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[EN] The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), aware of the growing role of digital environments in museums intensified by the COVID-19 crisis, included a section of digital resources on its website before the state of emergency was declared. During this time, these resources were increased and improved through the creation of online educational activities: online and digital games, informative videos, the dissemination of exhibitions, and virtual visits previously created with Google Arts & Culture. In terms of social networks, the objective was to bring collections, research, and exhibitions closer to users. During the second half of March 2020 and at the beginning of the state of emergency and lockdown, interest in the publications on social networks increased. Between March and June 2020, the community of MNCN followers on social networks interacted with and commented significantly more on the content. In addition, from March 14 to May 28, the MNCN website received 284,848 visits. A total of 98,303 users consulted the Museum's online content. Lockdown also provided us with an opportunity to evaluate the reception and effectiveness of our digital resources and collect relevant information that would allow us to anticipate the concerns and interests of the public. We posted an online questionnaire in May 2020, during phase 1 of reopening and just before cultural facilities and museums were to open to the public. People’s willingness to return to the Museum, to participate in paid streaming activities in the future, and other online content financing systems were also evaluated. The results showed that these contents were highly valued by the respondents who proactively used them, as almost half claimed to follow the digital information published by the MNCN. The most frequent visitors, those who had made several face-to-face visits in the last two years, were the ones who remembered seeing and searching for the most information., [ES] El Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), consciente del papel creciente del entorno digital en los museos, especialmente tras la crisis por COVID-19, incluyó una sección de recursos digitales en su página web antes de la declaración del estado de alarma, periodo en el que estos recursos se potenciaron y ampliaron mediante la creación de actividades didácticas online, difusión de exposiciones y visitas virtuales realizadas anteriormente junto a Google Arts & Culture y otras nuevas como 'Naturaleza artificial', con fotos de seguidores de Instagram, vídeos divulgativos, juegos digitales y juegos online. En cuanto a las redes sociales, el objetivo fue acercar las colecciones, la investigación y las exposiciones a los usuarios. Durante la segunda quincena de marzo de 2020, y al inicio del estado de alarma y confinamiento, se notó un incremento en el interés de las publicaciones en RRSS respecto a las realizadas antes de la Pandemia. Entre marzo y junio de 2020 se comprobó que la comunidad de seguidores en redes sociales del MNCN interactuaron notablemente y comentaron más los contenidos propuestos. Además, del 14 al 28 de mayo la página web del MNCN recibió 284.848 visitas. Un total de 98.303 usuarios consultaron el contenido online del Museo. De este total de usuarios, el 11,93% fueron recurrentes frente a un 88,07% que fueron nuevos usuarios. El confinamiento también supuso una oportunidad para evaluar la recepción y la efectividad de los recursos digitales iniciados y recabar información relevante que permitiera adelantarse a las inquietudes e intereses del público, a través de un cuestionario online realizado en mayo de 2020, durante la fase 1 de la desescalada y justo antes de la reapertura de equipamientos culturales y museos. Los resultados mostraron que estos contenidos fueron muy valorados por los encuestados, que consideraron que habían ayudado a soportar el cierre del Museo y que, deberían mantenerse más allá del confinamiento. El estudio

[EN] The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), aware of the growing role of digital environments in museums intensified by the COVID-19 crisis, included a section of digital resources on its website before the state of emergency was declared. During this time, these resources were increased and improved through the creation of online educational activities: online and digital games, informative videos, the dissemination of exhibitions, and virtual visits previously created with Google Arts & Culture. In terms of social networks, the objective was to bring collections, research, and exhibitions closer to users. During the second half of March 2020 and at the beginning of the state of emergency and lockdown, interest in the publications on social networks increased. Between March and June 2020, the community of MNCN followers on social networks interacted with and commented significantly more on the content. In addition, from March 14 to May 28, the MNCN website received 284,848 visits. A total of 98,303 users consulted the Museum's online content. Lockdown also provided us with an opportunity to evaluate the reception and effectiveness of our digital resources and collect relevant information that would allow us to anticipate the concerns and interests of the public. We posted an online questionnaire in May 2020, during phase 1 of reopening and just before cultural facilities and museums were to open to the public. People’s willingness to return to the Museum, to participate in paid streaming activities in the future, and other online content financing systems were also evaluated. The results showed that these contents were highly valued by the respondents who proactively used them, as almost half claimed to follow the digital information published by the MNCN. The most frequent visitors, those who had made several face-to-face visits in the last two years, were the ones who remembered seeing and searching for the most information., [ES] El Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), consciente del papel creciente del entorno digital en los museos, especialmente tras la crisis por COVID-19, incluyó una sección de recursos digitales en su página web antes de la declaración del estado de alarma, periodo en el que estos recursos se potenciaron y ampliaron mediante la creación de actividades didácticas online, difusión de exposiciones y visitas virtuales realizadas anteriormente junto a Google Arts & Culture y otras nuevas como 'Naturaleza artificial', con fotos de seguidores de Instagram, vídeos divulgativos, juegos digitales y juegos online. En cuanto a las redes sociales, el objetivo fue acercar las colecciones, la investigación y las exposiciones a los usuarios. Durante la segunda quincena de marzo de 2020, y al inicio del estado de alarma y confinamiento, se notó un incremento en el interés de las publicaciones en RRSS respecto a las realizadas antes de la Pandemia. Entre marzo y junio de 2020 se comprobó que la comunidad de seguidores en redes sociales del MNCN interactuaron notablemente y comentaron más los contenidos propuestos. Además, del 14 al 28 de mayo la página web del MNCN recibió 284.848 visitas. Un total de 98.303 usuarios consultaron el contenido online del Museo. De este total de usuarios, el 11,93% fueron recurrentes frente a un 88,07% que fueron nuevos usuarios. El confinamiento también supuso una oportunidad para evaluar la recepción y la efectividad de los recursos digitales iniciados y recabar información relevante que permitiera adelantarse a las inquietudes e intereses del público, a través de un cuestionario online realizado en mayo de 2020, durante la fase 1 de la desescalada y justo antes de la reapertura de equipamientos culturales y museos. Los resultados mostraron que estos contenidos fueron muy valorados por los encuestados, que consideraron que habían ayudado a soportar el cierre del Museo y que, deberían mantenerse más allá del confinamiento. El estudio

[EN] The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), aware of the growing role of digital environments in museums intensified by the COVID-19 crisis, included a section of digital resources on its website before the state of emergency was declared. During this time, these resources were increased and improved through the creation of online educational activities: online and digital games, informative videos, the dissemination of exhibitions, and virtual visits previously created with Google Arts & Culture. In terms of social networks, the objective was to bring collections, research, and exhibitions closer to users. During the second half of March 2020 and at the beginning of the state of emergency and lockdown, interest in the publications on social networks increased. Between March and June 2020, the community of MNCN followers on social networks interacted with and commented significantly more on the content. In addition, from March 14 to May 28, the MNCN website received 284,848 visits. A total of 98,303 users consulted the Museum's online content. Lockdown also provided us with an opportunity to evaluate the reception and effectiveness of our digital resources and collect relevant information that would allow us to anticipate the concerns and interests of the public. We posted an online questionnaire in May 2020, during phase 1 of reopening and just before cultural facilities and museums were to open to the public. People’s willingness to return to the Museum, to participate in paid streaming activities in the future, and other online content financing systems were also evaluated. The results showed that these contents were highly valued by the respondents who proactively used them, as almost half claimed to follow the digital information published by the MNCN. The most frequent visitors, those who had made several face-to-face visits in the last two years, were the ones who remembered seeing and searching for the most information., [ES] El Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), consciente del papel creciente del entorno digital en los museos, especialmente tras la crisis por COVID-19, incluyó una sección de recursos digitales en su página web antes de la declaración del estado de alarma, periodo en el que estos recursos se potenciaron y ampliaron mediante la creación de actividades didácticas online, difusión de exposiciones y visitas virtuales realizadas anteriormente junto a Google Arts & Culture y otras nuevas como 'Naturaleza artificial', con fotos de seguidores de Instagram, vídeos divulgativos, juegos digitales y juegos online. En cuanto a las redes sociales, el objetivo fue acercar las colecciones, la investigación y las exposiciones a los usuarios. Durante la segunda quincena de marzo de 2020, y al inicio del estado de alarma y confinamiento, se notó un incremento en el interés de las publicaciones en RRSS respecto a las realizadas antes de la Pandemia. Entre marzo y junio de 2020 se comprobó que la comunidad de seguidores en redes sociales del MNCN interactuaron notablemente y comentaron más los contenidos propuestos. Además, del 14 al 28 de mayo la página web del MNCN recibió 284.848 visitas. Un total de 98.303 usuarios consultaron el contenido online del Museo. De este total de usuarios, el 11,93% fueron recurrentes frente a un 88,07% que fueron nuevos usuarios. El confinamiento también supuso una oportunidad para evaluar la recepción y la efectividad de los recursos digitales iniciados y recabar información relevante que permitiera adelantarse a las inquietudes e intereses del público, a través de un cuestionario online realizado en mayo de 2020, durante la fase 1 de la desescalada y justo antes de la reapertura de equipamientos culturales y museos. Los resultados mostraron que estos contenidos fueron muy valorados por los encuestados, que consideraron que habían ayudado a soportar el cierre del Museo y que, deberían mantenerse más allá del confinamiento. El estudio

In this study, we carry out a revision of the Italian specimens belonging to Juncus L. subgenus Agathryon Raf. sect. Tenageia Dumort stored in the Herbarium Centrale Italicum of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence. By re-examining the 650 specimens present, we find that all the taxa belonging to this section are present in the herbarium. This work also allows us to highlight several novelties concerning species distribution at the regional level, thus confirming the importance of studying herbarium material. On the other hand, the work calls attention to a lack of information at the regional level for some taxa (e.g., J. sphaerocarpus), showing it would be desirable for botanists to continue to send samples to the herbarium to fill these gaps. This study also has implications for some museological issues, allowing the movement of specimens stored under ancient or obsolete names to the correct folders and to update the nomenclatural herbarium database, so contributing to the improvement of the future usefulness of these collections.

