Secure Storage and Computerization of Records of the University of California, Riverside, Nematode Collection

加州大学滨江线虫标本馆 （UCRNC）是经济上重要的最大的博物馆之一 植物寄生线虫的世界上，有13,000瓶 散装标本和近150，000标本安装在32，000 用于显微镜检查的载玻片。 该集合用于 来自世界各地的科学家， 包括农业、生态学、 遗传学、分类学、进化论和无脊椎动物学。 的 收藏保存了原始标本， 物种，凭证标本作为以前研究的记录，以及 从世界范围内的调查，提供了深入了解 线虫的多样性 因为线虫是最常见的 丰富多样的多细胞生物，因为它们 经常作为一个方便的研究模型， 基础生物学，因为在一些发展中国家， 植物寄生形式是农业中的限制因素， 有效的博物馆资源至关重要。 以前的NSF支持提供了方便的访问 防火存储和可靠更新记录， 尽管已经为全国儿童权利中心的计算机化提供了资金，但资金仅够 为三分之二的收藏品保存和更新记录。 目前的建议是将这些改善措施扩展至 收集的剩余部分，并允许安全存储， 适应适度增长（3000个额外载玻片）。 记录计算机化不仅可以快速查阅 可用的材料，但将提供仔细监测 根据物种、寄主、 地理区域、制备技术、采集日期或 制备、分类学类别、文献参考和其他 参数 北卡罗来纳大学计算机化也将提供一个模式， 对其他博物馆进行有效的编目。 的共同格式 类似的线虫学收集将允许最终储存 在一台计算机上记录多个集合， 综合数据的广泛访问。

The University of California Riverside Nematode Collection (UCRNC) is one of the largest museums of economically important plant parasitic nematodes in the world, with 13,000 vials of bulked specimens and nearly 150,000 specimens mounted on 32,000 slides for microscopic examination. The collection is used by scientists from throughout the world, studying nematodes for research in many disciplines including agriculture, ecology, genetics, taxonomy, evolution, and invertebrate zoology. The collection conserves original specimens from descriptions of new species, voucher specimens as a record of previous research, and specimens from worldwide surveys which provide insight into the diversity of nematodes. Since nematodes are one of the most abundant and diverse multicellular organisms, since they frequently serve as a convenient model for research in fundamental biology, and since in some developing countries plant parasitic forms are the limiting factor in agriculture, efficient museum resources are essential. Previous NSF support provided convenient accessible fireproof storage and reliable updating of records through computerization of UCRNC, but funding was only adequate for storage and updating of records for two-thirds of the collection. The present proposal is to extend these improvements to the remainder of the collection and allow secure storage which will accommodate modest growth (3000 additional slides). Computerization of records will not only allow quick access of available material but will provide for careful monitoring of loaned specimens and cross-indexing according to species, host, geographical area, preparation technique, date of collection or preparation, taxonomic category, literature reference and other parameters. Computerization of UCRNC will also provide a model for efficient cataloguing of other museums. A common format for similar nematology collections will allow eventual storage of records of several collections on a single computer for widespread accessibility of the combined data.