confirm existence of viable, self sustaining populations. Of seven state-listed species (four threatened, three endangered), one may be extirpated (Sistrurus catenatus). Lithobates sylvaticus, Hemidactylium scutatum, Ambystoma texanum, and Eurycea cirrigera are glacial relicts that are highly vulnerable to extirpation due to pollution, isolation, and a warming climate. Presently, 43 species (18 amphibians, 25 reptiles) are known to occur in Will County, making it the most species-rich county in the Chicago region.
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Wilson, Scott, Douglas Russell, Giles Miller, Mark Carine, Clare Valentine, Simon Loader, Matt Woodburn, et al. "Join the Dots: assessing 80 million items at the Natural History Museum, London." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e26500. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.26500.

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Collection needs are a challenge to communicate. Collection staff know the attributes of their collections, but other museum colleagues may not. In collections management, decisions of resource allocation may be made locally, rather than within the context of a larger organisational and strategic framework. The Natural History Museum (NHM), like any of its counterparts, has finite resources to realize its dual role as a centre for research excellence and public engagement in natural history. As such, capturing and communicating collection qualities and needs is essential for effective resource planning across the Museum. Effective museum planning depends upon a variety of factors - not least a clear, holistic understanding of the collections that is not just limited to item condition, but which also takes into account their significance and information value. However, many of these factors can be hard to measure or quantify. The NHM has implemented a transformative institution-wide collections management project, 'Join the Dots', adapted from a Smithsonian methodology called 'Move the Dots'. This methodology captures the qualities of 80 million items and integrates them with practical and expansive data architecture. Collections are scored across 16 criteria, coordinated by: Condition, Importance, Information and Outreach. The NHM methodology deviates from the Smithsonian source in four significant ways: 1) allowing collection staff to separate collections into discrete 'collection units' and diversifying unit definitions, so data better reflects the practical working arrangement of any collection; 2) criteria have been edited, removed, and added to reduce subjective reportage; 3) a manual has been produced to establish standards across disciplines; 4) comparative analysis is made possible via a web - based tool, through which users can correlate collections data on an interactive graphical display that presents information at levels of overview and at fine granularity. These consistent frameworks move collections assessment from a subjective practice to an objective one. This methodology continues to adapt based on feedback from staff, initial attempts to interpret the data, and practice. All internal stakeholders can access Join the Dots. Where priority projects are clear, these will become focal points of collection staff forward job plans. This equips collections staff with a tool to communicate collection needs, whilst also ensuring museum planners can articulate the state of collections with precision when presenting to trustees or other high - level audiences. As such, Join the Dots integrates the needs of curatorial practice with the needs of strategic development and policy.
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Tigerman, Stanley. "The Tribe Versus the City-State: An Architectural Conundrum for the Jewish Project." IMAGES 2, no. 1 (2008): 156–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187180008x408654.

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Abstract“The Tribe versus the City-State” challenges the convention that suggests that the latter is preferable to the former. Throughout millennia the Jews struggled with tribalism, initially by building the First Temple as a means to coalesce tribal differences. Nonetheless, tribalism was used as a rationale to castigate Jews because it reinforced their being discrete from other, more homogenized populations. Over time, the City-State replaced tribalism because of its purported value as a melting pot that further coalesced differences into a more manageable whole. For the Jews however, the City-State exacerbated anti-Semitism in late Nineteenth Century Eastern European pogroms culminating in the Twentieth Century's holocaust. This paper addresses the architectural manifestations of these very different ways of aggregating populations. The Illinois Holocaust Museum project is presented as an example of building for the Jewish project in the context of temporality.
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Gluzman, Geraldine. "Las “Reliquias Calchaquíes” de metal de la Colección Zavaleta en el Field Museum of Natural History de Chicago. Un análisis integral." Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología 24, no. 2 (August 8, 2020): 137–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.37603/2250.7728.v24.n2.28715.

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El Field Museum of Natural History de Chicago (Illinois, Estados Unidos) posee una gran cantidad de piezas arqueológicas procedentes de tres provincias del Noroeste argentino (Salta, Tucumán y Catamarca) que fueron adquiridas en 1904 durante la Louisiana Purchase Exposition, feria universal llevada a cabo en Saint Louis (Missouri, Estados Unidos) donde Manuel Zavaleta, su colector, llevó parte de su compilación de objetos con fines de obtención de un rédito económico. Este artículo propone abordar un universo específico de éstos, las piezas elaboradas en diversos tipos de metal, desde un análisis integral no solo contemplando sus características, sino también haciendo una revisión desde la estadía de los objetos en Saint Louis hasta su actual resguardo en el museo de Chicago. Hoy día la muestra de objetos metálicos de la institución es de 185 ítems. Análisis morfológicos, funcionales y tecnológicos fueron efectuados así como un seguimiento de los mismos en el registro archivístico y fotográfico del museo. Los artefactos arqueológicos fueron también sometidos a evaluación composicional mediante un analizador portátil por fluorescencia de rayos X provisto por la institución. Sus resultados en términos semi-cuantitativos, y junto a una evaluación de los alcances y limitaciones de este tipo de acercamiento analítico, son presentados.
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Quiroga, Sigmer Y., D. Marcela Bolaños, and Marian K. Litvaitis. "Two new species of flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88, no. 7 (August 8, 2008): 1363–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315408002105.

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Two new species of polyclads are described from the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico. Specimens ofDidangia carneyisp. nov. andOligocladus bathymodiensissp. nov. were collected from the Louisiana slope at 610 m and 650 m, respectively.Didangia carneyisp. nov. was collected from a natural wood fall, and is characterized by the presence of tentacular and cerebral eyes, an interpolated prostatic vesicle provided with two muscular accessory prostatic vesicles, and large glandular cells that surround the male atrium.Oligocladus bathymodiensissp. nov. has a mouth anterior to the brain, a few cerebral and pseudotentacular eyes, four pairs of intestinal branches, and a ventral anal pore. Specimens of this species were collected on the margin of a hypersaline cold seep in association with mussels ofBathymodiolus childressi. All type material is deposited at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Maran-Stevanovic, Aleksandra, and Ranko Pejovic. "Collections of Paleozoic and Mesozoic invertebrates of the natural History Museum in Belgrade: Background, current state and outlook." Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, no. 9 (2016): 7–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/hnhmb1609007m.

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Ferreira, Sandro Lúcio Mauri, Rodson de Abreu Marques, Sebastião Carlos Paes Assis, Viviane Thomazini Fassarela, Rodrigo Giesta Figueiredo, Loruama Geovanna Guedes Vardieiro, and Caio Vinicius Gabrig Turbay Rangel. "The natural history museum of the southern state of Espírito Santo - MUSES: didactic activities in Geosciences and Paleontology." Brazilian Journal of Development 5, no. 9 (2019): 14679–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.34117/bjdv5n9-072.

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Cheremnykh, Natalia. "Collectors of mammalogical collections of the State Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine in the 1900–1930s." Proceedings of the Theriological School 2017, no. 15 (June 7, 2017): 175–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/ptt2017.15.175.

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Gural, Roman, and Nina Gural-Sverlova. "The history of the formation and scientific processing of the malakological collection of the State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 35 (December 9, 2019): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2019.35.15-20.

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The main stages of the formation of the malakological (conchological) collection of the museum from the 19th century to the present are described. Emphasized its connection with the scientific researches and educational work. A brief description of the current state of the collection, the presence of the typical material and the main goal of its further manning is formulated.
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SWANSON, DANIEL R., STEVEN J. TAYLOR, and SAM W. HEADS. "Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois." Zootaxa 4269, no. 4 (May 24, 2017): 571. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.10.

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Six heteropteran species are reported for the first time from Illinois based on recently caught specimens from various bioinventories: the flat bug Neuroctenus pseudonymus Bergroth (Aradidae: Mezirinae), the stilt bug Metacanthus multispinus (Ashmead) (Berytidae: Metacanthinae), the leaf-footed bugs Anasa repetita Heidemann and Chelinidea vittiger Uhler (Coreidae: Coreinae), the ambush bug Phymata fasciata fasciata (Gray) (Reduviidae: Phymatinae), and the scentless plant bug Arhyssus nigristernum (Signoret) (Rhopalidae: Rhopalinae). Additionally, three more records for the flat bug Nannium pusio Heidemann (Aradidae) and the scentless plant bugs Aufeius impressicollis Stål and Niesthrea louisianica Sailer (Rhopalidae) are newly-reported for the state based on material in the Illinois Natural History Insect Collection (INHS). Supplementing these notes are dichotomous keys to the species of Mezirinae, Berytidae, Coreidae, Phymatinae, and Rhopalidae of Illinois.
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Quintino, Hingrid Y. S., Juan Pablo Botero R., and Marcela L. Monné. "Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Trachyderini: new state and country records from South America." Check List 6, no. 3 (August 1, 2010): 364. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/6.3.364.

