Session No. 241
Wednesday, 3 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
T113. Geological and Paleobiological Collections: Best Practices for Preservation, Access, and Use in a Changing World I
Ann Molineux, Tim White and Christopher Michael Holl, Advocates
8:45 AM
A NEW TAKE ON ADOPTING ORPHANED COLLECTIONS
NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and ALLMON, Warren, Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, jn226@cornell.edu, jn226@cornell.edu
9:30 AM
PALEOBOTANICAL COLLECTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE
SERBET, Rudolph
1,
TAYLOR, Edith L.1, BERGENE, Julie
1 and TAYLOR, Thomas N.
2, (1)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, (2)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, etaylor@ku.edu, etaylor@ku.edu
9:45 AM
INVENTORY AND UPDATING THE WHITE RIVER GROUP COLLECTIONS FOR THE MOVE TO THE NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL REPOSITORY AT THE MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
WELSH, Ed1, KORF, Jason J.
2, CARR, Jason
2, HU, Huai-Pin
2, SCHURMANN, Bill
3 and SHELTON, Sally
3, (1)Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750, (2)Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, (3)Museum of Geology and Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, edtwelsh@hotmail.com, edtwelsh@hotmail.com
10:00 AM
BOTTLENECKS TO THE EFFICIENT DIGITAL CAPTURE OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
MACKLIN, James A., Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 01238 and MORRIS, Paul J., Harvard University Herbaria and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 01451, jmacklin@oeb.harvard.edu, jmacklin@oeb.harvard.edu
10:15 AM
DIGITIZATION STRATEGIES, COLLECTIONS-USE SURVEYS, AND iDAISY: NEW E-COLLECTIONS-BASED INITIATIVES AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
MACLEOD, Norman, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk, N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
10:30 AM
PLANNING, PREPARING AND PRIORITIZING PALEONTOLOGY COLLECTIONS FOR DIGITIZATION USING CURATION LEVELS
ADRAIN, Tiffany, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and THIES, Meagan, E., Museum Studies Certificate Program, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, 114 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu, tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu
10:45 AM
REVIEWING THE SYMBIOSIS OF RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON
SMITH, David A., Mineralogy Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, d.a.smith@nhm.ac.uk, d.a.smith@nhm.ac.uk
11:00 AM
CONTROLLING DIGITAL DIVERSIFICATION: USING SPECIFY TO REPLACE MULTIPLE DATABASES WITH A SINGLE DATA STRUCTURE, IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND INTEROPERABILITY OF REPOSITORY ARCHIVAL DATASETS
MOLINEUX, Ann, Planetary Station, PO Box 526, New York, NY 10024-0526 and MYERS, Alexandra, Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, annm@austin.utexas.edu, annm@austin.utexas.edu
11:15 AM
THE ICHNOLOGY DATABASE. FACILITATING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS WITH AN INTEGRATED DATABASE
GOLDSTEIN, Donald H.1, MCKINNEY, Michael L.
2, PACAUD, Jean-Michel
3 and MERLE, Didier
3, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Earth and Planetary Science, The Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)Invertebrate paleontology, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France, dgoldste@utk.edu, dgoldste@utk.edu
