Integrated Computerization of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany Collections, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Phase 1

在斯蒂芬·R·韦斯特罗普博士的指导下，俄克拉荷马大学(诺曼校区)获得了一笔赠款，用于编制无脊椎动物古生物学和古植物学收藏的综合计算机化数据库。该藏品包含了从俄克拉何马州到阿拉斯加、加拿大和西欧一个世纪以来收集的超过50万份标本，其中包括大量具有经济和科学价值的标本。将开发一个可搜索的在线数据库，其中包含关于标本收藏的各种信息以及标本的图像。该项目将在俄克拉荷马大学培养本科生和研究生。学生将参与数据库建设、网页设计和策展工作。该数据库和相关图像将用于开发教育和公共宣传资源，包括常见化石指南和俄克拉荷马州采集地点的虚拟实地旅行。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Oklahoma (Norman Campus) under the direction of Dr. Stephen R. Westrop to prepared integrated computerized databases for the invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany collections. The collection contains more than a half million specimens collected over a century of expeditions from Oklahoma to Alaska, Canada, and Western Europe, including a large number of specimens of economic and scientific interest. A searchable, online database will be developed that contains a wide variety of information on the collection, as well as images of the specimens. The project will train undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Oklahoma. Students will participate in database construction, web design, and curatorial work. The database and associated images will be used to develop educational and public outreach resources, including guides to common fossils and virtual field trips to collecting sites in Oklahoma.