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Based on the revision of the collections of the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, the current work provides new localities for 32 species and two subspecies of Trachyderini from South America. Thirteen new country records from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela and 35 new state records from Brazil are registered.
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Hartung, Viktor. "New Oriental and Australasian taxa of Colobathristidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the collection of the State Natural History Museum Stuttgart." Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 403–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0031.

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Abstract The Colobathristidae are a poorly studied family of Lygaeoidea distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Australasian, Neotropical, and Oriental biogeographic regions. Phaenacantha Horváth, 1904 is the largest genus of the family, with 33 described species. Here, two new species of Phaenacantha are described from Borneo (P. grimmae sp. nov. and P. nigrispina sp. nov.) and one from New Caledonia (P. paveli sp. nov.), all of which represent the first record of the genus from these islands. Also, a specimen of genus Symphylax Horváth, 1904 from Borneo is described that has strong similarities to S. handschini Kormilev, 1953 from the same island, but differs from it in some minor features and is considered a new subspecies, S. handschini kinabaluensis subsp. nov.
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Glotov, Sergii, Habriel Hushtan, Yuriy Kanarsky, Kateryna Hushtan, and Volodymyr Rizun. "Rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve in collections of State Museum of Natural History (Lviv, Ukraine)." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 36 (December 10, 2020): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2020.36.53-60.

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The collection of the rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in State Museum of Natural History (Lviv), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is one of the richest and most famous collections of Ukraine. A great part of this collection consists of dry mounted specimens (about 5000) including about 700 species. This material is partly mounted, reordered, and catalogued. In this paper, we present a checklist of these specimens collected by several generations of entomologists in the 20-21th centuries from the territory and surrounding areas of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (according to the labels). In general, there are 287 Staphylinidae specimens of 24 species of 16 genera and 6 subfamily (Aleocharinae – 8 species, Omaliinae – 2 species, Oxytelinae – 1 species, Staphylininae – 11 species, Tachyporinae – 2 species). Leptusa flavicornis Brancsik, 1874 is recorded in Ukraine for the first time.
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OWENS, BRITTANY E., and CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON. "Two New Species of Bibloplectus Reitter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from the Orlando Park Collection, Field Museum of Natural History." Zootaxa 4407, no. 2 (April 10, 2018): 288. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.10.

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Two new species of Bibloplectus Reitter, 1881 are described from the Orlando Park Collection of Pselaphinae at the FMNH (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA): Bibloplectus silvestris Owens and Carlton, new species (type locality, Urbana, IL, USA) and Bibloplectus wingi Owens and Carlton, new species (type locality, Shades State Park, IN, USA). Types of these new species were part of a series of specimens bearing unpublished Park manuscript names in both the pinned and slide collection at the FMNH. They bring the total number of species in the genus in eastern North America to twenty-three. Resolving these manuscript names adds to previous efforts to uncover elements of the hidden diversity of North American Bibloplectus from museum collections (Owens and Carlton 2016, Owens and Carlton 2017) and highlights the importance of close examination of the Orlando Park pselaphine collection as a valuable historic and taxonomic resource.
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CLEM, C. SCOTT, DANIEL R. SWANSON, and CHARLES H. RAY. "The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Alabama, with a morphological key to species." Zootaxa 4688, no. 2 (October 22, 2019): 151–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.1.

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Alabama is one of the most speciose states in the United States, yet many common groups of organisms, including assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), have yet to be fully documented. The purpose of this manuscript is to identify all known assassin bug species occurring in the state using literature records and specimens from natural history collections, most notably the Auburn University Museum of Natural History Entomology Collection, to provide new state records, a checklist, and a morphological species key of the Alabama Reduviidae. All total, 61 species within 36 genera and 10 subfamilies are reported from Alabama. Additionally, 40 new state literature records are documented: 34 from Alabama and six from other states.
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Reddy, David P., Angela V. Klaus, Renée Recker, and William K. Barnett. "Web Site Development at a Museum Microscopy Laboratory." Microscopy Today 7, no. 3 (April 1999): 12–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1551929500064051.

