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品超过58，000件，是美国西南部最大的收藏品之一，也有来自中美洲和南美洲，非洲和东南亚的重要藏品。 虽然前51，000条记录在1990年之前已经计算机化，但这些记录从未与原始目录和现场记录进行过核实。 因此，存在重大错误，降低了计算机化数据的有用性。 由于缺乏支持因特网查询和编目业务的网络，对收藏品的访问受到限制，本项目的两个目标是：（1）建立一个数据网络，支持收藏品业务，并通过因特网提供对收藏品信息的访问;（2）通过数据核查和标本盘存，使所有标本记录的信息质量达到相同的水平。 该项目需要满足的具体需求是：o安装编目软件的客户-服务器版本，以允许多个用户和远程编目，并使这些数据能够通过互联网访问。o对照原始数据核实编目标本的计算机化数据，并在此过程中使地点-收集-标本关系正常化。o通过制作新的容器标签清点编目标本。

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.