information about the locality, Geological age, Lithostratagraphy and the Collectors are all compressed into a single form. All of this information is tied to the Field Number, which is used as an index of sort by which the other information gets knitted into a single form, and eventually a single line in the Collection Object form.
Locality and Geolocate:
in general terms, the name of the place where the specimen was found. Geography is an embedded subform in the locality form. Geolocate is specifically pointing to a latitude/longitude coordinate.
the 'people form. Also recorded here are institutions and certain lab classes on campus. Information in the agent table is called on in many places throughout the various forms.
new publishers and journals will need to be added as needed. Many established journals are already in the database, so be sure you've checked before adding a new journal.
actions taken to ensure long term care of specimens. This can be in the form of repairing broken fossils or torn labels, and also annual tasks like changing silica gel.