[Rockhounds] What do seek in on-line museum collections?

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Alan,

I volunteer at the Grand Rapids Public Museum as a Science Curator; my
paid boss is a paleontologist, and I help him with the rock and mineral
collection. They use the free and open source Collective Access software
from http://www.whirl-i-gig.com/ to catalog and publish their collection to
the internet. The Providence Cataloguing Software is browser based, and
when you save a record the Pawtucket2 Web Publishing Software immediately
makes it available on your website. Obviously your catalog will have more
details than your website, but you can customize what to display. If you
are not familiar with the software you should at least check it out since
it was developed for museums.

Kreigh




On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 9:13 PM Alan Goldstein <deepskyspy at outlook.com>
wrote:

> At the Falls of the Ohio State Park, we’ve been digitizing our collection
> for a few years. The next step is developing a web site devoted to public
> access. Our collections are infinitesimal compared to the Smithsonian but
> contain a good variety of Silurian and Devonian fossils, along with a few
> minerals, diverse prehistoric artifacts, and lots of flat documents
> (article clippings, historical photos, maps, etc.).
>
> The goal is to have a website with access to our images and data for
> students, scientists & historians and the curious public.
>
> What search fields you would look for to help you identify a fossil or
> other items? Have you seen the ‘ideal’ museum collections website? What is
> it?
>
> Alan Goldstein
>
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> Subject: [Rockhounds] Smithsonian to Digitize 1.2 Million Fossils
>
> What’s Next for the 1.2 Million Prehistoric Fossils Now at Smithsonian
> Digitization will soon allow researchers around the globe to access
> the latest specimens in the National Fossil Collection
> Abigail Eisenstadt, Smithsonian Magazine, October 19th, 2021
>
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fblogs%2Fnational-museum-of-natural-history%2F2021%2F10%2F19%2Fwhats-next-for-the-12-million-prehistoric-fossils-now-at-smithsonian%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C7a5843147c9b4d00de6e08d998f16bcc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637708984930723285%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=aj5wQLIxZOkNjFaq1nC1%2ByxJ4xm%2FU%2Fty0tuagV0YX%2BY%3D&reserved=0
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> The National Fossil Collection
>
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturalhistory.si.edu%2Fresearch%2Fpaleobiology%2Fcollections-overview&data=04%7C01%7C%7C7a5843147c9b4d00de6e08d998f16bcc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637708984930723285%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VBJTABxHNiLz4sro0fj03tJ4jhKJxlzW7P5TWIK62Fk%3D&reserved=0
>
> More fossil articles in Smithsonian Magazine
>
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fblogs%2Fnational-museum-of-natural-history%2Fcategory%2Fpaleobiology%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C7a5843147c9b4d00de6e08d998f16bcc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637708984930733280%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jXS3xsQIthNQwebSiba4sWM1GnR14wcJ%2FWklkWg7Ow0%3D&reserved=0
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> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
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