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Overview of the NMNH Collection Level Index
(CLI)
National Museum ofNatural History (NMNH)
Tom Hollowell
14 Oct 2014
The Challenge
The U.S. National Entomological Collection is huge
The Challenge
The U.S. National Entomological Collection is huge
21 million records may be required for complete coverage at the specimen or vial level
19 million records of pinned specimens
1.4 million slides
500,000 fluid
100,000 papered (Odonata)
They’re done!
Archineura incarnata
Euglossa ioprosopa Type
Of about 300,000Specimen records, 38% are Types
Solutions?
Summer 2014• 44,000 Bumblebee specimens imaged in 8 weeks
• ca. 40 bees per person/hour of specimen handling
SI Rapid Capture Pilot Program - Bumblebee Project
SI Rapid Capture Pilot Program - Bumblebee Project
Handling, imaging w/ barcode as filename, storageImport, linked to EMu stub Catalog record
Published, & to SI Transcription CenterThe Crowd
Resulting details to EMuA big advance!Still, at 5,500/weekthe entire Entomology collection might be a 60 year project.
In the mean time…
There is a need to create basic digital records for broad swaths of the collection
2009 - A Collection Level Index (CLI) had already been implemented by NHM - London
• Catalogs and manages lot-level records in EMu
• Creates an Index record for each distinct taxon
• Allows entry of geographic distribution lists
• For each lot, can also include– Specimen counts
– Storage locations
– Preparation Sex, Stage information
KE analyzed many CLI Model options
This last one is essentially the NHM-London Model
Model 7
NMNH tried a modification of the NHM model
But finally decided to entirely specify our own model
Basic Requirements
• Workflow for recording Lots as close to typical Specimen entry as practical.
• Attach taxa and record counts in the Catalog, exactly as for specimen records.
• Enter distribution lists in the Catalog, in lieu of Collection Event attachment.
• Summarize distributions, counts and other parameters in a Collection Index record for each taxon, across all qualifying Specimen and Taxonomic Lot records.
The NMNH Model
Typical specimen record Distribution data is in Collection Event
Taxonomic Lot record Distribution in Catalog Taxon attachment in Catalog
Collection Index record Summarizes qualifying Catalog records
“Model 8”
The Solution
collections.nmnh.si.edu
Example Photos (currently some Lepidoptera)
Some types of question become easier to answer with CLI“What other countries are Guyana Coleoptera known from?”
30 seconds
12 minutes for all 13,400 taxa from our 7 collecting units, over 11,700,000 specimens
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A Favorite Taxonomic Lot Record
Thanks to:
KE Software
Ian Turnbull Grant Smith
NMNH Informatics
Tom Orrell John Keltner
NMNH Department of Entomology
Patricia Gentili-Poole Jessica Bird
Other Departmental Testers
Linda Ward (IZ), Karen Reed (IZ), Craig Ludwig (VZ), Chris Tuccinardi (Botany)
CLI - available in EMu-Mu ?