[NHCOLL-L:5901] SPNHC 2012 - Emerging Technology and Innovation in Natural History Collections Management

[Susan Butts]

News from Yale... SPNHC 2012 will really impress you!

*/Carl Zimmer <http://carlzimmer.com> confirmed as our keynote speaker/*

Carl Zimmer is an award-winning popular science writer, speaker, and 
blogger who has covered a range of topics from evolution to tattoos! He 
is the author of 13 books and numerous articles for the New York Times 
and magazines such as Scientific American and National Geographic.


*/Technical sessions continue to take shape/*

We are organizing sessions that will cover topics such asdigitization 
and mobilization of collections-related information, 3-D imaging, 
frozen-tissue collections, archives and special collections, 
collaborative efforts, and preventative conservation to name a few.

Many of our sessions are being co-sponsored or co-organized with other 
organizations and societies including the American Institute for 
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Yale Office of Digital 
Assets and Infrastructure, Yale Institute for the Preservation of 
Cultural Heritage, the National Science Foundation sponsored program 
iDigBio, the Council for Library and Information Resources, and others.

*/DemoCamp abstract submission is open/*

DemoCamp provides a venue for creators to promote their technological 
solutions to advance the field of museum curation with broad 
applications for biology and biodiversity informatics. Read more about 
DemoCamp here <http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/spnhc2012/democamp>.


*Register now 
<http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=970807>! 
Early bird registration ends April 6^th *.

Submit 
<http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/spnhc2012/abstract-submission> 
abstracts by April 13^th .

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<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spnhc-2012-annual-meeting/223895964293089>!

-- 
Susan H. Butts, Ph.D.
Senior Collections Manager
Division of Invertebrate Paleontology
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
170 Whitney Avenue, PO Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118

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