Workshop on Paleontological Collections Databases to be held May 31 - June 1, 2005, Spingfield, IL

古生物学收藏数据库研讨会将于 2005 年 5 月 31 日至 6 月 1 日在伊利诺斯州斯平菲尔德举行

• 批准号: 0514590
• 负责人: Jessica Theodor
• 金额: $ 3.39万
• 依托单位: Illinois State Museum Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0514590&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Paleontological; Collections; Databases; held

A grant has been awarded to Illinois State Museum Society under the direction of Dr. Jessica Theodor for partial support of a workshop for museum collection managers, curators, database administrators and information scientists to discuss ways of improving collections database efforts in paleontological collections. The workshop will be held May 31 -June 1, 2005 at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, IL. Participants have been chosen to represent the diversity of paleontological collections in taxonomic scope, geographic scope and collection size. The goals of the workshop are (1) to educate paleontological collections managers and curators about community collections data standards in collections dealing with extant taxa, and efforts to link collections data in distributed networks; (2) discuss, establish and document the community database standards for paleontology and how they differ from neontological collections, so that paleontological collections are better able to plan for databasing efforts and more effectively seek funds to support database activities and coordination; (3) to exchange ideas and information about the specific needs of paleontological collections in designing future versions of collections management software and distributed data sharing protocols; and (4) to discuss future coordination of distributed network efforts and facilitate building informal networks to improve both research and public access to the wealth of paleontological information available in museums.Information about the fossil record is critically important in testing long-term patterns of biotic responses throughout earth history. Improving collections database infrastructure will greatly impact our ability to serve the research community and will better position fossil collections to maintain existing financial support and attract new funding sources. To promote these goals beyond the life of this workshop, we will produce a web site, documenting the resources and ideas proceeding from the workshop in an easily accessible and easily updated format for use by paleontological collections around the world.

在Jessica Theodor博士的指导下，伊利诺伊州博物馆协会获得了一笔赠款，用于部分支持博物馆收藏经理，策展人，数据库管理员和信息科学家的研讨会，以讨论如何改善古生物学收藏品的数据库工作。研讨会将于2005年5月31日至6月1日在伊利诺斯州斯普林菲尔德的伊利诺斯州博物馆举行。 参与者被选为代表古生物收藏在分类范围，地理范围和收藏规模的多样性。讲习班的目标是（1）教育古生物学收藏管理人员和馆长关于处理现存分类群的收藏中的社区收藏数据标准，以及在分布式网络中链接收藏数据的努力;（2）讨论、建立和记录古生物学的社区数据库标准，以及它们与新生物学收藏的区别，使古生物学收藏能够更好地规划数据库工作，并更有效地寻求资金支持数据库活动和协调;（3）在设计未来版本的藏品管理软件和分布式数据共享协议时，交流有关古生物藏品具体需求的想法和信息;（4）讨论分布式网络工作的未来协调，促进建立非正式网络，以改善研究和公众对博物馆中丰富的古生物学信息的获取。改善藏品数据库基础设施将极大地影响我们为研究界服务的能力，并将更好地定位化石藏品，以维持现有的财政支持并吸引新的资金来源。为了在本次研讨会之后促进这些目标，我们将制作一个网站，以一种易于访问和易于更新的格式记录研讨会的资源和想法，供世界各地的古生物学收藏使用。