[Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags

[Catherine Early (she/her)]

Hi all,

We are preparing for a digitization project where we will associate field
data with specimens that do not currently have data tags, just field
numbers. Because the field notes are idiosyncratic and not in a
standardized format, we (staff) will be entering the specimen's data
directly into our database rather than photographing standard format data
tags that can be easily transcribed by volunteers into a database. After
the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data
tags to attach to each specimen.

I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen
database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any
time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template
with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would
have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once
that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make
sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already?

Best,
Catherine


Catherine M. Early, PhD

*she/her/hers*

Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology

cearly at smm.org

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