From mweksler at mn.ufrj.br Mon Sep 3 01:55:28 2018 From: mweksler at mn.ufrj.br (Marcelo Weksler) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 02:55:28 -0300 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fire in Museu Nacional Message-ID: <6C408727-0567-4214-A05F-0F683713CE44@mn.ufrj.br> We are living a vey sad moment for the museum community in Brazil and the world. Late last night, we lost our Museu Nacional of Rio de Janeiro to fire. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45392668 Millions of irreplaceable specimens and artifacts are lost. Vertebrate and some invertebrate collections, as well as the herbarium, are safe. Standing there watching the historical building burn, our history gone in flames, will be a nightmare hard to forget. Marcelo Weksler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de Mon Sep 3 02:16:30 2018 From: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de (Joachim Haendel) Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 08:16:30 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fire in Museu Nacional In-Reply-To: <6C408727-0567-4214-A05F-0F683713CE44@mn.ufrj.br> References: <6C408727-0567-4214-A05F-0F683713CE44@mn.ufrj.br> Message-ID: <5B8CD1BE.5607.38ED3FC8@joachim.haendel.zns.uni-halle.de> Dear Marcelo, dear colleagues, These are very sad news!! To learn from this tragedy - can you tell us something about the cause of the fire? Best wishes Joachim ---- On 3 Sep 2018 at 2:55, Marcelo Weksler wrote: > > We are living a vey sad moment for the museum community in Brazil and the world. Late last night, we lost our Museu Nacional of Rio de Janeiro to fire. > > https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45392668 > > Millions of irreplaceable specimens and artifacts are lost. Vertebrate and some invertebrate collections, as well as the herbarium, are safe. > > Standing there watching the historical building burn, our history gone in flames, will be a nightmare hard to forget. > > Marcelo Weksler > > > > -- Joachim H?ndel Zentralmagazin Naturwissenschaftlicher Sammlungen der Martin-Luther-Universit?t - Zoologische Sammlung - Domplatz 4 D-06108 Halle (Saale) Tel.: 0345 - 55 26 447 Fax.: 0345 - 55 27 248 E-Mail: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de From bthiers at nybg.org Mon Sep 3 18:02:30 2018 From: bthiers at nybg.org (Thiers, Barbara) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:02:30 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Statement from SPNHC about the fire at the Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro Message-ID: Statement About the Tragic Loss of Collections at Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro from the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) expresses shock and sorrow at the devastation of Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro due to fire on the evening of 2 September, 2018. The largest museum in Latin America and the fifth largest museum in the world, the Museu Nacional is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. Holdings include an estimated 20 million anthropological, mineralogical, ethnographic and natural history collections. Fortunately there was no loss of life in the fire, which occurred after the museum was closed for the day. Some collections, as well as the main library, were housed in separate buildings and thus were spared. Still, this tragedy robs future studies of Latin American culture and biodiversity of critical information about life in the past that can help us understand and prepare for future environmental change. We empathize with the feelings of utter devastation that our fellow natural history collections professionals in Brazil are experiencing today. But, knowing their passion for documenting and conserving Brazil?s remarkable biological and cultural diversity, we are confident that they will emerge from this tragedy with a strong resolve to strengthen the nation?s collection infrastructure to ensure that no collections will face a similar fate in the future. On behalf of the membership of SPNHC, I extend our solidarity and support to the collections professionals at Museu Nacional, throughout Brazil and worldwide. May every natural history collection in the world use this terrible tragedy as an opportunity to review all disaster preparedness plans, and, whenever possible, to meet with their local first responders to be sure they understand the special vulnerabilities of natural history collections. SPNHC stands ready to work with other organizations to lend expertise and any other assistance we can to the recovery process. Barbara M. Thiers New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY President, The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections 3 September 2018 Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (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... 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SPNHC's membership is drawn from more than 20 countries and includes museum specialists such as curators, collections managers, conservators, preparators, and database administrators. The Society hosts annual meetings and sponsors symposia and workshops to foster the exchange of ideas and information. Member benefits also include the society's peer-reviewed journal, Collection Forum, a biannual newsletter and a wealth of content on our website at www.spnhc.org. Membership information can be found by visiting our website and clicking "Join SPNHC." Jessica Utrup NHCOLL-L Listserv Manager Museum Assistant II Division of Invertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 Jessica.utrup at yale.edu Main Campus: (203) 432-1722 West Campus: (203) 737-3067 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From HawksC at si.edu Tue Sep 4 12:34:48 2018 From: HawksC at si.edu (Hawks, Catharine) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 16:34:48 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Please forward these HENTF hurricane preparedness tips In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <670CB92C6F4F4C469FDCDB3373C781D085C9A069@SI-MSEDAG03.US.SINET.SI.EDU> From: Foley, Lori > Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:24 AM To: tshapiro at actorsfund.org; rnelson at achp.gov; jloichinger at achp.gov; jvaughan at aam-us.org; jackson at aaslh.org; LindsayBrugger at aia.org; RachelMinnery at aia.org; Morancy, Melissa >; kkromer at alawash.org; mdowling at ala.org; rharper at artsusa.org; pwalsh at artsusa.org; brian.carter at 4culture.org; shirl.spicer at montgomeryparks.org; afinch at aamd.org; Christine Anagnos >; PaulKuenstner at apti.org; NJean-Louis at wje.com; epourchot at conservation-us.org; junger at conservation-us.org; ewentworth at conservation-us.org; president at atalm.org; bob.ottenhoff at disasterphilanthropy.org; regine.webster at disasterphilanthropy.org; mostrum at craftemergency.org; fcornelia at craftemergency.org; Janet.Newcomb at lyrasis.org; tcherubini at cosla.org; chenry at clir.org; rebecca.katz at dc.gov; bteague at statearchivists.org; Hass, Jennifer >; Koeppel, Sarah >; Harriz, Kim >; john_nelson at ios.doi.gov; alillpop at purdue.edu; Defrancesco, Donna >; Lori Foley >; Fontenot, Kristin >; Ketchum, John >; Weisgerber, Julie >; Carruth, Stephen >; emackintosh at statehumanities.org; jake.heflin at itema.org; elizabeth.hannold at gsa.gov; joan.brierton at gsa.gov; caroline.alderson at gsa.gov; tpwhalen at getty.edu; Bodner, Connie >; mfarrell at imls.gov; Bechtol, Nancy >; Averyt, Katelynn >; Bowe, Stacy D. >; Weiner, Ella >; Carroll, Colleen >; Gentry, Eric >; Kirby, Liz >; Snell, Samantha >; Tompkins, William >; Wegener, Corine >; Brian Daniels >; Kurin, Richard >; Hawks, Catharine >; Kaczkowski, Rebecca >; HENTF >; Jami.Awalt at tn.gov; rebekah.davis at limestonecounty-al.gov; armstrong at iaem.com; John Conklin >; chill at nhalliance.org; skidd at nhalliance.org; stephanie at napcommissions.org; mschobert at ccaha.org; lhortzstanton at ccaha.org; BPahl at savingplaces.org; AJones at savingplaces.org; ajc at mellon.org; scoppinger at chubb.com; Heide, John >; Jane Seiter >; lisa.craig at mbakerintl.com; d.c.comer at gmail.com; bambi at nathpo.org; lackerman at wmf.org; racheljacobso at gmail.com; Michael.K.Trimble at usace.army.mil; Amy.M.Williams at usace.army.mil; sid.caesar at bia.gov; patrick.vacha at bia.gov; jnad at loc.gov; Robb, Andrew >; Drewes, Jeanne >; anha at loc.gov; SEMiller at flagler.edu; president at sha.org; nbeaumont at archivists.org; mcclurkin at uta.edu; psaliga at sah.org; Valliere, John >; cturner at preserveart.org; dwinslow at nsf.gov; jmantz at nsf.gov; Ann_Hitchcock at nps.gov; Jackson, Sarah >; vicki.lee at nara.gov; allison.olson at nara.gov; Huff, Preston >; lucy.barber at nara.gov; tevye.yoblick.mil at mail.mil; Mason, Stephen D. >; steve7578 at yahoo.com; Bradley.o.martsching.mil at mail.mil; stephen.m.cichocki.civ at mail.mil; ngardner at neh.gov; Ausema, Tatiana >; Tom Simplot >; Andi Mathis >; lusherb at arts.gov; jhansen at choctawnation.com; tsheets at csg.org; karbuckle at csg.org; hein at ncshpo.org Cc: Madson, Stephanie >; Klein, Chelsea > Subject: Please forward these HENTF hurricane preparedness tips Dear HENTF members, It's that time again. Please forward this information to your members and constituents in Alabama and Mississippi. These preparedness tips have also been sent to the respective state cultural agencies. A version of these tips also appears on the Heritage Emergency National Task Force website, at https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/resources/planning-preparedness-and-mitigation-resources/. Be Prepared! As Tropical Storm Gordon strengthens as it moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico today, it is forecast to be a hurricane when it makes landfall along the north-central Gulf Coast. It's important that all individuals and cultural institutions prepare for sustained winds, heavy rain, and potential flooding: * Track the storm via the National Hurricane Center, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Gordon. * Monitor information via your state's Emergency Management Agency: o In Alabama: https://ema.alabama.gov/ o In Mississippi: http://www.msema.org/ * Gather your staff and review your disaster plan today. No disaster plan? Put that at the top of the to-do list once the hurricane passes (and hope you didn't need it this time). * If you have a disaster plan, make sure everyone has a printed copy to take home. An electronic version may be useless if you lose power. * Make sure staff, volunteer, and board contact lists are up to date. Determine how you will communicate with one another before, during, and after the storm. * Make sure your insurance and disaster recovery vendor contact information is readily available. * If you don't already have up-to-date images (photographic/video) of your facility's exterior and interior, including storage areas, now's the time to take them. Being able to illustrate how your building and collections looked before damage will be helpful if the need arises to pursue recovery financing. * Back up electronic records and store the back-ups off-site or in the cloud. * Secure outdoor furniture, bike racks, book drops, etc. - anything that can become a projectile in strong winds. * Move collections that are in areas vulnerable to flooding - i.e., the floor, the basement - or susceptible to rain - near windows or under roofs. * If you have time, cut lengths of plastic sheeting to be able to throw them over shelves or equipment should the building envelope be compromised. * Know the location and shut-off procedures for water, electricity, and gas. * Review individual or family plans. You'll feel better attending to your organization knowing that your loved ones are safe. * For tips on what to do before, during, and after a hurricane, go to https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes. * Keep this 24/7 hotline number handy: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals, are available 24/7 to provide advice. * Download FEMA fact sheets "After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures" and "Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms," available at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/113297. * Familiarize yourself with the disaster declaration process in case one is declared for your state, https://www.fema.gov/disaster-declaration-process. With thanks, 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 [cid:image001.jpg at 01D44442.2486EEA0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Proposal * Senate Approves Third Spending Package * NSF Seeks Biological Infrastructure Director * Develop the Skills Required to Secure Employment * Expand Your Broader Impact Skills: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Deadline Approaching: Enter the 2018 Faces of Biology Photo Contest * Short Takes * Bipartisan Bills in Senate Target Water Pollutants * 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. ________________________________ NIH Urges Institutions to Report Foreign Collaborations The National Institutes of Health (NIH) sent a letter to more than 10,000 research institutions on August 20, 2018 expressing concern about ?threats to the integrity of U.S. biomedical research? from foreign governments and asked institutions to help curb ?unacceptable breaches of trust and confidentiality.? In the letter, NIH Director Francis Collins urged NIH grant applicants and awardees to ?disclose all forms of other support and financial interests, including support coming from foreign governments or other foreign entities.? NIH is also investigating at least six cases in which NIH-funded investigators failed to disclose improper support from foreign governments. The letter reminded grant reviewers that they should not share proposal information with foreign entities and also encouraged research institutions to reach out to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get more information on the matter. At a Senate oversight hearing, Collins said ?the robustness of the biomedical research enterprise is under constant threat? and ?the magnitude of these risks is increasing.? He added that NIH has established a new Advisory Committee to help the agency make procedural modifications. The panel will appoint experts to develop robust methods to improve accurate reporting and mitigate security risks ?while continuing NIH's long tradition of collaborations with foreign scientists and institutions.? According to Science, Collins indicated that the agency?s interest in the issue was prompted not by ?some big explosive episode? involving a violation of reporting requirements, but ?just a gathering sense that it?s time to take action.? The agency has been concerned about NIH-funded scientists who spend a significant proportion of the year in their home country at ?shadow labs,? making it difficult to discern which country is supporting their work. The agency is worried that some researchers may have hidden foreign ties and intend to share intellectual property with other countries. But according to Collins, it ?may all turn out to be fine?they forgot to tell us something.? Concerns about foreign governments tapping valuable information from U.S. research institutions have been growing. The White House is considering imposing restrictions on researchers from China engaging in sensitive research at universities in the U.S., citing concerns that Chinese researchers may be acquiring American intellectual secrets and sharing them with the Chinese government. Congressional lawmakers also sought stronger oversight of foreign-funded projects on U.S. campuses through an amendment to a recent defense spending bill. The provision was eventually dropped from the bill and replaced by language ordering the Department of Defense to work with universities to examine the risks and benefits of such a measure. Interior Rolls Out Reorganization Plan Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced the Department of the Interior?s (DOI) plan to reorganize its bureaus into 12 ?unified regions.? The proposed management re-design establishes new regional divisions based on the boundaries of states and watersheds, including a California-Great Basin Region, a Lower Colorado Basin Region, an Upper Colorado Basin Region, and Mississippi Basin Region, among others. The proposal has been under development for several months and was shared in a memo with DOI employees and Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel on August 29, 2018, according to departmental sources. ?Our new Unified Regions will allow important decisions to be made nearer to where our stakeholders and intergovernmental partners live and work, and will make joint problem-solving and improved coordination between our Bureaus and other Federal, State, and local agencies easier,? stated Secretary Zinke. The 12 unified regions will replace the 49 individual Interior Bureau regional boundaries. Secretary Zinke said that the reorganization will ?reduce bureaucratic redundancy, will improve communication between our experts in the field and leaders in Washington, D.C., and will allow us to share our knowledge and resources more effectively.? Under the plan, the national headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be moved to a city in the western United States, where the vast majority of public lands managed by the agency are located. The location for the new headquarters has not yet been determined. Individual BLM state offices will continue to function under the new unified regions. Secretary Zinke has indicated that there will be no office or personnel relocations or changes to reporting structure during the initial stages of the implementation of the new plan. Each new region will be managed under a ?Regional Leadership Team?, an idea outlined by Susan Combs, acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget for DOI, at a roundtable discussion organized by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT). Combs described Alaska as a model for operations under the reorganization plan. ?We started with a pilot in Alaska, because it's one state that has all the bureaus, it already has a legislative framework that requires federal and state agencies to work together,? said Combs. ?So, they are working away on inter-bureau collaboration.? The regional leadership teams will be comprised of SES members from each bureau in each unified region, with an SES member from outside being appointed in cases where there are no SES members for every bureau. In the first month, a regional facilitator will be selected from each team to guide the team across six areas, including collaborative conservation, recreation, permitting, acquisition, human resource management, and information technology management. The regional facilitators along with their leadership teams will identify key personnel for the six areas of focus, determine the ?as is? and ?future state? operations for their respective unified regions, and also develop an options paper to be used in the selection and rotation process for the Interior Regional Director. The plan applies to all Interior agencies, except the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, and the Bureau of Indian Education. Whether these agencies are eventually aligned with the new regional boundaries will be determined after tribal consultation. President Nominates NIFA, NPS Directors The White House has nominated Dr. J. Scott Angle to be Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Mr. David Vela to be the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) at the Department of Interior (DOI). Dr. Angle, President and CEO of the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), has a background in heavy metals and their interaction with the environment. He worked for 24 years as a professor of soil science and administrator for the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and Maryland Cooperative Extension at the University of Maryland. He also served as Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia for 10 years. He is a Fellow at the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America. Dr. Angle earned his Ph.D. in soil microbiology from the University of Missouri. Mr. Vela has worked at NPS for 28 years and currently serves as the Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. He has held various park postings within NPS, including at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway. He has also served as Director of the NPS? Southeast Region and Associate Director for Workforce, Relevancy, and Inclusion in the NPS headquarters in Washington, DC. Mr. Vela has a B.S. in recreation and parks from the Texas A&M University. Pentagon Raises Concerns About EPA?s ?Secret Science? Proposal The United States Department of Defense has expressed concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) proposed rule ?Increasing Transparency in Regulatory Science? in written comments submitted to the agency. The proposed ?secret science? rule would bar the use of scientific studies in drafting new regulations unless the underlying data ?are publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent validation.? ?While we agree that public access to information is very important, we do not believe that failure of the agency to obtain a publication?s underlying data from an author external to the agency should negate its use,? wrote Patricia Underwood, a senior Pentagon official in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment. Underwood noted that its improbable that EPA would always be able to obtain such underlying data and this ?should not impede the use of otherwise high-quality studies.? The proposed rule has been opposed by the scientific community, lawmakers, as well as former EPA officials. EPA?s Science Advisory Board (SAB) also criticized the proposal and urged the Administrator to ?request, receive, and review? SAB?s advice before finalizing the rule. AIBS also urged the Administrator to rescind the ?inadequately defined? proposed rule in written comments submitted to the agency. Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, who assumed the helm of the EPA after Pruitt resigned amid mounting ethics inquiries, said that he would take ?a hard look? at the proposal but added that he believed ?the more information we put out to the public as far as what we're basing our regulations on, the better our regulations will be,? according to E&E News. Senate Approves Third Spending Package The Senate passed its third spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2019 on August 23, 2018. The spending package would provide $856.9 billion for defense and domestic spending. In addition to Defense spending, the measure also provides for Labor-Health and Human Services-Education and related agencies. The package accounts for 75 percent of all discretionary spending. If enacted into law, the Senate legislation would provide the National Institutes of Health with $39.1 billion, a $2 billion increase from the FY 2018 funding level. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would receive $7.87 billion in FY 2019, with $508.3 million (-$106.2 million) directed to the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases and $157 million (-$48.8 million) provided to the National Center for Environmental Health. The bill includes $2.3 billion (+$425 million) for Alzheimer?s research, $550 million (+$37 million) to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria, $429.4 million (+$29 million) for the BRAIN Initiative to map the human brain, and $500 million for research on opioid addiction and treatment. The Senate legislation would provide $242 million (+$2 million) to the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support programs that ?encourage innovation, provide life-long learning opportunities, promote cultural and civic engagement, and improve access to a variety of services and information.? Education funding in the Senate package includes $65 million for STEM education, an increase of $15 million above FY 2018. In addition, the bill includes a $125 million increase for Student Support and Academic Enrichment formula grants, flexible dollars that can be used by school districts for a wide-range of activities including STEM education. The Senate has now approved nine out of the twelve appropriations bills that fund the Federal government. The House has yet to pass their version of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill, but approved a $675 billion Defense appropriations bill in June. NSF Seeks Biological Infrastructure Director The Biological Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting applications for the position of Division Director in the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI). The division works to advance biological research by supporting the development and enhancement of biological resources, human capital, and centers. The closing date for the application is September 19, 2018. For more information go to: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/507310500 Develop the Skills Required to Secure Employment 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. Deadline Approaching: 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 * Senate lawmakers have introduced a pair of bipartisan bills to address the harmful environmental impacts of a class of toxic compounds, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, that have polluted water supplies across the country. Both the bills are sponsored by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and co-sponsored by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Thom Tillis (R-NC). One of the bills, S. 3382, requiring the U.S. Geological Survey to perform a nationwide survey of PFAS contamination has also been co-sponsored by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and the second bill, S. 3381, directing federal agencies to work with states on cleaning up PFAS pollution has been co-sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL). From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from August 20 to 31, 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. 