[Nhcoll-l] Webinar (Nov. 10) - Introduction to Arctos for Bird & Egg/Nest Collections

[Emily M. Braker]

Please join us for an introduction to managing Ornithology Collections in Arctos.

Abstract: Arctos serves data on over 467,000 ornithological records from 29 collections, including bird specimens, observations, eggs, nests, and media (photographs, audio recordings). Data sets range from 6 to over 191,000 records, making Arctos attractive for both small and large collections. The oldest specimen is a skin from 1830, and representation is broad both in taxonomic and geographic scope. This webinar will highlight some of the key features of Arctos for managing ornithological data, including: shared localities and georeferences, relationships between different types of specimens (e.g., host-parasite, predator-prey), transactions (accessions, loans, permits), object tracking, and projects/publications for citing usage in research, teaching, and art. We also will illustrate how media are linked to bird and egg/nest specimens in Arctos, and will showcase how these media have been used in impactful ways. Finally, we will discuss how Arctos handles bird observational data, a unique feature for a museum collection management system.

Presenters: Carla Cicero (Staff Curator of Birds, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology) and Elizabeth Wommack (Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates)

When: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 3:00pm ET (19:00 UTC)

Where: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/92226989182

Can't Make It?: View archived recordings here https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1uQiH59boCAICH7bYditYArQ7fftxegaeEsgJDD0lqlu_TAZYM9aNu4NAstdhE6JTxX9tAgAOnPttFYQleGT3g8HU7OCYTt7YEal59EZDPH7xY6B-XgKUAqq1XX8tzNc7ajryJ5T_MZT6Fid4hzAaHreIpe6iO_1SVwTivraL61PwCRiNV_t23LxxRgTnzZWrP8wc2o9hvKEty_2U20CaEnliceylR9-goVopZSERd8_urMPXEEnnk6pWxCf26jE-Lrx9OHdSKb2KsIxewqmNVtlVS_yFuR3Vjrc984TxA5jrzMdn7i-g_tzkaMaWCt21jHv5qB8-Zx5xdYvO4OQlpK7WgV3QfrYAdBfpaNm34Pz2Ot_p0ialCnSf8MfMi3HBJ84Rer6kEjQCUxF4hnQusxDHxKp6hidjdId_HvHeUDBywIcfez42JzW-2GSV220UCME-qeNnAgTX0De39qfWEA/https%3A%2F%2Farctosdb.org%2Flearn%2Fwebinars%2F>

Emily Braker
Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building
Boulder, CO 80309-0218
Phone: 303-492-8466
http://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates

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