Computerization of the Fish Collections of the California Academy of Sciences. Phase 2

加州科学院鱼类馆藏的计算机化。

• 批准号: 9407151
• 负责人: Tomio Iwamoto
• 金额: $ 8.28万
• 依托单位: California Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-15 至 1996-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9407151&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computerization; Fish; Collections; California; Academy

9407151 Iwamoto The preserved fish collection of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) is considered the second most important international ichthyological research resource in North America. Of the 218,00 specimen lots contained, only 60,000 (27.5%) are currently entered in a computer database. This will capture catalog data from hand-written CAS and former Stanford University catalog ledgers using the MUSE collection-management software. This accomplished, the Academy's fish collection will have more than 157,000 records in its electronic database, representing 72% of its total collection. In a subsequent phase, electronic cataloging will capture data for all 61,000 remaining uncataloged lots. When completed, the database will allow maintenance of better inventories and records of collections and loan transactions, immediate access to collection data, and quick and efficient computer-generation of lists of specimens, localities, and other custom-sorted data for the user community. Cost savings in personnel time necessary to carry out these routine functions will be enormous compared with using the old hand-written ledger and records systems. The value and use of the collections will be greatly enchanced by the unlocking of information previously unretrievable because of limitations in time and personnel. Time saved by curatorial staff will be better used to continue high-quality maintenance of the collection. Sharing of the captured data set will be a prime concern, and to this end the collection database will be made accessible to the world community through Internet, using the Gopher system.

9407151岩本，加州科学院(中科院)的腌鱼收藏，被认为是北美第二重要的国际鱼类学研究资源。在所包含的21.8万件标本中，目前只有6万件(27.5%)被输入计算机数据库。它将使用MUSE收集管理软件从手写的CAS和前斯坦福大学目录分类账中捕获目录数据。如此一来，学会的鱼类收藏将在其电子数据库中有超过157,000条记录，占其总收藏的72%。在接下来的阶段，电子编目将捕获所有剩余的61,000个未编目的批次的数据。数据库建成后，将能够更好地维护收藏品和借阅交易的清单和记录，立即获取收藏品数据，并为用户群体快速高效地用计算机生成标本、地点和其他定制分类的数据清单。与使用旧的手写分类账和记录系统相比，执行这些例行职能所需的人员时间节省的成本将是巨大的。这些藏品的价值和用途将因解锁以前因时间和人员限制而无法检索的信息而大大增强。策展人员节省的时间将更好地用于继续高质量地维护藏品。分享捕获的数据集将是一个主要问题，为此目的，国际社会将使用Gopher系统通过因特网访问收集数据库。