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You received this message because you or your organization have interacted with one of our programs or initiatives. Our mailing address is: American Institute of Biological Science 1201 New York Ave., NW, Ste. 420 Washington, DC 20005 Copyright (C) 2018 American Institute of Biological Sciences All rights reserved. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dyanega at ucr.edu Tue Sep 4 14:41:26 2018 From: dyanega at ucr.edu (Doug Yanega) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 11:41:26 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rio disaster and its aftermath Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. I expect that most, if not all of you, have heard by now of the almost total destruction of the Museu Nacional in Rio this Sunday. The magnitude of this calamity - personally, for all the researchers who worked there, and scientifically, for those who used the collections - is beyond easy comprehension. It will take our community years to wrestle with all of the consequences, and our hearts go out to our colleagues affected by this tragedy. Very briefly: I have already begun to see discussions and commentaries online about the potential difficulties surrounding the thousands, if not tens of thousands, of primary types that were lost this weekend. Speaking on behalf of the ICZN, I would urge people to refrain from speculation on this topic, in particular regarding the potential designation of neoytpes to replace lost primary types. I and other Commissioners are hoping that we can draft a short document (and once it has been vetted, distributed widely to the taxonomic community within a week or so) to clarify the rules in the present ICZN Code that govern neotype designation. In a nutshell - and I must emphasize this point - not all lost types *need* to be replaced, and in fact the Code *prohibits* the designation of neotypes except under certain exceptional circumstances that go beyond the simple absence of a primary type. It is therefore quite likely that a significant number of the lost types from the Rio collections will never be replaced, and this is actually in accordance with the Code. Rather than go into further detail now, I'll remind anyone who has interest in this to please refer to the present version of the Code, which differs in many respects from older Code versions, and familiarize yourselves with Chapter 16, Article 75 - and which can be read online here: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/ Hopefully within a week we will have a more detailed document ready to offer guidance as to when and when not to designate neotypes. Sincerely, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sonialfraga at mn.ufrj.br Tue Sep 4 16:39:52 2018 From: sonialfraga at mn.ufrj.br (Sonia Fraga) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:39:52 -0300 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rio disaster and its aftermath In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Doug Yanega In Entomology we still do not know what can be saved, we still can not enter to verify. Sonia Maria Lopes Chefe do Dept. Entomologia Museu Nacional, UFRJ Sonia Em ter, 4 de set de 2018 ?s 16:11, Marcelo Weksler escreveu: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Doug Yanega > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 15:41 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rio disaster and its aftermath > To: iczn-list , taxacom < > TAXACOM at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>, nhcoll > > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > I expect that most, if not all of you, have heard by now of the almost > total destruction of the Museu Nacional in Rio this Sunday. The magnitude > of this calamity - personally, for all the researchers who worked there, > and scientifically, for those who used the collections - is beyond easy > comprehension. It will take our community years to wrestle with all of the > consequences, and our hearts go out to our colleagues affected by this > tragedy. > > Very briefly: I have already begun to see discussions and commentaries > online about the potential difficulties surrounding the thousands, if not > tens of thousands, of primary types that were lost this weekend. Speaking > on behalf of the ICZN, I would urge people to refrain from speculation on > this topic, in particular regarding the potential designation of neoytpes > to replace lost primary types. > > I and other Commissioners are hoping that we can draft a short document > (and once it has been vetted, distributed widely to the taxonomic community > within a week or so) to clarify the rules in the present ICZN Code that > govern neotype designation. In a nutshell - and I must emphasize this point > - not all lost types *need* to be replaced, and in fact the Code > *prohibits* the designation of neotypes except under certain exceptional > circumstances that go beyond the simple absence of a primary type. It is > therefore quite likely that a significant number of the lost types from the > Rio collections will never be replaced, and this is actually in accordance > with the Code. > > Rather than go into further detail now, I'll remind anyone who has > interest in this to please refer to the present version of the Code, which > differs in many respects from older Code versions, and familiarize > yourselves with Chapter 16, Article 75 - and which can be read online here: > http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/ > > Hopefully within a week we will have a more detailed document ready to > offer guidance as to when and when not to designate neotypes. > > Sincerely, > > -- > Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum > Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega > phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) > http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html > "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness > is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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Solomon, Curator of the Herbarium Missouri Botanical Garden, www.mobot.org 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110-2291 jim.solomon at mobot.org | (314) 577-9507 From: Ruy Alves [mailto:ruyvalka1 at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 5:00 AM To: Rainer Heimo; Rafaela Forzza; Herb?rio R Museu Nacional; Herb?rio R / DB; Cristiana Serejo; Mari?ngela_Menezes Menezes; L?cia Helena Silva; N?lber Silva; Alan Paton; botanik at nhm-wien.ac.at; triebel at bsm.mwn.de; fleischmann at lrz.uni-muenchen.de; Hans-Joachim (Hajo) Esser; beck at bsm.mwn.de; av_leonid at binran.ru; illarionova at binran.ru; ireneillar at yandex.ru; Vogt, Robert; vivi.vajda at nrm.se; arne.anderberg at nrm.se; nlundholm at snm.ku.dk; curator at snm.ku.dk; Marc Jeanson; mpace at nybg.org; Barbara Thiers; USNH at si.edu; Jim Solomon Subject: The R Herbarium did NOT burn down with the Museum. Ruy J. V. Alves, Prof. Titular, PhD, Curador do Herb?rio R Laborat?rio de Flor?stica e Biogeografia Insular & Montana, [Displaying] Departamento de Bot?nica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s./no., S?o Crist?v?o, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20940-040, BRASIL, tel. 21+39381145 "Never put away a specimen unlabeled, not even for an hour, you may forget it or die." - Elliott Coues - Field and General Ornithology (1890) For herbarium-related subjects please visit http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/dptbot/herbario.html or e-mail herbarior at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Solomon, Curator of the Herbarium* > > *Missouri Botanical Garden, www.mobot.org > * > > *4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110-2291* > > *jim.solomon at mobot.org | (314) 577-9507* > > > > *From:* Ruy Alves [mailto:ruyvalka1 at gmail.com ] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2018 5:00 AM > *To:* Rainer Heimo; Rafaela Forzza; Herb?rio R Museu Nacional; Herb?rio R > / DB; Cristiana Serejo; Mari?ngela_Menezes Menezes; L?cia Helena Silva; > N?lber Silva; Alan Paton; botanik at nhm-wien.ac.at; triebel at bsm.mwn.de; > fleischmann at lrz.uni-muenchen.de; Hans-Joachim (Hajo) Esser; > beck at bsm.mwn.de; av_leonid at binran.ru; illarionova at binran.ru; > ireneillar at yandex.ru; Vogt, Robert; vivi.vajda at nrm.se; > arne.anderberg at nrm.se; nlundholm at snm.ku.dk; curator at snm.ku.dk; Marc > Jeanson; mpace at nybg.org; Barbara Thiers; USNH at si.edu; Jim Solomon > *Subject:* The R Herbarium did NOT burn down with the Museum. > > > > > *Ruy J. V. Alves*, Prof. Titular, PhD, *Curador do Herb?rio R* > > *Laborat?rio de Flor?stica e Biogeografia Insular & Montana*, > > [image: Displaying] > > Departamento de Bot?nica, > Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, > Quinta da Boa Vista s./no., S?o Crist?v?o, > Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20940-040, BRASIL, > tel. 21+*39381145* > > > > "*Never put away a specimen unlabeled, not even for an hour, you may > forget it or die.*" - Elliott Coues - *Field and General Ornithology* > (1890) > > > > For herbarium-related subjects please visit > http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/dptbot/herbario.html > > or e-mail *herbarior at gmail.com * > > > > _______________________________________________ > HERBARIA mailing list is co-sponsored by the American Society of Plant > Taxonomists and the Society of Herbarium Curators. > HERBARIA at NACSE.ORG > > > https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.NACSE.ORG%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fherbaria&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8687ea9655664670a4e308d6133f77cd%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636717560749573836&sdata=ZciIXkem%2F1KTyt7FrxLIeaP%2Bfr7PzjI2vLXu4zuadMo%3D&reserved=0 > > _______________________________________________ > HERBARIA mailing list is co-sponsored by the American Society of Plant > Taxonomists and the Society of Herbarium Curators. > HERBARIA at NACSE.ORG > https://www.NACSE.ORG/mailman/listinfo/herbaria > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Solomon, Curator of the Herbarium Missouri Botanical Garden, www.mobot.org 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110-2291 jim.solomon at mobot.org | (314) 577-9507 From: Ruy Alves [mailto:ruyvalka1 at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 5:00 AM To: Rainer Heimo; Rafaela Forzza; Herb?rio R Museu Nacional; Herb?rio R / DB; Cristiana Serejo; Mari?ngela_Menezes Menezes; L?cia Helena Silva; N?lber Silva; Alan Paton; botanik at nhm-wien.ac.at; triebel at bsm.mwn.de; fleischmann at lrz.uni-muenchen.de; Hans-Joachim (Hajo) Esser; beck at bsm.mwn.de; av_leonid at binran.ru; illarionova at binran.ru; ireneillar at yandex.ru; Vogt, Robert; vivi.vajda at nrm.se; arne.anderberg at nrm.se; nlundholm at snm.ku.dk; curator at snm.ku.dk; Marc Jeanson; mpace at nybg.org; Barbara Thiers; USNH at si.edu; Jim Solomon Subject: The R Herbarium did NOT burn down with the Museum. Ruy J. V. 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This project, funded by NSF-CSBR Project Award #1349111, also include the databasing of more than 50000 microscope slides, of which more than 42000 were imaged. All data and images for the project can be accessed via the Peabody Museum's searchable website, following the "Search the Collections" feature at the following web address: https://virtualmicroscopy.peabody.yale.edu/ Questions about the Virtual Microscopy website or the sponsored project can be directed to: eric.lazo-wasem at yale.edu Eric A. Lazo-Wasem Senior Collections Manager Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University 170 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT 06520 203 432-3784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nico.franz at asu.edu Wed Sep 5 12:19:18 2018 From: nico.franz at asu.edu (Nico Franz) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 09:19:18 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Two NEON Biorepository positions remain open for applications at Arizona State University Message-ID: Dear NHColl community: Both of the below positions remain open for a short time still and we are looking to expand the candidate pool. We believe that these are attractive, potentially long-term collections/research/biodiversity informatics positions, serving a key role in the success of the National Ecological Observatory Network, and situated in a vibrant and expanding collections environment (https://tinyurl.com/asubiorepository). 1. NEON Biorepository Cryo-Collections Manager http://life.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir/Jobs/ArizonaStateU.CryoCollectionsManager 2. NEON Biorepository Cryo-Collections Manager http://life.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir/Jobs/ArizonaStateU.BiodiversityInformatician E-mail inquiries welcome. Nico Nico M. 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Photographs entered into the competition must depict a person, such as a scientist, technician, or student, engaging in biological research. The research may occur outside, in a lab, at 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 and 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 is 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. 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URL: From bthiers at nybg.org Fri Sep 7 10:29:58 2018 From: bthiers at nybg.org (Thiers, Barbara) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 14:29:58 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Call for nominations for a National Academy Biological Collections Study Message-ID: [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97/images/645bf6ad-380a-4921-86b6-898291f6b589.jpg] Call for Nominations: Biological Collections: Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions and Options for Sustaining Them Nominate an Expert The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Life Sciences (BLS) is seeking nominations of experts to serve on a new study committee that will review the role of biological collections in research and education. For this task, the expert committee will focus on living stocks (organisms) and preserved repositories of biodiversity specimens and materials that are financially supported in full or in part by the National Science Foundation. The committee will describe the major advances in the use of collections over the last decade; envision future innovative ways in which biological collections can be utilized; describe the greatest challenges to maintaining biological collections; and suggest a range of long-term strategies that could be used for their sustained support, individually or in groups, of research and education. View the full statement of task (PDF). BLS is seeking nominees for experts that reflect the diversity of life sciences research activities conducted using biological collections including, but not limited to: * Biodiversity * Marine Science * Ecology * Environmental Science * Evolutionary Biology Ideal candidates also will have expertise in one or more of the following: * Collection curation and management * Data management and storage * Imaging technologies * Formal and informal education * Financial administration * Broad knowledge of biological collections and their use in research and education Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations are requested no later than Friday, September 21, 2018. For more information or to subscribe for updates about the study, click the button below. Subscribe to Study Listserv [Image result for mini twitter logo] Tweet about it: Call for Nominations! 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Our mailing address is: National Academy of Sciences 500 Fifth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png] Share [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-twitter-48.png] Tweet [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-forwardtofriend-48.png] Forward Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Curator of Bryophytes Editor, Index Herbariorum President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY 10458-5126 bthiers at nybg.org 718-817-8626 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 peterar at berkeley.edu Fri Sep 7 13:13:44 2018 From: peterar at berkeley.edu (Peter Rauch) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:13:44 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] RELEVANCE?: Call for nominations for a National Academy Biological Collections Study Message-ID: https://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=b426909dcc&e=a271cda812 "Statement of Task: "An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review the role of biological collections ... to enable their continued use to benefit ... society. " In particular the committee will: "3. Describe ... and address issues of ****broad societal importance****, such as global environmental change, food security, conservation, and the bioeconomy." Point 3 should constitute Volume I of the NASEM report, and it should be a substantive work. Otherwise, the rest of the report will be.... well, irrelevant. ("****...****" Emphasis mine]) Peter On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:29 AM, Thiers, Barbara wrote: > > *Call for Nominations:* > > > Biological Collections: Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions > and Options for Sustaining Them > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Barbara M. Thiers > > Vice President > > Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium > > Curator of Bryophytes > > Editor, *Index Herbariorum* > > President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections > > New York Botanical Garden > > Bronx, NY 10458-5126 > > bthiers at nybg.org > > 718-817-8626 > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please share widely. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kaczkowski, Rebecca Date: Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 9:16 AM Subject: Fwd: Hurricane Florence preparedness tips from HENTF To: Rebecca Kaczkowski ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Foley, Lori" Date: Sep 10, 2018 6:21 AM Subject: Hurricane Florence preparedness tips from HENTF To: tshapiro at actorsfund.org,rnelson at achp.gov,jloichinger at achp.gov, jvaughan at aam-us.org,jackson at aaslh.org,LindsayBrugger at aia.org, RachelMinnery at aia.org,"Morancy, Melissa" , kkromer at alawash.org,mdowling at ala.org,rharper at artsusa.org,pwalsh at artsusa.org, brian.carter at 4culture.org,shirl.spicer at montgomeryparks.org,afinch at aamd.org,Christine Anagnos ,PaulKuenstner at apti.org,NJean-Louis at wje.com, epourchot at conservation-us.org,junger at conservation-us.org, ewentworth at conservation-us.org,president at atalm.org, bob.ottenhoff at disasterphilanthropy.org, regine.webster at disasterphilanthropy.org,mostrum at craftemergency.org, fcornelia at craftemergency.org,Janet.Newcomb at lyrasis.org,tcherubini at cosla.org, chenry at clir.org,rebecca.katz at dc.gov,bteague at statearchivists.org,"Hass, Jennifer" ,"Koeppel, Sarah" < Sarah.Koeppel at hq.dhs.gov>,"Harriz, Kim" , john_nelson at ios.doi.gov,alillpop at purdue.edu,"Defrancesco, Donna" < Donna.Defrancesco2 at fema.dhs.gov>,Lori Foley ,"Fontenot, Kristin" ,"Ketchum, John" < John.Ketchum at fema.dhs.gov>,"Weisgerber, Julie" < julie.weisgerber at fema.dhs.gov>,"Carruth, Stephen" < Stephen.Carruth at fema.dhs.gov>,emackintosh at statehumanities.org, jake.heflin at itema.org,elizabeth.hannold at gsa.gov,joan.brierton at gsa.gov, caroline.alderson at gsa.gov,tpwhalen at getty.edu,"Bodner, Connie" < CBodner at imls.gov>,mfarrell at imls.gov,"Bechtol, Nancy" ,"Averyt, Katelynn" ,"Bowe, Stacy D." ,"Weiner, Ella" < WeinerE at si.edu>,"Carroll, Colleen" ,"Gentry, Eric" < GentryE at si.edu>,"Kirby, Liz" ,"Snell, Samantha" < SnellS at si.edu>,"Tompkins, William" ,"Wegener, Corine" < WegenerC at si.edu>,Brian Daniels ,"Kurin, Richard" < Kurin at si.edu>,"Hawks, Catharine" ,"Kaczkowski, Rebecca" < KaczkowskiR at si.edu>,HENTF ,Jami.Awalt at tn.gov, rebekah.davis at limestonecounty-al.gov,armstrong at iaem.com,John Conklin < johnconklincem at gmail.com>,chill at nhalliance.org,skidd at nhalliance.org, stephanie at napcommissions.org,mschobert at ccaha.org,lhortzstanton at ccaha.org, BPahl at savingplaces.org,AJones at savingplaces.org,ajc at mellon.org, scoppinger at chubb.com,"Heide, John" ,Jane Seiter < jseiter at usicomos.org>,lisa.craig at mbakerintl.com,d.c.comer at gmail.com, bambi at nathpo.org,lackerman at wmf.org,racheljacobso at gmail.com, Michael.K.Trimble at usace.army.mil,Amy.M.Williams at usace.army.mil, sid.caesar at bia.gov,patrick.vacha at bia.gov,jnad at loc.gov,"Robb, Andrew" < anro at loc.gov>,"Drewes, Jeanne" ,anha at loc.gov, SEMiller at flagler.edu,president at sha.org,nbeaumont at archivists.org, mcclurkin at uta.edu,psaliga at sah.org,"Valliere, John" , cturner at preserveart.org,dwinslow at nsf.gov,jmantz at nsf.gov, Ann_Hitchcock at nps.gov,"Jackson, Sarah" , vicki.lee at nara.gov,allison.olson at nara.gov,"Huff, Preston" < preston.huff at nara.gov>,lucy.barber at nara.gov,tevye.yoblick.mil at mail.mil,"Mason, Stephen D." ,steve7578 at yahoo.com, Bradley.o.martsching.mil at mail.mil,stephen.m.cichocki.civ at mail.mil, ngardner at neh.gov,"Ausema, Tatiana" ,Tom Simplot < SimplotT at arts.gov>,Andi Mathis ,lusherb at arts.gov, jhansen at choctawnation.com,tsheets at csg.org,karbuckle at csg.org,hein at ncshpo.org Cc: "Madson, Stephanie" ,"Everfield, Stephanie" ,"Amaglio, Alessandro" < Alessandro.Amaglio at fema.dhs.gov> Dear HENTF members, This week will be like no other. Please forward this information to your members and constituents in *North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia*. These preparedness tips have also been sent to the respective state cultural agencies. They were also sent to the few Guam POCs (points of contact) that I have. *Guam* is already hunkered down for the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut. A version of these tips also appears on the Heritage Emergency National Task Force website, at https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/resources/planning-preparedness-and-mitigation-resources/ . *Be Prepared!