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Saint Louis Zoo: Advanced Access Management (AAM) continues to deliver on its original investment

In the following article, Species360 member Saint Louis Zoo discusses key attributes of the ZIMS Advanced Access Management (AAM) feature, and its value in information governance during the pandemic. Saint Louis Zoo (River's Edge) keeper, Becky Heisler, feeds enrichment produce…

ZIMS for Husbandry Roadmap: What’s already here, what lies ahead

May 7, 2020
Nannette Driver-Ruiz
Aquatics, Blog, Care and Welfare, husbandry, Product Roadmap, ZIMS
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Every month, Species360 rolls out new features and enhancements to ZIMS for Husbandry and Aquatics, ZIMS for Medical, and ZIMS for Studbooks. Here is look at this year's releases, and what is ahead for ZIMS for Husbandry.

Ask Adrienne: How many animals? How many species? Know how your institution impacts species knowledge.

April 20, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
ask adrienne, Blog, husbandry, Training, ZIMS
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As part of the global Species360 community, your teams contribute vital information on the animals in their care. That information is used by IUCN, CITES, and other conservation leaders, zoos, and aquariums worldwide to help improve the welfare of animals, advance medical treatments, and shape policies impacting species survival.

Ask Adrienne: ZIMS provisional data entry improves accuracy, consistency

April 6, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
COVID-19, husbandry, Support, Training, ZIMS
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As zoo and aquarium staff around the world adjust to working in shifts and taking some administrative work off-site, our members are asking for help with "Provisional" data entry. This setting allows a team member to enter animal husbandry or…

Ask Adrienne: Less clickety clicks, enrichment dropdown menus, and lists that last!

Sometimes, seemingly small changes can make a big difference. New enhancements to ZIMS -- such as dropdown menus that make it easier to record enrichment items for an animal -- are designed to save time for the animal care and record keeping teams at our more than 1,200 Species360 member institutions.