Hi Dennis,
You are right. There is a definite advantage to organizing a study
collection by geographical province. It saves a lot of physical effort when
you are comparing species. But I just have to add that new collectors should
start building a good computer database also. With a field for everything
that is important to you, you can easily find all the shells of the same
subspecies, locality, author, etc.
And you can still organize them physically by geographical province, AND
keep all the rest of the information on your computer (and on printed
queries for all the fields of particular interest) I print my queries about
once every year, adding or subtracting data by pencil until the next
printing. Sounds like a lot of work, but when you are sitting in front of
your cabinets you don't have your DB with you (unless you've got a laptop).
Of course, none of this negates the absolute necessity of data-slips.
Winston Barney
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Dennis sargent
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Hi Scott,
I organize our study collection of Oliva first by location.
I have them separated into the following groups: Indo-Pacific, Eastern
Pacific, Eastern Atlantic and Western Atlantic/Caribbean.
These are then separated by subgenus and species.
The locality groups have enabled us to compare species and forms that
coexist in the same habitat, locality, etc. This provides a better picture
of the distribution of species, subspecies and intergrading populations.
This comparative study will enable Ed Petuch and I to have a better
understanding of the similarities and differences that will be used to
justify the existence of or the combining of species in our new work.
And yes, it will continue to change as new material becomes available.
Best wishes,
Dennis Sargent
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Lewis
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:36 PM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Collection Organization
I am wondering how everyone organizes their collections, within Genus.
Alphabetical, by sub-genus,
by location (Indo-Pacific, Carribean, etc.). I work with Olividae primarily,
and can't decide how to
place my shells in their drawers. I have been doing alphabetical, but as you
all know, Olividae keeps
morphing and I am wondering if there is a better system. I look forward to
your ideas. I am sure
museums and major collections have a system, or they would forever be moving
shells around!
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