* Hurricane Florence is threatening to intensify into a major hurricane later this week. It?s important that all individuals and cultural institutions prepare for sustained winds, heavy rain, and potential flooding: ? Track the storm via the National Hurricane Center, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Florence. ? Monitor information via your state?s Emergency Management Agency: o In North Carolina: https://www.ncdps.gov/hurricane-florence-2018 o In South Carolina: https://www.scemd.org/ o In Virginia: http://www.vaemergency.gov/ ? Gather your staff and review your disaster plan today. No disaster plan? Put that at the top of the to-do list once the hurricane passes (and hope you didn?t need it this time). ? If you have a disaster plan, make sure everyone has a printed copy to take home. An electronic version may be useless if you lose power. ? Make sure staff, volunteer, and board contact lists are up to date. Determine how you will communicate with one another before, during, and after the storm. ? Make sure your insurance and disaster recovery vendor contact information is readily available. ? If you don?t already have up-to-date images (photographic/video) of your facility?s exterior and interior, including storage areas, now?s the time to take them. Being able to illustrate how your building and collections looked before damage will be helpful if the need arises to pursue recovery financing. ? Back up electronic records and store the back-ups off-site or in the cloud. ? Secure outdoor furniture, bike racks, book drops, etc. ? anything that can become a projectile in strong winds. ? Move collections that are in areas vulnerable to flooding ? i.e., the floor, the basement ? or susceptible to rain ? near windows or under roofs. ? If you have time, cut lengths of plastic sheeting to be able to throw them over shelves or equipment should the building envelope be compromised. ? Know the location and shut-off procedures for water, electricity, and gas. ? Review individual or family plans. You?ll feel better attending to your organization knowing that your loved ones are safe. ? For tips on what to do before, during, and after a hurricane, go to https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes. ? Keep this 24/7 hotline number handy: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals, are available 24/7 to provide advice. ? Download FEMA fact sheets ?After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures? and ?Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms,? available at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/113297. ? Familiarize yourself with the disaster declaration process in case one is declared for your state, https://www.fema.gov/disaster-declaration-process. Thank you! 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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URL: From eafreedman at gmail.com Tue Sep 11 14:33:01 2018 From: eafreedman at gmail.com (Liz Freedman Fowler) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:33:01 -0600 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] IPM pest identification guides Message-ID: Hello, We are implementing an Integrated Pest Management program at the Badlands Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota. We have had the triangle glue traps set out, and now it is time to identify the results. What resources do you use to learn how to identify museum bugs? Are there online resources, or do you prefer a book? Are people mostly self-taught at museum bug identification? Our traps seem to be catching mostly pillbugs, spiders, and crickets, but there are plenty of other taxa as well. Should I focus mainly on nailing down species identifications for just the "bad bugs" than can be harmful to museum objects, or should I try to get precise identifications on everything? 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Best, Elisa On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Liz Freedman Fowler wrote: > Hello, > > We are implementing an Integrated Pest Management program at the Badlands > Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota. We have had the triangle glue > traps set out, and now it is time to identify the results. > > What resources do you use to learn how to identify museum bugs? Are there > online resources, or do you prefer a book? Are people mostly self-taught at > museum bug identification? > > Our traps seem to be catching mostly pillbugs, spiders, and crickets, but > there are plenty of other taxa as well. Should I focus mainly on nailing > down species identifications for just the "bad bugs" than can be harmful to > museum objects, or should I try to get precise identifications on > everything? > > Thank you for the advice! > -Liz Freedman Fowler > > ----------------------------------------------- > Dr. Liz Freedman Fowler > Assistant Professor of Biology > Dickinson State University > Dickinson, North Dakota > ----------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- *Elisa L. Dahlberg* *Wildlife Repository Specialist* *U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service / **Office of Law Enforcement* *National Eagle & Wildlife Property Repository* *6550 Gateway Rd. Bldg 128 / **Commerce City, CO 80022* *303-287-2110 ex. 229 / elisa_dahlberg at fws.gov * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bowser at ualberta.ca Tue Sep 11 16:34:11 2018 From: bowser at ualberta.ca (Jennifer Bowser) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:34:11 -0600 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERNAL] IPM pest identification guides In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Liz, I recommend joining MuseumPests.net pest listserv as well (link: https://museumpests.net/join-the-pestlist/). If you're able to get quality photographs of any insects/potential pests in question, you can post them to the listserv and you'll find it's one of the best resources to look for help. It's an active and well-used listserv and our knowledgeable pest experts working in the field are nothing short of amazing when it comes to helping out. Cheers, Jennifer On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:39 PM Dahlberg, Elisa wrote: > Hi Liz, > > There are a handful of good resources out there. I am sure others will > chime in. A few that I like are listed below. > > https://museumpests.net/identification/ > > https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/ > > http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/menu.homegarden.html > > The Mallis Handbook of Pest Control (ie: IPM bible) is also a good, but > pricey resource. > > Best, > Elisa > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Liz Freedman Fowler < > eafreedman at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We are implementing an Integrated Pest Management program at the Badlands >> Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota. We have had the triangle glue >> traps set out, and now it is time to identify the results. >> >> What resources do you use to learn how to identify museum bugs? Are there >> online resources, or do you prefer a book? Are people mostly self-taught at >> museum bug identification? >> >> Our traps seem to be catching mostly pillbugs, spiders, and crickets, but >> there are plenty of other taxa as well. Should I focus mainly on nailing >> down species identifications for just the "bad bugs" than can be harmful to >> museum objects, or should I try to get precise identifications on >> everything? >> >> Thank you for the advice! >> -Liz Freedman Fowler >> >> ----------------------------------------------- >> Dr. Liz Freedman Fowler >> Assistant Professor of Biology >> Dickinson State University >> Dickinson, North Dakota >> ----------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > *Elisa L. Dahlberg* > *Wildlife Repository Specialist* > *U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service / **Office of Law Enforcement* > *National Eagle & Wildlife Property Repository* > *6550 Gateway Rd. Bldg 128 / **Commerce City, CO 80022* > *303-287-2110 ex. 229 / elisa_dahlberg at fws.gov * > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. *?This communication and any attachments is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take any action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.?* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peterar at berkeley.edu Tue Sep 11 16:59:40 2018 From: peterar at berkeley.edu (Peter Rauch) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:59:40 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] IPM pest identification guides In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Focus. What are the susceptible accessions of your museum? How are they stored ? What are the known pests of such accessions stored in that manner? Then determine what standard practices other collections use to mitigate pest damage under condition similar to yours. Then tailor your monitoring program for those types of potential specimen-damaging pests. Balance funds expended against prospects for failing to prevent losses in a timely and minimal manner. (I notice that your museum is mostly/(all?) fossils/rocky stuff. How might such stuff be damaged by "pests"?) Peter On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Liz Freedman Fowler wrote: > Hello, > > We are implementing an Integrated Pest Management program at the Badlands > Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota. We have had the triangle glue > traps set out, and now it is time to identify the results. > > What resources do you use to learn how to identify museum bugs? Are there > online resources, or do you prefer a book? Are people mostly self-taught at > museum bug identification? > > Our traps seem to be catching mostly pillbugs, spiders, and crickets, but > there are plenty of other taxa as well. Should I focus mainly on nailing > down species identifications for just the "bad bugs" than can be harmful to > museum objects, or should I try to get precise identifications on > everything? > > Thank you for the advice! > -Liz Freedman Fowler > > ----------------------------------------------- > Dr. Liz Freedman Fowler > Assistant Professor of Biology > Dickinson State University > Dickinson, North Dakota > ----------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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S. >, "Baxter, William E." >, "Brown, Cynthia A." >, "Butler, Carol" >, "Button, Kerry" >, "Campbell Lilienfeld, Bonnie" >, "Cary, Susan" >, "Collier, Shauna D." >, "Connolly, Joyce" >, "Doutriaux, Miriam" >, "Eagleton, Catherine" >, "Fostel, Clarissa" >, "Garcia, Elizabeth" >, "George, John" >, "Graskowiak, Marilyn" >, "Hawks, Catharine" >, "Horton, Robert (Bob)" >, "Kaczkowski, Rebecca" >, "Kahn, Mark" >, "Kaminitz, Marian" >, "Kaplan, Emily" >, "Kennedy, Rebecca" >, "Kile, Amelia" >, "Kinhart, Erin" >, "Lamar, Cynthia Chavez" >, "Lockshin, Nora" >, "Loudin, Sarah" >, "Martin, Cali C." >, "McShea, Megan" >, "Merritt, Rebecca" >, "Merritt, Scott" >, "Morris, Jennifer" >, "Moser, Antonia" >, "Pahn, Michael" >, "Peters, Tammy" >, "Putney, Lynn" >, "Robertson, Lee" >, "Robertson, Robert" >, "Schwartz, Christina" >, "Smith, Brandie" >, "Smith, Stephanie" >, "Smith, Vanessa Haight" >, "Solanki, Rajshree" >, "Stamm, Richard" >, "Stauderman, Sarah" >, "Tanner, Jackson" >, "Wagner, Katharine C." >, "Waite, Seth" >, "Westerberg, Paul" >, "Williams, Patti (NASM)" >, "Williams, Tony" >, "Wilson, Ted" >, "Wodzianski, Jennifer" >, "Young, Bruce" >, "Bennett, Danielle" >, "Heydt, Elizabeth" > Cc: "Tompkins, William" >, "Miller, Melissa Q." > Subject: Be Prepared! Tips for Museums and Libraries in the Path of Hurricane Florence Tips from IMLS? It?s important to prepare for sustained winds, heavy rain, and potential flooding. [http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=8fcace25-8de7-490e-a2c5-cf8bea245686&a=1121448818245&c=24d6db20-686e-11e5-9280-d4ae52733d3a&ch=24db6f00-686e-11e5-9280-d4ae52733d3a] [http://files.constantcontact.com/546fe8b1501/b25c3c0f-6ea3-4bc1-ba52-4d47e9cf55f1.jpg] Be Prepared! Tips for Museums and Libraries in the Path of Hurricane Florence [Emergency preparedness checklist] For those in the path of Hurricane Florence, it?s important to prepare for sustained winds, heavy rain, and potential flooding. The following tips are from the Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF), a partnership of 42 national service organizations and federal agencies, including IMLS. ? Track the storm via the National Hurricane Center, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Florence. ? Monitor information via your state?s Emergency Management Agency: ? In North Carolina: https://www.ncdps.gov/hurricane-florence-2018 ? In South Carolina: https://www.scemd.org/ ? In Virginia: http://www.vaemergency.gov/ ? Gather your staff and review your disaster plan today. No disaster plan? Put that at the top of the to-do list once the hurricane passes (and hope you didn?t need it this time). ? If you have a disaster plan, make sure everyone has a printed copy to take home. An electronic version may be useless if you lose power. ? Make sure staff, volunteer, and board contact lists are up to date. Determine how you will communicate with one another before, during, and after the storm. ? Make sure your insurance and disaster recovery vendor contact information is readily available. ? If you don?t already have up-to-date images (photographic/video) of your facility?s exterior and interior, including storage areas, now?s the time to take them. Being able to illustrate how your building and collections looked before damage will be helpful if the need arises to pursue recovery financing. ? Back up electronic records and store the back-ups off-site or in the cloud. ? Secure outdoor furniture, bike racks, book drops, etc. ? anything that can become a projectile in strong winds. ? Move collections that are in areas vulnerable to flooding ? i.e., the floor, the basement ? or susceptible to rain ? near windows or under roofs. ? If you have time, cut lengths of plastic sheeting to be able to throw them over shelves or equipment should the building envelope be compromised. ? Know the location and shut-off procedures for water, electricity, and gas. ? Review individual or family plans. You?ll feel better attending to your organization knowing that your loved ones are safe. ? For tips on what to do before, during, and after a hurricane, go to https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes. ? Keep this 24/7 hotline number handy: 202.661.8068. 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URL: From HawksC at si.edu Wed Sep 12 02:24:41 2018 From: HawksC at si.edu (Hawks, Catharine) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:24:41 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Hurricane Isaac preparedness tips from HENTF In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sent from my iPhone Catharine Hawks Begin forwarded message: From: "Foley, Lori" > Date: September 10, 2018 at 2:24:09 PM GMT+2 To: "tshapiro at actorsfund.org" >, "rnelson at achp.gov" >, "jloichinger at achp.gov" >, "jvaughan at aam-us.org" >, "jackson at aaslh.org" >, "LindsayBrugger at aia.org" >, "RachelMinnery at aia.org" >, "Morancy, Melissa" >, "kkromer at alawash.org" >, "mdowling at ala.org" >, "rharper at artsusa.org" >, "pwalsh at artsusa.org" >, "brian.carter at 4culture.org" >, "shirl.spicer at montgomeryparks.org" >, "afinch at aamd.org" >, Christine Anagnos >, "PaulKuenstner at apti.org" >, "NJean-Louis at wje.com" >, "epourchot at conservation-us.org" >, "junger at conservation-us.org" >, "ewentworth at conservation-us.org" >, "president at atalm.org" >, "bob.ottenhoff at disasterphilanthropy.org" >, "regine.webster at disasterphilanthropy.org" >, "mostrum at craftemergency.org" >, "fcornelia at craftemergency.org" >, "Janet.Newcomb at lyrasis.org" >, "tcherubini at cosla.org" >, "chenry at clir.org" >, "rebecca.katz at dc.gov" >, "bteague at statearchivists.org" >, "Hass, Jennifer" >, "Koeppel, Sarah" >, "Harriz, Kim" >, "john_nelson at ios.doi.gov" >, "alillpop at purdue.edu" >, "Defrancesco, Donna" >, "Fontenot, Kristin" >, "Ketchum, John" >, "Weisgerber, Julie" >, "Carruth, Stephen" >, "emackintosh at statehumanities.org" >, "jake.heflin at itema.org" >, "elizabeth.hannold at gsa.gov" >, "joan.brierton at gsa.gov" >, "caroline.alderson at gsa.gov" >, "tpwhalen at getty.edu" >, "Bodner, Connie" >, "mfarrell at imls.gov" >, "Bechtol, Nancy" >, "Averyt, Katelynn" >, "Bowe, Stacy D." >, "weinere at si.edu" >, "Carroll, Colleen" >, "Gentry, Eric" >, "Kirby, Liz" >, "Snell, Samantha" >, "Tompkins, William" >, "Wegener, Corine" >, Brian Daniels >, "Kurin, Richard" >, "Hawks, Catharine" >, "Kaczkowski, Rebecca" >, HENTF >, "Jami.Awalt at tn.gov" >, "rebekah.davis at limestonecounty-al.gov" >, "armstrong at iaem.com" >, John Conklin >, "chill at nhalliance.org" >, "skidd at nhalliance.org" >, "stephanie at napcommissions.org" >, "mschobert at ccaha.org" >, "lhortzstanton at ccaha.org" >, "BPahl at savingplaces.org" >, "AJones at savingplaces.org" >, "ajc at mellon.org" >, "scoppinger at chubb.com" >, "Heide, John" >, Jane Seiter >, "lisa.craig at mbakerintl.com" >, "d.c.comer at gmail.com" >, "bambi at nathpo.org" >, "lackerman at wmf.org" >, "racheljacobso at gmail.com" >, "Michael.K.Trimble at usace.army.mil" >, "Amy.M.Williams at usace.army.mil" >, "sid.caesar at bia.gov" >, "patrick.vacha at bia.gov" >, "jnad at loc.gov" >, "Robb, Andrew" >, "Drewes, Jeanne" >, "anha at loc.gov" >, "SEMiller at flagler.edu" >, "president at sha.org" >, "nbeaumont at archivists.org" >, "mcclurkin at uta.edu" >, "psaliga at sah.org" >, "Valliere, John" >, "cturner at preserveart.org" >, "dwinslow at nsf.gov" >, "jmantz at nsf.gov" >, "Ann_Hitchcock at nps.gov" >, "Jackson, Sarah" >, "vicki.lee at nara.gov" >, "allison.olson at nara.gov" >, "Huff, Preston" >, "lucy.barber at nara.gov" >, "tevye.yoblick.mil at mail.mil" >, "Mason, Stephen D." >, "steve7578 at yahoo.com" >, "Bradley.o.martsching.mil at mail.mil" >, "stephen.m.cichocki.civ at mail.mil" >, "ngardner at neh.gov" >, "Ausema, Tatiana" >, Tom Simplot >, "Andi Mathis" >, "lusherb at arts.gov" >, "jhansen at choctawnation.com" >, "tsheets at csg.org" >, "karbuckle at csg.org" >, "hein at ncshpo.org" > Cc: "McKee, John" >, "Audin, Michael" > Subject: Hurricane Isaac preparedness tips from HENTF We need to encourage our colleagues in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to prepare for Hurricane Isaac as well. Please reach out to them widely. Same as below, with these specific URLs: ? Track the storm via the National Hurricane Center, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Isaac. ? Monitor information: o US Virgin Islands: via VITEMA, https://vitema.vi.gov/ o Puerto Rico: via FEMA?s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/FEMAPuertoRico/ and their municipality?s Office of Emergency Management. Thank you. 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 [cid:image001.jpg at 01D448DF.A341EAA0] From: Foley, Lori Sent: Monday, September 10, 2018 12:21 AM To: 'tshapiro at actorsfund.org' >; 'rnelson at achp.gov' >; 'jloichinger at achp.gov' >; 'jvaughan at aam-us.org' >; 'jackson at aaslh.org' >; 'LindsayBrugger at aia.org' >; 'RachelMinnery at aia.org' >; 'Morancy, Melissa' >; 'kkromer at alawash.org' >; 'mdowling at ala.org' >; 'rharper at artsusa.org' >; 'pwalsh at artsusa.org' >; 'brian.carter at 4culture.org' >; 'shirl.spicer at montgomeryparks.org' >; 'afinch at aamd.org' >; 'Christine Anagnos' >; 'PaulKuenstner at apti.org' >; 'NJean-Louis at wje.com' >; 'epourchot at conservation-us.org' >; 'junger at conservation-us.org' >; 'ewentworth at conservation-us.org' >; 'president at atalm.org' >; 'bob.ottenhoff at disasterphilanthropy.org' >; 'regine.webster at disasterphilanthropy.org' >; 'mostrum at craftemergency.org' >; 'fcornelia at craftemergency.org' >; 'Janet.Newcomb at lyrasis.org' >; 'tcherubini at cosla.org' >; 'chenry at clir.org' >; 'rebecca.katz at dc.gov' >; 'bteague at statearchivists.org' >; Hass, Jennifer >; Koeppel, Sarah >; 'J. Kimberly Harriz (Kim_Harriz at ios.doi.gov)' >; 'john_nelson at ios.doi.gov' >; 'alillpop at purdue.edu' >; Defrancesco, Donna >; Foley, Lori >; Fontenot, Kristin >; Ketchum, John >; Weisgerber, Julie >; Carruth, Stephen >; 'emackintosh at statehumanities.org' >; 'jake.heflin at itema.org' >; 'elizabeth.hannold at gsa.gov' >; 'joan.brierton at gsa.gov' >; 'caroline.alderson at gsa.gov' >; 'tpwhalen at getty.edu' >; 'Connie Bodner' >; 'mfarrell at imls.gov' >; 'Bechtol, Nancy' >; 'Averyt, Katelynn' >; 'Bowe, Stacy D.' >; 'weinere at si.edu' >; 'Carroll, Colleen' >; 'Gentry, Eric' >; 'Kirby, Liz' >; 'Snell, Samantha' >; 'Tompkins, William' >; 'Wegener, Corine' >; 'Brian Daniels' >; 'Kurin, Richard' >; 'Hawks, Catharine' >; 'Kaczkowski, Rebecca' >; 'HENTF' >; 'Jami.Awalt at tn.gov' >; 'rebekah.davis at limestonecounty-al.gov' >; 'armstrong at iaem.com' >; 'John Conklin' >; 'chill at nhalliance.org' >; 'skidd at nhalliance.org' >; 'stephanie at napcommissions.org' >; 'mschobert at ccaha.org' >; 'lhortzstanton at ccaha.org' >; 'BPahl at savingplaces.org' >; 'AJones at savingplaces.org' >; 'ajc at mellon.org' >; 'scoppinger at chubb.com' >; Heide, John >; 'Jane Seiter' >; 'lisa.craig at mbakerintl.com' >; 'd.c.comer at gmail.com' >; 'bambi at nathpo.org' >; 'lackerman at wmf.org' >; 'racheljacobso at gmail.com' >; 'Michael.K.Trimble at usace.army.mil' >; 'Amy.M.Williams at usace.army.mil' >; 'sid.caesar at bia.gov' >; 'patrick.vacha at bia.gov' >; 'jnad at loc.gov' >; Robb, Andrew >; 'Drewes, Jeanne' >; 'anha at loc.gov' >; 'SEMiller at flagler.edu' >; 'president at sha.org' >; 'nbeaumont at archivists.org' >; 'mcclurkin at uta.edu' >; 'psaliga at sah.org' >; 'John.Valliere at sba.gov' >; 'cturner at preserveart.org' >; 'dwinslow at nsf.gov' >; 'jmantz at nsf.gov' >; 'Ann_Hitchcock at nps.gov' >; Jackson, Sarah >; 'vicki.lee at nara.gov' >; 'allison.olson at nara.gov' >; 'Preston Huff (preston.huff at nara.gov)' >; 'lucy.barber at nara.gov' >; 'tevye.yoblick.mil at mail.mil' >; Mason, Stephen D. >; 'steve7578 at yahoo.com' >; 'Bradley.o.martsching.mil at mail.mil' >; 'stephen.m.cichocki.civ at mail.mil' >; 'ngardner at neh.gov' >; Ausema, Tatiana >; 'Tom Simplot' >; 'Andi Mathis' >; 'lusherb at arts.gov' >; 'jhansen at choctawnation.com' >; 'tsheets at csg.org' >; 'karbuckle at csg.org' >; 'hein at ncshpo.org' > Cc: Madson, Stephanie >; Stephanie Everfield (Stephanie.Everfield at fema.dhs.gov) >; Amaglio, Alessandro > Subject: Hurricane Florence preparedness tips from HENTF Dear HENTF members, This week will be like no other. Please forward this information to your members and constituents in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. These preparedness tips have also been sent to the respective state cultural agencies. They were also sent to the few Guam POCs (points of contact) that I have. Guam is already hunkered down for the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut. A version of these tips also appears on the Heritage Emergency National Task Force website, at https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/resources/planning-preparedness-and-mitigation-resources/. Be Prepared! Hurricane Florence is threatening to intensify into a major hurricane later this week. It?s important that all individuals and cultural institutions prepare for sustained winds, heavy rain, and potential flooding: ? Track the storm via the National Hurricane Center, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Florence. ? Monitor information via your state?s Emergency Management Agency: o In North Carolina: https://www.ncdps.gov/hurricane-florence-2018 o In South Carolina: https://www.scemd.org/ o In Virginia: http://www.vaemergency.gov/ ? Gather your staff and review your disaster plan today. No disaster plan? Put that at the top of the to-do list once the hurricane passes (and hope you didn?t need it this time). ? If you have a disaster plan, make sure everyone has a printed copy to take home. An electronic version may be useless if you lose power. ? Make sure staff, volunteer, and board contact lists are up to date. Determine how you will communicate with one another before, during, and after the storm. ? Make sure your insurance and disaster recovery vendor contact information is readily available. ? If you don?t already have up-to-date images (photographic/video) of your facility?s exterior and interior, including storage areas, now?s the time to take them. Being able to illustrate how your building and collections looked before damage will be helpful if the need arises to pursue recovery financing. ? Back up electronic records and store the back-ups off-site or in the cloud. ? Secure outdoor furniture, bike racks, book drops, etc. ? anything that can become a projectile in strong winds. ? Move collections that are in areas vulnerable to flooding ? i.e., the floor, the basement ? or susceptible to rain ? near windows or under roofs. ? If you have time, cut lengths of plastic sheeting to be able to throw them over shelves or equipment should the building envelope be compromised. ? Know the location and shut-off procedures for water, electricity, and gas. ? Review individual or family plans. You?ll feel better attending to your organization knowing that your loved ones are safe. ? For tips on what to do before, during, and after a hurricane, go to https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes. ? Keep this 24/7 hotline number handy: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals, are available 24/7 to provide advice. ? Download FEMA fact sheets ?After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures? and ?Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms,? available at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/113297. ? Familiarize yourself with the disaster declaration process in case one is declared for your state, https://www.fema.gov/disaster-declaration-process. Thank you! 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 [cid:image002.jpg at 01D448DF.A341EAA0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Among the things that have arisen in the aftermath of the terrible fire this month in Brazil's Museu Nacional - a tragedy that affects many in the global scientific community - are numerous public comments regarding the loss of the thousands of holotype specimens housed in Rio, and how difficult it will be to replace them all. The latter assertion - implying or claiming that *all *of the lost types will need to be replaced - is inaccurate, and those of us serving on the ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) feel that it is essential to provide accurate information to counteract some of these well-intentioned but slightly misleading comments. Our aim is not to dismiss the concerns of those who are worried about the consequences of losing so many type specimens, but to reassure people that only a *fraction* of those lost types actually require replacement, in no small part due to the commendable foresight of curators and researchers who recorded digital images of many of those types. Accordingly, I and a number of other Commissioners have drafted an advisory document outlining what the ICZN Code actually says regarding the replacement of lost types, emphasizing that the situation surrounding each individual type must be taken into account, and *only in exceptional cases* is it possible to designate a replacement (neotype); doing so requires very explicit justification and documentation. It is entirely likely that only a small fraction of the holotypes that have been lost will fulfill the necessary criteria, thus greatly reducing the burden on the taxonomic community. The task will not be easy, but it will not be as comprehensive or labor-intensive as many have assumed. For those of you who have an interest in this matter, please see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ef0H0pwnjJW5B5thzp-Fs5J3qEomuJyoEvKQd4hx-Lk/edit?usp=sharing There are, inevitably, parts of the Code that can be easily overlooked, easily misinterpreted, or fairly subjective. The purpose of this particular document is to serve for clarification and as a practical guideline. It does not, in any way, supercede the "legislative" text of the Code itself, which is appended - unaltered - at the end of the document, and also available at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/ in its entirety. We would urge people in particular to note the various provisions of Article 75.3, especially 75.3.6 and 75.3.7. Please do bear in mind that the rules concerning neotype designations are explicitly intended to ensure a measure of quality control over the process, and prevent abuses of the system; every one of these rules is in place for a good reason. Most of these rules have been unchanged (or even slightly relaxed) since at least the 1961 edition of the Code, if not earlier, and they have served the community well thus far. If you read through the document and still are uncertain about anything, I and the other Commissioners are generally available to answer questions. We would certainly prefer to spend a little effort to address taxonomists' concerns *before* any types are replaced, rather than after. PLEASE do pass this message on to colleagues who might benefit from this information, including other mailing lists or social media groups where this topic is of broad interest. This document may eventually be published, but broad dissemination of the information *now* will still be beneficial, especially given that publications have a much smaller reach than mailing lists and social media, and also given how quickly, and widely, inaccurate assumptions and claims have already been distributed. Sincerely, Doug Yanega -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neumann at snsb.de Thu Sep 13 01:53:46 2018 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:53:46 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] ICZN policy on replacing lost type specimens In-Reply-To: <880a5d07-ad49-534d-bece-6d5b3c44b047@ucr.edu> References: <880a5d07-ad49-534d-bece-6d5b3c44b047@ucr.edu> Message-ID: <94dce57d-04f7-d8a8-b935-9f08f132a3da@snsb.de> Dear Doug, dear all, maybe two things to chip in: Loosing type material is a big loss for a collection, no question. There many threats for such valuable specimens, and fire being one of them. Severe cuts to budget lines, natural disasters, war and many other threats add to this list. Munich lost a substantial part of its types in WW II, and have been replaced only in relevant cases (following ICZN recommendations). Even though we lost all but one Spix type of his Fishes of Brazil here in Munich, a good chunk of syntypes survived in Switzerland, because of Agassiz' deposition of doublets in Neuchatel. Splitting of type series and deposition of types preferably on different continents underlines not only your appreciation for colleagues/institutions you love to collaborate with, but could also be understood as precautionary measure. Still, many colleagues understand type material as (personal) treasure used to raise the profile of the own collection. This definitely is important, yes, but it might be worth to consider deposition of type material abroad, too. We don't need a fire to destroy an entire or substantial part of a collection, a malfunctioning sprinkler head in your type collection can do a terribly good job over the weekend as well. Splitting of type series does not necessarily lower the research profile of a collection. Secondly, types, and especially the holotypes, are well known, described, depicted. We know a lot about these specimens, and neotypes are actually rarely needed. The by far larger loss is the new, undescribed, unstudied, unexplored material that was lost in Rio or is lost such an event anywhere in a collection on this planet. This material definitely is irreplaceable, because it cannot be re-collected from the past. But these are the future assets of an collection, the potential for new research projects, new research careers, ... but too often, this material is neglected in the one way or the other. We should keep in mind that in those unsorted bulk samples, the future types are hiding, and take care for such material accordingly. Dirk Am 13.09.2018 um 05:06 schrieb Doug Yanega: > > Hi, all. > > Among the things that have arisen in the aftermath of the terrible > fire this month in Brazil's Museu Nacional - a tragedy that affects > many in the global scientific community - are numerous public comments > regarding the loss of the thousands of holotype specimens housed in > Rio, and how difficult it will be to replace them all. The latter > assertion - implying or claiming that *all *of the lost types will > need to be replaced - is inaccurate, and those of us serving on the > ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) feel that > it is essential to provide accurate information to counteract some of > these well-intentioned but slightly misleading comments. Our aim is > not to dismiss the concerns of those who are worried about the > consequences of losing so many type specimens, but to reassure people > that only a *fraction* of those lost types actually require > replacement, in no small part due to the commendable foresight of > curators and researchers who recorded digital images of many of those > types. > > Accordingly, I and a number of other Commissioners have drafted an > advisory document outlining what the ICZN Code actually says regarding > the replacement of lost types, emphasizing that the situation > surrounding each individual type must be taken into account, and *only > in exceptional cases* is it possible to designate a replacement > (neotype); doing so requires very explicit justification and > documentation. It is entirely likely that only a small fraction of the > holotypes that have been lost will fulfill the necessary criteria, > thus greatly reducing the burden on the taxonomic community. The task > will not be easy, but it will not be as comprehensive or > labor-intensive as many have assumed. > > For those of you who have an interest in this matter, please see > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ef0H0pwnjJW5B5thzp-Fs5J3qEomuJyoEvKQd4hx-Lk/edit?usp=sharing > > There are, inevitably, parts of the Code that can be easily > overlooked, easily misinterpreted, or fairly subjective. The purpose > of this particular document is to serve for clarification and as a > practical guideline. It does not, in any way, supercede the > "legislative" text of the Code itself, which is appended - unaltered - > at the end of the document, and also available at > http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/ in its entirety. We would > urge people in particular to note the various provisions of Article > 75.3, especially 75.3.6 and 75.3.7. > > Please do bear in mind that the rules concerning neotype designations > are explicitly intended to ensure a measure of quality control over > the process, and prevent abuses of the system; every one of these > rules is in place for a good reason. Most of these rules have been > unchanged (or even slightly relaxed) since at least the 1961 edition > of the Code, if not earlier, and they have served the community well > thus far. > > If you read through the document and still are uncertain about > anything, I and the other Commissioners are generally available to > answer questions. We would certainly prefer to spend a little effort > to address taxonomists' concerns *before* any types are replaced, > rather than after. > > PLEASE do pass this message on to colleagues who might benefit from > this information, including other mailing lists or social media groups > where this topic is of broad interest. This document may eventually be > published, but broad dissemination of the information *now* will still > be beneficial, especially given that publications have a much smaller > reach than mailing lists and social media, and also given how quickly, > and widely, inaccurate assumptions and claims have already been > distributed. > > Sincerely, Doug Yanega > > -- > Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum > Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega > phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) > http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html > "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness > is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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CMNH will invite and engage a broader audience in the exploration of science and the natural world by revolutionizing the way it presents natural history. The Museum has currently launched a comprehensive campaign to support a dramatic renovation and expansion of its facilities and exhibits. This ambitious plan will position the Museum to play a leading role in regional and national efforts to improve science education and increase scientific Summary: The Museum is searching for a highly-motivated individual to work within the Museum?s Department of Cultural Anthropology as a part-time assistant collections manager. The Museum supports a large collection of more than 14,000 items of material culture from historic and contemporary societies around the world including North, Central, and South Americas, Africa, and Asia. The successful candidate will work to conserve these collections, secure at risk artifacts, and develop a curation strategy that will enhance access, records management, and digitization efforts currently underway at the Museum. The successful candidate will also serve as liaison to Native American tribal groups in regard to NAGPRA compliance. The Assistant Collections Manager will report directly to the Museum?s Director of Research and Collections. The position is a one year, part-time appointment (25 hours per week) with the opportunity for extensions up to three years. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * Responsible for the management and proper curation of existing research and archival specimens retained within the department. * Responsible for the management of the systematic arrangement and proper storage of specimens. * Responsible for tracking the collection growth and activity. * Responsible for the identification of new material and producing labels. * Responsible for computer database development of new and existing material and entering the data into the database. * Responsible for ordering supplies and equipment in support of collection operations. * Performs all duties according to established museum operating, safety, and environmental and quality policies. * Responsible to oversee collections assistant staff members and volunteer activities as they pertain to collection activities. * Responsible for offering departmental services to museum members, the general public, and businesses based on current departmental and division policies. * Performs other duties as assigned by Head of Collections or management as required. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: * Candidates must have a Master?s degree in cultural anthropology or related field and experience with the curation, cataloging, and conservation of cultural materials, preferably in a museum setting. Experience with NAGPRA implementation and compliance preferred. * Knowledge of collections management methods and current best practices. * The ability to plan, direct, and report on collections activities. * Ability to research scientific information, ideas and methods. * Excellent organizational and attention to detail skills. * The ability to deal effectively with public and private agencies and individuals in matters relating to collections objects at the Museum. * Strong computer operating system and database management experience. Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products to include Word, Excel, Power Point. * Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally. * Ability to work successfully with Museum members, employees and the general public. * Strong problem solving and listening skills. * Ability to manage staff assistants and volunteers. * Ability to function in a fast pace environment with time constraints, and within established deadlines. Listing: https://www.cmnh.org/about-the-museum/employment/assistant-collections-manager Apply: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=49c26a0f-b438-4d50-910e-e2fca33d6a29&jobId=253110&lang=en_US&source=CC4 Gavin J Svenson, Ph.D. Director of Research & Collections Curator and Head of Invertebrate Zoology Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 216.231.4600 x. 3315 gsvenson at cmnh.org mantodearesearch.com [cid:39bc3644-3334-44f3-88a1-c14c9436d115] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Wednesday, 7 November 2018 9:00 am - 5:00 pm McEvoy Auditorium Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) G and 8th Streets, NW, Washington DC Please register at www.potomacaiha.org Cost $65 per person, $30 per student (ID req) - includes lunch and tour All must pre-register by Oct 30, 2018- NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION A list of meeting presentations is available on the website. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Sep 17 16:08:19 2018 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:08:19 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 19, Issue 19, September 17, 2018 * Plans to Relocate NIFA, ERA Delayed Following Community Outcry * Congress Sends First Appropriations Package to President, Rushes to Avert Shutdown * Nominations Sought for National Academies Panel on Biological Collections * Fire at Brazil?s National Museum Destroys Millions of Science Collections * Representatives Lamborn and Gonzalez Receive USGS Coalition Award * New International Project to Map Genomes of Thousands of Species * 200 Scientists Participate in 2018 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits * AIBS Research Examines Validity of Peer Review * Collections and Education ? Upcoming BCoN Webinar * Learn to Communicate and Influence like a Pro: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Deadline Approaching: 2018 Faces of Biology Photo Contest * 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. ________________________________ Plans to Relocate NIFA, ERS Delayed Following Community Outcry The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on September 7 that its plan to relocate the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Economic Research Service (ERS) to an as yet determined location outside of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will be delayed. The department?s earlier announcement of intent to move the agencies has garnered expressions of concern from stakeholders. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in a press release that he would extend by 30 days, to October 15, the deadline for universities and localities to submit an expression of interest (EOI) to house the headquarters of NIFA and ERS. ?There has been considerable interest in housing the headquarters of NIFA and ERS, expressed by universities and localities from around the country,? stated Perdue. ?Some stakeholders have relayed concerns about staff summer vacation schedules interfering with the preparation of proposals, and some have asked for more time to have their plans approved by boards of regents, city councils, or other governing bodies,? he added. ?An extra 30 days will give everyone time to get organized and will not interfere with our timeline.? The decision to delay the move came after several groups including farm groups, scientific societies, universities, and lawmakers sent letters to the Secretary expressing concerns about the decision. The Senate Committee on Agriculture wrote to Secretary Perdue on September 7, raising several questions and requesting more information on the move. The letter, signed by Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), noted that stakeholders have expressed concern that relocating the agencies outside of Washington D.C. will lead many employees to leave USDA and cause ?a sharp loss of knowledgeable staff.? Democratic lawmakers on the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee have also written to Secretary Perdue requesting more information on the plan and expressing concern about its impact on NIFA and ERS employees. The letter, led by Agriculture Subcommittee Ranking Member Sanford Bishop (D-GA), noted: ?We hope that you will seek input from USDA employees as you consider future Department decisions.? The American Institute of Biological Sciences was among 107 stakeholder organizations, including the National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, scientific societies, and several universities that wrote to congressional appropriators and House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders on September 6, urging them to extend by 60 days the deadline to submit an EOI and withhold any appropriations for the relocation until the costs and benefits of the proposal had been fully analyzed. ?With only 30 days for interested parties to submit bids for the new location, this rapid timeframe has left the research stakeholder community little time to digest the implications of relocating NIFA,? said the letter. The letter from the research community raised several questions and concerns about the impact of the relocation on NIFA?s relationship with its stakeholders and other federal agencies, its staff recruitments, and its budget, and stressed that these ?must be addressed before any subsequent funding is appropriated for relocation.? The groups urged the USDA to invite public input before proceeding with the relocation. Read the multi-stakeholder letter: https://www.aibs.org/position-statements/20180906_joint_stakehold_1.html Congress Sends First Appropriations Package to President, Rushes to Avert Shutdown Congress sent the first bipartisan spending package, including the Energy-Water, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2019, to the President on September 13. The Senate passed the $147.5 billion ?minibus? with a 92-5 vote on September 12, after which the House of Representatives approved the legislation by a vote of 377-20. The Conference Committee Report accompanying the spending package directs $44.6 billion (+3 percent) to the Energy and Water accounts, which include the Department of Energy Office of Science ($6.6 billion, +325 million). The bill provides the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), targeted for elimination by President Trump, with $366 million (+$13 million). Several contentious policy riders were dropped from the House version of the bill, including one that would have repealed the Obama-era Clean Water Rule. The White House has not indicated yet if the President will sign the bill into law. Lawmakers are rushing to complete work on FY 2019 appropriations before the new fiscal year begins on October 1 in order to avoid a government shutdown, or a return to stop-gap spending plans to keep the lights on. A conference committee approved the Defense-Labor-Health spending package on September 13. It is currently unclear whether a deal on the Interior-Transportation-Agriculture-Financial Services spending package, will be reached soon or if the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior will have to operate under a continuing resolution to start with. Lawmakers have proposed stop-gap funding in the form of a continuing resolution (CR) to provide level funding for agencies that do not have new spending approved by October 1. The stop-gap measure would likely include funding for the Commerce-Justice-Science, State-Foreign Operations, and Homeland Security spending bills. The CR would ensure funding until December 7, indicating that Congress will have a lame-duck session after the elections to wrap up FY 2019 appropriations. According to E&E News, lawmakers believe that President Trump will eventually agree to defer negotiations on border wall funding in order to prevent a shutdown if Congress approves bipartisan spending bills for most federal agencies by the end of September. Nominations Sought for National Academies Panel on Biological Collections The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Board on Life Sciences (BLS) is seeking experts to serve on a committee that will review the contributions of biological collections in research and education. The expert panel will examine both living organisms and preserved biodiversity specimens that are supported by the National Science Foundation. The committee will study the major advances in the use of collections in the last ten years, determine the biggest challenges in maintaining collections, recommend innovative ways in which biological collections can be utilized in the future, and suggest strategies for their sustained support of research and education. The study entitled, ?Biological Collections: Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions and Options for Sustaining Them,? requires experts with backgrounds in biodiversity, marine science, ecology, environmental science, and evolutionary biology, and experience with collection curation and management. The deadline for submitting nominations is September 21, 2018. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations can be submitted at https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4558967/Nominate-an-Expert-NASEM-Study-on-Biological-Collections?utm_source=Division+on+Earth+and+Life+Studies&utm_campaign=ae8a59f74e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_06_07_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3c0b1ad5c8-ae8a59f74e-233941497&mc_cid=ae8a59f74e&mc_eid=a271cda812. To receive updates about the study, subscribe at https://nationalacademies.