From abentley at ku.edu Tue Oct 1 09:47:31 2019 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:47:31 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USGS FUMBLES ITS BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS Message-ID: https://www.peer.org/news/press-releases/usgs-fumbles-its-biological-collections.html USGS FUMBLES ITS BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS Belated New Policy Leaves Troves of Scientific Specimens in Limbo Posted on Sep 17, 2019 | Tags: USGS ________________________________ Washington, DC - The good news is the U.S. Geological Survey finally adopted a policy, in response to a complaint from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), to address its burgeoning but unsecured biological collections. The bad news is USGS' new policy falls well short of what is needed, shortchanging both researchers and the scientific community. For the past four years, PEER has been pressing the USGS to redress its lack of any written policies or guidelines for its vast natural history collections, some of which have existed since the late 1880s, that comprise the bulk of USGS collections. As a result, decades of important biological specimens have been destroyed, lost, or given away. A 2015 PEER request spurred a critical 2017 report from Interior's Office of Inspector General (IG). USGS dismissed the findings while promising to address the problem. In 2018, PEER filed a complaint charging that the USGS response to the IG was false and demanded a retraction under terms of the Information Quality Act. After stalling through repeated extensions of the 90-day deadline for answering such complaints, USGS announced that it had adopted a new policy this summer and dismissed the PEER complaint. Today, PEER appealed this dismissal arguing that the new USGS policy is deficient. "Preserving and documenting the original specimens that support scientific conclusions, especially those that are published, is critical for doing good science," stated Pacific PEER Director Jeff Ruch, noting that USGS neither consulted with, or even notified, its own scientists about this new policy. "USGS still lacks coherent polices for preserving vast natural history collections that reflect an irreplaceable slice of America's biological legacy." PEER's critique cites inadequacies of the new USGS policy, including that USGS - ? Still classifies its natural history collections as "working collections" not intended for long-term preservation despite their scientific value. As a result, few of these research archives are accessible to other researchers to re-examine these materials, let alone accessible to the public; ? Lacks procedures to track or inventory the disposition of scientific and working collections; and ? Ignores conflicts with other federal policies and does not acknowledge the property interests of individuals, tribes, or other public agencies. "The root cause is that USGS has not budgeted for the space or resources to house these collections," added Ruch, pointing out that the PEER appeal is now before the USGS Director. "The best that can be said is that safeguards for our biological heritage stumble forward." 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emily.braker at colorado.edu Tue Oct 1 16:42:53 2019 From: emily.braker at colorado.edu (Emily M. Braker) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:42:53 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Oct 8th Webinar - Demonstrating Impact using Arctos Publications and Projects Tools Message-ID: Please join us October 8th for a webinar entitled "Advanced Collection Management Using Arctos: Publications and Projects Demonstrate a Collection's Impact" Abstract: New knowledge described in scientific publications is the ultimate product of museum specimen use. Arctos, an online museum collection management solution, allows for publications to be linked to the specific specimens that they reference. The impact of any single specimen, accession, loan, or collection as a whole can then be quantified in terms of publications produced or specimens cited. Publications citing voucher specimens are displayed in the Arctos specimen record, allowing future researchers and curators to see which analyses have been done previously on specimens of interest, thereby eliminating redundant subsampling or handling. Arctos "projects" allow for the aggregation of data from accessions, loans, publications, and specimen records into a single-page display of the impact that a curator-defined "project" has produced. Arctos projects can be very useful in reporting, and in many cases may replace a written report prepared for granting agencies, institutional departments, or government agencies (NPS, USFWS, etc.). We will demonstrate how publications are entered, specimens are linked through citations, and how projects are built to show a collection's impact within Arctos. Presenter: Aren Gunderson (University of Alaska Museum of the North) When: Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 at 3pm ET Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Can't Make It? A recording of this webinar will be made available, along with other archived recordings, here: https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/ This is the 19th in a series of webinars on Arctos brought to you by the Arctos Working Group and kindly hosted by iDigBio. 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Cindy Opitz SPNHC Secretary email: secretary at spnhc.org web: spnhc.org Museum of Natural History 11 Macbride Hall The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 (319) 335-0481 -----Original Message----- From: "Ella Tyler" Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 9:57pm To: secretary at spnhc.org Subject: Information required Hi Cindy For a couple of years I have been preparing a review of natural history museums around the world that have lost collections of reptiles and amphibians because of calamities including fire, flood, earthquake, war etc. To date I have relevant information on the following locations: Afghanistan Austria Brazil Chile (3) Belgium Croatia Czech Republic England Germany (9) Hungary (2) India (2) Italy (2) Japan Libya Mexico Portugal Romania Russia USA I would greatly appreciate additional information from any of your members who can add to this list and identify possible contacts at those locations. Kindest regards Mike Professor Michael J. Tyler AO, MSc. DSc. 