>STS
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>The Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
>(UCMP) has its type specimen catalogs, Pacific Rim Biodiversity, and
>special virtual exhibits on its World Wide Web (WWW) and Gopher
>computer server for access on the Internet.  Access for the WWW is
>http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu:welcome.html
>(Mosaic free ware is required.) 
>
>The benefits of these on-line services include easy accessibility
>of UCMP holdings by the scientific community, increased efficiency
>for specimen loan processing through electronic loan forms,
>decreased need for loans by providing images, ease of access through
>text searches, and increased public and scientific awareness of
>UCMP collections and paleontology in general.  
>
>UCMP's virtual museum includes ever-expanding text, image, and
>sound exhibits.  These focus on a variety of topics -- geologic time,
>phylogeny, evolution.  The phylogeny exhibits include micro-
>fossils, Vendian/Ediacaran fossils and other invertebrates, and a
>popular vertebrate exhibit which highlights our "Dinosaur Hall".
>This "hall" has a special exhibit on Dilophosaurus, with a short oral
>history by its discoverer and describer, Dr. Sam Welles of UCMP.  
>You can hear him tell about how he found it in 1942, as well as his
>impressions of its movie star role in "Jurassic Park."  These exhibits
>have been developed for the general public, K-12 education, and the
>paleontological community.  Planned exhibits will feature materials
>for use in courses taught at Berkeley, but still of interest to a larger
>audience.
>
>Links are in place on the "Subway" (modeled after the Metro in
>Moscow) that lead to other biological and geological Web sites
>elsewhere in the world.  Future plans include expanding the 
>virtual museum to all of paleontology, K-12 exhibits, instructional
>training, and the addition of non-type collections to our database. 
>
>
>Thanks!!
>
>Judy Scotchmoor
>Director of Public Programs
>Museum of Paleontology
>judys@ucmp1.berkeley.edu