[NHCOLL-L:5042] how do you store your wet specimens?

[Jessica Rosales]

Hi all,

We here at the TNHC are exploring options to deal with space issues for 
our fish and herp collections.  One idea is a system that shelves jars 
according to their size, then by catalog number within each size. A 
downside to this method is of course that the collection is no longer 
browseable.  Another idea, that may or not be used in conjunction with 
the first, is using bar codes on each jar to make retrieval easier 
regardless of the storage method.

I'd like to know who out there stores their wet collections using either 
of these two methods, type of collection(s), the size of your 
collection(s) (lots), how well this system works for you, and how long 
it has been in place.

Thank you,

Jess

Jessica Rosales
Ichthyology Collection Manager
Texas Natural History Collections
Texas Natural Science Center
The University of Texas at Austin
10100 Burnet Road, PRC 176/R4000
Austin, TX 78758-4445 USA

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512.471.9775 fax

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On 10/20/2010 11:01 PM, NHCOLL-L Natural History Collections List wrote:
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