Transcript From Spider Webs to the World Wide Web

From Spider Webs to the World Wide Web
Darolyn Striley and Neftali Camacho
Marine Biodiversity Processing Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Over 5.5 Million Specimens
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Over 2.4 Million Specimens
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Over 600,000 Specimens
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Over 1.5 Million Specimens
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
The MBPC Web
Mollusks
Echinoderms
MBPC
Other Departments
Crustacea
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Polychaetes
Problems
What collections were we responsible for?
Gathering data
No hub to connect all the departments
Spatially challenged
Ever-changing earthquake and fire regulations
Fluidity of staff
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Our Solution?
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Three Key Pages
List Page
Submission Page
Retrieval Page
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
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Natural History Museum
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Collection Data Fields
• Significance
• Background
• Collection Location
and Dates
• Taxonomic Contents
• Documentation
• Description of
Collection
• Collection Inventory
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Collection Images
Specimen Condition
Container Condition
Label Condition
Label Content
Level of Taxonomic
Identification
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Natural History Museum
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Collection at Friday Harbor
Stored at NHMLAC
Being Processed
Done!
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Three Key Pages
List Page
Submission Page
Retrieval Page
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
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Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Submission Data Fields
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Submitter's Name
Submitter’s Address
Submitter’s Email
Submitter’s Phone
Number
• Name of Collection
• Significance
• Background
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of Los Angeles County
• Collection Location
and Dates
• Taxonomic Contents
• Documentation
• Description of
Collection
• Collection Inventory
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Three Key Pages
List Page
Submission Page
Retrieval Page
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
The MBPC Web
Administration
Mollusks
Donors
Echinoderms
MBPC
Other Departments
Program Officers
Polychaetes
Volunteers
Crustacea
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
The MBPC Web
Administration
Mollusks
Donors
Echinoderms
MBPC
Other Departments
Program Officers
Polychaetes
Volunteers
Crustacea
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
The MBPC Web
Administration
Mollusks
Donors
Echinoderms
MBPC
Other Departments
Program Officers
Polychaetes
Volunteers
Crustacea
http://collections.nhm.org
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County