About a year ago, Paul and Phyllis Spangler entrusted me with their field logs and notes from their lifetime of fieldwork around the world (the earliest notes are from 1958, the most recent the mid-90's). This giant pile of notebooks provides the raw data and supporting information for the more than 1 million prepared water beetle specimens that they added to national collection during their tenure at the Smithsonian. We are working to digitize and capture the data in these logs to make it accessible to anyone who is interested, as well as facilitate future databasing activities. (via assinging collecting event codes). Right now, we're focused on the South American logs. They have already helped us plan collecting activites and provided insights into the habitat nuances of a number of species.
About a year ago, Paul and Phyllis Spangler entrusted me with their field logs and notes from their lifetime of fieldwork around the world (the earliest notes are from 1958, the most recent the mid-90's). This giant pile of notebooks provides the raw data and supporting information for the more than 1 million prepared water beetle specimens that they added to national collection during their tenure at the Smithsonian. We are working to digitize and capture the data in these logs to make it accessible to anyone who is interested, as well as facilitate future databasing activities. (via assinging collecting event codes). Right now, we're focused on the South American logs. They have already helped us plan collecting activites and provided insights into the habitat nuances of a number of species.
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