In this study, we carry out a revision of the Italian specimens belonging to Juncus L. subgenus Agathryon Raf. sect. Tenageia Dumort stored in the Herbarium Centrale Italicum of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence. By re-examining the 650 specimens present, we find that all the taxa belonging to this section are present in the herbarium. This work also allows us to highlight several novelties concerning species distribution at the regional level, thus confirming the importance of studying herbarium material. On the other hand, the work calls attention to a lack of information at the regional level for some taxa (e.g., J. sphaerocarpus), showing it would be desirable for botanists to continue to send samples to the herbarium to fill these gaps. This study also has implications for some museological issues, allowing the movement of specimens stored under ancient or obsolete names to the correct folders and to update the nomenclatural herbarium database, so contributing to the improvement of the future usefulness of these collections.

Vast amounts of Primary Biodiversity Data exist online (~109 records, each documenting an individual species at a point in space and time). These data hold immense but unrealized promise for science and society, including use in biogeographic research addressing issues such as zoonotic diseases, invasive species, threatened species and habitats, and climate change. Ongoing and envisioned changes in biodiversity informatics involving data providers, aggregators, and users should catalyze improvements to allow efficient use of such data for diverse analyses. We discuss relevant issues from the perspective of modeling species distributions, currently the most common use of Primary Biodiversity Data. Key cross-cutting principles for progress include harnessing feedback from users and increasing incentives for improving data quality. Critical challenges include: (1) establishing individual and collective stable unique identifiers across all of biodiversity science, (2) highlighting issues regarding data quality and representativeness, and (3) improving feedback mechanisms. Such changes should lead to ever-better data and increased utility and impact, including greater data integration with various research areas within and beyond biogeography (e.g., population demography, biotic interactions, physiology, and genetics). Building on existing pilot functionalities, biodiversity informatics could see transformative changes over the coming decade via a combination of community consensus building, coordinated efforts to justify and secure funding, and technical innovations.

Vast amounts of Primary Biodiversity Data exist online (~109 records, each documenting an individual species at a point in space and time). These data hold immense but unrealized promise for science and society, including use in biogeographic research addressing issues such as zoonotic diseases, invasive species, threatened species and habitats, and climate change. Ongoing and envisioned changes in biodiversity informatics involving data providers, aggregators, and users should catalyze improvements to allow efficient use of such data for diverse analyses. We discuss relevant issues from the perspective of modeling species distributions, currently the most common use of Primary Biodiversity Data. Key cross-cutting principles for progress include harnessing feedback from users and increasing incentives for improving data quality. Critical challenges include: (1) establishing individual and collective stable unique identifiers across all of biodiversity science, (2) highlighting issues regarding data quality and representativeness, and (3) improving feedback mechanisms. Such changes should lead to ever-better data and increased utility and impact, including greater data integration with various research areas within and beyond biogeography (e.g., population demography, biotic interactions, physiology, and genetics). Building on existing pilot functionalities, biodiversity informatics could see transformative changes over the coming decade via a combination of community consensus building, coordinated efforts to justify and secure funding, and technical innovations.

Vast amounts of Primary Biodiversity Data exist online (~109 records, each documenting an individual species at a point in space and time). These data hold immense but unrealized promise for science and society, including use in biogeographic research addressing issues such as zoonotic diseases, invasive species, threatened species and habitats, and climate change. Ongoing and envisioned changes in biodiversity informatics involving data providers, aggregators, and users should catalyze improvements to allow efficient use of such data for diverse analyses. We discuss relevant issues from the perspective of modeling species distributions, currently the most common use of Primary Biodiversity Data. Key cross-cutting principles for progress include harnessing feedback from users and increasing incentives for improving data quality. Critical challenges include: (1) establishing individual and collective stable unique identifiers across all of biodiversity science, (2) highlighting issues regarding data quality and representativeness, and (3) improving feedback mechanisms. Such changes should lead to ever-better data and increased utility and impact, including greater data integration with various research areas within and beyond biogeography (e.g., population demography, biotic interactions, physiology, and genetics). Building on existing pilot functionalities, biodiversity informatics could see transformative changes over the coming decade via a combination of community consensus building, coordinated efforts to justify and secure funding, and technical innovations.

The collection was donated to the Natural History Museum (NHM) between 2009 and 2011 and consists of 2534 slides. It comprises mainly marine ostracods of Jurassic to Holocene age from southern Africa (and its adjacent oceans), Antarctica and New Zealand. There is also a small collection of Quaternary non-marine ostracods from southwestern Africa, two sets of DSDP/ODP ostracods from the Southern Ocean, and one set of Cape Roberts Drilling Project (CRDP) ostracods from Victoria Land, East Antarctica. The individual slides in this collection have been computer registered. Further details of these can be found by inputting seach criteria based on information given in the paper to the NHM’s on-line catalogue at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections/departmental-collections/palaeontology-collections/search/index.php., © Author(s) 2012. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License., NHM Repository

This essay provides an overview of the Natural History Museum (nhm) in London, United Kingdom, between the late 1960s and early 1980s, in order to explore how it changed both its institutional identity as well as its exhibition policy during this period. It intends to demonstrate that, in 6order to alter its image, the museographic discourse of the nhm stopped focusing on its collection —that is, the natural history specimens— to instead concentrate on the visitors and pay particular attention to the new approach of contemporary biology. To this end, it is posed that Human Biology, the first exhibition of the New Exhibition Program (nep), was designed in accordance with the reductionist tendencies that characterized contemporary science, structured around the information systems. Hence, through visual metaphors and interactive strategies, Human Biology became a production and legitimization space for a particular scientific point of view, which was very close to that exposed by the external advisers who collaborated in the specification of its museographic contents., El presente ENSAYO ofrece una mirada al Natural History Museum (NHM, Museo de Historia Natural), Londres, Reino Unido, entre finales de la década de 1960 y principios de la de 1980 con la finalidad de explorar la forma en que entonces cambió tanto su identidad institucional como su política expositiva. Intento mostrar que, con la idea de modificar su imagen, el modelo de discurso museográfico del NHM dejó de centrarse en su colección —esto es, los especímenes de historia natural— para consagrarse a los visitantes y prestar especial atención al nuevo enfoque de la biología contemporánea. Para ello se plantea que Human Biology, primera exposición del Nuevo Programa de Exposiciones (NPE) del NHM, se diseñó en concordancia con la tendencia reduccionista que caracterizaba a la ciencia contemporánea, estructurada en torno de los sistemas de información. Gracias a esta orientación, Human Biology se convirtió en un espacio de producción y legitimación de una particular perspectiva científica, muy cercana a la enarbolada por los asesores externos que colaboraron en la especificación de sus contenidos museográficos, desplegados, así, a partir de metáforas visuales y estrategias interactivas.

This essay provides an overview of the Natural History Museum (nhm) in London, United Kingdom, between the late 1960s and early 1980s, in order to explore how it changed both its institutional identity as well as its exhibition policy during this period. It intends to demonstrate that, in 6order to alter its image, the museographic discourse of the nhm stopped focusing on its collection —that is, the natural history specimens— to instead concentrate on the visitors and pay particular attention to the new approach of contemporary biology. To this end, it is posed that Human Biology, the first exhibition of the New Exhibition Program (nep), was designed in accordance with the reductionist tendencies that characterized contemporary science, structured around the information systems. Hence, through visual metaphors and interactive strategies, Human Biology became a production and legitimization space for a particular scientific point of view, which was very close to that exposed by the external advisers who collaborated in the specification of its museographic contents., El presente ENSAYO ofrece una mirada al Natural History Museum (NHM, Museo de Historia Natural), Londres, Reino Unido, entre finales de la década de 1960 y principios de la de 1980 con la finalidad de explorar la forma en que entonces cambió tanto su identidad institucional como su política expositiva. Intento mostrar que, con la idea de modificar su imagen, el modelo de discurso museográfico del NHM dejó de centrarse en su colección —esto es, los especímenes de historia natural— para consagrarse a los visitantes y prestar especial atención al nuevo enfoque de la biología contemporánea. Para ello se plantea que Human Biology, primera exposición del Nuevo Programa de Exposiciones (NPE) del NHM, se diseñó en concordancia con la tendencia reduccionista que caracterizaba a la ciencia contemporánea, estructurada en torno de los sistemas de información. Gracias a esta orientación, Human Biology se convirtió en un espacio de producción y legitimación de una particular perspectiva científica, muy cercana a la enarbolada por los asesores externos que colaboraron en la especificación de sus contenidos museográficos, desplegados, así, a partir de metáforas visuales y estrategias interactivas.

A detailed description is presented, besides the up-to-date list, of the collections of the Natural History Museum "Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda" in Pinar del Río province, where amphibians, reptiles and bats are included. In this respect considerations about their readiness, state and perspective are exposed. Elements are documented about the conception and specimens obtaining, specifying the necessity to improve their diversity and number of samples., Se presenta una descripción detallada, además de la lista actualizada, de las colecciones del Museo de Historia Natural “Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda” de Pinar del Río, donde se incluyen anfibios, reptiles y murciélagos. Al respecto se exponen consideraciones acerca de su disponibilidad, estado y perspectiva. Se documentan elementos acerca de la concepción y obtención de especímenes, especificando la necesidad de mejorar su diversidad y número de ejemplares.

