Support for Computerization of the Herpetological Collections of the Texas Memorial Museum

德克萨斯纪念博物馆的两栖动物和爬行动物收藏有超过58000个已编目的标本，是美国西南部最大的收藏之一，同时也有来自中美洲、南美洲、非洲和东南亚的重要藏品。虽然前51 000份记录在1990年以前已电脑化，但这些记录从未与原始目录和实地记录核对过。因此，存在显著的错误，降低了计算机化数据的有用性。由于缺乏支持Internet查询和编目操作的网络，对馆藏的访问受到限制。该项目的两个目标是：1)建立一个数据网络，支持馆藏的运作，并为馆藏信息提供互联网接入；2)通过对标本的数据核查和盘点，使所有标本记录的信息质量达到同一水平。该项目需要满足的具体需求是：o实现客户端-服务器版本的编目软件，以允许多个用户和远程编目，并使这些数据可通过互联网访问。o核对已编目标本的计算机数据与原始数据，并在此过程中使地点-收集-标本关系正常化。o制作新的容器标签，清点已编目的标本。

The collection of amphibians and reptiles at theTexas Memorial Museum, with more than 58,000 catalogued specimens, is one of the largest collections in the southwestern United States, and also has significant holdings from Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Although the first 51,000 records were computerized prior to 1990, these records were never verified against the original catalogs and field notes. Therefore, significant errors exist that diminish the usefulness of the computerized data. Access to collections is limited by the absence of a network to support Internet queries and cataloguing operations.The two goals of this project are: 1) to establish a data network that will support collections operations and provide Internet access to collections information; and 2) to bring the quality of information to the same level for all specimen records through data verification and inventory of specimens. The specific needs to be met by this project are to:o Implement client-server version of cataloguing software to permit multiple users and remote cataloguing, and to make these data accessible via the Internet.o Verify computerized data for the catalogued specimens against original data, and in doing so normalize Locality-Collection-Specimen relations.o Inventory catalogued specimens by making new container labels.