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=126022b3c9b5339309157088a&id=f2f3c4827d Fire at Brazil?s National Museum Destroys Millions of Science Collections A massive fire at Brazil?s National Museum in Rio de Janeiro has resulted in the loss of about 20 million artefacts, including science and natural history collections. Details of the extent of the damage are still emerging, but a large insect collection of nearly 5 million specimens has reportedly been lost. The herbarium, which houses about 650,000 plant specimens, had moved to a separate building in 2007 and was spared from the fire. ?It?s an irreparable loss, not only for Brazilian science but for the world. The building can be reconstructed, restored, and everything else, but the collections can never be replaced. Two centuries of science and culture are lost forever,? said Sergio Alex Kugland de Azevedo, a paleozoologist and former Director of the museum. The museum served as a major research institution and housed items such as the first fossil discovered in Brazil, the oldest female skull found in the Americas, and the Brazil?s largest meteorite. Infrastructural limitations made it challenging to suppress the flames in the museum full of flammable materials such as wood and paper. There were no sprinkler systems in the museum and very limited water was available in the fire hydrants, forcing fire fighters to carry in water from a nearby lake. The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) managed the museum with financial support from the federal government. Science reported that the scientific community in Brazil blames ?chronic underfunding? for the disaster. ?We all knew something like this was going to happen sooner or later; it was just a matter of time,? said anthropologist Walter Neves, a retired Professor at the University of S?o Paulo (USP). ?The museum was completely abandoned, left to rot by the disdain and carelessness of public authorities. I am in complete grief,? he said. A recent Viewpoint article in BioScience, discussed the growing pressures on global biodiversity research as a result of science budget cuts in Brazil. In an Op-Ed written for the LA Times, Dr. John McCormack, Associate Professor of Biology at NSC Alliance member Occidental College and the Director and Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology, warned that such an incident can also happen in the U.S. He argued that, ?The infrastructure of [American] public museums is crumbling too.? He added, ?If this tragic event can teach us anything, it?s that we must reinvest in our public museums.? In the Op-Ed, McCormack points to the Trump Administration?s proposal to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is a significant financer for museums, and the Biological Survey Unit, a group of scientists who curate and maintain a million biological specimens in the Smithsonian?s National Museum of Natural History. ?This is a recipe for the kind of catastrophe that took place in Brazil. After years of paltry funding, one rare accident can easily become a disaster,? he warned. Representatives Lamborn and Gonzalez Receive USGS Coalition Award Representatives Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) were honored with the 2018 USGS Coalition Leadership Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony and public reception on September 12, 2018. The award recipients were recognized for their support of the mission of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which includes biological research programs. Representative Lamborn was recognized for his work in seeking to reauthorize the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program and his work on the House Committee on Natural Resources. He is serving his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives and represents Colorado?s fifth district. Representative Gonzalez cosponsored the IMAGES (Improvement of Mapping Addresses, Geography, Elevations and Structures) Act, which aims to strengthen the USGS National Streamflow Information Program and benefit flood risk mapping and assessment. He is serving his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives and represents Texas? fifteenth district. AIBS is a founding member of the USGS Coalition, an alliance of more than 80 scientific, professional, and educational organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of the USGS, which conducts vital biological, geological, geographic, and hydrologic research. New International Project to Map Genomes of Thousands of Species A new international project, with members from more than 50 institutions and 12 countries, will attempt to map genomes of all 66,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish on Earth. Scientists working with the Genome 10K effort announced the launch of the ?Vertebrate Genomes Project? on September 13. The group has released the first 15 genome maps, including the Canada lynx, the kakapo, a flightless parrot native to New Zealand, the duck-billed platypus, two bat species, and the zebra finch. The scientists assert that the project could help inform future conservation efforts of endangered species and save animals from extinction. Sadye Paez, Program Director for the project, said that sequencing the genome of tens of thousands of animals could easily take 10 years but the project was an effort to ?essentially communicate a library of life.? The Vertebrate Genome Project will contribute to the larger, but similar, Earth BioGenome Project, which seeks to catalog the genomes for 1.5 million species. 200 Scientists Participate in 2018 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits Across the country, biologists have been meeting with their lawmakers this summer and fall as part of AIBS?s 2018 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits. In its tenth year, this national science advocacy event enables scientists to meet with their federal or state elected officials in their local community. Over 200 individuals from 34 states are participating this year. ?I had a great experience with the AIBS Congressional District Visit Day. As a graduate student this training is so vital to the development of civically engaged scientists,? said Alexandra Chirakos, a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. ?We had our meeting with Rep. Walorski?s office here in Indiana?s Second District. It is often very difficult for wet lab Biologists to be away from the lab for the few days it would take to go to Washington. Being in our home district for the meeting was so ideal. The district director seemed pleasantly surprised to hear how much NSF funding the state of Indiana receives.? The event is made possible by AIBS, with the support of event sponsors American Society of Naturalists, Botanical Society of America, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Helminthological Society of Washington, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Paleontological Society, Society for the Study of Evolution, and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections. AIBS Research Examines Validity of Peer Review The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recently published a literature review summarizing the results of empirical tests on the validity of peer review decisions using impact measures of investigator output. These results were published as part of a research topic for the journal Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. Peer review is used commonly across science as a tool to evaluate the merit of research projects and to make funding recommendations. However, there is relatively little evaluation of whether peer reviewers are choosing the best, most impactful research projects. AIBS found that fewer than 50 studies have investigated this; less than half of these looked at U.S. funders. Although the majority of these studies suggested reviewers could accurately discern good and bad proposals, most suggested that reviewers are much less effective at separating good from great research projects. Of note, most of these studies focused largely on how much a project or applicant is cited in the literature. It is suggested that this should be supplemented with other metrics of success to obtain a more accurate picture of the impact a research project has had. The article can be accessed here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2018.00022/full Collections and Education ? Upcoming BCoN Webinar The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) will convene a series of webinar programs in 2018 to share information about BCoN activities with the community and to receive community input on prior and pending BCoN programs. These webinars will include a formal presentation followed by an opportunity for participants to ask questions and share information. All programs will be recorded and posted to the BCoN website. The next program will be on September 19 and will focus on new opportunities for education and outreach as a result of natural history collections and the mobilization of specimen and occurrence-based data. Click here for more information regarding the webinar series and to register. Learn to Communicate and Influence like a Pro: 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. Deadline Approaching: 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. 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You received this message because you or your organization have interacted with one of our programs or initiatives. Our mailing address is: American Institute of Biological Science 1201 New York Ave., NW, Ste. 420 Washington, DC 20005 Copyright (C) 2018 American Institute of Biological Sciences All rights reserved. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eric.schultz at uconn.edu Mon Sep 17 21:21:22 2018 From: eric.schultz at uconn.edu (Schultz, Eric) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:21:22 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? Message-ID: We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can be imported into a properly configured collections database. Exact dates will be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy. But how to render a vague date referring only to season, such as 'Spring 1984', or if only the year was recorded? Is it better to record as missing data, record as an erroneous but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or place at the midpoint of the season? Whatever we do we will have a 'verbatim' field that preserves the original entry, but we want to have a version of collection date that is useful and searchable. Thanks for any assistance! Eric T. Schultz Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Coordinator, Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Director, Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections Chair, General Education Oversight Committee University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 eric.schultz at uconn.edu 860.486.4692 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Mon Sep 17 21:29:42 2018 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:29:42 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have our date fields set up as: Prefix ("before", "by" etc.) Starting day-month-year Interpolator ("to" etc.) Ending day-month-year Where a date is known not to be a range, we just don't use the interpolator or the ending fields. We also use hyphens to indicate that we definitely don't know a field's contents (that is: on the basis of the data supplied with the specimen, it can't be known), rather than leaving it blank. Thus a label reading "August 1970" would be: -- Aug 1970 Or "1995" would be -- --- 1995 "Spring 1984" could be rendered: 01 Jan 1984 to 30 Apr 1984 but you'd need to have conventions for when spring starts and finishes. You could also use "spring" as a prefix: Spring -- --- 1984 PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology 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 Schultz, Eric Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 9:21 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can be imported into a properly configured collections database. Exact dates will be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy. But how to render a vague date referring only to season, such as ?Spring 1984?, or if only the year was recorded? Is it better to record as missing data, record as an erroneous but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or place at the midpoint of the season? Whatever we do we will have a ?verbatim? field that preserves the original entry, but we want to have a version of collection date that is useful and searchable. Thanks for any assistance! Eric T. Schultz Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Coordinator, Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Director, Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections Chair, General Education Oversight Committee University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 eric.schultz at uconn.edu 860.486.4692 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbwaddington at ca.inter.net Mon Sep 17 22:29:49 2018 From: jbwaddington at ca.inter.net (Janet) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:29:49 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <301C43D1-2C4F-47B6-BE6B-24B0C31DF144@ca.inter.net> We have used the date convention yyyymmdd which is numeric and easily range searchable. Uncertainty can be accommodated using zeros, so March 1984 would be 19840300; 1984 with no further date is 19840000. More indefinite dates are harder to handle numerically. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2018, at 9:21 PM, Schultz, Eric wrote: > > We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can be imported into a properly configured collections database. Exact dates will be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy. But how to render a vague date referring only to season, such as ?Spring 1984?, or if only the year was recorded? Is it better to record as missing data, record as an erroneous but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or place at the midpoint of the season? Whatever we do we will have a ?verbatim? field that preserves the original entry, but we want to have a version of collection date that is useful and searchable. Thanks for any assistance! > > Eric T. Schultz > Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > Coordinator, Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology > Director, Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections > Chair, General Education Oversight Committee > University of Connecticut > Storrs, CT 06269-3043 > eric.schultz at uconn.edu > 860.486.4692 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ccicero at berkeley.edu Mon Sep 17 22:58:08 2018 From: ccicero at berkeley.edu (Carla Cicero) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:58:08 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We use Arctos which has 3 collecting event date fields: verbatim date, begin date, end date. Verbatim is the original text string. Begin and end dates are ISO-formatted. In MVZ, we use the following convention for vague dates: http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Locality_Guidelines_CollEvents.html I hope this helps. Best, Carla On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 6:21 PM Schultz, Eric wrote: > We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can be > imported into a properly configured collections database. Exact dates will > be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy. But how to render a vague date > referring only to season, such as ?Spring 1984?, or if only the year was > recorded? Is it better to record as missing data, record as an erroneous > but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or place at the midpoint of the season? > Whatever we do we will have a ?verbatim? field that preserves the original > entry, but we want to have a version of collection date that is useful and > searchable. Thanks for any assistance! > > > > Eric T. Schultz > > Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > > Coordinator, Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology > > Director, Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections > > Chair, General Education Oversight Committee > > University of Connecticut > > Storrs, CT 06269-3043 > > eric.schultz at uconn.edu > > 860.486.4692 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Carla Cicero, Ph.D Staff Curator of Birds Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3160 TEL: (510) 642-7868 FAX: (510) 643-8238 http://mvz.berkeley.edu https://carlacicero.net http://vertnet.org https://arctosdb.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_collections http://americanornithology.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neumann at snsb.de Tue Sep 18 00:49:05 2018 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:49:05 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Eric, it depends which kinds of data field your database offers for date entries. Paul's recommendations are very reasonable, as this convention provides a clear indicator that specific information was not available (but that this information was checked to best knowledge when datasets were migrated into the new database, or entered directly). Recording that something was unknown at a specific point or recorded inadequately or vaguely is very helpful, especially if a successor wants to evaluate specific datasets in the future. In our database, any edits are marked with [squared brackets], for example alternative locality spellings, locality data that got edited to be more accurate, etc. Usually we add initials and date of the person that did the edits. If your database has only one field for date entries and this is numerical, it might be worth to move the information into the remarks. Because the remarks field is a collector for everything that fits nowhere else, it is worth to introduce a strict syntax to separate these bits (e.g. a semicolon). Hope this helps Dirk Am 18.09.2018 um 03:21 schrieb Schultz, Eric: > > We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can > be imported into a properly configured collections database.? Exact > dates will be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy.? But how to render > a vague date referring only to season, such as ?Spring 1984?, or if > only the year was recorded? Is it better to record as missing data, > record as an erroneous but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or place at > the midpoint of the season?? Whatever we do we will have a ?verbatim? > field that preserves the original entry, but we want to have a version > of collection date that is useful and searchable.? Thanks for any > assistance! > > Eric T. Schultz > > Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > > Coordinator, Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology > > Director, Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections > > Chair, General Education Oversight Committee > > University of Connecticut > > Storrs, CT 06269-3043 > > eric.schultz at uconn.edu > > 860.486.4692 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- Dirk Neumann Tel: 089 / 8107-111 Fax: 089 / 8107-300 *new email: neumann(a)snsb.de* Postanschrift: Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns Zoologische Staatssammlung M?nchen Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Storage M?nchhausenstr. 21 81247 M?nchen Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung: http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/ --------- Dirk Neumann Tel: +49-89-8107-111 Fax: +49-89-8107-300 *new email: neumann(a)snsb.de* postal address: Bavarian Natural History Collections The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage Muenchhausenstr. 21 81247 Munich (Germany) Visit our section at: http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mole at morris.net Tue Sep 18 06:09:04 2018 From: mole at morris.net (Paul J. Morris) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:09:04 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20180918060904.198ab384@chicoreus> There's some substantive discussion of issues around date representation in the set of tests for DarwinCore Event terms being developed by the TDWG Biodiversity Data Quality Interest Group's Task Group on Tests and Assertions. These focus on Darwin Core representations for exchange rather than internal database representations. https://github.com/tdwg/bdq/issues?q=label%3ATIME+is%3Aopen One thing that has become clear in the discussions is that we don't have a way in the community to distinguish between a low precision date where the collecting event or observation occurred at sometime within an interval, and a date range (usually for observations) where the observation occurred over the entire duration of the interval. There are approaches for capturing dates of arbitrary precision, such as the "--" that Paul mentions, or the "**" that muse often used, or as Carla mentioned, representations of low precision dates as ranges from a start date to an end date (as found in both Arctos and Specify). The ISO date format also allows for representations of dates as ranges (in several forms including YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD). "Spring 1984" may be represented as a verbatim value and an interpretation to a range, where the set of months comprising Spring depend on which hemisphere is involved, and may be able to be narrowed from information about the collector's travels - any such inference of should be documented. -Paul On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:21:22 +0000 "Schultz, Eric" wrote: > We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can > be imported into a properly configured collections database. Exact > dates will be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy. But how to > render a vague date referring only to season, such as 'Spring 1984', > or if only the year was recorded? Is it better to record as missing > data, record as an erroneous but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or > place at the midpoint of the season? Whatever we do we will have a > 'verbatim' field that preserves the original entry, but we want to > have a version of collection date that is useful and searchable. > Thanks for any assistance! > > Eric T. Schultz > Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > Coordinator, Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation > Biology Director, Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections > Chair, General Education Oversight Committee > University of Connecticut > Storrs, CT 06269-3043 > eric.schultz at uconn.edu > 860.486.4692 > > -- Paul J. Morris Biodiversity Informatics Manager Museum of Comparative Zo?logy, Harvard University mole at morris.net AA3SD PGP public key available -- Paul J. Morris Biodiversity Informatics Manager Museum of Comparative Zo?logy, Harvard University mole at morris.net AA3SD PGP public key available From abentley at ku.edu Tue Sep 18 09:22:51 2018 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:22:51 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? In-Reply-To: <20180918060904.198ab384@chicoreus> References: <20180918060904.198ab384@chicoreus> Message-ID: <6548e351861247bf85903f224e48aa24@ex13-csf-cr-13.home.ku.edu> Specify software also has the requisite verbatim, start and end date fields for collecting dates but also allows for partial dates to be entered as a year, or month and year with all dates being represented as a separate day, month and year in the data model. Andy ? ? A? :???????????? A? :???????????? A? : ?}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> ??? V??????????????? V??????????????? V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 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 -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Paul J. Morris Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:09 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] how should we encode vague dates in specimen database? There's some substantive discussion of issues around date representation in the set of tests for DarwinCore Event terms being developed by the TDWG Biodiversity Data Quality Interest Group's Task Group on Tests and Assertions. These focus on Darwin Core representations for exchange rather than internal database representations. https://github.com/tdwg/bdq/issues?q=label%3ATIME+is%3Aopen One thing that has become clear in the discussions is that we don't have a way in the community to distinguish between a low precision date where the collecting event or observation occurred at sometime within an interval, and a date range (usually for observations) where the observation occurred over the entire duration of the interval. There are approaches for capturing dates of arbitrary precision, such as the "--" that Paul mentions, or the "**" that muse often used, or as Carla mentioned, representations of low precision dates as ranges from a start date to an end date (as found in both Arctos and Specify). The ISO date format also allows for representations of dates as ranges (in several forms including YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD). "Spring 1984" may be represented as a verbatim value and an interpretation to a range, where the set of months comprising Spring depend on which hemisphere is involved, and may be able to be narrowed from information about the collector's travels - any such inference of should be documented. -Paul On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:21:22 +0000 "Schultz, Eric" wrote: > We are cleaning up entries in a legacy database so that our data can > be imported into a properly configured collections database. Exact > dates will be imported in a text string mm/dd/yyyy. But how to render > a vague date referring only to season, such as 'Spring 1984', or if > only the year was recorded? Is it better to record as missing data, > record as an erroneous but exact date such as 01/01/1984, or place at > the midpoint of the season? Whatever we do we will have a 'verbatim' > field that preserves the original entry, but we want to have a version > of collection date that is useful and searchable. > Thanks for any assistance! > > Eric T. Schultz > Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Coordinator, > Joint BS-MS Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Director, > Vertebrate Biodiversity Collections Chair, General Education Oversight > Committee University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 > eric.schultz at uconn.edu > 860.486.4692 > > -- Paul J. Morris Biodiversity Informatics Manager Museum of Comparative Zo?logy, Harvard University mole at morris.net AA3SD PGP public key available -- Paul J. Morris Biodiversity Informatics Manager Museum of Comparative Zo?logy, Harvard University mole at morris.net AA3SD PGP public key available _______________________________________________ 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. From jbwaddington at ca.inter.net Tue Sep 18 13:52:22 2018 From: jbwaddington at ca.inter.net (Janet Waddington) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:52:22 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] =?iso-8859-1?q?FW=3A_=5BCANMUSE-L=5D_Technical_Bullet?