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The Interdepartmental Laboratories (IDL) is the core microscopy and scientific visualization research facility for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Its purpose is to operate and maintain facilities that have broad application within the Museum and would be either too costly for the individual research departments to maintain or which would be underused in a typical department setting, The IDL currently maintains two state-of-the-art analytical/imaging microscopes, as well as resources for visualization, webaccessible databases, and networked image scanning, archiving, and printing. The IDL is overseen by Bill Barnett, the IDL Director, and staffed by Angela Klaus, the Laboratory Manager, and David Reddy, the Scientific Visualization and Informatics Manager.
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Schuhmann, Leslie, and Christine Chagnon. "Collections Support Services (CSS) - 25 Years of Improving Access and Care to our Nation’s Collections." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 13, 2018): e25889. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25889.

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Originally formed in the early 1980s as the Move Crew to move museum collections to the newly opened state of the art Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Support Center, Collections Support Services has evolved into a team of highly skilled museum professionals recognized as trusted experts, innovators, project managers, and problem solvers in all aspects of collections stewardship. We have packed, moved, and stored MILLIONS of objects across Smithsonian museums including the National Museum of Natural History and several of our art museums; the Freer Sackler Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and National Museum of African Art. Our vast experience with Natural History collections has been with objects ranging from microscopic invertebrates, fragile bird eggs, 40’ war canoes, whale skulls, giant squids and EVERYTHING in between! Many of these collections came from overcrowded and dusty attics, basements, and warehouses prone to flooding, pest infestation, and poor climate control. We have spent the last 25 years moving these collections into our climate controlled storage pods furnished with new metal cabinets designed for long term preservation. Some of the unique packing and transportation methods we will highlight in this presentation are “airbags” that encompass fragile bird skeletons and uniform shipping containers made of ethafoam planks and old wooden drawers. In addition, we have designed and constructed aluminum pallets for oversized collections, specialized elephant skull pallets, and plaster jackets for paleo fossil specimens. These storage solutions have greatly improved access to collections by allowing researchers to study specimens with minimal handling necessary. This presentation will specifically demonstrate these and other dramatic improvements that we have made as well as highlight innovative solutions we developed to safely transport, store, and provide better access to our Natural History collections for future generations.
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Page, Lawrence M., and Michael R. Jeffords. "Our Living Heritage: the Biological Resources of Illinois." Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 34, no. 1-6 (April 30, 1991): 357–477. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v34.134.

