That tells you what kind of material the object is but has anyone else tried
to fit in more complete taxonomic information or information about ancillary
biologic collections such as frozen tissue samples, skins and skeletons in
related records, etc.?

Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore, Curator of Collections
Virginia Museum of Natural History
1001 Douglas Avenue
Martinsville, VA  24112
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From: James Tichgelaar <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Past Perfect


>We have a few natural history specimens.  I added "Specimen, Plant"
>"Specimen, Animal" and "Specimen, Mineral" in the nomenclature under
>"Other T&E for Science and Technology" and use the species or mineral
>type under "Other Name." (You can also add some user-defined fields for
>taxonomy if you want to be able to search on those fields.)  The site
>information was designed for archeological collections, but it can also
>be used for collection data on specimens.
>
>Bethany Thomas wrote:
>>
>>      Has anyone used Past Perfect with Natural Science records?  If so,
are
>>      you happy with it?  Did you make any changes?
>>
>>      Bethany
>>
>
>
>--
>James H Tichgelaar
>Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum
>http://museum.astate.edu
>
>"All we ever wanted was everything.  All we ever got was cold."
>