= =?iso-8859-1?q?in_33_Silica_Gel=3A_Passive_Control_of_Relative_Hum?= =?iso-8859-1?q?idity_/_Bulletin_technique_33_Gel_de_silice_=3A_con?= =?iso-8859-1?q?tr=F4le_passif_de_l=27humidit=E9_relative?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005701d44f78$5a34b320$0e9e1960$@ca.inter.net> Another great resource from CCI From: Mus ?es Canada Museums [mailto:CANMUSE-L at LST.PCH.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Gallant2, Danielle (PCH) Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 1:42 PM To: CANMUSE-L at LST.PCH.GC.CA Subject: [CANMUSE-L] Technical Bulletin 33 Silica Gel: Passive Control of Relative Humidity / Bulletin technique 33 Gel de silice : contr?le passif de l?humidit? relative Le fran?ais suit. CCI is pleased to launch Technical Bulletin 33 Silica Gel: Passive Control of Relative Humidity . This Bulletin explains the need to control relative humidity (RH) in a museum environment. Controlling RH can be done in a passive way by using a moisture sorbent, the most common type being silica gel, in an enclosure such as a display case. Technical Bulletin 33 also provides an equation to help determine the quantity of sorbent required as well as examples of how the equation can be used in various scenarios. A digital copy of Technical Bulletin 33 is available free of charge. A print copy can be purchased at a cost of CAN$25 for Canadians and CAN$30 for international customers. ***** L?ICC a le plaisir d?annoncer le lancement du Bulletin technique 33 Gel de silice : contr?le passif de l ?humidit? relative. Le pr?sent Bulletin vise ? expliquer le besoin de contr?ler l?humidit? relative (HR) dans un mus?e. Le contr?le de l?HR peut ?tre effectu? de mani?re passive au moyen d?un sorbant d?humidit?, dont le plus courant est le gel de silice, dans un contenant de protection, comme une vitrine d?exposition. Le Bulletin technique 33 propose aussi une ?quation permettant de d?terminer la quantit? de sorbant n?cessaire et donne des exemples de la fa?on dont on peut utiliser l??quation selon divers sc?narios. La version ?lectronique du Bulletin technique 33 est offerte gratuitement. La version imprim?e est en vente au co?t de 25 $ CA pour les Canadiens et de 30 $ CA pour les clients internationaux. 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URL: From HawksC at si.edu Thu Sep 20 06:46:28 2018 From: HawksC at si.edu (Hawks, Catharine) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:46:28 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Course announcement: HEART 2018 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <670CB92C6F4F4C469FDCDB3373C781D085CCF62E@SI-MSEDAG03.US.SINET.SI.EDU> From: HENTF Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:21 PM To: tshapiro at actorsfund.org; rnelson at achp.gov; jloichinger at achp.gov; jvaughan at aam-us.org; jackson at aaslh.org; LindsayBrugger at aia.org; RachelMinnery at aia.org; Morancy, Melissa ; kkromer at alawash.org; mdowling at ala.org; rharper at artsusa.org; pwalsh at artsusa.org; brian.carter at 4culture.org; shirl.spicer at montgomeryparks.org; afinch at aamd.org; Christine Anagnos ; PaulKuenstner at apti.org; NJean-Louis at wje.com; epourchot at conservation-us.org; junger at conservation-us.org; ewentworth at conservation-us.org; president at atalm.org; bob.ottenhoff at disasterphilanthropy.org; regine.webster at disasterphilanthropy.org; mostrum at craftemergency.org; fcornelia at craftemergency.org; Janet.Newcomb at lyrasis.org; tcherubini at cosla.org; chenry at clir.org; rebecca.katz at dc.gov; bteague at statearchivists.org; Hass, Jennifer ; Koeppel, Sarah ; Harriz, Kim ; john_nelson at ios.doi.gov; alillpop at purdue.edu; Defrancesco, Donna ; Lori Foley ; Fontenot, Kristin ; Ketchum, John ; Weisgerber, Julie ; Carruth, Stephen ; emackintosh at statehumanities.org; jake.heflin at itema.org; elizabeth.hannold at gsa.gov; joan.brierton at gsa.gov; caroline.alderson at gsa.gov; tpwhalen at getty.edu; Bodner, Connie ; mfarrell at imls.gov; Bechtol, Nancy ; Averyt, Katelynn ; Bowe, Stacy D. ; Weiner, Ella ; Carroll, Colleen ; Gentry, Eric ; Kirby, Liz ; Snell, Samantha ; Tompkins, William ; Wegener, Corine ; Brian Daniels ; Kurin, Richard ; Hawks, Catharine ; Kaczkowski, Rebecca ; HENTF ; Jami.Awalt at tn.gov; rebekah.davis at limestonecounty-al.gov; armstrong at iaem.com; John Conklin ; chill at nhalliance.org; skidd at nhalliance.org; stephanie at napcommissions.org; mschobert at ccaha.org; lhortzstanton at ccaha.org; BPahl at savingplaces.org; AJones at savingplaces.org; ajc at mellon.org; scoppinger at chubb.com; Heide, John ; Jane Seiter ; lisa.craig at mbakerintl.com; d.c.comer at gmail.com; bambi at nathpo.org; lackerman at wmf.org; racheljacobso at gmail.com; Michael.K.Trimble at usace.army.mil; Amy.M.Williams at usace.army.mil; sid.caesar at bia.gov; patrick.vacha at bia.gov; jnad at loc.gov; Robb, Andrew ; Drewes, Jeanne ; anha at loc.gov; SEMiller at flagler.edu; president at sha.org; nbeaumont at archivists.org; mcclurkin at uta.edu; psaliga at sah.org; Valliere, John ; cturner at preserveart.org; dwinslow at nsf.gov; jmantz at nsf.gov; Ann_Hitchcock at nps.gov; Jackson, Sarah ; vicki.lee at nara.gov; allison.olson at nara.gov; Huff, Preston ; lucy.barber at nara.gov; tevye.yoblick.mil at mail.mil; Mason, Stephen D. ; steve7578 at yahoo.com; Bradley.o.martsching.mil at mail.mil; stephen.m.cichocki.civ at mail.mil; ngardner at neh.gov; Ausema, Tatiana ; Tom Simplot ; Andi Mathis ; lusherb at arts.gov; jhansen at choctawnation.com; tsheets at csg.org; karbuckle at csg.org; hein at ncshpo.org Cc: Wegener, Corine ; Kirby, Liz ; Weiner, Ella ; Averyt, Katelynn ; 'Brian Daniels' (danielsb at sas.upenn.edu) ; Kaneko, Nana ; Carroll, Colleen ; Lori Foley Subject: Course announcement: HEART 2018 Hello HENTF members, We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications to the Heritage Emergency and Response Training program, also known as HEART 2018! I have attached the application call to this email; please distribute widely to your members and constituents. The application deadline for HEART 2018 is Tuesday, October 9, 2018. This announcement, a draft program schedule, and instructions on how-to-apply can be found on the HENTF website at https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/training/. HEART 2018 will take place at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC from December 10-14, 2018, and is organized by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI) and FEMA's Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation (OEHP), co-sponsors of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF). With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, HENTF has created this training opportunity for U.S.-based professionals to gain skills and experience in disaster response for cultural heritage. We look forward to welcoming the next class of HEART participants soon! 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FAIC received a grant yesterday from NEH to support National Heritage Responders activities in the Carolinas. We are grateful for their fast action, which will allow deployment of NHR volunteers and purchase of supplies to assist collections in the region. Direct requests for assistance are best made through our hotline: 202-661-8068. If you wish to pass along information about institutions in the Carolinas that might need help recovering or stabilizing collections, please let us know at NHR at conservation-us.org. Also, please know that there are funds available for emergency conservation assessments for museums in Federally-declared disaster areas through the CAP program, a collaborative agreement between IMLS and FAIC. We facilitated several emergency assessments after the 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, and these can be very helpful for affected institutions to prioritize next steps and to make a strong case for grant funding. 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I believe UWYMV Curator and CM Beth Wommack will provide more details as they emerge. Here is a more recent article: http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/local_news/more-questions-than-answers-on-biodiversity-institute/article_a059548e-b7c7-11e8-8158-93d470afbf73.html Thank you, James > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Merav Ben-David > Subject: Biodiversity institute > Date: September 20, 2018 at 3:21:25 PM MDT > To: Merav Ben-David > > Friends, > The below survey is in response to the University of Wyoming?s decision to close the Biodiversity Institute (BI). The University?s press release announcing the closure can be read here (http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/07/uw-pivots-in-biodiversity-science.html ). The purpose of the survey is to determine if residents of Wyoming and beyond are supportive of the outreach and engagement activities of the Biodiversity Institute, and to gather signatures for a petition to keep the BI open. Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how feel about the BI. More information about the BI can be found at www.wyobiodiversity.org . > > The survey is here . > Please spread widely > Merav > My apologies if you got this message multiple times?J > > Merav Ben-David > Professor > Department of Zoology and Physiology (3166) > University of Wyoming > 1000 E University Ave. > Laramie, WY 82071 > USA > Phone: 307-214-0510 > Fax: 307-766-5625 -???- James A. Erdmann Biology Technician University of Wyoming Dept. of Zoology & Physiology Laramie, WY 82071 USA +1-307-631-2115 muddynaturalist at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpandey at aibs.org Fri Sep 21 13:02:01 2018 From: jpandey at aibs.org (Jyotsna Pandey) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:02:01 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists: Only a Few Spots Remaining! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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. Register now: http://mp.gg/t580d Learn more about the program at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.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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Through these outreach efforts we have learned that the stakeholder community views the current national digitization effort as a success, with benefits for collections, research and education, and feels strongly that the effort should continue in some way. We have also determined that the U.S. national effort aligns well with international efforts, especially in Europe and Australasia. In this final outreach effort, we are asking for your very specific and succinct contributions to a wish list of future activities or functions for collections and data, and recommendations on how to achieve them. Please record your responses using this Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/SsbyuP75ZuKSL4av2 We ask that you include only one wish list item (and action and partners) per form - you can enter as many wish list items as you wish, but use a separate form for each. This will help greatly with the compilation final results. A summary of all responses will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org) Wish List entries made by 5:00 pm EST on Friday, 5 October will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) shortly thereafter and incorporated into the final report. There will be a session at the upcoming iDigBio Summit https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/ADBC_Summit_2018) on Tuesday, 2 October from 3:10-4:00 pm in which Wish List items will be shared live. The Summit website provides information on remote participation. QUESTIONS: 1. What would you like to accomplish with biodiversity collections or derived data that you cannot do now (or cannot do easily)? Name ONE activity or function in ONE sentence 2. List ONE currently unavailable action or tool that you would need to in order to do this: 3. Who could help you do the accomplishment listed in Question 1? List up to THREE types of experts or areas of expertise. Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Curator of Bryophytes Editor, Index Herbariorum President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY 10458-5126 bthiers at nybg.org 718-817-8626 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 miguel.vega at rjb.csic.es Tue Sep 25 02:17:45 2018 From: miguel.vega at rjb.csic.es (Miguel Vega) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:17:45 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Open call for GBIF.ES Workshop on Georeferencing Natural History Collections (in Spanish) Message-ID: Buenos d?as, Os comunicamos que hemos abierto el plazo de inscripci?n para el ?Taller GBIF.ES: Georreferenciaci?n de colecciones de historia natural? que impartiremos del 13 al 15 de noviembre de 2018 en el Real Jard?n Bot?nico de Madrid. Este taller pr?ctico pretende aportar los conocimientos en la asignaci?n de coordenadas geogr?ficas tomando como base la descripci?n de la localidad de origen de los espec?menes. El curso se centrar? en el uso y manejo de herramientas ?tiles para este fin, como son GEOLocate o QGIS. A cargo del taller estar?n Nelson R?o (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History), desarrollador de GEOLocate y David Draper (Universidad de Lisboa), uno de los principales impulsores de GEOLocate en Europa. El taller tiene un coste de 100? y se impartir? en castellano. El formulario de inscripci?n est? disponible en l?nea y deber? *enviarse antes del 5 de octubre de 2018*. *IMPORTANTE*: Una vez confirmados los seleccionados del taller, ?stos deber?n pagar la matr?cula del curso y enviar justificante del pago a infogbifspain at gmail.com antes del _16 de octubre de 2018_. Si no se ha recibido justificante del pago antes de dicha fecha, la reserva se anular? autom?ticamente. Para m?s informaci?n, pod?is visitar la p?gina del taller en nuestra web. Un saludo, -- GBIF Real Jard?n Bot?nico - CSIC Plaza de Murillo, 2 28014 Madrid, Spain *Miguel Vega - Comunicaci?n* *Tel: +34 91 4203017 extensi?n 170 y 171* *miguel.vega at rjb.csic.es * *www.gbif.es * *datos.gbif.es * *twitter.com/GbifEs * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 01Logotipo_positivo.png Type: image/png Size: 5848 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jpandey at aibs.org Tue Sep 25 09:24:20 2018 From: jpandey at aibs.org (Jyotsna Pandey) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:24:20 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Deadline Approaching for the 8th Annual Faces of Biology Photo Contest In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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, technician, or student, engaging in biological research. The research may occur outside, in a lab, at 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 and 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 is 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 https://www.aibs.org/public-programs/photocontest.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... URL: From mcarling at uwyo.edu Tue Sep 25 11:34:08 2018 From: mcarling at uwyo.edu (Matthew D. Carling) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:34:08 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing References: Message-ID: <326FD620-5618-41F3-9754-6DC07F543C62@uwyo.edu> Hi Everyone, I?m not a subscriber to this list-serve, but a few folks who are forwarded the email James Erdmann posted a couple of days ago to me, so I wanted to take a minute to provide some additional context. For those of you who don?t know me, I am the faculty curator of the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates. First, in case it isn?t explicitly clear, the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates is not part of the Biodiversity Institute. As James said, we work closely with the BI for some of our outreach/education activities and we are very concerned about its closure, but there is no administrative overlap between us and the BI. Second, if you have any questions, please direct them to me and not Beth Wommack. While Beth is certainly capable of answering questions, that?s not her job. Third, feel free to look at the survey and even fill it out if you?d like, but I am not suggesting or advocating that you do. Fourth, to those of you who received a similar email I sent to Avecol, I apologize for cluttering your inbox. Thank you. Matt Carling Matt Carling, PhD Department of Zoology & Physiology Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center University of Wyoming www.carlinglab.com 307.223.1762 mcarling at uwyo.edu Begin forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: James Erdmann > Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 4:02 PM Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing To: > Dear Colleagues, Earlier this summer the University of Wyoming's administration made the decision to close the Biodiversity Institute, an organization that coordinates several citizen-science programs and other outreach, funds student research, and works closely with the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) on a number of these activities. If you have a moment, please read below and consider voicing your opinion on the decision. You don?t need to have interacted directly with the BI to show your support in the survey. It is currently uncertain how this closure will affect UWYMV, but it will be affected nonetheless, in part because the museum and the BI are housed in the same building. I believe UWYMV Curator and CM Beth Wommack will provide more details as they emerge. Here is a more recent article: http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/local_news/more-questions-than-answers-on-biodiversity-institute/article_a059548e-b7c7-11e8-8158-93d470afbf73.html Thank you, James Begin forwarded message: From: Merav Ben-David > Subject: Biodiversity institute Date: September 20, 2018 at 3:21:25 PM MDT To: Merav Ben-David > Friends, The below survey is in response to the University of Wyoming?s decision to close the Biodiversity Institute (BI). The University?s press release announcing the closure can be read here (http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/07/uw-pivots-in-biodiversity-science.html). The purpose of the survey is to determine if residents of Wyoming and beyond are supportive of the outreach and engagement activities of the Biodiversity Institute, and to gather signatures for a petition to keep the BI open. Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how feel about the BI. More information about the BI can be found at www.wyobiodiversity.org. The survey is here. Please spread widely Merav My apologies if you got this message multiple times?? Merav Ben-David Professor Department of Zoology and Physiology (3166) University of Wyoming 1000 E University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 USA Phone: 307-214-0510 Fax: 307-766-5625 -???- James A. Erdmann Biology Technician University of Wyoming Dept. of Zoology & Physiology Laramie, WY 82071 USA +1-307-631-2115 muddynaturalist at gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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. 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This position ensures the Museum meets its public trust responsibilities by guaranteeing documented compliance of all collection activities with collection policy, procedure, regulations, and professional standards. This position works collaboratively with curators and collection managers to ensure we meet the highest ethical and legal compliance standards. The ideal candidate for this position is highly familiar with natural history and cultural collections, detail-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced environment with a large team. This position is an integral part of the Research & Collections Division, and developing solid relationships both internally and with external partners is essential. Essential duties: ? Manages registration records and ensures their integrity and long-term preservation. ? Coordinates with curators and collection managers to document accessions, deaccessions and loans, and reviews for ethical and legal compliance. ? 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I will be highlighting eight collectors and feature four each of their herbarium sheets. We are using mostly herbaria from our own collection but are also borrowing from other institutions. I am searching for sheets that represent a teacher and his/her student, preferably between the dates of 1870-1940 as this can represent the American Nature Study Movement. I am curious if anyone's collection houses such sheets, fully recognizing that that specific attribution may be elusive in the records; yet hoping that staff familiarity with certain collectors may provide the relevant information. Thank you, Tim Timothy J. Walsh Collection Manager Bruce Museum 1 Museum Drive Greenwich, CT 06830-7157 P 203.413.6767 F 203.869.0963 twalsh at brucemuseum.org www.brucemuseum.org Invited Member, IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group Assistant Director, Florida Turtle Conservation Trust -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hogue Collections Manager, Ichthyology North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029 USA 919.707.8868 fax 919.715.2294 www.naturalsciences.org www.citsciscribe.org Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties unless the content is exempt by statute or other regulation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tonya.Haff at csiro.au Wed Sep 26 22:31:40 2018 From: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au (Tonya.Haff at csiro.au) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 02:31:40 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] What water to use with spirit specimens Message-ID: Hello all, I've been thinking about the best water to use for diluting ETOH down to 70% for storing formalin-preserved vertebrates. Early on I was taught to only every use deionised water, to avoid the introduction of other chemicals, impurities, etc. However, I have recently heard that using good quality tap water may be in fact better than deionised/demineralised water, as deionised water is not in a stable state and so can in fact pull minerals out of the specimen. I would love to hear what other people use and what your thoughts may be on this. Thanks! 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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Best, Simon Sent from my Windows 10 device From: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au Sent: 27 September 2018 03:31 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] What water to use with spirit specimens Hello all, I?ve been thinking about the best water to use for diluting ETOH down to 70% for storing formalin-preserved vertebrates. ?Early on I was taught to only every use deionised water, to avoid the introduction of other chemicals, impurities, etc. However, ?I have recently heard that using good quality tap water may be in fact better than deionised/demineralised water, as deionised water is not in a stable state and so can in fact pull minerals out of the specimen. I would love to hear what other people use and what your thoughts may be on this. Thanks! 