Documentation of fossils and natural science collections
Introduction to documentation of natural science collections
In this video, Jo Thomson, Collections Data Manager at National Museums Scotland, explains how to document your natural science collections.
You'll be introduced to some cataloguing basics and taken through what information to record and how and where to record it in your collections database.
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