[Nhcoll-l] ornithology collection organization

[Casey Tucker]

Hi Cindy,
If you want to maintain some sort of taxonomic order, and your collection represents a global distribution, you might want to reference the Clement's Checklist which was updated as recently as 2015, and is available for download here: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.birds.cornell.edu_clementschecklist_&d=AwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=FLR07iSV41H9OFbNTSQo_y0Ic7SqwMKvph70By4F5eY&s=BY8ybHouNIpN0mxDIFVLoe7sTx5HW6VAvPvtQhpW4c4&e= 
Hope this helps!
Casey TuckerAdjunct InstructorBiology/Natural SciencesCentral Ohio Technical Collegetucker.468 at cotc.edu

From: cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 23:55:24 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] ornithology collection organization









Hello!
Soon we’ll be reorganizing our ornithological collections, pulling specimens from five different spaces and putting them into new cabinets in a room that has been emptied to make way for all of the birds. Previously, our ornithological
 material seems to have been organized based on some taxonomic scheme, though locations have shifted as cabinets moved and spaces were repurposed. We’re excited about the opportunity to start over and organize specimens in new cabinets in a way that would facilitate
 research access. How are birds commonly organized these days, and if taxonomically, based on what reference? Our birds and eggs are global in origin, so the old AOU numbers won’t cover everything, if that used to be an organizational standard.
 
Cindy Opitz
Collections Manager
Museum of Natural History
11 Macbride Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242
319-335-0481
www.uiowa.edu/mnh


 
 
 




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