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URL: From nfeldsine at mohonkpreserve.org Wed Oct 2 09:49:34 2019 From: nfeldsine at mohonkpreserve.org (Natalie Feldsine) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 13:49:34 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job Posting: Digitization Technician at Mohonk Preserve Message-ID: DIGITIZATION TECHNICIAN The Mohonk Preserve helps to protect the Shawangunk Mountains region and inspire people to care for, enjoy, and explore their natural world. The Preserve manages 8,500 acres of the northern Shawangunk Mountains in Ulster County, NY through four integrated programs - Conservation Science, Education, Land Stewardship, and Land Protection, and is a regional model for large-scale conservation planning. The Digitization Technician will advance the digitization of a small museum and herbarium collection, and a century's worth of natural history data across numerous scientific disciplines. This is an ideal position for a detail-oriented person who enjoys engaging with volunteers and supporting open access science and research efforts. This position will support departmental initiatives, outreach opportunities, and carrying out the Preserve's mission. The position is supervised by the Research Collections and Citizen Science Coordinator and also requires working closely with other Conservation Science and Mohonk Preserve staff. This hourly, grant-funded position runs for approximately 2 years beginning autumn 2019. Salary: $14 per hour; approx. 25 hrs. per week. For a full job description: https://www.mohonkpreserve.org/file_download/inline/0bceeeb8-3ee9-43bf-a590-95c9f4dbdb6b Natalie Feldsine Research Collection and Citizen Science Coordinator Mohonk Preserve P.O. Box 715, New Paltz, NY 12561 (845) 255-0919, ext. 1271 www.mohonkpreserve.org Find us on Facebook [Combined2] Mohonk Preserve ... setting the standard for land stewardship in New York's Hudson Valley region. The generosity of our supporters and volunteers ensures that the Shawangunk Ridge will be protected and enjoyed forever. [Email Sig-Enviro] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 4932 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.gif Type: image/gif Size: 2945 bytes Desc: image002.gif URL: From rachael at amartconservation.com Thu Oct 3 00:43:02 2019 From: rachael at amartconservation.com (rachael at amartconservation.com) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 00:43:02 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] paleobond In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1e8601d579a5$0a5b0680$1f111380$@amartconservation.com> Shalom Gali, Paleobond has a long history of use in the field. One good place to start where I know it is mentioned is the still useful 1997 article Adhesives and Consolidants in Geological and Paleontological Applications on the new SPNHC website https://spnhc.org/resources/spnhc-leaflet-2-adhesives-and-consolidants-in-geological-and-paleontological-applications/ In 2014 AMNH staff presented a poster with updated information on their practices http://vertpaleo.org/For-Members/Preparators-Resources/Preparators-Resources-PDF-files/Goldberg-and-Davidson_2014.aspx Have you seen Jane Down?s articles? A preliminary study of the degradation of cyanoacrylate adhesives in the presence and absence of fossil material, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 26, 2006 - Issue 3 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282006%2926%5B519%3AAPSOTD%5D2.0.CO%3B2?src=recsys A literature review of cyanoacrylate adhesives, Studies in Conservation, Volume 46, 2001 - Issue sup1: Reviews in Conservation 2 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/sic.2001.46.Supplement-1.35?src=recsys And the M.P. Howie 2013 article Materials used for conserving fossil specimens since 1930: a review, Studies in Conservation Volume 29, 1984 - Issue sup1: Preprints of the Contributions to the Paris Congress, 2-8 September 1984. Adhesives and Consolidants https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/sic.1984.29.Supplement-1.92?src=recsys For useful oldie? UNDERSTANDING CYANOACRYLATE ADHESIVES AND CONSOLIDANTS AND THEIR USE IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY http://vertpaleo.org/For-Members/Preparators-Resources/Preparators-Resources-PDF-files/Elder_et_al_1998.aspx Shana tova, Rachael Rachael Perkins Arenstein A.M. Art Conservation, LLC Conservation Treatment, Preservation Consulting & Collection Management Tel: 917-796-1764 www.amartconservation.com rachael at amartconservation.com From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Gali Beiner Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 5:01 AM To: Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] paleobond Hi all, I understand that Paleobond is being used by physical anthropologists and possibly other people working with archeological and paleontological bone material. It is quite different to products such as Paraloid B72, since Paleobond is a reaction adhesive (a cynanoacrylate, to the best of my understanding). Has anyone here in this list used Paleobond, or seen how this product aged over time in collections? Thanks, Gali -- Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2385 bytes Desc: not available URL: From emily.braker at colorado.edu Mon Oct 7 11:50:03 2019 From: emily.braker at colorado.edu (Emily