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Fundamentals of Museum Studies I

MSM 211 – University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Category: 9. Data and Museums Discussion

11 Apr 2021

Explore existing museum data about a species #9

Becca Ray Turner202101 Student Post, 9. Data and Museums DiscussionLeave a comment

                                                 The Alaskan Wolf (Week #9) Alaska wolves of today are thought to be relatives of wolves that rode out last Ice Age south of the great ice sheets and then made…

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31 Mar 2021

Museum Data – Coho Salmon

Tony Thompson9. Data and Museums Discussion2 Comments

For this week’s assignment, I used two museum data aggregators, GBIF and iDigBio, to find existing museum data for coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. I chose this species because I know that there will be several occurrences and therefore it will should be relatively straight forward to compare the two aggregators’ collection of data. I also…

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21 Mar 2021

Saqsakiq Suli Aaqhaaliq (Common Redpoll and Long-tailed Duck)

Erin Gingrich9. Data and Museums Discussion6 Comments

Part A: Common Redpoll (Saqsakiq) Here in Anchorage in March the birds are starting to get happy from the increase in sunlight and warmth and due to that a flock of birds ascended to the local bird feeders in the neighborhood.  The bird pictured was flocked with more if its kind and feeding on a…

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20 Mar 2021

9# Data and Museums Discussions

Barbara Long9. Data and Museums Discussion5 Comments

Dr. Oscar Kawagley, Retrieved March 20, 2021 from https://www.uaf.edu/ankn/     Assignment 9: “The Alaska Native Knowledge Network’s goal is to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public…

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20 Mar 2021

Discussion #9

Michael Hubert9. Data and Museums Discussion3 Comments

This week I chose to do part A for the discussion which was to create an account in iNaturalist. This site allows you to upload photos of animals or specimens from the wild that are around my home. As I got into the iNaturalist website, I started to notice many things like people adding photos…

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