Dr. John Faithfull, Curator of Geology of the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow, oversees this site, which contains prototypes of museum cataloging software. The prototypes consist of searchable indices of mineralogical and fossil specimens from the Hunterian Museum. Although the site is somewhat unorganized, it can be used to search the collections quickly by keywords (such as mineral name, geologic time period, locality); wildcard searches are also possible. The search engines developed by Dr. Faithfull, INCA ("INteractive CAtalogue") and HUG (Hunterian Uncatalogued Group), are described and documented. This site is geared toward museum curators interested in computerized cataloging methods but would also be of use to researchers wishing to use the Hunterian Museum's collections.
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