[Nhcoll-l] Number removal upon deaccessioning

[Leslie L Skibinski]

Hello everyone,

What does your institutional policy say about "removing" your institutions catalog or accession numbers from specimens when you deaccession something?  Do you remove or gesso over the number?  Do you draw a line through it?  Do you do nothing to the number?

Do you have different procedures if you are disposing of the material in different ways (i.e. transfer to another institution vs destruction, etc.)?

If you are transferring it to another institution and you have obliterated the number on the object, do you also take the number off the label?  If you do, how do you ensure the information on the label/the label itself stays with the specimen?  Do you remove the label and lose provenance or do you keep the label with the specimen?

Any insights, examples or literature citations would be appreciated.

Leslie L. Skibinski
Collection Manager
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York  14850

Ph.  (607) 273-6623  ext. 28
Fax:  (607) 273-6620

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