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GOATS, GERS AND GIGABYTES:

Russia. Mongolia. Mongolia. China. China. Expedition Route. Ulaanbaatar. Tsetserleg. Arvayheer. Bayanhongor. Mandalgovi. Dalandzadgad. GOATS, GERS AND GIGABYTES: Information Challenges Facing Museums Today Kathy Omura Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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GOATS, GERS AND GIGABYTES:

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  1. Russia Mongolia Mongolia China China Expedition Route Ulaanbaatar Tsetserleg Arvayheer Bayanhongor Mandalgovi Dalandzadgad GOATS, GERS AND GIGABYTES: Information Challenges Facing Museums TodayKathy OmuraNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County Collection data are core to the scientific value of collections. Timely dissemination of field and collection data is key to making specimens available to researchers and others. Web accessibility of field notes, lot data, GPS coordinates, digital images, and other information enhances the relevance of the collection. Our Mongolia 2002 Expedition website is an example of efficient processing of a recently acquired collection. The website queries a lot database and displays all images taken during the expedition, provides easy access to background information, taxonomic information, and more. Higher-level taxonomic identifications allow researchers to assess what material might be of interest. Anyone can peruse the database and view habitat images, and therefore the usefulness of the site extends beyond taxonomists and systematists to ecologists, geologists, hydrologists, and others. Mongolia 2002 Expedition The primary goal of this expedition was to collect branchiopod crustaceans from ephemeral habitats for molecular and morphological systematics research. The secondary goal was to identify new crustacean species. Finding new species is likely, since this region is poorly sampled and appears to have a high rate of endemism. 115 freshwater sites were sampled on a 3000 kilometer journey through central and southern Mongolia. Each red dot is a sample site. Clicking on a site queries the database and displays all the data for that site. http://collections.nhm.org/mongolia Sampling for small crustaceans at a desert spring Camel drivers help with directions to next destination Toads from a marshy area at the edge of Boon Tsagaan Nuur (lake) Charging the laptop was a nightly routine Ger and cabin near Terkhiyn Tsagaan Nuur and home for 2 nights

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