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Session No. 287
Wednesday, 3 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)

T113. Geological and Paleobiological Collections: Best Practices for Preservation, Access, and Use in a Changing World II

Paleontological Society; Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections; Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geoinformatics Division

 

Ann Molineux, Tim White and Christopher Michael Holl, Advocates
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MANAGING DATA AND CONFRONTING CHALLENGES IN A MULTI-ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORT: AN EXAMPLE FROM ANTARCTIC METEORITES
MCCOY, Timothy J., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, HALE, L.J., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0119, HARVEY, R.P., Dept. of Geology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7216 and RIGHTER, Kevin, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Houston, TX 77058, MCCOYT@si.edu, MCCOYT@si.edu
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COLLABORATIVE MODELS FOR PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
JORDAN, Chris, Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Research Office Complex 1.101, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road (R8700), Austin, TX 78758, ctjordan@tacc.utexas.edu, ctjordan@tacc.utexas.edu
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DATA CONSERVANCY: DIGITAL CURATION OF THE MAGMATIC SYSTEM OF MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA
KANEDA, Keith1, CYZYK, Mark1, EVANS, Mark2, CHOUDHURY, Sayeed1, MARSH, Bruce D.3 and DUERR, Ruth4, (1)The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Tessella Inc, 51 Monroe Street, Suite 608, Rockville, MD 20850, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (4)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, kaneda@jhu.edu, kaneda@jhu.edu
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UNSCRAMBLING COLLECTION DATA: A NEW INTERACTIVE MAP OF FOSSIL EGGSHELL DATA PROVIDES NOVEL DATA ACCESS FOR RESEARCHERS AND AN ORIGINAL EDUCATION TOOL FOR STUDENTS
WILSON, Laura E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, CHIN, Karen, Geological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, SCOTCHMOOR, Judith G., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building #4780, Berkeley, CA 95476, KAUFMAN, Seth, Whirl-i-Gig, 256 Fifth Avenue, Floor 4, New York, NY 10001 and CULVER, Tonia S., Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, Laura.Wilson@colorado.edu, Laura.Wilson@colorado.edu
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DigiMorph.ORG, A VOXEL-BASED DIGITAL LIBRARY OF MORPHOLOGY
MAISANO, Jessica A., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, 1 University Station, C1100, Austin, TX 78712, maisano@mail.utexas.edu, maisano@mail.utexas.edu
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FROM NATURAL HISTORY TO BIODIVERSITY STUDIES: PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA ENABLING NEW SYNTHESES IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, blieber@ku.edu, blieber@ku.edu
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DISCRETE EVENT PROCESS MODELS AND MUSEUM CURATION
ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 118G Carrier Hall, Oxford, MS 38677 and MOLINEUX, Ann, Planetary Station, PO Box 526, New York, NY 10024-0526, lgzachos@olemiss.edu, lgzachos@olemiss.edu
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USING NETWORKS OF NATURAL SCIENCE COLLECTIONS DATA FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND EFFICIENT DATA CAPTURE
MORRIS, Paul J.1, ILOABACHIE, Chinua2, KELLY, Maureen3, LOWERY, David2, MACKLIN, James A.3, MORRIS, Robert A.4 and WANG, Zhimin3, (1)Harvard University Herbaria and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 01451, (2)Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, (3)Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 01451, (4)Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 01451, mole@morris.net, mole@morris.net
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SOCIAL NETWORKING AND THE FUTURE OF ON-LINE COLLECTIONS ACCESS
NORRIS, Christopher A., Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118 and BUTTS, Susan H., Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, christopher.norris@yale.edu, christopher.norris@yale.edu
 
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