Desarrollo de herramientas para la conservación y gestión de colecciones entomológicas. Estudio de caso: la Colección Jiménez de Asúa de la UCM
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2024
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13/06/2024
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La conservación de las colecciones entomológicas requiere un equilibrio entre la preservación y la accesibilidad para el uso investigador. Por ello, es necesario desarrollar herramientas metodológicas y prácticas que permitan facilitar y mejorar la gestión de estas colecciones a la vez que se asegura su preservación y la utilidad científica de la colección.
En este Trabajo Final de Máster se desarrollan y aplican unas herramientas de conservación y gestión a la colección Luis Jiménez de Asúa de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, evaluando su desempeño posterior con el fin de perfeccionar su contenido y aplicación. Este proceso ha requerido un estudio exhaustivo del estado de conservación, los riesgos, y sus causas; además de trabajo diario con la colección. Gracias a estas tareas, se han identificado las necesidades específicas de la colección para adaptar las herramientas a estos requisitos.
Los recursos aquí planteados pretenden garantizar la conservación de las colecciones entomológicas y mantienen su funcionalidad como repositorios de consulta. Además, el diseño de las herramientas permite extrapolar su formato a las necesidades de otras colecciones con características y necesidades diferentes.
Este trabajo es un paso en este campo, que plantea una base de datos de conservación que mediante el uso de una ficha modelo, permite evaluar el rendimiento de las herramientas creadas en un estudio de caso y proporcionando una base sobre la que futuras investigaciones puedan fundamentarse.
The conservation of entomological collections requires a balance between preservation and accessibility for research purposes. Therefore, it is necessary to develop methodological and practical tools that ease and enhance the management of these collections while ensuring their preservation and scientific use. In this Master’s Final Project, conservation and management tools are developed and applied to the Luis Jiménez de Asúa Collection at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, evaluating their performance to refine the content and application. This process required a profound study of the conservation status, risks, and their causes; in addition to daily work with the collection. By doing these tasks, specific needs of the collection have been identified to adapt the tools to these requirements. The resources presented here pretend to ensure the conservation of entomological collections and maintain their functionality as consultation repositories. Furthermore, the design of the tools allows the extrapolation of their format to the needs of other collections with different characteristics and requirements. This work represents a step in this field, proposing a conservation database that through the use of a model form, allows the evaluation of the performance of the tools outlined in a case study and provides a foundation in which future research can be built.
The conservation of entomological collections requires a balance between preservation and accessibility for research purposes. Therefore, it is necessary to develop methodological and practical tools that ease and enhance the management of these collections while ensuring their preservation and scientific use. In this Master’s Final Project, conservation and management tools are developed and applied to the Luis Jiménez de Asúa Collection at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, evaluating their performance to refine the content and application. This process required a profound study of the conservation status, risks, and their causes; in addition to daily work with the collection. By doing these tasks, specific needs of the collection have been identified to adapt the tools to these requirements. The resources presented here pretend to ensure the conservation of entomological collections and maintain their functionality as consultation repositories. Furthermore, the design of the tools allows the extrapolation of their format to the needs of other collections with different characteristics and requirements. This work represents a step in this field, proposing a conservation database that through the use of a model form, allows the evaluation of the performance of the tools outlined in a case study and provides a foundation in which future research can be built.