Verification of Computerized Records of the Collections of the Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences

加州科学院的爬虫学收藏包括22万多个标本和5000多个模式标本，代表了世界上已知的两栖动物和爬行动物物种的一半以上。整个收藏已被输入计算机数据库，该数据库被积极用于管理收藏和支持基于标本的研究。负责收集的馆长Alan Leviton博士建议根据原始标签数据对数据库进行最终验证，并安装新的存储设备，用于储存越来越多的冷冻组织、干燥骨骼和酒精中的整个标本。拟议的策展项目将使这些藏品更容易被研究界获取和使用。收集数据库的最后核查将为调查人员提供可靠的信息，以确定哪些标本可供借阅和研究。该数据库还将为策展人提供有关收集探险、捐赠和孤儿收集以及标本交换请求的重要决策的背景数据。

The Herpetology Collection in the California Academy of Sciences includes more than 220,000 specimens and 5,000 type specimens, and has representatives of more than half of the world's known amphibian and reptile species. The entire collection has been entered into a computer database that is actively used for managing the collection and for supporting specimen-based research. Dr. Alan Leviton, Curator in charge of the collection, proposes final validation of the database against the original label data, and installation of new storage equipment for the growing collections of frozen tissues, dried skeletons, and whole specimens in alcohol. The proposed curatorial projects will make the collections more accessible and usable to the research community. Final verification of the collection database will provide investigators with reliable information about which specimens are available for loan and study. The database will also provide the curators with background data for important decisions regarding collecting expeditions, donated and orphaned collections, and specimen exchange requests.