From thayden at nhm.org Wed Aug 1 18:04:54 2018 From: thayden at nhm.org (Tyler Hayden) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 22:04:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] NHM LA Job Announcments Message-ID: <6F0460EB78677D4A8CBC30021EC7D0A001A5913877@MERCURY2.nhm.lac> Hello, I'm mailing on behalf of Luis Chiappe, Senior Vice President of Research and Collections here at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to request that the attached job announcements be added to your mailing list. Please let me know if you need more information. Best, Tyler W. Hayden Administrative Coordinator Research and Collections Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: 213-763-3508 Fax: 213-747-0204 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Chris Sagebiel, Collections Manager Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections The University of Texas, J.J. Pickle Campus 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg. 6 (VPL) Austin, TX 78758 Office: (512) 232-5514 Fax: (512) 232-5518 sagebiel at austin.utexas.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jean-Marc Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D. Curator/Conservateur, Invertebrate Collections/Collections de invert?br?s Tel : 613-364-4066, email/courriel : jmgagnon at nature.ca https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon Research & Collections / Recherche & Collections Canadian Museum of Nature /Mus?e canadien de la nature P.O. Box 3443, Sta. D / Casier Postal 3443, Succ. D Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 Canada (Courier address : 1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, QC, J9J 3N7) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received undergraduate and master's degrees in biology as well as another master's in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections. He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-alliance-mission). When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional - I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management - and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and contributions - what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy - there isn't much that you do that didn't originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. Marcy Revelez Collections Manager and Acting Team Lead, CDC Biorepository U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [NEW approved logo-CMYK] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have fond memories of working with Steve in the early days of SPNHC, pulling together all the various policies/procedures/resolutions and making sure they agreed with one another and were accessible in one place. He was a great stickler for process. Plus he was just a great guy. He will be missed. Janet Waddington From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 5:34 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams It is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural history collections today - he helped define the museum professional. His body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received undergraduate and master's degrees in biology as well as another master's in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections. He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-allianc e-mission). When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional - I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management - and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and contributions - what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy - there isn't much that you do that didn't originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. Marcy Revelez Collections Manager and Acting Team Lead, CDC Biorepository U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Many years I shared a room with Steve during SPNHC conferences and many times we would be up until the wee hours of the morning solving most, if not all, of the world's problems. At the Victoria meeting I remember we slept in and he had to literally run to the lecture hall to deliver his paper - poor Steve was pretty upset as you can imagine. He is still being productive though - being a coauthor of one of the chapters in the Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage book due out this fall. It is just like Steve to never quit! Steve will be missed mostly by his great family but also by all of us working in collection management, especially in natural history museums. Rob From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 5:34 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams It is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural history collections today - he helped define the museum professional. His body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received undergraduate and master's degrees in biology as well as another master's in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections. He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-allianc e-mission). When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional - I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management - and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and contributions - what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy - there isn't much that you do that didn't originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. 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Steve was, in many ways, the heart and soul of SPNHC, and he devoted countless hours and many years of service to the organization. I first met Steve in Toronto at the 1985 meeting where the idea for SPNHC was born, and got to know him when he was an instructor for the first Collections Care Pilot Training Program the following year. Steve was a very generous person, always willing to help others. I treasure the many long talks we had about collections management and museum studies in particular and about life in general. He provided much appreciated career advice and wise counsel. His greatest impact was probably as a teacher of museum studies students and as a devoted family man. His ready smile and his kind words will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. --John John E. Simmons Museologica 128 E. Burnside Street Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010 simmons.johne at gmail.com 303-681-5708 *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 Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) < mte8 at cdc.gov> wrote: > It is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing > of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the > Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural > history collections today - he helped define the museum professional. His > body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those > contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and > management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is > from). He received undergraduate and master?s degrees in biology as well > as another master?s in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His > career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at > Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He > was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, > mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to > collections. > > > > He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can > attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. > > Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ > . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be > made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/ > 43843-support-the-dup15q-alliance-mission). > > > > > > When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young > professional ? I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections > Management ? and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting > to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and > contributions ? what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive > and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a > collections manager in mammalogy ? there isn?t much that you do that didn?t > originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations > but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. > > > > Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. > > > > > > > > *Marcy Revelez* > > Collections Manager and Acting Team Lead, CDC Biorepository > > U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > > [image: NEW approved logo-CMYK] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5557 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 8002 bytes Desc: not available URL: From McLarenS at CarnegieMNH.Org Fri Aug 3 21:49:44 2018 From: McLarenS at CarnegieMNH.Org (McLaren, Suzanne) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 01:49:44 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for posting this announcement, Marcy. I'm having a tough time with this sad, sad news. Steve and I shared an office for more than a decade. He was an incredibly hard worker, no matter what kind of work he undertook. In his early days as a mammalogist his research focused on pocket gophers and he helped us build a very nice collection of pocket gophers (among many other mammals!) at Carnegie Museum. We had some enjoyable trips to the field. Steve taught me (and others) to trap pocket gophers in Texas and New Mexico. He was an excellent field mammalogist. I am pretty sure that Steve did field work on every continent except Antarctica, if the fauna of Papua New Guinea can stand in for continental Australia. I also think that he was the person who was the first to hold the title of 'Collection Manager' anywhere in the country, when he came to Pittsburgh from Texas Tech in 1976. He was a terrific office-mate - I could tell so many stories! The year I turned 30, he hid 10, full-sized Reese's Peanut-butter Cups all over the office. I just kept finding them, day after day. Steve was a genuinely nice person. I'm thinking with great sympathy for Kathy, Sarah and Jason Williams and all the grandchildren tonight. Sue From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 5:34 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams [cid:image002.jpg at 01D42B73.E22E3720]It is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural history collections today - he helped define the museum professional. His body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received undergraduate and master's degrees in biology as well as another master's in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections. He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-alliance-mission). When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional - I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management - and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and contributions - what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy - there isn't much that you do that didn't originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. Marcy Revelez Collections Manager and Acting Team Lead, CDC Biorepository U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [NEW approved logo-CMYK] The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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I personally gravitate towards archival paper products, but realise this might be a bit outdated, given that there are archival plastics that may be better in terms of not providing food for moulds, etc. Thoughts appreciated. Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 62421566 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Sun Aug 5 20:33:05 2018 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 00:33:05 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] General natural history museum publication In-Reply-To: <8e3551c0d9084b73b7cc208585e08735@exch3-mel.nexus.csiro.au> References: <8e3551c0d9084b73b7cc208585e08735@exch3-mel.nexus.csiro.au> Message-ID: Tonya SPNHC has a journal called Collection Forum that would be the perfect venue for such a paper - http://www.spnhc.org/20 Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V On Aug 5, 2018, at 5:21 PM, "Tonya.Haff at csiro.au" > wrote: Hello all, This question reveals my ignorance, but can anyone recommend a general natural history museum publication - i.e. one that is not wedded to a particular institution? We have a student here who has written a beautiful report on the use and curation of bird nests, which we would be nice to try to publish. However, I'm not quite sure what the best venue would be. Our own museum/collections do not have any associated journal to start with. Any suggestions would be welcome! Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 62421566 _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Sun Aug 5 20:42:14 2018 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 00:42:14 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] General natural history museum publication In-Reply-To: <8e3551c0d9084b73b7cc208585e08735@exch3-mel.nexus.csiro.au> References: <8e3551c0d9084b73b7cc208585e08735@exch3-mel.nexus.csiro.au> Message-ID: Collection Forum, journal of SPNHC: http://www.spnhc.org/19/publications Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Tonya.Haff at csiro.au Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2018 6:20 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] General natural history museum publication Hello all, This question reveals my ignorance, but can anyone recommend a general natural history museum publication ? i.e. one that is not wedded to a particular institution? We have a student here who has written a beautiful report on the use and curation of bird nests, which we would be nice to try to publish. However, I?m not quite sure what the best venue would be. Our own museum/collections do not have any associated journal to start with. Any suggestions would be welcome! Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 62421566 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.comerford at nhm.ac.uk Mon Aug 6 03:59:55 2018 From: g.comerford at nhm.ac.uk (Gill Comerford) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 07:59:55 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Archival paper vs plastic In-Reply-To: <177cabf948014ccfab6f0bd0517c6b0e@exch3-mel.nexus.csiro.au> References: <177cabf948014ccfab6f0bd0517c6b0e@exch3-mel.nexus.csiro.au> Message-ID: Hi Tonya As requested some thoughts - I do not think paper products are outdated, indeed far from it. However if you are thinking of making a change from card to plastic then you will need to compare the composition and properties of the both plastic and paper/card. If you wish to prevent mould then I suggest you do not place collection items in plastic lidded boxes as that will increase the likelihood of your objects becoming mouldy. If your objects are stored in card boxes and becoming mouldy then you need to make a thorough environmental survey of the building and services (RH and T) housing your collections. There are many reasons for using archival quality paper products not least the life of the box and buffering properties of the card. A good archival box will last a least 100 years. How long will the plastic box last before becoming brittle. Will the composition of the plastic box endanger the object? Cheers Gill Gill Comerford Principle Conservator The Conservation Centre The Natural History Museum Cromwell road South Kensington London SW7 5BD Tel 0207 942 5018 Mob 07920007064 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/core-research-labs/conservation-centre.html From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Tonya.Haff at csiro.au Sent: 06 August 2018 01:20 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Archival paper vs plastic Hello all (again), I have a question regarding the use of archival cardboard boxes vs plastic boxes for housing small plant and animal specimens. Do you all have thoughts or advice about which is preferred for long - term storage? I personally gravitate towards archival paper products, but realise this might be a bit outdated, given that there are archival plastics that may be better in terms of not providing food for moulds, etc. Thoughts appreciated. Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 62421566 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is very, very sad news. We rightly celebrate all Steve did for collection management and mammalogy. It is easy, given his work in those areas, to forget all that he did for collection conservation. Steve managed to wrangle a major museum agency into funding the first US pre-program conservation internship in natural history conservation. I was lucky enough to end up as that intern and became hooked on the challenges it presented and the enthusiasm Steve showed for extending conservation into a new arena. He, along with Joan Gardner and Carolyn Rose were outstanding mentors and strong co-conspirators in establishing the natural sciences as a legitimate conservation discipline in the US. Steve developed numerous projects with me and later with other interns to investigate the best methods to care for specimens in natural history collections, and eventually pursued his doctorate in conservation. His dissertation, Destructive Preservation, explored the ways that traditional specimen preparation methods, often founded on expediency and not on any application of science, had damaged the long-term research utility of collections. It was, for him, a natural extension of his work in collection management. Whether editing a book or co-authoring papers, it always seemed like Steve and I were butting heads over every word, yet I never ceased to look up to him as a teacher, colleague, and friend. Despite his many adventures during fieldwork, it was a dance floor that Steve found most daunting. I recall being nearly brought to tears trying not to laugh when he confided that his greatest fear was not defending his dissertation, but having to dance at the formal dinner that followed the awards ceremony. It was a typically Steve kind of self-deprecation, and one of the attributes that make him so likeable. Steve's passing is a great loss to three museum fields, and certainly to the family he loved so deeply. Cathy _______________________________ Catharine Hawks Conservator Collections Program MRC 170 Rm M85-J National Museum of Natural History 10th Street & Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20560 w 202.633.0835 or 4041 c 703 200 4370 hawksc at si.edu From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of McLaren, Suzanne Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 9:50 PM To: Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams Thanks for posting this announcement, Marcy. I'm having a tough time with this sad, sad news. Steve and I shared an office for more than a decade. He was an incredibly hard worker, no matter what kind of work he undertook. In his early days as a mammalogist his research focused on pocket gophers and he helped us build a very nice collection of pocket gophers (among many other mammals!) at Carnegie Museum. We had some enjoyable trips to the field. Steve taught me (and others) to trap pocket gophers in Texas and New Mexico. He was an excellent field mammalogist. I am pretty sure that Steve did field work on every continent except Antarctica, if the fauna of Papua New Guinea can stand in for continental Australia. I also think that he was the person who was the first to hold the title of 'Collection Manager' anywhere in the country, when he came to Pittsburgh from Texas Tech in 1976. He was a terrific office-mate - I could tell so many stories! The year I turned 30, he hid 10, full-sized Reese's Peanut-butter Cups all over the office. I just kept finding them, day after day. Steve was a genuinely nice person. I'm thinking with great sympathy for Kathy, Sarah and Jason Williams and all the grandchildren tonight. Sue From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 5:34 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams [cid:image003.jpg at 01D42D4E.E56F4280]It is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural history collections today - he helped define the museum professional. His body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received undergraduate and master's degrees in biology as well as another master's in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections. He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-alliance-mission). When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional - I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management - and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and contributions - what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy - there isn't much that you do that didn't originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. Marcy Revelez Collections Manager and Acting Team Lead, CDC Biorepository U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [NEW approved logo-CMYK] The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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Christian Christian Baars PhD AMA ACR Senior Preventive Conservator National Museum Cardiff From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Callomon,Paul Sent: 06 August 2018 01:42 To: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] General natural history museum publication Collection Forum, journal of SPNHC: http://www.spnhc.org/19/publications Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Tonya.Haff at csiro.au > Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2018 6:20 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] General natural history museum publication Hello all, This question reveals my ignorance, but can anyone recommend a general natural history museum publication - i.e. one that is not wedded to a particular institution? We have a student here who has written a beautiful report on the use and curation of bird nests, which we would be nice to try to publish. However, I'm not quite sure what the best venue would be. Our own museum/collections do not have any associated journal to start with. Any suggestions would be welcome! Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 62421566 YMWADIAD Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, ac yn sicrhau y byddwn yn cyfathrebu ? chi yn eich iaith ddewisol, boed yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu?r ddwy, dim ond i chi ein hysbysu. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn peri oedi. Mae pob neges e-bost a anfonir at neu gan Amgueddfa Cymru yn cael ei sganio gan systemau diogelwch awtomatig. 