[Nhcoll-l] Memorandum Signed: SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST

Tue May 17 15:50:27 EDT 2016

Andy,
Congratulations on this important arrangement, and on behalf of all SPNHC
members, thank you for your efforts to make this happen. This will be a
very significant alliance for SPNHC. Great choice in selecting Kelly as the
SPNHC representative, too. Very well done.

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
and
Instructor, Museum Studies
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Janet Waddington <jbwaddington at rogers.com>
wrote:

> Great initiative, Andy! Well done.
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> Janet
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> *Sent:* May-17-16 12:16 PM
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> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Memorandum Signed: SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST
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> The International Council of Museums Committee for Museums and Collections
> of Natural History (ICOM NATHIST) and the Society for the Preservation of
> Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have signed a memorandum of
> understanding to advance the aims of both organizations. Among the
> initiatives covered in the MOU are:
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> ·         Mutual *ex-officio* representation on the respective Boards of
> the two parties
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> ·         Collaboration on conferences
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> ·         Joint initiatives and projects
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> A major impetus for creating this agreement is to give greater weight to
> the natural history museum sector in the face of increasing global
> environmental degradation, ever greater interest and engagement from the
> public and pressure to increase activity with fewer resources.
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> Dr. Eric Dorfman, President of ICOM NATHIST, cited the benefits of an
> arrangement like this. “This agreement will give each of our organizations
> the chance to expand our focus, while keeping true to our core missions.
> We’re delighted to welcome the presence of a like-minded group in our midst
> and look forward to making a contribution to their endeavors.”
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> Andrew Bentley, President of SPNHC said, “This is a great opportunity for
> the collections community to function in a more coordinated fashion and
> collaborate on issues of joint concern and mutual benefit.  With numerous
> other such agreements in place with other like-minded societies and
> organizations, we have the possibility of creating a world-wide group that
> can advocate for collections and create meaningful relationships that can
> have a huge impact on the health and future of collections.”
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> SPNHC has engaged Kelly Sendall of the Royal BC Museum in Canada as our
> representative to ICOM NatHist.  I would encourage SPNHC members to sign up
> for the ICOM NatHist newsletter using this link:
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> Thanks
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> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
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> Dyche Hall
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> USA
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> Tel: (785) 864-3863
> Fax: (785) 864-5335
> Email: abentley at ku.edu
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