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Do you have field notes from this… COLLECTOR? PLACE? EXPEDITION? TYPE OF SPECIMEN? DATE? SPECIFIC FORMATS? Future Goals Learn More Online A joint initiative between the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Our goal is to create a Field Book Registry that provides one online location for field book content everywhere. Two Levels of Description Frank C. Whitmore Field notes from Peru and the Galapagos Website: www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks Blog: http://nmnh.typepad.com/fieldbooks/ Education: www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/education Flickr: www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/flickr Twitter: http://twitter.com/fieldbookproj 1. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12140 2. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12141 3. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12142 4. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12144 5. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU02-012, SIA-2012-12146 6. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU02-012, SIA-2012-12150 The Field Book Project: Connecting Field Books with the World Sonoe Nakasone, Smithsonian Field Book Project and Nicholas Pyenson, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution Field Book Project 1) Collection-Level Natural Collections Descriptions (NCD) http://www.tdwg.org/activities/ncd/ Developed for describing natural history materials, this schema provides the functional context in which each volume was created and establishes clear relationships to other items created within the same context. 2) Item-Level Metadata Object Description Schema http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/ Provides more granular access to subject matter covered within individual volumes in order to more easily search and browse within the catalog. Image Credits Why does this matter? -Field books constitute “hidden” collections, materials that have little or no access -Field books created by one person or during one expedition may be housed by multiple institutions -There is no community adopted standard for describing and accessing field notes because they are housed by museums, archives, and libraries—all of which approach field notes differently. -Field data may be lost through carelessness, loss of institutional memory, and lack of tracking and organization -Field data may be difficult to read due to handwriting and the personalized note taking system of the collector 1 2 3 4 5 6 Online Access to digitized field notes Crowdsourced transcriptions to enable keyword searching of field book content Inclusion of field notes from repositories internationally Create educational materials for K-12 students as well as life-long learners
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Presented at the Education and Outreach Poster session at the 2012 Meeting for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology by Sonoe Nakasone and Dr. Nick Pyenson. This poster features images from the field notes of Frank C. Whitmore in order to illustrate the purpose and importance of the Field Book Project.
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Do you have field notes from this…
COLLECTOR?
PLACE?
EXPEDITION?
TYPE OF
SPECIMEN?
DATE?
SPECIFIC FORMATS?
Future Goals Learn More Online
A joint initiative between the
National Museum of Natural
History and the Smithsonian
Institution Archives. Our goal is to
create a Field Book Registry that
provides one online location for
field book content everywhere.
Two Levels of Description
Frank C. Whitmore Field notes from Peru and the Galapagos
Website: www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks
Blog: http://nmnh.typepad.com/fieldbooks/
Education: www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/education
Flickr: www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/flickr
Twitter: http://twitter.com/fieldbookproj
1. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12140
2. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12141
3. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12142
4. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU01-245, SIA-2012-12144
5. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU02-012, SIA-2012-12146
6. Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU02-012, SIA-2012-12150
The Field Book Project: Connecting Field Books with the World Sonoe Nakasone, Smithsonian Field Book Project and Nicholas Pyenson, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution
Field Book Project
1) Collection-Level
Natural Collections Descriptions (NCD)
http://www.tdwg.org/activities/ncd/
Developed for describing natural history materials, this schema provides the functional context in which each volume was created and establishes clear relationships to other items created within the same context. 2) Item-Level
Metadata Object Description Schema
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
Provides more granular access to subject matter covered within individual volumes in order to more easily search and browse within the catalog.
Image Credits
Why does this matter?
-Field books constitute “hidden” collections, materials that have little or no access
-Field books created by one person or during one expedition may be housed by multiple institutions
-There is no community adopted standard for describing and accessing field notes because they are housed by museums, archives, and libraries—all of which approach field notes differently.
-Field data may be lost through carelessness, loss of institutional memory, and lack of tracking and organization
-Field data may be difficult to read due to handwriting and the personalized note taking system of the collector
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3 4
5 6
Online Access to digitized field notes
Crowdsourced transcriptions to enable keyword searching of field book content
Inclusion of field notes from repositories internationally Create educational materials for K-12 students as well as life-long learners
