[Nhcoll-l] Survey on fish collections and ecological data

[Randy Singer]

Calling all Fish Collection Folks (including vertebrate collections that
contain fishes)!

We hope that you will consider completing a short survey on *fish*
collections, catalogue and database attributes, and associated ecological
data.

We are interested in learning more about the resources available in museum
collections to examine patterns of environmental and biodiversity change.
In this survey, we ask about the availability of this ancillary data
related to specimens catalogued in museum fish collections. We will use
this survey to examine approaches for digitizing untapped, historical
records and incorporating them into museum catalogs. Integrating digitized
historical records with museum specimens promises to reveal ecological
patterns which will help us to better understand the impacts of
environmental changes on biodiversity over recent history and into the
future. The results will also help to direct future efforts with recording
and sharing ecological data in collection records/field notes.

The survey is voluntary and should take 15-25 minutes to complete once you
have relevant material on hand. A copy of the survey questions can be found
at this link
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_zMXP4c9E5dXZi0dmmZyEw41VKvZNOke/view?usp=sharing>
if you would like to consider them before beginning.  Respondents can enter
into the drawing for a $50 Visa gift card. The survey will be open until
October 29th, 2021.


*-----> *Here is a link to the survey
<https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQH093U2kzLEKx0>:
https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQH093U2kzLEKx0 *<------ *

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Dr. Karen Alofs (
kmalofs at umich.edu). Thank you for your time!

Karen Alofs, SEAS, University of Michigan

Hernan Lopez-Fernandez, EEB Museums, University of Michigan

Justin Schell, Shapiro Design Lab, University of Michigan Libraries

Randal Singer, EEB Museums, University of Michigan

Andrea Thomer, UMSI, University of Michigan

Kevin Wehrly, Institute for Fisheries Research and Michigan Department of
Natural Resources


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