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What is Arctos?

Accessing MVZ: A Primer and Demo of Arctos, MVZ’s Collection Management System, for Biodiversity Researchers http://arctos.database.museum. What is Arctos?. Arctos is an ongoing effort to integrate museum data, collection management tools, and external resources on the Web.

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What is Arctos?

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  1. Accessing MVZ:A Primer and Demo of Arctos, MVZ’s Collection Management System, for Biodiversity Researchershttp://arctos.database.museum

  2. What is Arctos? Arctos is an ongoing effort to integrate museum data, collection management tools, and external resources on the Web. Arctos is designed to maximize accessto multiple data types for biodiversity research.

  3. Two instances 3M total specimens 39 collections 7 institutions 1.4M specimens 7 collections 1 institution 1.6M specimens

  4. Arctos is part of a broader data network community

  5. Breadth of Data Types in Arctos Audio DNA Relations GIS Projects/Pubs SPECIMENS Fieldnotes, Maps, and Images

  6. Collection Types Plants Herps Mammals Birds Fossils Insects Fishes Eggs and Nests

  7. Arctos also includes observational data!

  8. Arctos Functions: • Search, enter, update data • Georeference and map localities • Manage transactions (projects, loans, accns, permits) • Track specimen citations (pubs, GenBank) • Track collection objects (e.g., tissue vial barcoding) • Link to external web resources

  9. Who uses Arctos? Academics (students, postdocs, profs.) Museum curators and researchers Federal and state agencies Non-government organizations Environmental consultants K-12 educators Artists

  10. Arctos development is guided by users Curators Data Managers Researchers

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