As from the project “Ecosystems”, the design and assembly of the exposition: “The world of epiphytes” was carried out at the museum of natural history “Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda”. At methodological and theoretical work sessions, a multidisciplinary group designed the museology and museography of the exposition. The objectives, the scientific information and texts were elaborated. Expeditions to collect epiphytes (orchids, ferns and bromeliads) were set out at Guanahacabibes National Park, Pinar del Río Botanic Garden and at Soroa Orquid Garden. The plants (exponents) were classified. The exhibit was set up in two sections: in the terrace (where living specimens were put up) and in the gallery (with photos and scientific drawings). This exhibition hall shows the organic and physical structure of the natural ecosystems where epiphytes live in, their dynamics of life, and the interdependent relations among organisms and their physical and biological environment. Updated scientific information on the ecology of epiphytes is facilitated, and the value of human attitude is highlighted, when consistent with the demands for survival and sustainability of the ecosystems where epiphytism is developed. The exhibition has attracted the public to the museum, to the world of epiphytes, and to its caring and conservation. The evaluation of the impacts of the exposition reflects satisfaction on the visitors. The exhibition constitutes a didactic-educational alternative to favour the enrichment of environmental culture, consciousness and sensitivity in the public., A partir del Proyecto “ECOSISTEMAS” se realizó el diseño y montaje de la exposición: “El mundo de las epífitas” en el Museo de Historia Natural Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda. Un grupo multidisciplinario diseñó la museología y museografía de la exposición en sesiones metodológicas de trabajo y en sesiones de profundización teórica. Se elaboraron los objetivos, la información científica y los textos. Se realizaron expediciones de colecta de epífitas: orquídeas, helechos y bromelias en el Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes, el Jardín Botánico de Pinar del Río y en el Orquideario de Soroa. Se clasificaron las plantas (exponentes). El montaje se realizó en dos secciones: la terraza (donde se expusieron ejemplares vivos) y en la galería (con fotos y dibujos científicos). Esta sala refleja la estructura física y orgánica de los ecosistemas naturales de epífitas, su dinámica de vida, y la relación interdependiente entre los organismos y su medio físico y biológico. Se brinda información científica actualizada sobre la ecología de las epifitas y se resalta el valor de la actitud humana, consecuente con las exigencias para la supervivencia y la sostenibilidad de los ecosistemas donde se desarrolla el epifitismo. La exhibición ha permitido acercar al público al museo, al mundo de las epífitas y a su cuidado y conservación. La evaluación de los impactos de la exposición refleja la satisfacción de los visitantes. La exposición constituye una alternativa didáctica, que favorece el enriquecimiento de la cultura, la conciencia y la sensibilidad del público en materia ambiental.

Som övergripande syfte vill denna studie undersöka hur två förskolegrupper kan meningsskapa i två olika utställningar genom att beskriva, analysera och jämföra dessa två förskolegruppers multimodala kommunikation vid utställningsbesök. Genom syftet vill denna studie ge ökad kunskap om multimodal kommunikation hos två förskolegrupper i två olika utställningar. I syftet ingår att studien önskar öka kunskapen om hur semiotiska resurser kan användas och vad som fokuseras genom språkbruk, som kommunikativa villkor för lärande i utställningar. Studien har en design av en komparativ etnografisk fallstudie. Videoinspelningar, MP-3 ljudinspelningar, deltagande observation och fältanteckningar har använts som instrument för datainsamling. Genom strategiska urval valdes 11 stycken treåriga förskolebarn och tre pedagoger för att besöka en utställning vid Naturhistoriska Museet och nio femåriga förskolebarn med två pedagoger for att besöka en utställning vid Tom Tits Experiment (science center). Det insamlade materialet transkriberades multimodalt och kunde därefter analyseras som text. Multimodal interaktionsanalys (Norris 2004, 2014) och ett språkbruksraster (Rostvall & West 2001) användes för analys. Resultatet visade markanta skillnader mellan utställningarna. Av den multimodala interaktionsanalysen visade utställningen vid ett science center en bredare användning av semiotiska resurser, då alla artefakters meningserbjudanden var både visuella och taktila, en del artefakter erbjöd även auditiva meningserbjudanden. Språkbruket i samma utställning var mycket varierat och barnen anmodade varandra. Slutsatsen blir av detta att förskolegruppernas a) meningsskapande villkoras av språkbruk och att b) om meningsskapandet ska ske i samarbete ökas den möjligheten dess mer symmetriska de sociala relationerna är.

Som övergripande syfte vill denna studie undersöka hur två förskolegrupper kan meningsskapa i två olika utställningar genom att beskriva, analysera och jämföra dessa två förskolegruppers multimodala kommunikation vid utställningsbesök. Genom syftet vill denna studie ge ökad kunskap om multimodal kommunikation hos två förskolegrupper i två olika utställningar. I syftet ingår att studien önskar öka kunskapen om hur semiotiska resurser kan användas och vad som fokuseras genom språkbruk, som kommunikativa villkor för lärande i utställningar. Studien har en design av en komparativ etnografisk fallstudie. Videoinspelningar, MP-3 ljudinspelningar, deltagande observation och fältanteckningar har använts som instrument för datainsamling. Genom strategiska urval valdes 11 stycken treåriga förskolebarn och tre pedagoger för att besöka en utställning vid Naturhistoriska Museet och nio femåriga förskolebarn med två pedagoger for att besöka en utställning vid Tom Tits Experiment (science center). Det insamlade materialet transkriberades multimodalt och kunde därefter analyseras som text. Multimodal interaktionsanalys (Norris 2004, 2014) och ett språkbruksraster (Rostvall & West 2001) användes för analys. Resultatet visade markanta skillnader mellan utställningarna. Av den multimodala interaktionsanalysen visade utställningen vid ett science center en bredare användning av semiotiska resurser, då alla artefakters meningserbjudanden var både visuella och taktila, en del artefakter erbjöd även auditiva meningserbjudanden. Språkbruket i samma utställning var mycket varierat och barnen anmodade varandra. Slutsatsen blir av detta att förskolegruppernas a) meningsskapande villkoras av språkbruk och att b) om meningsskapandet ska ske i samarbete ökas den möjligheten dess mer symmetriska de sociala relationerna är.

The Italian natural history museums are facing a critical situation, due to the progressive loss of scientific relevance, decreasing economic investments, and scarcity of personnel. This is extremely alarming, especially for ensuring the long-term preservation of the precious collections they host. Moreover, a commitment in fieldwork to increase scientific collections and concurrent taxonomic research are rarely considered priorities, while most of the activities are addressed to public events with political payoffs, such as exhibits, didactic meetings, expositions, and talks. This is possibly due to the absence of a national museum that would have better steered research activities and overall concepts for collection management. We here propose that Italian natural history museums collaborate to instate a “metamuseum”, by establishing a reciprocal interaction network aimed at sharing budgetary and technical resources, which would assure better coordination of common long-term goals and scientific activities

The Italian natural history museums are facing a critical situation, due to the progressive loss of scientific relevance, decreasing economic investments, and scarcity of personnel. This is extremely alarming, especially for ensuring the long-term preservation of the precious collections they host. Moreover, a commitment in fieldwork to increase scientific collections and concurrent taxonomic research are rarely considered priorities, while most of the activities are addressed to public events with political payoffs, such as exhibits, didactic meetings, expositions, and talks. This is possibly due to the absence of a national museum that would have better steered research activities and overall concepts for collection management. We here propose that Italian natural history museums collaborate to instate a “metamuseum”, by establishing a reciprocal interaction network aimed at sharing budgetary and technical resources, which would assure better coordination of common long-term goals and scientific activities

Herbaria preserve plant specimens which are essential for the study of plants. However, most of society is unconscious of the main goal of herbaria, resulting in underutilized generated information and difficulting financial support to develop their activities. Herbaria show common problems, regarding lack of physical space for specimen storage, preservation process delaying, staff shortage and the lack of computer, among others. It is elementary to advertise the work developed in the herbaria as well as encourage the use of the available specimens' information. However, generation of detailed, reliable and updated information is more significant, which involve review of all activities in order to identify those improvable. An approach of the main herbaria situation in Mexico was carried out through literature review, survey and interviews., Los herbarios conservan la materia prima para el desarrollo del conocimiento sobre las plantas. Su función resulta desconocida para la mayoría de la población, lo cual se traduce en infrautilización de la información que se genera, dificultando la obtención de apoyo económico para realizar sus actividades. Se presenta una problemática común respecto al espacio físico, material en espera de ser procesado, falta de personal y equipo de cómputo entre otros. Es importante dar a conocer el trabajo que se realiza así como estimular el uso de la información sobre los ejemplares de la colección; pero es más relevante que la información generada sea confiable, esté disponible y actualizada, lo que implica revisar detalladamente las actividades para identificar aquéllas susceptibles de mejora. Por medio de revisión de literatura, aplicación de cuestionarios y entrevistas, se presenta un panorama de la situación de los principales herbarios en México.

Herbaria preserve plant specimens which are essential for the study of plants. However, most of society is unconscious of the main goal of herbaria, resulting in underutilized generated information and difficulting financial support to develop their activities. Herbaria show common problems, regarding lack of physical space for specimen storage, preservation process delaying, staff shortage and the lack of computer, among others. It is elementary to advertise the work developed in the herbaria as well as encourage the use of the available specimens' information. However, generation of detailed, reliable and updated information is more significant, which involve review of all activities in order to identify those improvable. An approach of the main herbaria situation in Mexico was carried out through literature review, survey and interviews., Los herbarios conservan la materia prima para el desarrollo del conocimiento sobre las plantas. Su función resulta desconocida para la mayoría de la población, lo cual se traduce en infrautilización de la información que se genera, dificultando la obtención de apoyo económico para realizar sus actividades. Se presenta una problemática común respecto al espacio físico, material en espera de ser procesado, falta de personal y equipo de cómputo entre otros. Es importante dar a conocer el trabajo que se realiza así como estimular el uso de la información sobre los ejemplares de la colección; pero es más relevante que la información generada sea confiable, esté disponible y actualizada, lo que implica revisar detalladamente las actividades para identificar aquéllas susceptibles de mejora. Por medio de revisión de literatura, aplicación de cuestionarios y entrevistas, se presenta un panorama de la situación de los principales herbarios en México.

Herbaria preserve plant specimens which are essential for the study of plants. However, most of society is unconscious of the main goal of herbaria, resulting in underutilized generated information and difficulting financial support to develop their activities. Herbaria show common problems, regarding lack of physical space for specimen storage, preservation process delaying, staff shortage and the lack of computer, among others. It is elementary to advertise the work developed in the herbaria as well as encourage the use of the available specimens' information. However, generation of detailed, reliable and updated information is more significant, which involve review of all activities in order to identify those improvable. An approach of the main herbaria situation in Mexico was carried out through literature review, survey and interviews., Los herbarios conservan la materia prima para el desarrollo del conocimiento sobre las plantas. Su función resulta desconocida para la mayoría de la población, lo cual se traduce en infrautilización de la información que se genera, dificultando la obtención de apoyo económico para realizar sus actividades. Se presenta una problemática común respecto al espacio físico, material en espera de ser procesado, falta de personal y equipo de cómputo entre otros. Es importante dar a conocer el trabajo que se realiza así como estimular el uso de la información sobre los ejemplares de la colección; pero es más relevante que la información generada sea confiable, esté disponible y actualizada, lo que implica revisar detalladamente las actividades para identificar aquéllas susceptibles de mejora. Por medio de revisión de literatura, aplicación de cuestionarios y entrevistas, se presenta un panorama de la situación de los principales herbarios en México.

This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.

This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.

This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.

This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.

This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.

This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.

Uppsatsens syfte var att undersöka hur gymnasielärare vill använda Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum (GNM) i sin undervisning om evolution samt att ta reda på vilka didaktiska inslag som behövs för att motivera och inspirera fler lärare att använda museet i sin evolutionsundervisning. Uppsatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i läroplanens styrdokument och fem begrepp som Ann Zetterqvist i sin forskning utpekar som centrala och viktiga för att kunna förstå evolutionsteorin. Forskningen visar att undervisningen om evolutionsteori är en utmaning för lärarna och slår fast att det kan behövas stöd från skolan och även från institutioner utanför. Min utgångspunkt är att GNM kan bidra till och är värdefullt för lärandet i ämnet evolution. Undersökningens urvalskriterium är gymnasielärare som har använt museet under de senaste två åren i samband med en lektion om evolution. Undersökningen bygger i huvudsak på semistrukturerade intervjuer kompletterade med ett mindre antal enkätsvar. Forskning visar att förekomsten av en väl grundad pedagogisk policy är viktigt för museerna för att det pedagogiska budskapet skall nå fram till besökaren. Forskningen visar vidare att det är mycket viktigt att museibesöket kopplas till läroplanen. Vidare pekar forskningen på att eleverna ofta inte uppnår kunskapsmålen gällande evolutionsteorin Resultaten visar att lärarna inte medvetet planerar sitt museibesök utifrån skolans styrdokument, men deras önskemål om ämnesområden visar på en tydlig koppling till styrdokumenten. Resultaten visar även att lärarna värdesätter GNM för dess undervisning av evolutionsteorin, men för att lärarna skall känna sig motiverade att på egen hand undervisa på museet behöver de vissa didaktiska inslag och handledning. Detta arbete resulterar i ett antal didaktiska förslag baserade på lärarnas och museipedagogens önskemål., The main objective with this paper was to investigate how college teachers wish to use The Natural History Museum of Gothenburg (GNM) when teaching evolution, and also to determine which didactic elements are required to motivate other teachers to use the museum when teaching evolution. The foundation of this study is built on the school curriculum and five concepts which Ann Zetterqvist identifies in her research as central and necessary for understanding evolution. Research indicates that teaching the theory of evolution is a challenge for teachers and also emphasizes the importance of internal and external support. I propose that GNM is valuable for teaching evolution. The criteria for the selection of candidates are college teachers who have used the museum during the last two years to teach evolution. The study is based on semi-structured interviews completed with questionnaires. Research reveals that without a conscious educational policy the museums pedagogic message may not reach the visitor. Research also shows that it is very important that museums school programme is based on the national curriculum. Results from previous research reveal that students have difficulty in reaching the curricular goals concerning evolution.The results from this study show that teachers had not consciously followed the curriculum when planning their visit, their subject request is however clearly applicable to the curriculum. The teachers interviewed clearly value GNM as a place to teach the theory of evolution, but request certain didactic elements and teacher guides to motivate teaching without the aid of a museum teacher. This study results in a number of didactic elements based upon the teachers and museum teachers' requests.

Nature News was a newsletter publication about activities at the Cheadle Center for Biodiveristy and Ecological Restoration.

Nature News was a newsletter publication about activities at the Cheadle Center for Biodiveristy and Ecological Restoration.

An evaluation of the existing SPIX/WAGLER type material in the museums in Munich and Leiden is given. It transpired that a considerable part of the type material, which was thought to have been destroyed during the second world war, is still extant. The material is described briefly, its presenttaxonomic status is discussed and, where necessary, lectotypes are selected. Arising from this survey a number of nomenclatural changes are necessary. Natrix cinnamomea Wagler is here considered a species incertae sedis, possibly a species of Pseutes, which contrasts with the current opinion that this is a species of Chironius. BotbropsMegaera Wagler and B. leucurusWagler are consideredconspecifie and should be known under the name B. leucurus Wagler. Both B. Furia Wagler and B. tessellatus Wagler are synonyms of B. atrox (L.).. B. taeniatus Wagler is identical with B. castelnaudiDumeril& Bibron, and the species subsequently has to be called B. taeniatus Wagler. Leptotyphlops tenella Klauber is synonymised with L. albifrons Wagler. Emys cayennensis Schweigger is considered a synonym of Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger). E. Tracaxa Spix and E. macrocephala Spix are conspecific and should be correctly called Peltocephalus tracaxa (Spix.). Podocnemis unifilis Troschel and E. dumeriliana Schweigger are identical; in orderto preserve stability suppression of E. dumeriliana and maintenance of P. unifilis as the valid name for the taxon is suggested (the opinion concerning the complex PodocnemislPeltocephalus has to be revised again according to a recent telephone and letter information of P. C. H. PRITCHARD; see footnote page342). Rana mystacea Spix contained two species, Leptodactylusmystaceus (recently incorrectly named L. amazonicus Heyer) and L. spixii Heyer, recently described. Rana binotataSpix and Hyla abbreviata Spix are considered conspecific. WAGLER (1830 b), acting as first revisor, used the name Enydrabius abbreviatus for this taxon which is currently known as Eleutheroda

