8 . "THE OKLAHOMA MUSEUMS INVENTORY PROJECT" 
A. F. Ricciardelli 
University of Oklahoma 
Norman, Oklahoma 
During the period 1965-67, a pilot study utilizing the 
museums in the State of Oklahoma was conducted to devise a 
workable system for inventorying ethnological collections. 
It is hoped that such a system may be applicable on a nation 
wide basis and e union index of ethnological materials created. 
Specifically, this study investigated such matters as the 
time and cost required to inventory ethnological specimens to* 
determine whether an inventory procedure could be devised > 
which would insure reliability end consistency in the data 
collected, and to determine the most efficient means for storage 
end retrieval of that date, including automatic data processing 
systems. Extensive data has been collected on these topics and 
various conclusions end recommendations ere presented. As a by¬ 
product of this study, a workable file containing the data for 
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the Oklahoma museums now exists at the Stovall Museum of the . 
University of Oklahoma end is available for use by scholars. 
9. "A GENERALIZED APPROACH TO INFORMATION RETRIEVAL 
THE BIRD AND TAXIR SYSTEMS” 
Robert Brill 
University of Colorado 
Boulder, Colorado 
10. "A WORLD PLANT GERM PLASM RECORD SYSTEM" 
C. F. Konsek, Washington State University 
K. W. Finlay, University of Adelaide, Australia 
B. SigurbjOrnsson, International Atomic Energy 
Agency, Vienna, Austria and 
G. Delhove, FAO, Roma Italia. 
Studies are now wall advanced on an internationally coordinated 
system adapted for the storage, retrieval end processing of records 
end data by computers. These studies are being conducted by a * 
working group on international standardization in crop research data 
recording. This working group was established on the recommendation 
of e group of scientists essembled at IAEA headquarters in Vienna in 
December, 1965, at the invitation of the Directors General of FAO end 
IAEA. The working group was given the task of investigating the 
possibilities for standardization of data recording procedures and 
developing a model system for records on accessions of food, feed and 
fiber plants. 
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A series of studies on a preliminary trial system fcr storage 
end retrieval of records by computer were successfully completed in 
february, 1567 by the coordinator and colleagues with the guidance and 
assistance of other working group members end the IAEA computer staff. 
A number of preliminary recommendations on data recording procedures were 
prepared for review. The FAC-IAEA V.'crxing Group on Standardization in 
Crop Research Cate Recording will also participate in the International 
Biological Program (IBP) Section on Germ Plasm Exploration, Maintenance 
end Evaluation. As a part of this program, seme standardized procedures 
have been proposed for records on ns* germ plasm obtained from, plant 
explorations, from induced mutations end from hybridization or selection 
programs as well as for records on existing collections of germ plasm 
being maintained at stations over the world. 
A model for the organization and integration of internationally 
standardized records has been developed end it is proposed to establish 
e coordinated world plant germ plasm record system, including the 
central record file at FAO in Rome. Wide scale field tests of the 
proposed system are being planned. Holders of a number of the major 
world collections of wheat germ plasm stocks will be asked to participate 
in this test. The system will also be used in plant exploration and 
adaptation projects of IBP and in programs coordinated by FAQ and FAQ/lAEA. 
' 11. IS PRQYECT0 PILOTO DE RECUPERACION AUTOMATICA DE INFORMACIOf 
DEL HER3ARIQ NACIONAL DE LA 
L s Alonso g L.Scheinvar y A. Gomez-Fcmpa, inoLituto de Biologle 
U, N, A. M. f Mexico 
De presents el proyecto piloto de recuperacion automatics de 
la informacion, realizado en el Herbario Nacional del Instituto 
de Biologla. 
Se tomaron como base los 3,500 ejemplares de Pteridcphyta. 
Se describe el formato y codificscion seguidos con ejemplifica — 
cion de los sistemas que fueron utilizados, 
El programs fue elaborado en lenguaje SPAR y se usd la com — 
putadora Bsndix C D C G 20 del Centro de Calculo Electronico da 
la U. N. A. M. 
Se presenta la codificacion de las pregu~tss y algunas res— 
puestas seleccionadas. 
Se mencionan algunas aplicaciones practises para el funciona 
miento de un herbaria y su major utilizacidn. 
Papers 12 and 13 were not abstracted nor presented# 
