dave smith petrology collections manager european ke emu users conference, april 2012 what’s...
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Dave SmithPetrology Collections Manager
European KE EMu Users Conference, April 2012
What’s underfoot?KE EMu un-earths a new moth habitat.
The situation
• IPM Committee with cross-museum representation
• Consistent and regular trapping in collection and exhibition areas
• Development of risk management approach using risk zones
The problem
• No centralised database for trapping data
– Inability to query and analyse the data
• Inconsistent departmental reports
– Difficult to compare across the Museum
• Department-centric boundaries
– Individuals know situation within their area
– No strategic overview
The transformation
• NHM adopted new Modules in Dec 2010.
• Dept. IPM Committee reps. trained in April 2011.
• Legacy data from 1997 migrated by Oct 2011.
• All ‘trappers’ trained and using Trap Modules by Jan 2012.
Record structure
• Pest trapping data consists essentially of two components:
– Data which describes the physical location of the trap
– Data which records the species diversity, and number of insects found within the trap at any point in time.
Trap
LocationTrap
Event TrapEvent
TrapEvent
Record structure
The problem
• Increase in number of moths in the gallery spaces!
• Where?
Trap Events - query for moths
Trap Events – list view
Trap Events – reports
Charts – dramatic increase in moths
Charts – focus on areas
KEYBird galleryCentral HallCreepy CrawliesEcologyEarth T&THuman BiologyMammals gallery
Charts - focus further
KEYBird galleryCentral HallCreepy CrawliesEcologyEarth T&THuman BiologyMammals gallery
Charts – focus on specific traps
KEYBird gallery
Creepy Crawlies
Mammals gallery
Spatial analysis
IPM Viewer Report
2008 – 2 years since dichlorvos
2009 – hotspots developing
2009 – hotspots developing
2010 – the beginnings of a problem
2010 – the beginnings of a problem
2011 – increasing severity
Overloaded moth traps
So what did we do?
Where did the data lead us?
Filthy air ducts
Air ducts
Moth damage
What was the action plan?
What was the action plan?
Image courtesy of Warner Bros. & Turner Entertainment Inc.
2012 – the story so far
Environmental conditions
Conclusion
• EMu facilitated speedy reactions to a rapidly growing threat to collections on display.
– Single data repository for pest trapping data.
– Familiarity of the interface.
– Ease of data entry AND query.
– Close association with specimen/collection information.
– Inform senior management based on evidence.
– Reporting – multiple ways to dice ‘n’ slice.
– Visualisation – communication tool
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• Multiple sites
• Customise scale to facilitate comparisons
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