Individual Animal Transactions in ZIMS ACQUISITIONS OTHER THAN BIRTHS, DISPOSITIONS AND DEATHS

2 Concept 1 Single Accession o Individual or Group is accessioned only once into ZIMS o Subsequent transactions create Visits

3 Concept 2 Physical and Ownership are Separate Transactions o Physical History All locations animal has been held o Ownership History All owners who had legal title o My Transactions All Local transactions

4 P & O Terms Drive Subsequent Field Titles o Physical and Ownership Sender (Ownership) Sender (Physical) o Physical Only Owner Sender o Ownership Only Sender (Ownership) Holder

5 Concept 3 Transactions Between non-ISIS and ISIS Members Behave Differently o Non-ISIS member No confirmation/denial o ISIS Member Requires confirmation/denial Pending Transactions  By My Institution  By Other Institution

6 Concept 4 Automatic Search for From Another Institution o Source Information Institution (both ISIS and non) Local ID o Not Found Complete accession screen o Found in database Accept it and Complete Local Information  Taxonomy, Sex and Birth Info already recorded Don’t accept and complete Accession

7 Transactions we will cover o New accessions (not already in the database) From a non-ISIS member institution Appeared Collected from Wild Rescued o Transactions Between ISIS members o Dispositions o Death

8 What do you Accession? o Any animal that you have physically OR have legal ownership of o Some exceptions – native wildlife, live rock, feeder animals o Develop a policy and stick with it

9 When do you Accession? o The Accession/Visit date should be the date you either first obtained the physical animal OR the date you first got legal title to it. o You have taken responsibility for it. o Possible exception is animals Collected From Wild.

10 What if there are 50 of them? o Batch Accession Checkbox o Edit differences later Sex Birth Date o Most information should be the same o Cannot Batch Accession From ISIS member o Take a Copy From This Animal

11 How about Dispositions and Deaths? o Eventually everything you have accessioned will need to be Dispositioned either by a transaction, missing or release, or a death. o Date should be when the event actually happened.

12 Any Questions? LET’S GET INTO ZIMS!