[Nhcoll-l] Question about collection sizes

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Chris

This is all information that can be gleaned from one of the many aggregators of data like GBIF, iDigBio, Vertnet etc.

For GBIF, go here:  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gbif.org_publisher_search&d=AwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=wFETMieFVshcnl_orLd8G27DE7D9YQ6cjyK1A7ql9ZE&s=yeSB0TdXSv_sq_XtuFjjjPJqHtd4boX_bta3SpgYDb4&e=  and search by institution e.g. University of Kansas.  Navigate to the bottom of the page to see all collections at that institution and listed there is the number of specimens.  NOTE – this is the number of specimens being shared and not necessarily the total number (e.g. our entomology collection has 4.5 million specimens but only just over 1 million are digitized and shared) but it will give you some figures to go on.

Both iDigBio and Vertnet have similar pages.

Andy

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Andy Bentley
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University of Kansas
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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Kemp
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 8:40 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Question about collection sizes

Dear All,
Just gathering some data about collection sizes. I know many of you are curators, so I'd be really interested to know how many specimens (approx) you oversee in your specialty, wherever you are. Especially include anything that makes it superlative in some way. It would be really nice in my book to provide some specific figures, along the lines of: The ichthyology collection at X contains more than X specimens; or At the X Museum of Natural History, the entomology collection includes the largest single collection of mosquitoes, containing more than X specimens, and some as old as X; or something like that. Some specifics. Information that would boggle the minds of readers who only think about what is on display when they visit museums.
You know what I mean? Hope some of you are willing to play along.
Best,
--ck

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