Application of a Computerized General Purpose Information Management System (SELGEM) (SELf-GEnerating Master) to Medically Important Arthropods (Diptera: Culicidae).
Abstract
The Mosquito Information Management Project (MIMP) is a collaborative venture between the Walter Reed Biosystematic Unit (WRBU), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), and the Department of Entomology, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The project was established in September 1979, to develop a computer-based systematic and ecological master file (data bank) for the approximately one million mosquito specimens in the Museum of Natural History collection. This collection is the largest and most complete mosquito collection in the world and represents a national treasure. The data management system, SELGEM (SELf-GEnerating Master), was selected as the primary data storage/management system. Data recorded on collection forms are submitted to a Honeywell Series 60 Level 66/80 computer system via a Nixdorf 600/55 minicomputer data entry system. During this report period an additional 3,173 collection records, representing roughly 126,000 specimens, were entered into the computer. Of this total, 1,860 collection and 74,000 specimens were processed during the last four month period after the addition of a second staff member. The development of separate geographic files continued with the addition of an Eastern Africa file and the near completion of data entry for the Central America file.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA138297
Entities
People
- T. L. Erwin
Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution