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Hi Charlie,
Will there be any way of getting a transcript of the workshop...some kind
of handout or manual? Or do you know or any already in existance on the
subject of shell collection databases?
Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
>I agree that the designing computer databases for managing our collections
>is an appropriate topic for conch-l. It is as valid a management tool as
>is how to clean shells, deodorize shells, dredge shells, etc. One group
>of techniques is designed to help us build our collections, the other with
>managing it.
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>At this years American Malacological Society meeting in Pittsburgh a
>talk on database construction will be presented by Gary Rosenberg (at a
>workshop I will be organizing). I would think that if it is good enough a
>topic for a national meeting, it is good enough for us here.
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>Just my two cents.
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>Charlie
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>Charlie Sturm, Jr
>Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
>Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca
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