Verification of Computer Database for the Ichthyological Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History

小行星9407568 菲尔德自然历史博物馆的渔民收藏品包含约125，000个批次的170多万个标本，代表9，000多个物种和320个家庭。 该收藏馆及其配套设施被公认为国际鱼类学中心。 鱼类收藏品是历史上重要收藏品的主要存放地，包括1，420多个名义物种的模式标本，收藏范围遍及世界各地，近年来通过增加来自南美洲，西大西洋和西太平洋的主要收藏品而得到丰富。其中许多收集来自以前未抽样的地方，可能永远不会重复。 收藏品在国内和国际上广泛使用。 它们是从事系统学、生物多样性、形态学、分子遗传学和保护生物学研究的专业科学家和学生的主要研究材料的重要来源。 获取和交流有关自然历史收藏品的信息对基础研究和应用研究都至关重要。 因此，该机构正在制定一项长期计划，以创建和管理一个准确的计算机化数据库，其中包含FMNH收藏品中所有鱼类标本的记录。 这项计划包括三个主要阶段：（1）数据输入和校对，（2）核实计算机记录和馆藏，以及（3）对我们大量积压的工作进行编目和搁置。 数据输入数据库软件系统MUSE的初始状态已经完成。 必须继续更新计算机记录并验证其准确性。 这个项目将支持建立馆藏数据库的第二个主要阶段：通过将计算机记录与馆藏实物进行比较，核实所有计算机记录的准确性。 为了提高信息检索速度，使系统更接近于与国际互联计算机网络连接的目标，将对局域计算机网络的硬件进行升级。 在项目期结束时，FMNH鱼类采集记录将成为现有最准确的标本数据库之一，世界各地的生物研究人员都可以查阅。

9407568 Westneat The collection of fishers at the Field Museum of Natural History contains more than 1.7 million specimens in about 125,000 lots representing more than 9,000 species and 320 families. The Collection and its supporting facilities are recognized as an International Center of Ichthyology. The fish collection serves as a major depository for historically important collections, including type specimens for more than 1,420 nominal species, the collection is world-wide in scope and in recent years has been enriched by the addition of major collections from South America, the Western Atlantic Ocean, and the Western Pacific Ocean. Many of these collections come from previously unsampled localities and may never be duplicated. The holding of the collection are extensively used both nationally and internationally. They constitute an important source of primary research materials for professional scientists and students engaged in the studies of systematics, biodiversity, morphology, molecular genetics, and conservation biology. The accessibility and exchange of information regarding the holdings of natural history collections are critical to both basic and applied research. Therefore, the institution is engaged in a long-range plan to create and manage an accurate computerized database containing the records of all fish specimens housed in the FMNH collections. This plan consists of three major stages: (1) data entry and proofing, (2) verification of computer records and holdings, and (3) cataloging and shelving of our enormous backlog. The initial state of data entry into the database software system MUSE has bee completed. Updated of the computer records and verification of their accuracy must be continued. This project will support the second major stage of establishing the database for our collection: verification of the accuracy of all computer records by comparing the computer records with the physical holdings of the collection. The hardware of the local area compu ter network will be upgraded to increase the speed of retrieval of information, and bring the system closer to the goal of connection with the Internet computer network. At the conclusion of the project period, the FMNH fish collection records will be among the most accurate specimen databases available and will be accessible to biological researchers worldwide.