University Daily Kansan, August 27, 1982
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KU's one of a kind Group tracks animals of world
By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD Staff Reporter
There are not many organizations in the world that have listed every living animal in the world. In fact, there is no such list in KU's Museum of Natural History.
A. M. Neuner, assistant director of the Association of Systematics Collections, said the organization celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. He also noted that many research institutions, individual researchers and museums, he said.
"We are basically a service institution," he said. "We inform institutions where they can get funds for their research, and we also inform the government of important research going on that needs funding."
Neuner said the association also helped researchers find information not in their areas of expertise.
"If I were a researcher studying birds and found a certain parasite that kept appearing on a species of bird, I was not sure what know that parasite was," he said.
"The association can connect researchers with other people who can tell them what they want to know."
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Neuner said the association was international and was in contact with many of the top researchers in the field, including her great amounts of information, he said.
As an example, Neuer pointed to a book the organization published this summer. The book lists every known mammal, the first place that mammal was found, who found it and other characteristics about the animal, he said.
"We consulted over 200 experts in compiling the information for this book." Neuner said.
He said that the science of systematic collection was one of compiling such data and said that was the original purpose of the organization.
Since the group's formation, though, they have greatly expanded what they do, he said. One of the more important things they do is publish materials that help museums run more efficiently, he said.
Neumer said one of their most helpful publications, a computer indexing of museum stock, would be ready for printing next week.
The need for computer indexing in museums came from museums having far more exhibits than they could
possibly display at one time. He said a good example of this was that the Museum of Natural History had 70,000 reptiles to go on display and 300,000 fish. The majority of those were in storage, he said.
Philip Humphrey, museum director and first secretary in charge of the association, said the organization arose from a need by museum managers for a group that could devote its time to problems museums have.
"They've done some marvelous things," he said. "Dealing with collection and the law has done some wonderful things in teaching museums about computer cataloguing."
Having the association located on campus has helped the University as well, Humphrey said.
"I think the ASC has become a major national entity," he said, "and the ASC has brought much recognition of the quality of our graduate program to the rest of the nation."
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Neuer said 60 percent of the association's 83 members were other university museums, because much of the biological research starts in universities. He also said membership probably would increase soon because about 12 foreign institutions were interested in joining.
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Saturdays aren't just for football anymore.
KU football fans also can get a glimpse of the University during special seminars and museum tours at KU's home football games this fall.
The first program, held before the Wichita State-Kansas game, will include sessions on using computers in the classroom to promote energy conservation and travel in China.
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