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

德克萨斯纪念博物馆收藏的两栖和爬行动物标本超过5.8万件，是美国西南部最大的藏品之一，也有来自中美洲和南美洲、非洲和东南亚的大量藏品。虽然第一批51 000份记录是在1990年以前电脑化的，但这些记录从未对照原始目录和实地笔记进行核实。因此，存在着严重的误差，降低了计算机化数据的有用性。该项目的两个目标是：1)建立一个支持馆藏业务的数据网络，并提供馆藏信息的互联网访问；2)通过对标本的数据核查和编目，将所有标本记录的信息质量提高到相同的水平。该项目需要满足的具体需要是：o实施客户-服务器版本的编目软件，以允许多用户和远程编目，并使这些数据可以通过互联网访问。o对照原始数据核实编目标本的计算机化数据，并在这样做的过程中使地点-收集-标本关系正常化。o通过制作新的集装箱标签来清点编目标本。

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.