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Does your institution have a strict policy about radioactive fossils? Most particularly, how do you cope with the risk of inhaling radioactive dust due to such specimens? Many thanks and best wishes Guillaume -- Guillaume BILLET Assistant Professor & Curator (MNHN) Ma?tre de conf?rences & Charg? de conservation (MNHN) Centre de Recherches sur la Pal?obiodiversit? et les Pal?oenvironnements (CR2P) UMR CNRS 7207 Mus?um National d'Histoire Naturelle 8, rue Buffon 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE Phone + 33 (0)1 40 79 38 14 Email address: guillaume.billet at mnhn.fr Collection website / Site des collections: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr AND: http://www.mnhn.fr/en/collections/collection-groups/palaeontology/mammal-fossils From nmonaghan at museum.ie Fri Sep 28 05:25:17 2018 From: nmonaghan at museum.ie (Monaghan, Nigel) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:25:17 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Guillaume I attended a training workshop in Oxford UK, that addressed these issues, with particular reference to EU legislation. It was led by Dr Monica Price monica.price at oum.ox.ac.uk Nigel -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Guillaume BILLET Sent: 28 September 2018 10:11 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity Hello everyone, in the fossil mammal collection of the MNHN Paris, we are currently dealing with issues of high level radioactivity for a number of specimens (>usual background radiation) and we are trying to set up an action plan. For this reason, we would love to hear about the policy in other Museums concerning radioactive fossils. Do you systematically measure specimens for radioactivity in your fossil collection?? Does your institution have a strict policy about radioactive fossils? Most particularly, how do you cope with the risk of inhaling radioactive dust due to such specimens? Many thanks and best wishes Guillaume -- Guillaume BILLET Assistant Professor & Curator (MNHN) Ma?tre de conf?rences & Charg? de conservation (MNHN) Centre de Recherches sur la Pal?obiodiversit? et les Pal?oenvironnements (CR2P) UMR CNRS 7207 Mus?um National d'Histoire Naturelle 8, rue Buffon 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE Phone + 33 (0)1 40 79 38 14 Email address: guillaume.billet at mnhn.fr Collection website / Site des collections: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr AND: http://www.mnhn.fr/en/collections/collection-groups/palaeontology/mammal-fossils _______________________________________________ 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. https://www.museum.ie/Country-Life/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Travellers-Journey From neumann at snsb.de Fri Sep 28 05:20:45 2018 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:20:45 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] What water to use with spirit specimens In-Reply-To: <5B72D9E303EEE4E3@rgout08.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk> References: <5B72D9E303EEE4E3@rgout08.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk> Message-ID: <133dc677-93d3-0b72-40f7-44ab09511e59@snsb.de> Hi Tonya, this depends on the quality of your tap water; if your tap water uses chemicals such as Cl2 or others for purification, or such chemicals are used occasionally in the pipe system to prevent microbial growth, you should test your water first or request this data from your local water supplier. Also, if your tap water is known to have low ion-loads (e.g. because of respective filters or other mechanical purification by your water supplier), the desired effect might be marginal. What Simon describes is sedimentation (mainly) of carbonates; if you use tap water, the mixture needs to rest for one day until the alcohol can be used, because the shifts in the solubility equilibrium will cause precipitation of ions. If these are mainly carbonates (cf. data of your local water supplier), that the minerals can be suited to stabilise the specimens inside jars or to buffer against pH-shift. However, we know little about the ion activity of hydrogen-ions in alcohol mixtures and their effect on pH-shifts and measuring of the pH in alcohol mixtures is a tricky task (the only reliable way would be titration). On the other hand, distilled or bi-distilled water attracts CO2 from the surrounding air and leads to pH values of 5 or lower in freshly distilled water. So there are pros and cons. We have very good and pure tap water here in our museum, and I have been using tap water for nearly 20 years without any negative results. Hope this helps Dirk Am 27.09.2018 um 18:43 schrieb Simon Moore: > > Hi Tonya, I have found it okay to use tap for diluting formalin > whereas alcohol produces a precipitate with tap so I use deionised or > RO for diluting alcohol. > > Best, Simon > > Sent from my Windows 10 device > > *From: *Tonya.Haff at csiro.au > *Sent: *27 September 2018 03:31 > *To: *nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject: *[Nhcoll-l] What water to use with spirit specimens > > Hello all, > > I?ve been thinking about the best water to use for diluting ETOH down > to 70% for storing formalin-preserved vertebrates. ?Early on I was > taught to only every use deionised water, to avoid the introduction of > other chemicals, impurities, etc. However, ?I have recently heard that > using good quality tap water may be in fact better than > deionised/demineralised water, as deionised water is not in a stable > state and so can in fact pull minerals out of the specimen. I would > love to hear what other people use and what your thoughts may be on > this. Thanks! > > 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. 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Best wishes Christian Dr Christian Baars ACR Uwch Swyddog Cadwraeth Ataliol / Senior Preventive Conservator Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Cardiff -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Monaghan, Nigel Sent: 28 September 2018 10:25 To: Guillaume BILLET ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity Guillaume I attended a training workshop in Oxford UK, that addressed these issues, with particular reference to EU legislation. It was led by Dr Monica Price monica.price at oum.ox.ac.uk Nigel -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Guillaume BILLET Sent: 28 September 2018 10:11 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity Hello everyone, in the fossil mammal collection of the MNHN Paris, we are currently dealing with issues of high level radioactivity for a number of specimens (>usual background radiation) and we are trying to set up an action plan. For this reason, we would love to hear about the policy in other Museums concerning radioactive fossils. Do you systematically measure specimens for radioactivity in your fossil collection??? Does your institution have a strict policy about radioactive fossils? Most particularly, how do you cope with the risk of inhaling radioactive dust due to such specimens? Many thanks and best wishes Guillaume -- Guillaume BILLET Assistant Professor & Curator (MNHN) Ma??tre de conf??rences & Charg?? de conservation (MNHN) Centre de Recherches sur la Pal??obiodiversit?? et les Pal??oenvironnements (CR2P) UMR CNRS 7207 Mus??um National d'Histoire Naturelle 8, rue Buffon 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE Phone + 33 (0)1 40 79 38 14 Email address: guillaume.billet at mnhn.fr Collection website / Site des collections: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr AND: http://www.mnhn.fr/en/collections/collection-groups/palaeontology/mammal-fossils _______________________________________________ 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. 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Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for Addressing National Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and Data Wish List During the past year, the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) has been gathering feedback from stakeholder communities about biodiversity collections and the data derived from them. This feedback will inform a vision for how biodiversity collections and data can realize their potential for research and education during the next decade. Through these outreach efforts we have learned that the stakeholder community views the current national digitization effort as a success, with benefits for collections, research and education, and feels strongly that the effort should continue in some way. We have also determined that the U.S. national effort aligns well with international efforts, especially in Europe and Australasia. In this final outreach effort, we are asking for your very specific and succinct contributions to a wish list of future activities or functions for collections and data, and recommendations on how to achieve them. Please record your responses using this Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/SsbyuP75ZuKSL4av2 We ask that you include only one wish list item (and action and partners) per form - you can enter as many wish list items as you wish, but use a separate form for each. This will help greatly with the compilation final results. A summary of all responses will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org) Wish List entries made by 5:00 pm EST on Friday, 5 October will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) shortly thereafter and incorporated into the final report. There will be a session at the upcoming iDigBio Summit https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/ADBC_Summit_2018) on Tuesday, 2 October from 3:10-4:00 pm in which Wish List items will be shared live. The Summit website provides information on remote participation. QUESTIONS: 1. What would you like to accomplish with biodiversity collections or derived data that you cannot do now (or cannot do easily)? Name ONE activity or function in ONE sentence 2. List ONE currently unavailable action or tool that you would need to in order to do this: 3. Who could help you do the accomplishment listed in Question 1? List up to THREE types of experts or areas of expertise. Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. 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URL: From christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org Fri Sep 28 11:01:31 2018 From: christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org (Tacker, Christopher) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:01:31 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Fossil collections and radioactivity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, everyone, A resource for this is the Society of Mineral Museum Professionals: http://www.smmp.net/rept-rad.htm HANDLING RADIOACTIVE SPECIMENS IN MINERAL COLLECTIONS - SMMP www.smmp.net HANDLING RADIOACTIVE SPECIMENS IN MINERAL COLLECTIONS. In 1996, in response to concerns expressed by SMMP members and others regarding the proper handling of natural specimens of radioactive minerals, members produced the reports below on behalf of their institutions. There are policies from several different museums. One of your local universities, or government, will have classes in radiation safety for anyone using research isotopes or X-ray diffraction, etc. I strongly recommend that you take one, simply as a matter of self-defense. The problem is twofold, first, local and national safety regulations on radiation exposure. Second, possible radon emitted. In both cases you need measurements to assist you in making plans. A good radiation meter is essential. You'll need to measure radon inside the storage cases as well as ambient radon. On top of these problems is the fact that, at our state level, naturally occurring forms/sources of radiation are not regulated. Radiation exposure may be, and radon almost certainly is. Dust you can probably treat as you usually handle dust, or treat it as an inhaled silica problem. I kind of doubt that there's enough radiation to matter in the specimens. Phosphatic layers from the Lee Creek mine in Aurora, North Carolina, are mapped in the subsurface using gamma logs. However, I've stood on a pile of the ore with a Geiger counter and measured nothing. Finally, I can recommend from experience that you be discreet in working with the radiation issue. More than once, I've had people panic over marginally radioactive materials. Best regards, Chris Tacker Chris Tacker, Ph.D., P.G., Research Curator, Geology North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences http://www.naturalsciences.org/ 11 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601-1029 Please note: E-mail and phone have both changed: christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org 919-707-9941. E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Guillaume BILLET Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 5:11:19 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless verified. Send all suspicious email as an attachment to Report Spam. Hello everyone, in the fossil mammal collection of the MNHN Paris, we are currently dealing with issues of high level radioactivity for a number of specimens (>usual background radiation) and we are trying to set up an action plan. For this reason, we would love to hear about the policy in other Museums concerning radioactive fossils. Do you systematically measure specimens for radioactivity in your fossil collection? Does your institution have a strict policy about radioactive fossils? Most particularly, how do you cope with the risk of inhaling radioactive dust due to such specimens? Many thanks and best wishes Guillaume -- Guillaume BILLET Assistant Professor & Curator (MNHN) Ma?tre de conf?rences & Charg? de conservation (MNHN) Centre de Recherches sur la Pal?obiodiversit? et les Pal?oenvironnements (CR2P) UMR CNRS 7207 Mus?um National d'Histoire Naturelle 8, rue Buffon 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE Phone + 33 (0)1 40 79 38 14 Email address: guillaume.billet at mnhn.fr Collection website / Site des collections: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr AND: http://www.mnhn.fr/en/collections/collection-groups/palaeontology/mammal-fossils _______________________________________________ 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 w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Sep 28 11:27:17 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:27:17 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Fossil collections and radioactivity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Everyone, While I've not dealt with radioactivity and fossils, though maybe I should get our collection checked, I do have experience with radioactive items. In particular radium aircraft dials. I don't know the difference in radioactivity levels between an 'average' fossil of concern and a dial but I'm guessing the levels would be similar and the health concerns would be similar as well (i.e. inhalation of particles, exposure). Unless there is a large collection of dials the over all exposure concern of properly housed items is low, short of having them in the same office as yourself. Typically these dials are double or triple sealed in PP or PE bags and then stored in PP or PE containers with approximately 4-10 in a container depending on level of concern. This rather effectively blocks the majority of the radioactivity being emitted by these items and as long as you are not sitting beside them everyday the occasional exposure is similar to background levels. This also contains any dust from the items so that it isn't inhaled by anyone. Any gas buildup is also contained in this setup. Depending on the material the inhalation may be of more concern than the exposure as some radioactive materials very readily get absorbed into your system when inhaled or ingested. Radium, as with the aircraft dials, mimics calcium so your body happily stores it in your bones and that does not end well... If anyone has any sources for good/cheap Geiger metres I'd be interested in hearing about them. William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 Archives: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/swift-current-museum Library: https://www.librarything.com/profile/SwiftCurrentMuseum Website: http://www.swiftcurrent.ca From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Tacker, Christopher Sent: September 28, 2018 9:02 AM To: Guillaume BILLET ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Fossil collections and radioactivity Hi, everyone, A resource for this is the Society of Mineral Museum Professionals: http://www.smmp.net/rept-rad.htm HANDLING RADIOACTIVE SPECIMENS IN MINERAL COLLECTIONS - SMMP www.smmp.net HANDLING RADIOACTIVE SPECIMENS IN MINERAL COLLECTIONS. In 1996, in response to concerns expressed by SMMP members and others regarding the proper handling of natural specimens of radioactive minerals, members produced the reports below on behalf of their institutions. There are policies from several different museums. One of your local universities, or government, will have classes in radiation safety for anyone using research isotopes or X-ray diffraction, etc. I strongly recommend that you take one, simply as a matter of self-defense. The problem is twofold, first, local and national safety regulations on radiation exposure. Second, possible radon emitted. In both cases you need measurements to assist you in making plans. A good radiation meter is essential. You'll need to measure radon inside the storage cases as well as ambient radon. On top of these problems is the fact that, at our state level, naturally occurring forms/sources of radiation are not regulated. Radiation exposure may be, and radon almost certainly is. Dust you can probably treat as you usually handle dust, or treat it as an inhaled silica problem. I kind of doubt that there's enough radiation to matter in the specimens. Phosphatic layers from the Lee Creek mine in Aurora, North Carolina, are mapped in the subsurface using gamma logs. However, I've stood on a pile of the ore with a Geiger counter and measured nothing. Finally, I can recommend from experience that you be discreet in working with the radiation issue. More than once, I've had people panic over marginally radioactive materials. Best regards, Chris Tacker Chris Tacker, Ph.D., P.G., Research Curator, Geology North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences http://www.naturalsciences.org/ 11 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601-1029 Please note: E-mail and phone have both changed: christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org 919-707-9941. E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Guillaume BILLET > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 5:11:19 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless verified. Send all suspicious email as an attachment to Report Spam. Hello everyone, in the fossil mammal collection of the MNHN Paris, we are currently dealing with issues of high level radioactivity for a number of specimens (>usual background radiation) and we are trying to set up an action plan. For this reason, we would love to hear about the policy in other Museums concerning radioactive fossils. Do you systematically measure specimens for radioactivity in your fossil collection? Does your institution have a strict policy about radioactive fossils? Most particularly, how do you cope with the risk of inhaling radioactive dust due to such specimens? Many thanks and best wishes Guillaume -- Guillaume BILLET Assistant Professor & Curator (MNHN) Ma?tre de conf?rences & Charg? de conservation (MNHN) Centre de Recherches sur la Pal?obiodiversit? et les Pal?oenvironnements (CR2P) UMR CNRS 7207 Mus?um National d'Histoire Naturelle 8, rue Buffon 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE Phone + 33 (0)1 40 79 38 14 Email address: guillaume.billet at mnhn.fr Collection website / Site des collections: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr AND: http://www.mnhn.fr/en/collections/collection-groups/palaeontology/mammal-fossils _______________________________________________ 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. 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Mariel Campbell Museum of Southwestern Biology Editor, Collection Forum On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 9:01 AM wrote: > Send Nhcoll-l mailing list submissions to > nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nhcoll-l-request at mailman.yale.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nhcoll-l-owner at mailman.yale.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Nhcoll-l digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. FW: FAIC Florence activities (Hawks, Catharine) > 2. Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing (James Erdmann) > 3. AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists: Only a Few > Spots Remaining! (Jyotsna Pandey) > 4. Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for Addressing > National Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and Data Wish > List (Thiers, Barbara) > 5. Open call for GBIF.ES Workshop on Georeferencing Natural > History Collections (in Spanish) (Miguel Vega) > 6. Deadline Approaching for the 8th Annual Faces of Biology > Photo Contest (Jyotsna Pandey) > 7. Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing (Matthew D. Carling) > 8. Registrar position at Denver Museum of Nature & Science > closes 9/30/2018 (Melissa Bechhoefer) > 9. Herbarium search (Tim Walsh) > 10. Free Workshop - Careers & Graduate Study in the Biological > Sciences (Hogue, Gabriela) > 11. What water to use with spirit specimens (Tonya.Haff at csiro.au) > 12. Temporary shutdown of DAO and DAOM herbaria > (Asencio, Shannon (AAFC/AAC)) > 13. Re: What water to use with spirit specimens (Simon Moore) > 14. Fossil collections and radioactivity (Guillaume BILLET) > 15. Re: Fossil collections and radioactivity (Monaghan, Nigel) > 16. Re: What water to use with spirit specimens (Dirk Neumann) > 17. HEART Training in Emergency Management (Hawks, Catharine) > 18. Re: Fossil collections and radioactivity (Christian Baars) > 19. RE-SENDING: Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for > Addressing National Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and > Data Wish List (Thiers, Barbara) > 20. Re: [External] Fossil collections and radioactivity > (Tacker, Christopher) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Hawks, Catharine" > To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:24:29 +0000 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: FAIC Florence activities > > Opportunities for assistance to museums affected by Hurricane Florence > > > > *From:* Eric Pourchot > *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2018 10:13 AM > *To:* HENTF ; tshapiro at actorsfund.org; rnelson at achp.gov; > jloichinger at achp.gov; jvaughan at aam-us.org; jackson at aaslh.org; > LindsayBrugger at aia.org; RachelMinnery at aia.org; Morancy, Melissa < > MelissaMorancy at aia.org>; kkromer at alawash.org; mdowling at ala.org; > rharper at artsusa.org; pwalsh at artsusa.org; brian.carter at 4culture.org; > shirl.spicer at montgomeryparks.org; afinch at aamd.org; Christine Anagnos < > canagnos at aamd.org>; PaulKuenstner at apti.org; NJean-Louis at wje.com; Jessica > Unger ; Eryl Wentworth < > ewentworth at conservation-us.org>; president at atalm.org; > bob.ottenhoff at disasterphilanthropy.org; > regine.webster at disasterphilanthropy.org; mostrum at craftemergency.org; > fcornelia at craftemergency.org; Janet.Newcomb at lyrasis.org; > tcherubini at cosla.org; chenry at clir.org; rebecca.katz at dc.gov; > bteague at statearchivists.org; Hass, Jennifer ; > Koeppel, Sarah ; Harriz, Kim < > Kim_Harriz at ios.doi.gov>; john_nelson at ios.doi.gov; alillpop at purdue.edu; > Defrancesco, Donna ; Lori Foley < > lori.foley at fema.dhs.gov>; Fontenot, Kristin ; > Ketchum, John ; Weisgerber, Julie < > julie.weisgerber at fema.dhs.gov>; Carruth, Stephen < > Stephen.Carruth at fema.dhs.gov>; emackintosh at statehumanities.org; > jake.heflin at itema.org; elizabeth.hannold at gsa.gov; joan.brierton at gsa.gov; > caroline.alderson at gsa.gov; tpwhalen at getty.edu; Bodner, Connie < > CBodner at imls.gov>; mfarrell at imls.gov; Bechtol, Nancy ; > Averyt, Katelynn ; Bowe, Stacy D. ; > Carroll, Colleen ; Gentry, Eric ; Kirby, > Liz ; Snell, Samantha ; Tompkins, William < > TompkinsW at si.edu>; Wegener, Corine ; Brian Daniels < > danielsb at sas.upenn.edu>; Kurin, Richard ; Hawks, Catharine < > HawksC at si.edu>; Kaczkowski, Rebecca ; > Jami.Awalt at tn.gov; rebekah.davis at limestonecounty-al.gov; > armstrong at iaem.com; John Conklin ; > chill at nhalliance.org; skidd at nhalliance.org; stephanie at napcommissions.org; > mschobert at ccaha.org; Laura Hortz Stanton ; > BPahl at savingplaces.org; AJones at savingplaces.org; ajc at mellon.org; > scoppinger at chubb.com; Heide, John ; Jane Seiter < > jseiter at usicomos.org>; lisa.craig at mbakerintl.com; d.c.comer at gmail.com; > bambi at nathpo.org; lackerman at wmf.org; racheljacobso at gmail.com; > Michael.K.Trimble at usace.army.mil; Amy.M.Williams at usace.army.mil; > sid.caesar at bia.gov; patrick.vacha at bia.gov; jnad at loc.gov; Robb, Andrew < > anro at loc.gov>; Jeanne Drewes ; anha at loc.gov; > SEMiller at flagler.edu; president at sha.org; nbeaumont at archivists.org; > mcclurkin at uta.edu; psaliga at sah.org; Valliere, John ; > cturner at preserveart.org; dwinslow at nsf.gov; jmantz at nsf.gov; > Ann_Hitchcock at nps.gov; Jackson, Sarah ; Vicki > Lee ; allison.olson at nara.gov; Huff, Preston < > preston.huff at nara.gov>; lucy.barber at nara.gov; tevye.yoblick.mil at mail.mil; > Mason, Stephen D. ; steve7578 at yahoo.com; > Bradley.o.martsching.mil at mail.mil; stephen.m.cichocki.civ at mail.mil; > ngardner at neh.gov; Ausema, Tatiana ; Tom Simplot < > SimplotT at arts.gov>; Andi Mathis ; lusherb at arts.gov; > jhansen at choctawnation.com; tsheets at csg.org; karbuckle at csg.org; > hein at ncshpo.org > *Cc:* Jessica Unger ; Tiffani Emig < > temig at conservation-us.org> > *Subject:* FAIC Florence activities > > > > I haven?t heard of any plans for a HENTF call about Hurricane Florence, so > wanted to be sure you were all aware of some recent developments at FAIC. > > > > FAIC received a grant yesterday from NEH to support National Heritage > Responders activities in the Carolinas. We are grateful for their fast > action, which will allow deployment of NHR volunteers and purchase of > supplies to assist collections in the region. Direct requests for > assistance are best made through our hotline: 202-661-8068. If you wish > to pass along information about institutions in the Carolinas that might > need help recovering or stabilizing collections, please let us know at > NHR at conservation-us.org. > > > > Also, please know that there are funds available for emergency > conservation assessments for museums in Federally-declared disaster areas > through the CAP program, a collaborative agreement between IMLS and FAIC. > We facilitated several emergency assessments after the 2017 hurricanes and > wildfires, and these can be very helpful for affected institutions to > prioritize next steps and to make a strong case for grant funding. > Inquiries should be directed to CAP at conservation-us.org. > > > > Thank you all for your interest and efforts! > > > > *Eric Pourchot, PhD | Institutional Advancement Director* > > epourchot at conservation-us.org > > t 202-661-8061 | f 202-452-9328 > > www.conservation-us.org | @conservators > | Facebook > > > > FAIC > > FOUNDATION of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION > > 727 15th St., NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC | 20005 > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: James Erdmann > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:01:08 -0600 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing > Dear Colleagues, > > Earlier this summer the University of Wyoming's administration made the > decision to close the Biodiversity Institute, an organization that > coordinates several citizen-science programs and other outreach, funds > student research, and works closely with the University of Wyoming Museum > of Vertebrates (UWYMV) on a number of these activities. > > If you have a moment, please read below and consider voicing your opinion > on the decision. You don?t need to have interacted directly with the BI to > show your support in the survey. > > It is currently uncertain how this closure will affect UWYMV, but it will > be affected nonetheless, in part because the museum and the BI are housed > in the same building. I believe UWYMV Curator and CM Beth Wommack will > provide more details as they emerge. > > Here is a more recent article: > http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/local_news/more-questions-than-answers-on-biodiversity-institute/article_a059548e-b7c7-11e8-8158-93d470afbf73.html > > Thank you, > > James > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Merav Ben-David > *Subject: **Biodiversity institute* > *Date: *September 20, 2018 at 3:21:25 PM MDT > *To: *Merav Ben-David > > Friends, > The below survey is in response to the University of Wyoming?s decision to > close the Biodiversity Institute (BI). The University?s press release > announcing the closure can be read here ( > http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/07/uw-pivots-in-biodiversity-science.html). > The purpose of the survey is to determine if residents of Wyoming and > beyond are supportive of the outreach and engagement activities of the > Biodiversity Institute, and to gather signatures for a petition to keep the > BI open. Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how feel > about the BI. More information about the BI can be found at > www.wyobiodiversity.org. > > The survey is here . > Please spread widely > Merav > My apologies if you got this message multiple times?J > > Merav Ben-David > Professor > Department of Zoology and Physiology (3166) > University of Wyoming > 1000 E University Ave. > Laramie, WY 82071 > USA > Phone: 307-214-0510 > Fax: 307-766-5625 > > -???- > James A. Erdmann > Biology Technician > University of Wyoming > Dept. of Zoology & Physiology > Laramie, WY 82071 USA > +1-307-631-2115 > muddynaturalist at gmail.com > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jyotsna Pandey > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:02:01 -0400 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists: Only a > Few Spots Remaining! > > 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. > > Register now: http://mp.gg/t580d > > Learn more about the program at > https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.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. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Thiers, Barbara" > To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:49:57 +0000 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for > Addressing National Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and Data Wish > List > > Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for Addressing National > Challenges: The Biodiversity Collections and Data Wish List > > > > During the past year, the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) has been > gathering feedback from stakeholder communities about biodiversity > collections and the data derived from them. This feedback will inform a > vision for how biodiversity collections and data can realize their > potential for research and education during the next decade. > > > > Through these outreach efforts we have learned that the stakeholder > community views the current national digitization effort as a success, with > benefits for collections, research and education, and feels strongly that > the effort should continue in some way. We have also determined that the > U.S. national effort aligns well with international efforts, especially in > Europe and Australasia. > > > > In this final outreach effort, we are asking for your very specific and > succinct contributions to a wish list of future activities or functions for > collections and data, and recommendations on how to achieve them. Please > record your responses using this Google Form > : > https://goo.gl/forms/SsbyuP75ZuKSL4av2 > > > > We ask that you include only one wish list item (and action and partners) > per form ? you can enter as many wish list items as you wish, but use a > separate form for each. This will help greatly with the compilation final > results. A summary of all responses will be posted on the BCoN website > (https://bcon.aibs.org) > > > > Wish List entries made by 5:00 pm EST on Friday, 5 October will be posted > on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) shortly thereafter and > incorporated into the final report. There will be a session at the > upcoming iDigBio Summit > https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/ADBC_Summit_2018) on Tuesday, 2 > October from 3:10-4:00 pm in which Wish List items will be shared live. > The Summit website provides information on remote participation. > > > > *QUESTIONS*: > > > > 1. What would you like to accomplish with biodiversity collections or > derived data that you cannot do now (or cannot do easily)? Name *ONE* > activity or function in *ON*E sentence > > > > > > > > 2. List *ONE* currently unavailable action or tool that you would need > to in order to do this: > > > > > > 3. Who could help you do the accomplishment listed in Question 1? List > up to T*HREE* types of experts or areas of expertise. > > > > > > Dr. Barbara M. Thiers > > Vice President > > Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium > > Curator of Bryophytes > > Editor, *Index Herbariorum* > > President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections > > New York Botanical Garden > > Bronx, NY 10458-5126 > > bthiers at nybg.org > > 718-817-8626 > > > > Download: > > The World?s Herbaria 2017 > (second > Index Herbariorum annual report) > > Index Herbariorum Registration Form > > Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Miguel Vega > To: > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:17:45 +0200 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Open call for GBIF.ES Workshop on Georeferencing > Natural History Collections (in Spanish) > > Buenos d?as, > > Os comunicamos que hemos abierto el plazo de inscripci?n para el ?Taller > GBIF.ES: Georreferenciaci?n de colecciones de historia natural? que > impartiremos del 13 al 15 de noviembre de 2018 en el Real Jard?n Bot?nico > de Madrid. Este taller pr?ctico pretende aportar los conocimientos en la > asignaci?n de coordenadas geogr?ficas tomando como base la descripci?n de > la localidad de origen de los espec?menes. El curso se centrar? en el uso y > manejo de herramientas ?tiles para este fin, como son GEOLocate o QGIS. A > cargo del taller estar?n Nelson R?o > > (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History), desarrollador de GEOLocate y David > Draper > (Universidad de Lisboa), uno de los principales impulsores de GEOLocate en > Europa. > > El taller tiene un coste de 100? y se impartir? en castellano. El formulario > de inscripci?n est? disponible > en l?nea y deber? *enviarse antes del 5 de octubre de 2018*. > > *IMPORTANTE*: Una vez confirmados los seleccionados del taller, ?stos > deber?n pagar la matr?cula del curso y enviar justificante del pago a > infogbifspain at gmail.com antes del *16 de octubre de 2018*. Si no se ha > recibido justificante del pago antes de dicha fecha, la reserva se anular? > autom?ticamente. > Para m?s informaci?n, pod?is visitar la p?gina del taller > > en nuestra web. > > Un saludo, > -- > > > Real Jard?n Bot?nico - CSIC > > Plaza de Murillo, 2 > > 28014 Madrid, Spain > > *Miguel Vega - Comunicaci?n* > > *Tel: +34 91 4203017 extensi?n 170 y 171* > > *miguel.vega at rjb.csic.es * > > *www.gbif.es * > > *datos.gbif.es * > > *twitter.com/GbifEs * > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jyotsna Pandey > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:24:20 -0400 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Deadline Approaching for the 8th Annual 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, technician, or > student, engaging in biological research. The research may occur outside, > in a lab, at 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 and 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 is 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 > https://www.aibs.org/public-programs/photocontest.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. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Matthew D. Carling" > To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" , "Matthew D. > Carling" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:34:08 +0000 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing > Hi Everyone, > > I?m not a subscriber to this list-serve, but a few folks who are > forwarded the email James Erdmann posted a couple of days ago to me, so I > wanted to take a minute to provide some additional context. For those of > you who don?t know me, I am the faculty curator of the University of > Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates. > > First, in case it isn?t explicitly clear, the University of Wyoming > Museum of Vertebrates is not part of the Biodiversity Institute. As James > said, we work closely with the BI for some of our outreach/education > activities and we are very concerned about its closure, but there is no > administrative overlap between us and the BI. > > Second, if you have any questions, please direct them to me and not Beth > Wommack. While Beth is certainly capable of answering questions, that?s not > her job. > > Third, feel free to look at the survey and even fill it out if you?d > like, but I am not suggesting or advocating that you do. > > Fourth, to those of you who received a similar email I sent to Avecol, I > apologize for cluttering your inbox. > > Thank you. > > Matt Carling > > Matt Carling, PhD > Department of Zoology & Physiology > Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center > University of Wyoming > > www.carlinglab.com > 307.223.1762 > mcarling at uwyo.edu > > Begin forwarded message: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: James Erdmann > Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 4:02 PM > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Closing > To: > > > Dear Colleagues, > > Earlier this summer the University of Wyoming's administration made the > decision to close the Biodiversity Institute, an organization that > coordinates several citizen-science programs and other outreach, funds > student research, and works closely with the University of Wyoming Museum > of Vertebrates (UWYMV) on a number of these activities. > > If you have a moment, please read below and consider voicing your opinion > on the decision. You don?t need to have interacted directly with the BI to > show your support in the survey. > > It is currently uncertain how this closure will affect UWYMV, but it will > be affected nonetheless, in part because the museum and the BI are housed > in the same building. I believe UWYMV Curator and CM Beth Wommack will > provide more details as they emerge. > > Here is a more recent article: > http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/local_news/more-questions-than-answers-on-biodiversity-institute/article_a059548e-b7c7-11e8-8158-93d470afbf73.html > > Thank you, > > James > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Merav Ben-David > *Subject: **Biodiversity institute* > *Date: *September 20, 2018 at 3:21:25 PM MDT > *To: *Merav Ben-David > > Friends, > The below survey is in response to the University of Wyoming?s decision to > close the Biodiversity Institute (BI). The University?s press release > announcing the closure can be read here ( > http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/07/uw-pivots-in-biodiversity-science.html). > The purpose of the survey is to determine if residents of Wyoming and > beyond are supportive of the outreach and engagement activities of the > Biodiversity Institute, and to gather signatures for a petition to keep the > BI open. Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how feel > about the BI. More information about the BI can be found at > www.wyobiodiversity.org. > > The survey is here . > Please spread widely > Merav > My apologies if you got this message multiple times?J > > Merav Ben-David > Professor > Department of Zoology and Physiology (3166) > University of Wyoming > 1000 E University Ave. > Laramie, WY 82071 > USA > Phone: 307-214-0510 > Fax: 307-766-5625 > > -???- > James A. Erdmann > Biology Technician > University of Wyoming > Dept. of Zoology & Physiology > Laramie, WY 82071 USA > +1-307-631-2115 > muddynaturalist at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > -- > Elizabeth Wommack, PhD > Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates > University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates > Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center > University of Wyoming, Laramie > Laramie, WY 82071 > ewommack@ uwyo.edu > www.uwymv.org > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Melissa Bechhoefer > To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:10:28 +0000 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Registrar position at Denver Museum of Nature & > Science closes 9/30/2018 > > Reminder: Registrar position at Denver Museum of Nature & Science closes > 9/30/2018. Hiring range $47,000-$58,000 > > > > Complete posting and to apply: > https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm01/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=DMNS&cws=38&rid=933 > > > > The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Research & Collections Division is > seeking a Registrar to join their team. This position ensures the Museum > meets its public trust responsibilities by guaranteeing documented > compliance of all collection activities with collection policy, procedure, > regulations, and professional standards. This position works > collaboratively with curators and collection managers to ensure we meet the > highest ethical and legal compliance standards. The ideal candidate for > this position is highly familiar with natural history and cultural > collections, detail-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced environment > with a large team. This position is an integral part of the Research & > Collections Division, and developing solid relationships both internally > and with external partners is essential. > > *Essential duties: * > > ? Manages registration records and ensures their integrity and > long-term preservation. > > ? Coordinates with curators and collection managers to document > accessions, deaccessions and loans, and reviews for ethical and legal > compliance. > > ? Prepares, monitors, and renews collection permit applications, > collection MOUs and agreements, and repository agreements. > > ? Monitors state, federal, and international laws that impact > collections, collecting, and other museum issues. > > ? Project manages outgoing exhibition loan requests, including > packing, shipping, and appraisals. > > ? Provides registration support for artifacts included in > travelling exhibits, and updates to core exhibits. > > *Minimum qualifications/Requirements: * > > ? Bachelor?s degree in natural sciences or anthropology required. > Master?s degree in natural sciences, anthropology, or museum studies > preferred. > > ? 3 years? experience in Museum registration required, including > experience using collections management databases. > > ? 3 years? experience working knowledge of the legal, regulatory, > and ethical environment surrounding natural history and cultural > collections required. > > ? Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office suite required. > > *Ideal candidate will have:* > > ? Registration experience in both a natural history and large > museum setting. > > ? Proven track-record of simultaneously managing numerous > projects. > > ? Ability to work with a wide-ranging team, applying both legal > and ethical standards to reach consensus. > > > > *Melissa Bechhoefer* > > *Director of Integrative Collections* > > > > > > > > [image: DMNS 2 Line RGB small.jpg] > > mailto:melissa.bechhoefer at dmns.org > > *Work* 303.370.6401 > > Denver Museum of Nature & Science > 2001 Colorado Blvd. > Denver, CO 80205 > > > > www.dmns.org > > > > [image: FacebookIcon (1)] [image: > TwitterLogo] > > Explore a wacky world where brains come to play in *Mindbender Mansion > *, now open. And beginning Oct. > 26, soak up the sights, sounds and vitality of the exhibition *?CUBA!. > * > > > > *The Museum?s mission is to be a catalyst and ignite the community?s > passion for nature and science.* > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tim Walsh > To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:10:44 +0000 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Herbarium search > > Hello all, > > > > I am working on an upcoming (1 Dec 2018 -1 Mar 2019) exhibition entitled *Pressed > for Time: Botanical Collecting as Genteel Pastime or Scientific Pursuit?* > This exhibition will explore the relationship between amateur and > professional botany collectors and discuss the rift that formed between > them at the turn of the 19th century. I will be highlighting eight > collectors and feature four each of their herbarium sheets. We are using > mostly herbaria from our own collection but are also borrowing from other > institutions. I am searching for sheets that represent a teacher and > his/her student, preferably between the dates of 1870-1940 as this can > represent the American Nature Study Movement. > > > > I am curious if anyone?s collection houses such sheets, fully recognizing > that that specific attribution may be elusive in the records; yet hoping > that staff familiarity with certain collectors may provide the relevant > information. > > > > Thank you, > > Tim > > > > > > Timothy J. Walsh > > Collection Manager > > Bruce Museum > > 1 Museum Drive > > Greenwich, CT 06830-7157 > > P 203.413.6767 > > F 203.869.0963 > > twalsh at brucemuseum.org > > www.brucemuseum.org > > > > Invited Member, IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group > > Assistant Director, Florida Turtle Conservation Trust > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Hogue, Gabriela" > To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:14:21 +0000 > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Free Workshop - Careers & Graduate Study in the > Biological Sciences > > Applications are being taken now for the next *Broadening Participation > in the Biological Sciences Workshop* that will be held at the Museum of > Northern Arizona in Flagstaff on October 12-13, 2018. 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Thank you, Katja -- -- Katja Seltmann, PhD Katherine Esau Director, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Harder South, Rm 1011 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 cell: (859) 537-9309 http://codex.begoniasociety.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Sun Sep 30 05:18:14 2018 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 10:18:14 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Preservation of a fish collection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <489C0CFE-B559-4672-9576-BE0359483951@btinternet.com> Hi Katja, The specimens would likely have been fixed (initial stage of preservation, from fresh material) in formaldehyde solution and then preserved in alcohol. Auto-dilution of alcohol is well-known but trying to maintain the correct concentration of alcohol is much more difficult. There are instruments that can measure the precise concentration but these are quite expensive (Mettler Toledo and the Anton Paar DMA 135n). Since most museums have large collection and few staff to maintain them, they tend to have their own protocols to short-cut this otherwise lengthy process. Most just top up the jars using a more concentrated level of alcohol (80%) and hoping that the overall concentration of each jar?s alcohol will end up around the 60-70% mark. John Simmons, Ollie Crimmen and Andy Bentley will probably write something as they have had more experience in fish collections and dealing with fish oil contaminants as well. With all good wishes, Simon. Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 29 Sep 2018, at 15:33, Katja Seltmann wrote: > > We have just started caring for a small teaching collection of fish. The jars seem to be filled with alcohol, but I am assuming that the original specimens were preserved with formaldehyde. Many of the specimens need the fluid in the jars topped off, but I do not know what concentration of ethanol we should be using. > > Does anyone have a protocol for their collection they would be willing to share? > > Thank you, > Katja > > -- > > -- > Katja Seltmann, PhD > Katherine Esau Director, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration > University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) > Harder South, Rm 1011 > Santa Barbara, CA 93106 > cell: (859) 537-9309 > http://codex.begoniasociety.org > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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