Support for Computerization of the Field Museum Malacology Collection: Pulmonate Land Snails

菲尔德自然历史博物馆（FMNH）最近的肺腹足类（陆地蜗牛）藏品约有350万个标本，约有208,000个干壳和酒精批次。FMNH的陆地蜗牛收藏是世界上最全面的蜗牛收藏之一，尤其是美国东部的蜗牛。这些藏品为生态、环境、系统和其他研究提供了独特的资源。这些藏品，包括许多主要类型，以及来自其他机构的“孤儿”历史藏品，从未被盘点过，而且许多信息仍然无法获取。美国国家科学基金会将提供计算机编目人员、设备和用品，用于重新安置和扩大肺螺收集。该项目的结果将包括：标本计数、某些标签信息的更新、问题批次的重新安置、新标签的制作和分发、标本和标签的存档存储、先前“隐藏”类型材料的分离、更新和扩展的收集安排、进一步发展权威领域，以及在FMNH的万维网网站上展示数据、数据模型和权威文件。该项目由美国国家科学基金会、美国地质勘探局生物资源部门和田野博物馆的合作伙伴资助，该博物馆将与工作人员的时间、数据库系统的硬件和软件以及额外的物资相匹配。

9616372 Bieler The collections of Recent pulmonate gastropods (land snails) at the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) contain about 3.5 million specimens in about 208,000 dry shell and alcoholic lots. FMNH's land snail collection is one of the most comprehensive in the world, especially for the eastern U.S. species. These collections comprise a unique resource for ecological, environmental, systematic and other studies. The holdings, including many primary types, and "orphaned" historic collections from other institutions, have never been inventoried, and much of the information has remained inaccessible. NSF funding will provide computer cataloging staff, and equipment and supplies for re-housing and expanding the pulmonate snail collection. Results of the project will include: counting of specimens, updates of certain label information, re-housing of problem lots, production and distribution of new labels, archival storage of specimens and labels, separation of previously 'hidden' type material, updated and expanded collection arrangement, further development of authority fields, and presentation of the data, data model and authority files on FMNH's World Wide Web site. The project is funded by a partnership among the NSF, the USGS Biological Resources Division, and the Field Museum, which is matching the award with staff time, hardware and software for the database system, and additional supplies.