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URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Aug 6 13:05:44 2018 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 17:05:44 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4fd647b4bc464c528432bdf923a11500@ex13-csf-cr-13.home.ku.edu> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 19, Issue 16, August 6, 2018 * White House Nominates Science Adviser * Senate Approves Second Appropriations ?Minibus? * Scientists Warn about Threat to Biodiversity from Border Wall * President?s USFS, DOE, and CEQ Nominees Advancing through Senate * NOAA Chief Faces Questions on ?Blue Economy? Proposal, Budget Cuts * Prepare Your Resum?, Hone Your Interview Skills * Expand Your Broader Impact Skills: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Short Takes * USFWS Withdraws Policy Mitigating Impacts of Developments on Wildlife * New GAO Report on NIST?s Measurement Services and Support Activities * From the Federal Register * Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center ________________________________ The AIBS Public Policy Report is distributed broadly by email every two weeks to the AIBS membership. Any interested party may self-subscribe to receive these free reports by email or RSS news feed, by going to www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports. With proper attribution to AIBS, all material from these reports may be reproduced or forwarded. AIBS staff appreciates receiving copies of materials used. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the AIBS Director of Public Policy, Robert Gropp, at 202-628-1500 x 250. ________________________________ White House Nominates Science Adviser President Trump has nominated Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, a meteorologist and Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma, to be the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Droegemeier will serve as the President?s chief science adviser. The Director of OSTP advises the Administration on determining government spending for science and response strategies to challenges, such as public health disasters and climate change. Dr. Droegemeier has expertise in extreme-weather forecasting and has led two National Science Foundation (NSF) funded centers, one focused on predicting storms and the other on adaptive atmospheric sensing. He was also nominated by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to serve on the National Science Board, the governing board of NSF. He has been a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma for 33 years, where he is currently a University Administrator. He is also the Secretary of Science and Technology for Governor Mary Fallin (R-OK) and has worked on weather and climate issues for former Governor Brad Henry (D-OK). Droegemeier earned his Ph.D. in atmospheric science from University of Illinois at Urbana?Champaign. The President?s nominee has testified before Congress several times and has spoken favorably about climate research. In 2013, Dr. Droegemeier testified before the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment that climate models ?can be useful for determining future environments? and extreme storms in the future. ?Our understanding of, and ability to predict, high-impact weather will improve climate model representations of storms, precipitation, the radiation budget and even chemical processes,? he said. Dr. Droegemeier co-authored an op-ed last year along with Daniel Reed, a former Vice President at Microsoft, warning about the declining research spending in the United States. ?U.S. government investment in basic research is now at a 40-year low as a percentage of [gross domestic product]. This places the ?miracle machine? in grave danger.? The President?s nominee has received support from the scientific community. According to John Holdren, who served as OSTP Director under President Obama, Dr. Droegemeier is a ?respected senior scientist and an experienced adviser on science policy to state and national leaders.? He said, ?I expect he?ll be energetic in defending the R&D budget and climate change research in particular.? Droegemeier also won bipartisan support from lawmakers, including Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), a self-proclaimed climate change denier, Senator James Lankford (R-OK), and Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The position for OSTP Director has remained vacant for over 18 months, a record length of time that any modern President has been without a science adviser. During the Trump Administration, the number of OSTP staff dropped down from 135 under President Obama to 35 last year. The number has since grown to 60 under Acting Director Michael Kratsios. Senate Approves Second Appropriations ?Minibus? The Senate has passed a second appropriations package for fiscal year (FY) 2019, including the funding bills for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. This marked the first time since FY 2010 that the Senate debated and approved an Interior and Environment spending bill without considering it as a part of a year-end omnibus spending package. Lawmakers adopted 58 amendments before approving the ?minibus? package, including one for expanding federal actions to address lead in drinking water and another for fighting algal blooms. An amendment to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund was not adopted, despite receiving some bipartisan support. The spending package will now go to conference with the House, which passed its version of the ?minibus? earlier in July. The Senate bill would provide the Department of Interior, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), and other agencies $35.9 billion, about $600 million more than the House bill. EPA would receive flat funding of $8.1 billion under the Senate bill, while the House bill would slash its budget by 100 million. The U.S. Geological Survey will receive flat funding under the Senate bill and a slightly increased budget under the House bill. Both bills have largely ignored the deep cuts proposed to the Department of Interior and EPA by the President. The agriculture spending bill approved by Senate provides $2.73 billion (-10 percent) to agricultural research, including $1.301 billion (-$42 million) for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), $1.425 billion (+$17 million) for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and $405 million (+$5 million) for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). The first ?minibus? spending package, which included spending bills for Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs had been approved by both chambers earlier in June and is expected to be ready for the President?s signature by early September. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) intends to ?steer clear? of another year-end omnibus spending package and said that the Senate will be in session for most of August to work on appropriations. Appropriators have indicated that the next spending package they consider could potentially combine spending bills for Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, which account for 75 percent of all discretionary spending. Scientists Warn about Threat to Biodiversity from Border Wall A recently published Viewpoint article co-authored by eighteen scientists warns about harmful impacts of constructing a border wall between the United States and Mexico. The report is focused on the effects of a wall on biodiversity conservation and binational cooperation on research and conservation. Lead author, Robert Peters, invited scientists to ?endorse? the report. More than 2,800 scientists from at least 50 countries had endorsed the article as of August 6, 2018. According to the Viewpoint article published in BioScience on July 24, ?In North America, along the 3200-kilometer US?Mexico border, fence and wall construction over the past decade and efforts by the Trump administration to complete a continuous border ?wall? threaten some of the continent's most biologically diverse regions. Already-built sections of the wall are reducing the area, quality, and connectivity of plant and animal habitats and are compromising more than a century of binational investment in conservation.? The authors warn about the destruction of wildlife habitat and losses to scientific research resulting from a continuous and impermeable wall. Among the concerns are the cascading effects that can result from fragmenting species habitat, such as the potential to disrupt populations of pollinators or on the species that help to control populations of disease carrying organisms. This has real impacts on the ecosystems and human populations on both sides of the border. ?This would be the only wall on earth that would split a continent,? said Jennifer Miller, a co-author of the report and a senior scientist at Defenders of Wildlife. The report suggests some solutions to address the potentially harmful impacts of the wall. The authors urge Congress to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) follow U.S. environmental laws; identify species, habitats and ecological resources at risk from barrier construction and security operations; design barriers that permit maximum wildlife permeability where possible; and purchase or restore replacement habitats when environmental harm is inevitable. The authors also call on DHS to ?facilitate scientific research in the borderlands to complement and assist environmental evaluation and mitigation efforts.? Read the article here: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biy063/5057517 A DHS spending bill that would allocate $5 billion for the border wall is currently being considered by the House Appropriations Committee. President Trump initially agreed to a plan proposed by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to defer the consideration of border wall funding to later in the year. The Republican leadership?s proposal is intended to avoid a government shutdown right before the November elections. However, according to recent reports, the President has again threatened to shutter the government to extract funding from Congress for the border wall. President?s USFS, DOE, and CEQ Nominees Advancing through Senate Several nominations for key science and environmental posts in the Trump Administration are advancing through the confirmation process in the Senate. The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved President Trump?s nominee, James Hubbard, for Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. Hubbard, a former Colorado state forester, will oversee the United States Forest Service. Hubbard has received support from forest industry groups and foresters for his experience with forest policy. He retired from his position as Deputy Forest Service Chief for State and Private Forestry in 2017. He has served in various committee positions at the National Association of State Foresters. Dr. Chris Fall, a neuroscientist and the White House?s nominee to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, has been approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Dr. Fall is currently the Acting Head of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at DOE and has worked for the Office of Naval Research and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Obama. The Senate panel also advanced Daniel Simmons to be Assistant Secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to serving as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of EERE, Simmons was Vice President of Policy at the Institute for Energy Research, which has previously questioned renewable energy subsidies and called for eliminating EERE. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved Mary Neumayr as the Chairwoman for Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), which coordinates environmental policy and regulations across agencies. Neumayr is currently the Chief of Staff and highest-ranking official at CEQ and has previously served as Deputy Chief Counsel of Energy and Environment, Senior Energy Counsel, and Counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The nominations will now be considered by the full Senate, where confirmation of nominees has been slowed down by partisan divide. NOAA Chief Faces Questions on ?Blue Economy? Proposal, Budget Cuts National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acting Administrator Timothy Gallaudet testified before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard on July 24, 2018. Lawmakers questioned Gallaudet about NOAA?s plan to triple aquaculture production in the United States to reduce seafood imports. NOAA?s ?blue economy? plan is intended to boost ocean farming and mineral extraction, produce more seafloor maps, increase vessel safety at seaports, and promote energy development and tourism opportunities. ?One-half of the global seafood supply is farmed, but in the U.S., less than 10 percent of our seafood is from aquaculture,? Gallaudet said. He also said that NOAA needs to work towards promoting energy production and mineral extraction. ?Relying on foreign sources of critical minerals is a national security vulnerability that NOAA can help address through ocean exploration,? he said. Democratic lawmakers insisted that such a proposal must also include environmental protections. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the ranking member on the subcommittee, questioned Gallaudet on why he removed the word ?climate? from a NOAA presentation delivered at a Commerce Department ?Vision Setting Summit? in June 2018. Gallaudet said the proposed change was intended ?merely to foster discussion? and has already been changed. ?We are committed to NOAA's climate and conservation elements of our mission,? he assured the Senator. Gallaudet was also asked about the Administration proposed deep cuts to the agency?s budget, including a $50 million cut to climate change research. ?Of course, we had to make tough priority calls,? replied Gallaudet, adding that other federal agencies also conduct climate change research. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) asserted that climate research should be led by ?the very agency that is tasked with studying the climate, and that's your agency: NOAA.? Gallaudet also defended Administration?s proposal to eliminate grant programs, such as the Sea Grant and coastal zone management and resilience grants, saying that these were a lower priority in a budget that stressed national security. Congressional Appropriators have largely ignored President Trump?s budget request for NOAA, but the agency is still looking at a 7 to 13 percent budget cut in fiscal year 2019. Prepare Your Resum?, Hone Your Interview Skills Registration is now open for the Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists, a new professional development program by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States do an excellent job of preparing students for careers in academia. As students and a growing number of reports note, however, many STEM graduate students are interested in employment in a variety of sectors by the time they complete their degree. Students continue to report that they feel ill-prepared and ill-equipped to pursue employment in these settings. In response to this frustration heard from many graduate students, AIBS has developed a program to help scientists hone and practice the skills needed to secure employment. AIBS's Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists is an intensive, two-day program that is a blend of lecture and hands-on exercises. Designed by scientists and a career coach, this program provides graduate students to senior scientists with the information, tools, and resources required to successfully identify and secure employment in a diversity of career pathways, including science policy, communications, program management, government, non-governmental organizations, international development, and others. Course participants will: * Identify career interests and opportunities; * Learn to communicate their knowledge and skills to employers; * Develop strategies for finding employment; * Develop application materials; * Prepare for and practice different interview styles and scenarios; * Talk to scientists working in diverse employment settings and individuals responsible for making hiring decisions. Current graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and scientists interested in transitioning to a new employment sector should consider signing up. The program will be held in Washington, DC on December 17-18, 2018. For more information and to register, visit https://www.aibs.org/events/employmentbootcamp.html. 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By recruiting me into the emerging field of natural history conservation, Steve changed the trajectory of my professional career, enabling me to combine my personal love of museums and nature. But he did so much more for a young Canadian, transplanted to the Carnegie Museum for an IMLS grant. There were the lessons of vision, drive and work ethic; matched with an equal amount of kindness, humour and commitment to family. Steve's vision and drive is reflected in the fact that, 25 years into my career, I still routinely refer back to key preservation studies Steve and Cathy did. I also continue to reinforce Steve's early lessons, to my own conservation students - talk to the curatorial staff, clearly understand a specimen's scientific value and its risk of loss, it is often not what you would expect. Steve's work ethic was also incredible, no job, no matter how academically rigorous or how humble was to be done right. Steve's fundamental kindness, humour and commitment to family, radiates from his obituary video https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . Such a life well lived. My heart goes out to his beautiful family, that he loved so much. Carolyn Leckie Natural History Conservator Canadian Museum of Nature From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Hawks, Catharine Sent: August-06-18 6:30 AM To: McLaren, Suzanne ; Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams Hi Marcie I echo the thoughts from others about thanking you for sharing this. It is very, very sad news. We rightly celebrate all Steve did for collection management and mammalogy. It is easy, given his work in those areas, to forget all that he did for collection conservation. Steve managed to wrangle a major museum agency into funding the first US pre-program conservation internship in natural history conservation. I was lucky enough to end up as that intern and became hooked on the challenges it presented and the enthusiasm Steve showed for extending conservation into a new arena. He, along with Joan Gardner and Carolyn Rose were outstanding mentors and strong co-conspirators in establishing the natural sciences as a legitimate conservation discipline in the US. Steve developed numerous projects with me and later with other interns to investigate the best methods to care for specimens in natural history collections, and eventually pursued his doctorate in conservation. His dissertation, Destructive Preservation, explored the ways that traditional specimen preparation methods, often founded on expediency and not on any application of science, had damaged the long-term research utility of collections. It was, for him, a natural extension of his work in collection management. Whether editing a book or co-authoring papers, it always seemed like Steve and I were butting heads over every word, yet I never ceased to look up to him as a teacher, colleague, and friend. Despite his many adventures during fieldwork, it was a dance floor that Steve found most daunting. I recall being nearly brought to tears trying not to laugh when he confided that his greatest fear was not defending his dissertation, but having to dance at the formal dinner that followed the awards ceremony. It was a typically Steve kind of self-deprecation, and one of the attributes that make him so likeable. Steve's passing is a great loss to three museum fields, and certainly to the family he loved so deeply. Cathy _______________________________ Catharine Hawks Conservator Collections Program MRC 170 Rm M85-J National Museum of Natural History 10th Street & Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20560 w 202.633.0835 or 4041 c 703 200 4370 hawksc at si.edu From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of McLaren, Suzanne Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 9:50 PM To: Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams Thanks for posting this announcement, Marcy. I'm having a tough time with this sad, sad news. Steve and I shared an office for more than a decade. He was an incredibly hard worker, no matter what kind of work he undertook. In his early days as a mammalogist his research focused on pocket gophers and he helped us build a very nice collection of pocket gophers (among many other mammals!) at Carnegie Museum. We had some enjoyable trips to the field. Steve taught me (and others) to trap pocket gophers in Texas and New Mexico. He was an excellent field mammalogist. I am pretty sure that Steve did field work on every continent except Antarctica, if the fauna of Papua New Guinea can stand in for continental Australia. I also think that he was the person who was the first to hold the title of 'Collection Manager' anywhere in the country, when he came to Pittsburgh from Texas Tech in 1976. He was a terrific office-mate - I could tell so many stories! The year I turned 30, he hid 10, full-sized Reese's Peanut-butter Cups all over the office. I just kept finding them, day after day. Steve was a genuinely nice person. I'm thinking with great sympathy for Kathy, Sarah and Jason Williams and all the grandchildren tonight. Sue From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 5:34 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Passing of Stephen L. Williams [cid:image002.jpg at 01D42E49.2EF622C0]It is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural history collections today - he helped define the museum professional. His body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received undergraduate and master's degrees in biology as well as another master's in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections. He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well. Obituary link: https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/ . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-alliance-mission). When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional - I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management - and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much as I could about his history and contributions - what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy - there isn't much that you do that didn't originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets. Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve. Marcy Revelez Collections Manager and Acting Team Lead, CDC Biorepository U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [NEW approved logo-CMYK] The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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TUBRI is innovating hardware and software systems for rapid 3D digitization of biodiversity specimens. TUBRI is a collaborating partner in the HydroClim Project (http://www.hydroclim.org/), which is generating current and future streamflow and water temperature predictions for stream segments in all major watersheds across the United States and Canada (the HydroClim data portal is being developed at TUBRI) and will soon manage FishNet2's new role as the global node to specimen-vouchered fish records to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Please see http://www.tubri.org/informatics/ for a list of additional software and information system tools developed at TUBRI. The Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics is responsible for maintaining TUBRI's existing biodiversity information infrastructure (e.g., FishNet2), and day-to-day operations of TUBRI's computing network and server administration (managing databases, backup and storage technology, and general IT support). Other responsibilities include assisting the TUBRI director with developing and pursuing a vision for innovative uses of biodiversity specimens and information, collaboration building, proposal preparation, providing technology oversight and managing technology staff and data for funded projects. We are interested in candidates with knowledge of biodiversity specimens (fishes preferred, but other taxonomic groups acceptable) and biodiversity data systems, an outstanding record of achievement in this area, or a very promising research program and trajectory. The range of skills needed for the position include software and database development, database networking and data integration, familiarity with taxonomic naming conventions, GIS, web development. Experience with relational database management, SQL, Postgres/PostGIS experience, API development. Required programming skills include C#, C++, C, JavaScript, Python. Database skills include: MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, SQLite. Desired skills for projects currently under development include mechanical and electronic design and engineering, hardware design and fabrication, experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software. Desired (but not necessarily required) skills include experience with ontologies and semantics, high performance computing, cloud computing architecture, data flows and pipelines. Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or natural science and five years' biodiversity data systems experience to include relational database management, SQL, Postgres/PostGIS, API development, as well as C#, C++, C, JavaScript, Python programming experience. Preferred Education and Experience: M.S. or Ph.D. in computer science or natural sciences. Experience in planning, development, and implementation of highly technical biodiversity informatics projects. Application: If you are interested or have questions about the position, please contact Hank Bart (hbartjr at tulane.edu). To apply, please visit Tulane Jobs at: http://bit.ly/2OVIQlK. Review of applications will begin 20 August 2018; the search will remain open until the position is filled. The position is based at the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (http://www.tubri.org/), located on the grounds of the Tulane University's Hebert Research Center Campus in Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Belle Chasse is a small town within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area, 10 miles from downtown New Orleans and 16 miles from Tulane University's main campus in uptown New Orleans. 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Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mphillips at flmnh.ufl.edu Thu Aug 9 16:52:29 2018 From: mphillips at flmnh.ufl.edu (Phillips,Molly) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 20:52:29 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Reminder: SPNHC/TDWG 2018 Educational Materials Share Fair Message-ID: The Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education Network (BLUE), Ecological Society of America (ESA), and iDigBio are co-sponsoring a new session at the 2018 SPNHC/TDWG meeting entitled the Educational Materials Share Fair to be held on Thursday, August 30, 2018, from 11:00-12:30 NZST in Castle D (40). This is an opportunity for colleagues to share and get feedback on education or outreach materials. Materials can be at any stage of development from fledgling ideas to fully vetted materials. All are welcome to either share as developers or participate as potential adopters. This Share Fair differs from the normal SPNHC DemoCamp in both format and focus. During the one hour time period, we will offer two rounds of up to ten developer presentations simultaneously. Each developer will be set up at a round table and be given 20 minutes to present their materials and ideas, collect feedback, and generate discussion with potential adopters and interested colleagues that join their table discussion. These are intended as informal sessions so no AV will be provided, but developers can bring a laptop and copies of any of their materials they wish to share. Depending on the number of proposals to present, we will offer up to 20 unique presentations or repeat the 10 presentations. Participants will be able to give feedback to two developers. Each table may have up to nine participants depending on the number of attendees. The goals are to build the education and outreach community within SPNHC, facilitate development and implementation of collections-based education and outreach materials, and increase awareness and use of collections-based science. Finally, the session will provide an overview of the opportunity to publish collections-based educational materials in a special issue of ESA's Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE). If you are interested in presenting your material please go here (https://goo.gl/forms/rwzCEsvv2fW7o6Hx2) to sign up where you will be asked the title of your activity, an abstract that includes a description and designation of where you are at in development, and your name and institution. Registration closes at the end of business on August 13, 2018. 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Kelly From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Thiers, Barbara Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 1:59 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Looking for volunteers for the SPNHC table at the upcoming meeting At the upcoming TDWG/SPNHC meeting in Dunedin, NZ we will have a table in the vendor area with information about the SPNHC organization, upcoming meetings, etc Because many attendees at this meeting may not be familiar with our activities, we would like to have a member stationed at the table during coffee breaks (10:30 -- 11 am and 3:30-4:00 pm every day, except Friday afternoon) to answer questions, etc. If you are willing to volunteer for this duty, please email me by Friday, 17 August, and indicate the date and time that you would like to serve. Thanks so much and looking forward to seeing many of you soon! Barbara Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World's Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bthiers at nybg.org Thu Aug 9 18:15:54 2018 From: bthiers at nybg.org (Thiers, Barbara) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 22:15:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Looking for volunteers for the SPNHC table at the upcoming meeting In-Reply-To: <009e01d43022$d10cb800$73262800$@gmail.com> References: , <009e01d43022$d10cb800$73262800$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks so much, Kelly -- will be in touch with a suggested schedule soon! Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example ________________________________ From: tomajkokelly at gmail.com [tomajkokelly at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 4:51 PM To: Thiers, Barbara; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: RE: [Nhcoll-l] Looking for volunteers for the SPNHC table at the upcoming meeting Hi Barbara, I would love to help out! As a person who can be a great advocate for SPNHC, please let me know which breaks I should plan to staff. See you soon! Kelly From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Thiers, Barbara Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 1:59 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Looking for volunteers for the SPNHC table at the upcoming meeting At the upcoming TDWG/SPNHC meeting in Dunedin, NZ we will have a table in the vendor area with information about the SPNHC organization, upcoming meetings, etc Because many attendees at this meeting may not be familiar with our activities, we would like to have a member stationed at the table during coffee breaks (10:30 -- 11 am and 3:30-4:00 pm every day, except Friday afternoon) to answer questions, etc. If you are willing to volunteer for this duty, please email me by Friday, 17 August, and indicate the date and time that you would like to serve. Thanks so much and looking forward to seeing many of you soon! Barbara Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at spnhc.org Mon Aug 13 14:22:46 2018 From: president at spnhc.org (Linda S. Ford) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:22:46 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] upcoming SPNHC / TDWG Conference Message-ID: <1534184566.56278941@apps.rackspace.com> Dear conference attendees, The 33rd Annual SPNHC Meeting at the Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand is almost here! SPNHC is thrilled to be meeting with TDWG, and the conference program organized by the Local Organizing Committee looks very exciting: [ http://spnhc-tdwg2018.nz/conference/conference-program/ ]( http://spnhc-tdwg2018.nz/conference/conference-program/ ) Please be aware of several important Society events and dates during the meeting: SPNHC Committee meetings (open to all) 26 August 2018 4-6 pm Skinner Annex, Otago Museum SPNHC Council meeting (for officers, chairs and representatives) 28 August 2018 5:30-6:30 pm Otago Museum Boardroom SPNHC Annual Business Meeting (open to all) 31 August 2018 immediately following lunch/closing farewell at 12:30 pm Castle 2 (415) Looking forward to seeing you there! Linda S. 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NEON (https://www.neonscience.org/) is a continental-scale ecological observation facility, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated by Battelle. The project is expected to run for 30 years. For each project year, the NEON Biorepository at ASU will receive, process, store, and make available an average of 100,000 biodiversity occurrences sampled at more than 80 sites across the United States. The diverse samples include DNA extractions, frozen soil samples, bulk and pinned insect collections, herbarium vouchers, and partial or entire vertebrate specimens, among others. Large portions of samples are designated for cryo-storage - using a combination of ultralow and liquid nitrogen (LN2) freezers - to ensure long-term preservation and suitability for molecular/genomic research. A high rate of sample use for NEON-related research projects is expected. The NEON Biorepository will facilitate this by creating a data portal to support occurrence discovery, tracking of sample transactions, integration of collections data and usage statistics, and by maintaining or linking to high-quality biodiversity and molecular data, in compliance with international standards. The cryo-collections manager will play a central role in coordinating these tasks, with particular focus on designing and maintaining the molecular/genomic collections. Envisioned start date: November 1st, 2018. For more position details and instruction to apply, 1. Go to: https://cfo.asu.edu/applicant, 2. Click on "External Staff", and 3. Search for "44719BR". ---------- *Nico M. Franz, Ph.D.