| Museums are being overwhelmed with unsorted collections resulting from fieldwork and donations. At the same time, there is increasing pressure to make the data from these collections available quickly for researchers around the world. To address these problems, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) created the Marine Biodiversity Processing Center. The mission is to serve as a center for curatorial excellence in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology. Unsorted marine collections are assessed as to their curation level and provided first level processing. The goal is to process and eliminate collection backlogs and refine taxonomic specimen identifications. Curated, identified, and labeled specimens are sent to respective curatorial sections and the collection data is made available via a webpage. The Center's staff works with different Leica stereomicroscopes. Legend: Kathy Omura, Curatorial Assistano, with her Leica dissecting microscope
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