[Nhcoll-l] Number removal upon deaccessioning

[Patti Finkle]

I recently attended a de-accessioning webinar. The take away was that you
should probably leave the number on the object and on the labels/paperwork.
If you are transferring the object, it will then be their choice. It lends
provenance to the object and lets future researchers know where it came
from. If you do remove the number, the accompanying information might be
lost. You should never re-use the number and note it in your files that the
item was de-accessioned and where it went, etc.

The webinar was through Connecting To Collections. It was free and here is
the link:
*https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.connectingtocollections.org_the-5Fdeaccessioning-5Fdilemma-5Flaws-5Fethics-5Fand-5Factions_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=GAVizraw7iZnc8D16yd7RSSDc0Mca268cH4cxI2udLY&s=_ANSi4Deedc9ds9YmXVn1PqjDRT7b2B5FiHWfewQ6DM&e= 
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.connectingtocollections.org_the-5Fdeaccessioning-5Fdilemma-5Flaws-5Fethics-5Fand-5Factions_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=GAVizraw7iZnc8D16yd7RSSDc0Mca268cH4cxI2udLY&s=_ANSi4Deedc9ds9YmXVn1PqjDRT7b2B5FiHWfewQ6DM&e= >*

I hope this helps!

Patti

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Leslie L Skibinski <lls94 at cornell.edu>
wrote:

> 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
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Patti Wood Finkle
Director of Museums
~Tate Geological Museum
~Werner Wildlife Museum
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