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We live in a world of near continuous monitoring. In our automobiles we monitor the status of fuel, oil pressure, temperature, and seat belts through gauges, lights, and electronic voices. The consumption of electricity and fuel in our homes is monitored as is the chlorine in our drinking water and the alcohol in our beer. Manufacturers retain quality assurance inspectors and issue warrantees and guarantees to convince us that all is well. We monitor our schools and measure our own progress through grades and proficiency scores. It seemed appropriate, therefore, that the Illinois Natural History Survey should take a measure of the living natural resources of Illinois by bringing together a knowledgeable group of persons to summarize the state of the State. In order to share this information and to provide an opportunity for discussion, a symposium, "Our Living Heritage: The Biological Resources of Illinois," was sponsored by the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources and organized by the Survey. The event, timed to coincide with Earth Day 1990 celebrations, was held on April 2.^ and 24 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was attended by nearly 250 professional scientists from some 50 agencies and institutions along with a number of interested and dedicated citizens. To share the results of that symposium with an even larger audience, we have issued this publication of its proceedings. To address the salient features of the living resources of Illinois in an ordered fashion, the symposium was presented in five sessions: forests, prairies and barrens, wetlands, streams and caves, and agro-urban ecology. When we consider that only (.).59t of Illinois remains in undisturbed natural areas, that Illinois ranks 46th among states in publicly owned open space per person, that forest acreage has decreased by 73% in the past century and tallgrass prairie by over 99%, that 85% of our wetlands have been lost, that soil erosion proceeds at the rate of 200 million tons per year, and that approximately 30,000 tons of herbicide and 3,500 tons of insecticides are used annually on agricultural crops in Illinois, we can scarcely imagine the tone of the symposium to have been anything but pessimistic. In part, there was discouragement, but it was tempered by positive developments, including the designation of the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River as a National Wild and Scenic River, the acquisition of the Cache River Basin, the initiation of a study to identify high-quality Illinois streams based on biodiversity, and the ever quickening actions of the Nature Preserves Commission. Preservation/conservation has been in conflict with consumption/development since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. At times one side seems to prevail over the other, but the balance has been clearly on the side of consumption. Special interest groups have to a considerable extent managed to give the word environmentalist a pejorative cast and the word development a positive ring. During the past decade, the executive branch of the federal government has determinedly downplayed environmental concerns, and that stance has been translated into inertia in a number of federal agencies with responsibility for natural resources. The focus of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for example, has until very recently ignored the living components of the environment. At the same time, public sensitivity to environmental concerns has dramatically increased, primarily through public service television and other media-generated presentations on tropical deforestation, extinction of species, depletion of the ozone layer, agro-chemical contamination of groundwater, and the effects of acid rain. Some of this concern is now being transformed into political action. Polls suggest that the public understanding of environmental matters is quite high, and some beheve that it exceeds the perceptions of elected officials. A Green Party has emerged in this country only very recently, but Greens are a part of both major political parties and the trend in federal legislation may soon begin to sway in favor of conservation/preservation and away from consumption/development. The National Institutes for the Environment may well become a reality within the next several years. Within this tentatively encouraging national picture, the symposium was timely indeed. One symposium event of special interest cannot be documented in these proceedings — the "citizens respond" program of Monday evening, April 23—and I would like to note it here. Michael Jeffords and Susan Post of the Survey opened that session with a mulitmedia presentation on the biodiversity of Illinois. Their slides of representative plants and animals and habitats of the natural divisions of Illinois brought home to us the beauty and fragility that can yet be discovered in the landscape of our state. A panel presentation by five environmental activists followed: Clark Bullard, Office of Energy Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Max Hutchison, Natural Land Institute of The Nature Conservancy; Lawrence Page of the Illinois Natural History Survey; Donna Prevedell, farmwife and contributing editor to the Progressive Farmer, and Michael Reuter, Volunteer Stewardship Network of The Nature Conservancy. They spoke briefly but openly on preservation activities in which they had been closely involved. The discussion was then turned over to the audience, who asked questions and shared their experiences—successes and failures—with preservation efforts. I urge you to read on in order to understand the status of the biological resources of Illinois and to appreciate how much remains to be accomplished to secure their future—and ours. I would be remiss, however, if I did not conclude by acknowledging the committee of Survey staff who planned and conducted the symposium: Lawrence Page, Michael Jeffords, Joyce Hofmann, Susan Post, Louis Iverson, and Audrey Hodgins. Their efforts included developing the program, arranging for speakers and facilities, producing and mailing promotional materials, and welcomine the audience. Without their enthusiasm and hard work, the symposium v^ould not have materialized and our understanding of the biological resources of Illinois would be much diminished. Lorin I. Nevling. ChiefIllinois Natural History Suney
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Crowell, Elizabeth A. "Walking in the Shadows of Archaeologists Past: Researching Museum Collections and Associated Records to Elucidate past Lifeways." North American Archaeologist 21, no. 2 (April 2000): 97–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/xmnr-q2jc-93be-q5ry.

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Researching museum collections and associated field data, in addition to consulting modern scientific studies, can provide a great deal of information about the presence and nature of archaeological sites in a locale. This article was developed based upon collections research conducted for prehistoric archaeological sites in Washington, D.C., using the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and other repositories. The state of collections varies widely. Some collectors gathered only perfect completed tools and other objects, while others collected these materials and debitage. The state of documentation ranges from complete and exacting with precision rivaling modern-day to non-existent. The importance of examining museum collections and private collections, where available, cannot be downplayed. Sometimes they possess the only clues remaining regarding certain practices which occurred in the past and can provide information not otherwise available to the researcher.
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Nash, Stephen E., and Frances Alley Kruger. "Silent Legacy: The Story of Vasily Konovalenko's Gem-Carving Sculptures." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 13, no. 1 (March 2017): 7–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/155019061701300102.

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During a career that spanned four decades, Russian artist Vasily Konovalenko (1929–1989) produced more than 70 sculptures carved from gems, minerals, and other raw materials. As unorthodox, compelling, and masterful as Konovalenko's sculptures are, they had been poorly published and poorly known. They are on permanent display at only two museums in the world: the small and obscure State Gems Museum (Samotsvety) in Moscow, Russia, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), a major natural history museum in Colorado, the United States. This article examines Konovalenko's life and work, as well as the unusual circumstances that led to the two exhibitions, their role in Konovalenko's relative obscurity, and a recent resurgence of interest.
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Groves, Lindsey T., Harry F. Filkorn, Richard L. Squires, and Kenneth G. Johnson. "Notice of transfer of the California State University, Northridge, Paleontology collection to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County." Journal of Paleontology 77, no. 2 (March 2003): 408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000043791.

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