An evaluation of the existing SPIX/WAGLER type material in the museums in Munich and Leiden is given. It transpired that a considerable part of the type material, which was thought to have been destroyed during the second world war, is still extant. The material is described briefly, its presenttaxonomic status is discussed and, where necessary, lectotypes are selected. Arising from this survey a number of nomenclatural changes are necessary. Natrix cinnamomea Wagler is here considered a species incertae sedis, possibly a species of Pseutes, which contrasts with the current opinion that this is a species of Chironius. BotbropsMegaera Wagler and B. leucurusWagler are consideredconspecifie and should be known under the name B. leucurus Wagler. Both B. Furia Wagler and B. tessellatus Wagler are synonyms of B. atrox (L.).. B. taeniatus Wagler is identical with B. castelnaudiDumeril& Bibron, and the species subsequently has to be called B. taeniatus Wagler. Leptotyphlops tenella Klauber is synonymised with L. albifrons Wagler. Emys cayennensis Schweigger is considered a synonym of Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger). E. Tracaxa Spix and E. macrocephala Spix are conspecific and should be correctly called Peltocephalus tracaxa (Spix.). Podocnemis unifilis Troschel and E. dumeriliana Schweigger are identical; in orderto preserve stability suppression of E. dumeriliana and maintenance of P. unifilis as the valid name for the taxon is suggested (the opinion concerning the complex PodocnemislPeltocephalus has to be revised again according to a recent telephone and letter information of P. C. H. PRITCHARD; see footnote page342). Rana mystacea Spix contained two species, Leptodactylusmystaceus (recently incorrectly named L. amazonicus Heyer) and L. spixii Heyer, recently described. Rana binotataSpix and Hyla abbreviata Spix are considered conspecific. WAGLER (1830 b), acting as first revisor, used the name Enydrabius abbreviatus for this taxon which is currently known as Eleutheroda

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The presentations were: Bringing coloured gems to the marketplace, by Woolgar A.J., p.11-13; Emeralds from Sandawana (Zimbabwe) - the future, by Kitchen P.J., p.13-15, 1 ref.; Merelani (Tanzania) tanzanite - a unique occurrence, by Martineau M.P. and Davies C., p.15-22, 11 refs.; Diamonds - a premium for pink, by Robinson J., p.23 (reported summary only); Landmarks in the Natural History Museum's acquisition of gems, by Hall C., p.23-25, 3 refs.; Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain, by Harding R.R., p.26-27; Montana sapphires - swans from ugly ducklings, by Dahl G.L. and Emmett J.L., p.27-29; and Gemstones dealing - supply, fashion and price, by Petsch E.J., p.30-33., The presentations were: Bringing coloured gems to the marketplace, by Woolgar A.J., p.11-13; Emeralds from Sandawana (Zimbabwe) - the future, by Kitchen P.J., p.13-15, 1 ref.; Merelani (Tanzania) tanzanite - a unique occurrence, by Martineau M.P. and Davies C., p.15-22, 11 refs.; Diamonds - a premium for pink, by Robinson J., p.23 (reported summary only); Landmarks in the Natural History Museum's acquisition of gems, by Hall C., p.23-25, 3 refs.; Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain, by Harding R.R., p.26-27; Montana sapphires - swans from ugly ducklings, by Dahl G.L. and Emmett J.L., p.27-29; and Gemstones dealing - supply, fashion and price, by Petsch E.J., p.30-33.

The Natural History Museum's ore collection, numbering more than 30,000 specimens from 2 600 localities in 108 countries, and its systematic collection of minerals from a diverse range of settings around the world together constitute a resource on which a world-class scientific expertise in mineral deposit study has been built. Research facilities include the LODE laboratory, providing a mineral indicator service to direct drillling programmes towards orebodies; recent projects include involvement in the EU's FAME investigation of older deposits by characterising complex ores for Li, Sn, W, In and REEs, and the UK Research Council's CoG3 investigation of more secure geological sources of cobalt and novel recovery methods., The Natural History Museum's ore collection, numbering more than 30,000 specimens from 2 600 localities in 108 countries, and its systematic collection of minerals from a diverse range of settings around the world together constitute a resource on which a world-class scientific expertise in mineral deposit study has been built. Research facilities include the LODE laboratory, providing a mineral indicator service to direct drillling programmes towards orebodies; recent projects include involvement in the EU's FAME investigation of older deposits by characterising complex ores for Li, Sn, W, In and REEs, and the UK Research Council's CoG3 investigation of more secure geological sources of cobalt and novel recovery methods.