* School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874108 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4108 E-mail: nico.franz at asu.edu Web: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1804402 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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SPNHC Committee Meeting Schedule for Dunedin, Sunday 26 August 2:00-2:55 Legislation and Regulation Committee (Stephanie Carlson), Membership Committee (Ann Pinzl) 3:00-3:55 Professional Development Committee (Jeff Stephenson & Jennifer Strotman), Best Practices Committee (Jessica Cundiff) 4:00-4:55 Conference Committee (Barbara Thiers), Conservation Committee (Fran Ritchie), 5:00-5:55 International Relations Committee (Deb Paul), Long-range Planning Committee (Barbara Thiers) Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ellen.paul at verizon.net Fri Aug 17 16:28:28 2018 From: ellen.paul at verizon.net (Ellen Paul) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:28:28 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Interesting report on wildlife smuggling Message-ID: <9d5598d8-6c38-0493-3d75-7fbe67b9dc84@verizon.net> I've just stumbled across a very recent and very interest report on the extent of wildlife smuggling. I thought others might want to see it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/566ef8b4d8af107232d5358a/t/5b68614a2b6a28d46b615f5f/1533567389029/In+Plane+Sight.pdf I had for some reason thought that the USFWS had about 400 inspectors at the ports. The article in the WashPost last year about JFK and another about Anchorage both suggest it is about 100. Sometimes I think scientists are the only sector complying (or trying to comply) with the import rules of the various agencies. Tourists and smugglers...bringing in vast quantities, with little or no compliance. Ellen -- Ellen Paul Ellen Paul Executive Director Ornithological Council Phone (301) 986 8568 Providing Scientific Information about Birds From abentley at ku.edu Mon Aug 20 13:15:44 2018 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:15:44 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <92e64cc9cf1f44ac867f55a237c26c32@ex13-csf-cr-13.home.ku.edu> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 19, Issue 17, August 20, 2018 * USDA to Relocate ERS and NIFA, Realign ERS * WOTUS Revived by Federal Judge, Now Effective in 26 States * President Signs Defense Reauthorization Bill with Climate, Species Provisions * Survey: Federal Scientists Report Political Interference, Censorship * NIH Requests Comments on Proposal to Amend Guidelines on Genetic Research * Prepare Your Resum?, Hone Your Interview Skills * Expand Your Broader Impact Skills: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Enter the 2018 Faces of Biology Photo Contest * Short Takes * NASEM Seeks Nominations for Safeguarding U.S. Bioeconomy Panel * From the Federal Register * Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center ________________________________ The AIBS Public Policy Report is distributed broadly by email every two weeks to the AIBS membership. Any interested party may self-subscribe to receive these free reports by email or RSS news feed, by going to www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports. With proper attribution to AIBS, all material from these reports may be reproduced or forwarded. AIBS staff appreciates receiving copies of materials used. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the AIBS Director of Public Policy, Robert Gropp, at 202-628-1500 x 250. ________________________________ USDA to Relocate ERS and NIFA, Realign ERS The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced its intent to relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to a location(s) outside of Washington D.C. by the end of 2019. The new location(s) has not been determined. The move is a part of a broader reorganization effort at the USDA and will impact as many as 700 employees, primarily scientists and economic researchers, about 400 at NIFA and 300 at ERS. Plans indicate that employees who decide to move from their current locations in the Washington, DC area will receive relocation assistance and the same base pay. Additionally, USDA is also seeking approval from the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget to offer voluntary early retirements and voluntary separation incentives. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue argues that the plan is a way to save taxpayer dollars and bring ERS and NIFA employees closer to the rural stakeholders that they serve. He said, ?We've seen significant turnover in these positions; it has been difficult to recruit employees to the Washington, D.C., area, particularly given the high cost of living and long commutes.? Secretary Perdue also announced that ERS, currently under the Research, Education, and Economics mission area, will be moved to the Office of the Chief Economist, under the supervision of an undersecretary, who reports directly to the Agriculture Secretary. ?These two agencies were aligned once before, and bringing them back together will enhance the effectiveness of economic analysis at USDA,? according to USDA. The realignment of ERS has been criticized by the Union of Concerned Scientists, as an effort to limit the autonomy of a research agency by placing it under the supervision of a political appointee. In a letter to Secretary Perdue, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Board on Agriculture Assembly stressed that NIFA, being USDA?s ?premier extramural agricultural science agency,? collaborates with universities, individual researchers, as well as other Federal agencies and raised concerns that the relocation might diminish NIFA?s ability to effectively collaborate with their broad base of stakeholders. According to the Washington Post, Scott Swinton, Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics at Michigan State University and former President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, argued that the reorganization may be an excuse for gutting federal agricultural research. Swinton predicts that several top economists and scientists will resign, rather than move out of the D.C. area. Sonny Ramaswamy, former NIFA Administrator, echoed that many longtime staffers will not make the move. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration had proposed to cut the budget of the ERS by 50 percent. However, the House and Senate agriculture appropriations bills would provide the agency with flat funding in fiscal year 2019. WOTUS Revived by Federal Judge, Now Effective in 26 States A Federal judge in the U.S. District Court in South Carolina has issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump Administration?s two-year delay of the Clean Water Rule. The decision revives the rule in 26 states where district court judges have not stayed the regulation. Also known as Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS), the rule defines which wetlands and waterways receive Federal protection under the Clean Water Act. In February 2018, the Trump Administration suspended the Clean Water Rule, while the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers developed a new version of the regulation. The injunction invalidated this order on the grounds that the Administration failed to seek public comment on the content of the rule or the implications of delaying it by two years. The Southern Environmental Law Center sued the Administration on behalf of several environmental groups earlier this year claiming that the rulemaking had been rushed and violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). ?Certainly, different administrations may implement different regulatory priorities, but the [APA] 'requires that the pivot from one administration's priorities to those of the next be accomplished with at least some fidelity to law and legal process,?? ruled U.S. District Judge David Norton for the District of South Carolina. ?The agencies failed to promulgate the Suspension Rule with that required fidelity here. The court cannot countenance such a state of affairs.? The WOTUS rule is now back in effect in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. However, the WOTUS rule will not be enforced in the other 24 states due to injunctions form district courts in North Dakota and Georgia. Last year, AIBS joined six other scientific organizations to oppose the Administration?s proposal to rescind the WOTUS rule. Later in the year, AIBS also submitted joint comments on the proposed rule, Definition of ?Waters of the United States,? opposing the repeal of the Clean Water Rule and rejecting changes to the definition of WOTUS. President Signs Defense Reauthorization Bill with Climate, Species Provisions President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2019 into law on August 1, 2018. The legislation, which passed Congress with bipartisan support, authorizes $716 billion for national defense through FY (YEAR). The new law also includes several environmental provisions. Under a climate and resilience provision, the NDAA requires military construction projects to disclose if it is within a 100-year floodplain and develop mitigation plans to prepare for impacts from climate change such as sea-level rise. ?This bill reflects the fact that Congress has accepted the consensus that climate change affects national security,? said John Conger, Director of the non-partisan Center for Climate and Security. The bill also includes provisions on chemical clean up. It authorizes $60 million for remediation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and up to $15 million for dioxin contamination in Vietnam. It also recommends continued funding for the study of PFOS and PFOA, a group of toxic chemicals that are used in Teflon and firefighting foam. A provision that extends the maximum duration of the Navy's incidental take permits for marine mammals from five years to seven years was also included. An incidental take permit is issued when a project might result in harm to an endangered or threatened species. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, marine mammals will not be harmed as a result of this provision since the Navy will still be required to go through the same process of obtaining permits. ?Were I still in office, I would be very much in favor of the NDAA language because it preserves the spirit and intent of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but it makes the process much more effective and much more efficient,? said former Vice Administrator Dennis McGinn, who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment. Some controversial provisions regarding species did not make it to the final NDAA, including a provision preventing the sage grouse from being listed under the Endangered Species Act and another delisting the American burying beetle. Survey: Federal Scientists Report Political Interference, Censorship The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a new report chronicling the findings from its recent survey of scientists across 16 Federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of the Interior, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Federal scientists have reported political meddling in their work, requests to omit ?climate change? from research, self-censorship, and workforce reductions due to staff departures, retirements, and hiring freezes. This is the ninth year that UCS has conducted this anonymous survey. According to UCS, the response rate this year was significantly lower than it has been in the past. The highest response rates were at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, 19 percent) and the National Park Service (NPS, 18 percent), while the response rate was 8 percent at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and 3 percent at EPA. About half the respondents across sixteen agencies reported that ?consideration of political interests? impeded science-based decisions. ?In many of the critical science agencies ? especially the agencies that handle environmental regulation ? scientists reported that they are having trouble doing their jobs because of political interference, staff reductions and a lack of qualified leadership,? said Jacob Carter, a research scientist with the Center for Science and Democracy at UCS. Employees at the Department of the Interior, specifically scientists from NPS, USGS, and FWS, indicated political interference as a ?top barrier.? More than 40 percent of respondents at both FWS and NPS reported that individuals from regulated industries with a financial stake in policy decisions influenced internal discussions. Interior spokesperson Faith Vander Voort said ?scientific integrity remains intact?Any assumption otherwise is categorically false.? According to the UCS report, ?severity of reported problems varied widely across agencies.? Scientists at some agencies, such as NOAA, reported significantly less political pressure than other agencies. Censorship was reported as an issue particularly with respect to climate change. Scientists at NPS were most likely to report censorship related to climate science. ?We've been told to avoid using words like climate change in internal project proposals and cooperative agreements,? an NPS official said. Forty-seven percent of survey respondents at NPS and 35 percent at EPA reported that they had been asked to omit ?climate change? from their work. Several scientists also reported self-censorship to avoid becoming a political target. More than 30 percent at USGS and EPA reported that they avoided using ?climate change? without receiving orders to do so. Overall, 18 percent of respondents had been asked to omit ?climate change? from their work, while 20 percent reported engaging in self-censorship. Scientists at the EPA, NPS, FWS, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported lower morale relative to scientists at other agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A majority of FDA scientists who participated in the survey, however, reported morale as ?excellent or good.? Over 60 percent of respondents indicated that their agencies adhere to their scientific integrity policies and that they had been adequately trained on those policies and their whistleblower rights. Although, only 42 percent indicated that they would be willing to report a scientific integrity violation and trust that they would be treated fairly. The diminishing role of science in policy decisions has propelled scientific groups, including the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), to explore how to better promote science-based decision-making. The report, Engaging Decision-makers: Opportunities for Biological Science Organizations, from the 2017 meeting of the AIBS Council of Member Societies and Organizations explores some of these issues and offers recommendations for community action. Read the report here: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biy082/5056846 NIH Requests Comments on Proposal to Amend Guidelines on Genetic Research The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking public comment on a proposal to amend the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules. The proposal is intended to ?streamline the oversight of human gene transfer clinical research protocols or gene therapy research and reduce duplicative reporting requirements already captured within the existing regulatory framework.? The agency proposes removing the NIH protocol submission, review, and reporting requirements under the current guidelines and modifying the responsibilities of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC). Comments on the proposal will be accepted until October 16, 2018. Comments may be submitted electronically here: https://osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form-nih-guidelines/ Questions about the proposal may be directed to the NIH Office of Science Policy at SciencePolicy at od.nih.gov. Click here for more information on the proposal: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-08-17/html/2018-17760.htm Prepare Your Resum?, Hone Your Interview Skills Registration is now open for the Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists, a new professional development program by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States do an excellent job of preparing students for careers in academia. As students and a growing number of reports note, however, many STEM graduate students are interested in employment in a variety of sectors by the time they complete their degree. Students continue to report that they feel ill-prepared and ill-equipped to pursue employment in these settings. In response to this frustration heard from many graduate students, AIBS has developed a program to help scientists hone and practice the skills needed to secure employment. AIBS's Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists is an intensive, two-day program that is a blend of lecture and hands-on exercises. Designed by scientists and a career coach, this program provides graduate students to senior scientists with the information, tools, and resources required to successfully identify and secure employment in a diversity of career pathways, including science policy, communications, program management, government, non-governmental organizations, international development, and others. Course participants will: * Identify career interests and opportunities; * Learn to communicate their knowledge and skills to employers; * Develop strategies for finding employment; * Develop application materials; * Prepare for and practice different interview styles and scenarios; * Talk to scientists working in diverse employment settings and individuals responsible for making hiring decisions. Current graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and scientists interested in transitioning to a new employment sector should consider signing up. The program will be held in Washington, DC on December 17-18, 2018. For more information and to register, visit https://www.aibs.org/events/employmentbootcamp.html. Expand Your Broader Impact Skills: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is offering a professional development program designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in communicating with decision-makers and the news media. The program is an excellent way to develop new communication skills and identify effective methods for broadening the impact of research and education programs. The AIBS Communications Training Boot Camp for Scientists expands on AIBS?s highly successful media and science policy training workshops. The Boot Camp meets the needs of everyone from graduate students to senior researchers and program administrators to newly elected professional society leaders. The Boot Camp is an intensive, two-day, hands-on training program that will be held in Washington, DC on October 15-16, 2018. Participants will learn: * How to translate scientific findings for non-technical audiences * How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers * How to prepare for and participate in a news interview * How to prepare for and engage in a meeting with a decision-maker * How to protect your scientific reputation * How to identify and define the audience you need to reach * What decision-makers want to hear from a scientist * What reporters are looking for in an interview * How to leverage social media * How the nation?s science policy is developed and implemented Participants will also have the opportunity for formal and informal discussions with science policy and communications experts working in Washington, DC. AIBS Individual Members and individuals nominated to participate by an AIBS Member Society/Organization receive a $55 discount on registration. Learn more about the program and register now at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html. Enter the 2018 Faces of Biology Photo Contest Enter the Faces of Biology Photo Contest for your chance to win $250 and to have your photo appear on the cover of the journal BioScience. The competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), recognizes scientists who use imagery to communicate aspects of biological research to the public and policymakers. The theme of the contest is ?Faces of Biology.? Photographs entered into the competition must depict a person, such as a scientist, researcher, technician, collections curator, or student, engaging in biological research. The research may occur outside, in a lab, with a natural history collection, at a field station, on a computer, in a classroom, or anywhere else research is done. The First Place Winner will have his/her winning photo featured on the cover of BioScience and will receive $250 along with a one-year membership in AIBS, including a subscription to BioScience. The Second and Third Place Winners will have his/her winning photo printed inside the journal and will receive a one-year membership in AIBS, including a subscription to BioScience. The winning photo from the 2017 contest was featured on the cover of the April 2018 issue of BioScience. Submissions must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 1 October 2018. For more information or to enter the contest, visit http://www.aibs.org/public-programs/photocontest.html. Short Takes * The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is accepting nominations of individuals from the academic, industrial, and non-profit sectors to an interdisciplinary committee of 16 experts who will define and assess the current state of the U.S. bioeconomy and consider strategies for safeguarding and sustaining the economic activity driven by research and innovation in the life sciences. The panel requires experts in various life sciences disciplines, such as biomedicine, agriculture, biotechnology, synthetic biology, and biomanufacturing, as well as individuals with expertise in cybersecurity, data security, privacy, and national security. Nominations can be submitted here by August 20. From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from August 6 to 17, 2018. For more information on these or other recent items, please visit the AIBS Federal Register Resource at www.aibs.org/federal-register-resource/index.html. Week Ending August 17, 2018 Agriculture * Request for Nominations of Members for the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, Specialty Crop Committee, and National Genetics Advisory Council Arctic Research Commission * Notice of 110th Commission Meeting Commerce * Meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Health and Human Services * National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy (OSP) Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Research: Proposed Changes to the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines) * Opportunity to Co-Sponsor Office of Research Integrity Workshops * Request for Information To Solicit Feedback on the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative * Science and Regulation of Live Microbiome-Based Products Used To Prevent, Treat, or Cure Diseases in Humans; Public Workshop National Aeronautics and Space Administration * NASA Advisory Council; Meeting National Science Foundation * STEM Education Advisory Panel; Notice of Meeting Week Ending August 10, 2018 Commerce * Nominations for Advisory Committee and Species Working Group Technical Advisor Appointments to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas * Notice of Availability of a Request for Information: Expressions of Interest in Conducting Collaborative Research and Development on Innovative Approaches for Exploiting Environmental Data * Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency * FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting and Request for Nomination of Ad Hoc Expert Members Health and Human Services * Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods; Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments National Aeronautics and Space Administration * NASA Advisory Council; Ad Hoc Task Force on STEM Education; Meeting * NASA Advisory Council; Human Exploration and Operations Committee; Meeting. * NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Meeting * NASA Advisory Council; Technology, Innovation and Engineering Committee; Meeting Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center Quick, free, easy, effective, impactful! 