[NHCOLL-L:3588] NSCA-SPNHC Joint Meeting

[Andrew Campbell]

NSCA–SPNHC Joint Meeting

13–17 May 2008

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Join us in Oklahoma City (OKC), OK May 13–17, 2008 for the 3rd Joint  
Meeting of the Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance)  
and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections  
(SPNHC). Together, this is the largest meeting in the country  
dedicated to natural science/natural history collections  
preservation, management, and administration. You won't want to miss  
this important event hosted by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of  
Natural History, to be held in the Bricktown district of Oklahoma’s  
capital city.

The 2008 joint meeting between the NSC Alliance and SPNHC is a  
reflection of the common goals of these two professional societies.  
The theme of the meeting is: Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a  
Changing World, with a focus on subjects and topics relevant to the  
challenges faced by natural history collections, museums, and the  
museum community in fulfilling their mission.

Make plans to meet in OKC with colleagues and students from across  
the nation and beyond.  The NSC Alliance and SPNHC communities  
represent professionals from museums, academic and research  
institutions, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, scientific  
societies, corporations, vendors, suppliers, and consultants from  
across the U.S., as well as many other countries and continents  
including Canada, Mexico, Asia, Australia, and Europe. So come to OKC  
and make new friends, renew professional connections, and be part of  
these societies’ work to promote scientific collections in the 21st  
century.

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History welcomes all  
participants to the great state of Oklahoma, the most biologically  
diverse land-locked state in the country.  Visit the SNOMNH’s state- 
of-the-art facility and its collections in nearby Norman, OK, and let  
us introduce you to the monuments, museums, parks and other  
attractions in the Oklahoma City area.

Bricktown is the revitalized entertainment center of Oklahoma City.   
This historic commercial district has been completely renovated with  
42 restaurants, shopping, and various attractions. Bricktown is a  
reasonable walk or a short trolley ride from the Myriad Botanical  
Gardens, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the Oklahoma National  
Memorial & Museum.

The NSCA–SPNHC 2008 Meeting schedule, preliminary list of speakers,  
call for presentations, workshops, pre-conference tours,  
registration, and other information will be posted on the conference  
website http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc as it becomes available.

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