furth ecn 2013
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David G. Furth & Floyd W. ShockleyDepartment Entomology
DEACTIVATION OF COLLECTIONS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – CASTLE
Private Funds (Trust)
33%
Federal Appropriations
67%
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
~65%
~9% ~25%
COLLECTION STATISTICS
35 million specimens
• 132,354 drawers• 33,000 jars or vials• 23,000 slides
• 5,200 cabinets
27.8% of NMNH25.5% of SI
Nancy Adams (1958-2005)
DEACTIVATION
• No loans• Visits OK, but visitors must pull & take specimens• Primary types will be processed, when possible• Will process returned loans & donations
Orders with Deactivated FamiliesUSNM Collection = 61 Orders
15/18 orders entirely deactivated
Accumulation of Family Deactivations over TimeUSNM Collection = 1435 families
AcarinaTrombiculidae
BlattodeaBlaberidaeBlattidaeBlattellidaePolyphagidae
ColeopteraAcanthocnemidaeAgyrtidaeAnobiidaeAnthicidaeAphodiinaeBrachypsectridaeCantharidaeCaridaeCerophytidaeChaetosomatidaeChelonariidaeClambidaeCneoglossidaeCupedidaeDascillidaeDerodontidaeDiphyllostomatidaeDrilidaeEucinetidaeEulichadidaeGeotrupidaeGlaresidaeHeteroceridaeHisteridaeJacobsoniidaeLampyridaeLeiodidaeLucanidaeLycidaeLymexylidae
MeloidaeMelyridaeMicromalthidaeNiponiidaeNosodendridaeOedemeridaeOmalisidaeOmethidaePassalidaePhengodidaePhloiophilidaePhycosecidaePlastoceridaePleocomidaePrionoceridaeProstomidaePtiliidaePtilodactylidaePyrochroidaeRhinorhipidaeRhipiceridaeScarabaeidaeScarabaeinaeScydmaenidaeSphaeritidaeStaphylinidaeSynteliidaeTelegeusidaeTrogidaeTrogossitidae
DermapteraApachyidaeCarcinophoridaeChelisochidaeForficulidaeLabiduridaeLabiidaePigidicranidae
DipteraChironomidaeLimoniidaeTipulidae
EmbiopteraAnisembiidaeClothodidaeEmbiidaeOligotomidaeTeratembiidae
GrylloblattodeaGrylloblattidae
IsopteraHodotermitidaeKalotermitidaeMastotermitidaeRhinotermitidaeTermitidaeTermopsidae
MantodeaAcanthopidae AmorphoscelidaeAmorphoscelidae Chaeteessidae Empusidae Eremiaphilidae Hymenopodidae Iridopterygidae Liturgusidae Mantidae Mantoididae Sibyllidae Tarachodidae Thespidae Toxoderidae
MantophasmatodeaAustrophasmatidae
OrthopteraAcrididaeCylindrachetidaeEumastacidaeGryllacrididaeGryllidaeGryllotalpidaeLathiceridaeLentulidaeOmmexechidaePamphagidaePauliniidaePneumoridaeProscopiidaePyrgomorphidaeRomaleidaeTanaoceridaeTetrigidaeTettigoniidaeTridactylidaeTristiridae
PhasmatodeaAgathemeridaeAnisacanthidaeAschiphasmatidaeBacillidaeDiapheromeridaeHeteronemiidaeHeteronemiidae HeteropterygidaePhasmatidaePhasmatidae PhylliidaePrisopodidaePseudophasmatidaePseudophasmatidae Timematidae
PhthirapteraAbrocomophagidaeBoopiidaeEchinophthiriidaeEnderleinellidaeGyropidaeHaematomyzidaeHaematopinidaeHamophthiriidaeHeptapsogasteridaeHoplopleuridaeHybophthiridaeLinognathidaeMenoponidaeMicrothoraciidaeNeolinognathidaePecaroecidaePedicinidaePediculidaePhilopteridaePolyplacidaePthiridaeRicinidaeTrichodectidaeTrimenoponidae
PsocopteraAmphientomidaeAmphipsocidaeArchipsocidaeAsiopsocidaeCaeciliusidaeCalopsocidaeDasydemellidaeEctopsocidaeElipsocidaeEpipsocidaeHemipsocidaeLachesillidaeLepidopsocidaeLiposcelididae
MesopsocidaeMyopsocidaePachytroctidaePeripsocidaePhilotarsidaePseudocaeliidaePsocidaePsoquillidaePsyllipsocidaeStenopsocidaeTrichopsocidaeTrogiidae
SiphonapteraAncistropsyllidaeCeratophyllidaeChimaeropsyllidaeCoptopsyllidaeCtenophthalmidaeHystrichopsyllidaeIschnopsyllidaeLeptopsyllidaeMalacopsyllidaePulicidaePygiopsyllidaeRhopalopsyllidaeStephanocircidaeVermipsyllidaeXiphiopsyllidae
StrepsipteraStylopidae
ThysanopteraAdiheterothripidaeAeolothripidaeFauriellidaeHeterothripidaeMacrothripidaeMerothripidaePhlaeothripidaeThripidae
ZorapteraZorotypidae
USNM Deactivated Families List
Total collections transactions (acquisitions, disposals, incoming and outgoing loans) relative to number of staff handling those transactions
Transactions (AVERAGE ANNUAL)
INCOMING: 861 (5,700,000)
Acquisitions: 175 (370,000)
Loan Returns: 387 (114,000)
Loans: 299 (5,200,000)
OUTGOING: 471 (77,000)
Loans: 342 (57,000)
Loan Returns: 129 (19,000)
TOTAL: 1,332 (5,777,000)
Transactions of Deactivated Groups10/1/2005 – 10/29/2013
219 transactions; 181,774 specimens
Staffing Declines – By Position2005 – 2013
Staffing Declines – By Year2005 – 2013
Agency Positions Current Ideal Minimum
SI Research Entomologist
8 18 11
USDA Research Entomologist
15 34 27
WRBU Research Entomologist
0 2 2
Totals 23 54 40
Agency Positions Current Ideal Minimum
SI Support Staff 9 20 16
USDA Support Staff 7 16 13
WRBU Support Staff 1 2 2
Totals 17 38 31
Grand Totals 40 92 71
Staffing Declines – Trends by Position2005 – 2013
CONS
WORST CASE SCENARIOS:
• Rotating deactivations: even other entire orders on annual basis
• No Loans, even primary types• No visits
PROS
• We have arguably the best entomological collections storage system in the world that is very secure
• We are government and thus not subject to some of the disasters of private museums
HOW CAN YOU HELP?Please talk to us and we’ll tell you