An Introduction to the Botanical Type Specimen Register

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June Second printout of US + MO records edited, antl
machine file updated.
Members of Type Register staff worked at NY for
last two weeks during which time all SY
Cares records (200-k taxa, 300 specimens),
along with records of other groups, were input
to the system on-line via telephone to computer
in Washington, D.C.
First printout of new taxa added to file by NY
produced.
July Report on NY work prepared.
August Printout of NY additions edited, antl machine
file updated.
First printout of US + MO + NY records produced.
ceptember rS + MO + NY printout edited, antl machine
file updated.
cecond printout of joint records produced, totaling
415 taxa and 544 specimens.
Decision made to publish a Carex catalog as the
sample installment of Type Register.
Novemtier Preliminary report formats defined for catalog
and indices.
December Use of on-line system discontinued, and paper
tape system reorganized and used again.
1971
January- Intensive editing and updating of preliminary
May
Carex Catalog (US + MO + NY) continued.
OCR data-capture system inaugurated, and paper
tape system phased out.
June
Sample catalog of 100 Carex records with 4 crossindices
produced and distributed to a limited
cross-section of taxonomists.
Preliminary catalog of Carex displayed at botanical
meetings in Edmonton, Alberta, and copies
of sample of 100 records handed out.
Decision made to hold off publication of Catalog
July
at least until GH could be included.
Final printout of US + hIO + NY catalog
generated for GH.
August Copy of latest catalog delivered in person to
Harvard University for use in compiling data
from A and GH; specimen data compiled and
returned to US.
Copy delivered also to SY for final prepublication
check: check made and printout returned.
Copy sent to MO for final prepublication check.
Copy displayed at annual meeting of American
Institute of
Colorado.
Biological Sciences, Ft. Collins,
Contributions solicited by letter from F, Sari
Francisco Bay area herbaria.
Feptember F indicated willingness
records.
to contribute Carey
October Arrangements made for F to contribute records.
and necessary materials supplied, including
index by collector to preliminary catalog.
Data collection begun at F.
Editing of A and GH data begun.
So\ ember
December
January
Februar)
March-
April
May
June
August
SMITHSOSIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Report on progress to meeting of FNA Program
Council in Miami, Florida.
Arrangements made for CAS, DS, JEPS, and uc
to contribute, and necessary materials supplied.
cop) Of collector index sent to MO.
Critique Of Sample catalog of 100 Carex received
from F. J. Hermann.
Editing of A and GH data completed, and
records input to system,
Data collection at F completed,
Sew cumulative catalog incorporating A, GH,
hfO, NY, and US produced, with 537 taxa, 542
collections, and 776 specimens.
Four indices in preliminary format generated.
COBOL paragraphing (concatenating) program
designed, written, and debugged: GIS/COBOL
interface programmed and tested.
1972
All data returned from F to US for input.
A11 data returned by C.4S, DS, JEPS, and UC.
Limited input with magnetic cartridge system
begun.
Computer program for listing and tallying taxa
in Type Register tested.
Data collection phase essentially brought to
close.
Sample catalog produced using COBOL con-
catenation program.
Annotations from catalog used by F and from
catalog used by CAS, DS, JEPS, and UC trans-
ferred to working copy.
Editing and final data capture continued apace.
COBOL concatenating program, including GIS
interface, tested satisfactorily.
Xew curnulatit e catalog printed, including 600
taxa, 607 collections, and 854 specimens.
Nine indices printed for final field-by-field edit-
ing.
lt'riting of introductory sections of this paper
begun.
New catalog printed, including 609 taxa, 615
collections, and 1,050 specimens.
Xew set of nine indices also produced.
Editing and updating of file continued.
Final prepublication edition of Catalog printed,
along with indices, which included 606 taxa,
612 collections, and 1,059 specimens.
Final format of Catalog established after various
tests with COBOL program.
Several qpes of computer paper tested.
Camera-ready copy of present Catalog and in-
dices produced for Smithsonian Institution
Press, including same data base as final catalog
in May.
Manuscript and camera-ready copy of Catalog
and indices sent to press.