[Nhcoll-l] was moving an herbarium collection -- now moving the Univ of Michigan zoology collections -- videos

[Karen Reeds]

In case it's useful, Alan.

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/news_events/news/newsDetail.asp?ID=205
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Misk47oZnjk
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/news_events/news/newsDetail.asp?ID=130
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITMJ4TNe2O8

Karen
U Mich botany alum


>Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:00:17 -0500
>From: Alan Harvey <aharvey at georgiasouthern.edu>
>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] moving an herbarium collection
>
>Greetings (and apologies for cross-posting),
>
>Can anyone provide any insights as to how best to move an herbarium
>collection? Our Biology department is slated to move into a new
>building on the opposite side of campus this summer. This move
>includes our 80-cabinet herbarium collection, which will be moving
>from the hallways of the Math-Physics Building to an excellent
>dedicated space in the new building. As exciting as this is, I
>confess to being a bit intimidated by the process of moving this
>material.
>
>Having the university's moving gang rough-house this fragile
>material is of course out of the question. The initial thought was
>to consolidate the specimens to free up a half dozen or so empty
>cabinets, move them over, then pack up and move enough specimens to
>fill those cabinets, and repeat this until everything's moved.
>Clearly a long, slow process! Recently our chair has suggested that
>we might be able to hire a company to help; at present I don't know
>anything about this company re: their experience with moving
>collections (if any such company exists!).
>
>Although there are, as always, time and money issues, the most
>important issue is making sure we don't end up with a crumbled mess
>in the new digs!
>
>Thanks in advance for any insights.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alan
>
>--
>Alan Harvey
>Professor of Biology and Curator of the Herbarium
>President, Georgia Entomological Society
>Georgia Southern University
>Statesboro, GA 30460-8042
>(912) 478-5784
>fax (912) 478-0845
><http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/bio-home/harvey/index.html>http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/bio-home/harvey/index.html
>
>
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