Collections Data Use/Abuse, esp. via electronic access

[Museum Informatics Project]

Gary Rosenberg recently posted a note to Taxacom containing some discussion
on this subject, which was cross-posted from the mollusca listprocessor
at ucmp1.berkeley.edu (that's a one). Additional discussion can be found
there, as follows: connect via gopher to ucmp1.berkeley.edu, and follow
the directories from "Mollusca - Mailing List Services" to "Mollusca-Archives"
and find these subjects near the end of the list of documents:
 Looking for paleontological resources
 RE: Looking for paleontological resources
 museum data
 Potential of museum data
 Re: Museum Data
and
 Shell collecting and molluscan diversity

While molluscs may only be fit to eat, the discussion and issues raised
generalize well to other taxa, biodiv, and collection management concerns.