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The organization does this through informing decisions by providing peer-reviewed or vetted information about the biology field and profession and by catalyzing action through building the capacity and the leadership of the community to address matters of common concern. Founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, AIBS became an independent, member-governed organization in the 1950s. Today, Today, AIBS has over 140 member organizations and has a Public Policy Office in Washington, DC. Its staff members work to achieve its mission by publishing the peer-reviewed journal BioScience and the education Web site ActionBioscience.org, by providing scientific peer-review and advisory services to government agencies and other clients, and by collaborating with scientific organizations to advance public policy, education, and the public understanding of science. Website: www.aibs.org. 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I?ve shared the attached Hurricane Lane preparedness tips with the coordinator of the Hawaii Emergency Network for Cultural Heritage (HENCH) for her distribution to Island cultural institutions. If you have constituents in Hawaii, please pass this information along to them. Me ke aloha pumehana, Lori *Lori Foley* Administrator, Heritage Emergency National Task Force Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration FEMA | DHS lori.foley at fema.dhs.gov M: 202.826.6303 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1980 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Preparedness tips for Lane.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 35366 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nico.franz at asu.edu Tue Aug 21 18:33:03 2018 From: nico.franz at asu.edu (Nico Franz) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:33:03 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New position at Arizona State University -- Biodiversity Informatician Message-ID: Posted to NHCOLL Listserv. E-mail inquiries are encouraged! ---------- Biodiversity Informatician (Database Analyst) The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Life Sciences and Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (BioKIC) is seeking a Biodiversity Informatician for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository. NEON (https://www.neonscience.org/) is a continental-scale ecological observation facility, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated by Battelle. The project is expected to run for 30 years. For each project year, the NEON Biorepository at ASU will receive, process, store, and make available an average of 100,000 biodiversity occurrences sampled at more than 80 sites across the United States. The diverse samples include DNA extractions, frozen soil samples,bulk and pinned insect collections, herbarium vouchers, and partial or entire vertebrate specimens, among others. A high rate of sample use for NEON-related research projects is expected. The NEON Biorepository will facilitate this by creating a data portal - sustained by the open source Symbiota software platform - to support occurrence discovery, tracking of sample transactions, integration of collections data and usage statistics (publications, etc.), and by maintaining high-quality biodiversity data in compliance with international standards. The biodiversity informatician will play a critical role in providing and refining these services to benefit the greater NEON research community. Envisioned start date: November 1st, 2018. For more position details and to apply, 1. Go to: https://cfo.asu.edu/applicant 2. Click on "External Staff", and 3. Search for "44904BR". ---------- Nico M. Franz, Ph.D. School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874108 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4108 E-mail: nico.franz at asu.edu Web: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1804402 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From becky683 at gmail.com Wed Aug 22 15:43:55 2018 From: becky683 at gmail.com (Becky Kaczkowski) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:43:55 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: FW: "After the Fire" HENTF fact sheet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please share with colleagues and others potentially affected. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kaczkowski, Rebecca Date: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:40 PM Subject: FW: "After the Fire" HENTF fact sheet To: becky683 at gmail.com *From:* Foley, Lori *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2018 12:25 PM *To:* *Subject:* "After the Fire" HENTF fact sheet *Dear HENTF members,* *Please share the following information with your California constituents: * The California wildfires have been devastating, destroying homes and upending lives. For homeowners who are returning to *damaged* homes to literally pick up the pieces of their lives, HENTF?s ?After the Fire? fact sheet provides helpful advice and guidance. The Heritage Emergency National Task Force has uploaded a California version of the fact sheet ?After the Fire: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasure? to FEMA?s Document Library. Dealing with ash and fire debris is dangerous. A sampling of health and safety resources from California state agencies can be found on HENTF?s Current Disasters web page . *In case you want to provide the URLs instead of hyperlinks, they are, respectively:* https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1534447191536-164bbf39b67bbebacc73bb75d63c24ac/Fire_FIMA_Fact_Sheet_2015_rev_CA.pdf *and* https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/major-disasters/current-disasters/ *Thank you for your help disseminating this important information!* Best, Lori *Lori Foley* Administrator, Heritage Emergency National Task Force Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration FEMA | DHS lori.foley at fema.dhs.gov M: 202.826.6303 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Boot Camp is an intensive, two-day, hands-on training program that will be held in Washington, DC on October 15-16, 2018. Participants will learn: - How to translate scientific findings for non-technical audiences - How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers - How to prepare for and participate in a news interview - How to prepare for and engage in a meeting with a decision-maker - How to protect your scientific reputation - How to identify and define the audience you need to reach - What decision-makers want to hear from a scientist - What reporters are looking for in an interview - How to leverage social media - How the nation?s science policy is developed and implemented Participants will also have the opportunity for formal and informal discussions with science policy and communications experts working in Washington, DC. AIBS Individual Members and individuals nominated to participate by an AIBS Member Society/Organization receive a $55 discount on registration. Learn more about the program and register now at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communicationsbootcamp.html. ___________________________________________ Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D. Public Policy Manager American Institute of Biological Sciences 1201 New York Avenue, NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225 www.aibs.org Follow us on Twitter! @AIBS_Policy -- This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients.? If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Boot Camp is an intensive, two-day, hands-on training program that will be held in Washington, DC on October 15-16, 2018. Participants will learn: - How to translate scientific findings for non-technical audiences - How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers - How to prepare for and participate in a news interview - How to prepare for and engage in a meeting with a decision-maker - How to protect your scientific reputation - How to identify and define the audience you need to reach - What decision-makers want to hear from a scientist - What reporters are looking for in an interview - How to leverage social media - How the nation?s science policy is developed and implemented Participants will also have the opportunity for formal and informal discussions with science policy and communications experts working in Washington, DC. AIBS Individual Members and individuals nominated to participate by an AIBS Member Society/Organization receive a $55 discount on registration. 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The job > description and instructions for application are found here > > . > > Sincerely, > > Rich Rabeler, Ph.D. > Senior Collection Manager > & Research Scientist > University of Michigan Herbarium > 3600 Varsity Drive > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-2228 > Office: (734) 764-2407 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amast at bio.fsu.edu Thu Aug 30 15:23:24 2018 From: amast at bio.fsu.edu (Austin) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:23:24 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Ready to make WeDigBio 2018 the best yet! Message-ID: <787FA82A-96CE-4418-B589-363AF375D280@bio.fsu.edu> Supercharge your biodiversity collection's education and outreach activities this October 18?21 with WeDigBio 2018. The WeDigBio support team just published a short blog post that positions onsite event hosts for success. Check it out at https://wedigbio.org/content/ready-make-wedigbio-2018-event-best-ever . And if you are teaching this semester, consider adding WeDigBio activities to your syllabus. Personally, I?ve had a lot of success doing the activities posted at https://wedigbio.org/content/educational-exercises in my Field Botany class. The students transcribe 30 professionally done labels then reflect on what about the formatting and content makes the info maximally useful (or less so) for research. Then, they start on their own collections, making their own labels. To learn more about the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections, check out the recently refreshed wedigbio.org or send the support team an email at wedigbio at gmail.com . Austin, on behalf of the big team of WeDigBio organizers Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? Florida State University ? Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 ? U.S.A. ? (850) 645-1500 ? amast at bio.fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: