7871

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7871
• Author: Snyder, D. E.
• Title: Preserved Larval and Small-Fish Collections of the Upper Colorado River Basin
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Maintenance and Cataloging of a Valuable Historical Database - Final Report.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; Suggested Citation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11
Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Key Words . . . . . . . . . . . . .. III
Executive Summary ................................................ iv

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Importance of Maintaining Preserved Collections ....................... 1
Larval Fish Laboratory and Upper Colorado River Basin Collections . . . . . . . . .. 1
Relationship to Recovery Implementation Program Recovery Action Plan . . . . . .. 2
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Methods .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Results (Findings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selection of a Computer Collection-Catalog and Management Program ......... 4
Computer and Network Hosts for LFL's MUSE Collection-Management

Program .............................................. 6

Collection Cataloging, Upgrades, and Reorganization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6
On-line Searches of the Larval Fish Laboratory Collection Catalog .......... 13
Collection Permanency, Association with Other Collections or Museums ...... 13
Larval Fish Laboratory Collection Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15
Cataloging Time and Costs ..................................... 15

Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16

Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
Bibliography .................................................... 17
Appendix I: List by Discipline of Collections Licensed to Use the MUSE Program . .. 18
Appendix II: Larval Fish Laboratory Collection Policies and Procedures Manual 20

List of Tables

1. Study-year sets of Upper Colorado River Basin collections cataloged. .. ...... 8
2. Taxa in cataloged collection with numbers of lots and specimens ........... 10
3. Time to catalog and handle five sets of collections ..................... 16

List of Figures

1. Larval Fish Laboratory version of MUSE computer-catalog data-entry forms 5
2. Larval Fish Laboratory collection labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12
3. Map displayed after an on-line (World-Wide Web) MUSEServer search ...... 14

List of Key Words

Upper Colorado River Basin
larval fish
juvenile fish
small fish

collection maintenance
collection management
collection catalog
curation

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