M. Braker) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 15:50:03 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Webinar TOMORROW- Demonstrating a Collection's Impact using Arctos Publications and Projects Tools Message-ID: Please join us tomorrow, October 8th for a webinar entitled "Advanced Collection Management Using Arctos: Publications and Projects Demonstrate a Collection's Impact" Abstract: New knowledge described in scientific publications is the ultimate product of museum specimen use. Arctos, an online museum collection management solution, allows for publications to be linked to the specific specimens that they reference. The impact of any single specimen, accession, loan, or collection as a whole can then be quantified in terms of publications produced or specimens cited. Publications citing voucher specimens are displayed in the Arctos specimen record, allowing future researchers and curators to see which analyses have been done previously on specimens of interest, thereby eliminating redundant subsampling or handling. Arctos "projects" allow for the aggregation of data from accessions, loans, publications, and specimen records into a single-page display of the impact that a curator-defined "project" has produced. Arctos projects can be very useful in reporting, and in many cases may replace a written report prepared for granting agencies, institutional departments, or government agencies (NPS, USFWS, etc.). We will demonstrate how publications are entered, specimens are linked through citations, and how projects are built to show a collection's impact within Arctos. Presenter: Aren Gunderson (University of Alaska Museum of the North) When: Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 at 3pm ET Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Can't Make It? A recording of this webinar will be made available, along with other archived recordings, here: https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/ This is the 19th in a series of webinars on Arctos brought to you by the Arctos Working Group and kindly hosted by iDigBio. 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Natural history collections are an important resource in providing opportunities for undergrads to interact with collections-based biodiversity data. *We would greatly appreciate getting your perspective via this anonymous survey * if you are in one or more of the following groups: - Curators or researchers working with natural history collections - Educators who teach and/or supervise undergraduate or graduate students in the biological sciences - Organismal, ecological, and environmental researchers who generate and use large aggregated biodiversity datasets - Discipline-based education researchers - Data scientists and biodiversity informaticians The survey should take you approximately 15-25 minutes to complete, and the deadline has been extended to *next Wednesday, October 16th*. If you wish, please feel free to share this survey with any other colleagues or lists. Thank you in advance for your input and efforts, Erica *Erica Krimmel* Digitization Resource Coordinator Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Florida State University ekrimmel at fsu.edu (619) 876-3794 *BLUE is an inclusive community of biodiversity, data, and education researchers working to identify a transferrable set of core biodiversity data competencies for undergraduates, develop strategies for integrating these competencies into the introductory biology curriculum, and build capacity for sustained development and implementation of biodiversity and data literacy education.* *BLUE Biodiversity Data Competencies Team:*Dr. Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University Dr. Natalie Douglas, Central Michigan University Dr. Alexa Clemmons, University of Washington Dr. Debra Linton, Central Michigan University Dr. Elizabeth Ellwood, La Brea Tar Pits & Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[cid:image001.jpg at 01D57DDF.AD18A470] Cheers, Carmen Carmen Chinery Curator and Laboratory Technician Department of Geoscience University of Calgary ph: 403-220-2723 em: cachiner at ucalgary.ca ma: Department of Geoscience University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 44377 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Tue Oct 8 16:30:35 2019 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 20:30:35 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rigid Paper Trays In-Reply-To: <34971191-9A75-429E-8D65-F11397326505@ucalgary.ca> References: <34971191-9A75-429E-8D65-F11397326505@ucalgary.ca> Message-ID: We have had very good results working with Allstate and Capitol, both box-making companies in Newark, New Jersey. Both can provide good quality on acid-free stock. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Carmen Chinery Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 3:53 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rigid Paper Trays External. Hello all, I?m looking for a vendor/manufacturer to create small rigid paper trays that we use to house rock/mineral/fossil samples in storage (see photo). Our previous vendor is no longer in business, and the vendor that makes our trays in larger sizes does not make them this small (80mm x 60mm x 20mm). I?m having a hard time searching online for a company that can do this work. Does anyone have any vendors for trays like this that they can share? I would preferably like to find a Canadian vendor, given our location, but a US vendor would work as well. [cid:image001.jpg at 01D57DF5.B57F5C60] Cheers, Carmen Carmen Chinery Curator and Laboratory Technician Department of Geoscience University of Calgary ph: 403-220-2723 em: cachiner at ucalgary.ca ma: Department of Geoscience University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 44377 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From bmhess at umich.edu Tue Oct 8 16:34:32 2019 From: bmhess at umich.edu (Benjamin Hess) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 16:34:32 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rigid Paper Trays In-Reply-To: References: <34971191-9A75-429E-8D65-F11397326505@ucalgary.ca> Message-ID: I have had good success working with All Packaging Company in the past. All Packaging Co. 6606 Stadium Dr. Kansas City, MO Local: 816-842-3711 info at allpackco.com http://www.allpackco.com/set_up_archival_boxes.html On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:30 PM Callomon,Paul wrote: > We have had very good results working with Allstate and Capitol, both > box-making companies in Newark, New Jersey. Both can provide good quality > on acid-free stock. > > > > *Paul Callomon* > *Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates* > ------------------------------ > > *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* > > 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA > *callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170* > > > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of *Carmen > Chinery > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 8, 2019 3:53 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Rigid Paper Trays > > > > *External.* > > Hello all, > > > > I?m looking for a vendor/manufacturer to create small rigid paper trays > that we use to house rock/mineral/fossil samples in storage (see photo). > Our previous vendor is no longer in business, and the vendor that makes our > trays in larger sizes does not make them this small (80mm x 60mm x 20mm). > I?m having a hard time searching online for a company that can do this > work. Does anyone have any vendors for trays like this that they can > share? I would preferably like to find a Canadian vendor, given our > location, but a US vendor would work as well. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Carmen > > *Carmen Chinery* > Curator and Laboratory Technician > Department of Geoscience > University of Calgary > > ph: 403-220-2723 > em: cachiner at ucalgary.ca > ma: Department of Geoscience > University of Calgary > 2500 University Drive NW > Calgary, AB > T2N 1N4 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Lids are optionally available for better protection from ambient environment damage and use in layered storage. We can make virtually ANY SIZE you want including matching existing sizes you might already have. I just need outside dimensions and quantity of each size to provide you with a quote. However, we require a minimum of 100 per size. If you think you only need a small assortment and would like to try us out, we also offer sample kits of 120 or 240 pieces each with various sizes included. Otherwise, contact me j.cordeiro at nenaturalhistory.com for a quote. I think you will find our prices competitive and we take pride in the quality of our product. Please let me know if you require anything else. I can send images or samples upon request. Thanks Jay Cordeiro Northeast Natural History & Supply PO Box 361 West Dennis, MA 02670 j.cordeiro at nenaturalhistory.com ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Carmen Chinery Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 3:52 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Rigid Paper Trays [EXTERNAL SENDER] Hello all, I?m looking for a vendor/manufacturer to create small rigid paper trays that we use to house rock/mineral/fossil samples in storage (see photo). Our previous vendor is no longer in business, and the vendor that makes our trays in larger sizes does not make them this small (80mm x 60mm x 20mm). I?m having a hard time searching online for a company that can do this work. Does anyone have any vendors for trays like this that they can share? I would preferably like to find a Canadian vendor, given our location, but a US vendor would work as well. [cid:image001.jpg at 01D57DDF.AD18A470] Cheers, Carmen Carmen Chinery Curator and Laboratory Technician Department of Geoscience University of Calgary ph: 403-220-2723 em: cachiner at ucalgary.ca ma: Department of Geoscience University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 44377 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From v.carrio at nms.ac.uk Thu Oct 10 09:44:31 2019 From: v.carrio at nms.ac.uk (Vicen Carrio) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:44:31 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Why retain physical specimens In-Reply-To: References: <12f5cb21752c4207b41e25d7ccd8d8b4@vims.edu> Message-ID: Hi Sarah, I would like to add to this interesting subject something that I think it is missing and it is very important too. I completely agree that the collections need to be digitized helping us to know what we have in the museums and that we must keep the physical specimens. Nevertheless, everybody should understand that the natural sciences specimens do not keep for ever, and that they can be damaged physical and environmentally. At this point, natural sciences conservators and preparators are very important. Once the specimens are digitalised, the specimens should be kept and cared for, and conservators and preparators will help the collections not to be destroyed or vanished. Unfortunately, due to constriction in money in some institutions, some museums are reducing the numbers of professionals in the field of natural sciences conservation and their jobs are given to people who have been not being trained for and consequently, the collections in natural sciences are getting damaged and lost. I will always defend that the digitalization is needed and that it is very important, but without collections there are not museums and no research. Vicen Ms Vicen Carri? ACR Geological Conservator/ Preparator National Museums Scotland National Museums Collection Centre 242 West Granton Road Edinburgh EH5 1JA +44 (0) 131 247 4254 v.carrio at nms.ac.uk http://www.nms.ac.uk Note: My normal working days are Mondays to Thursdays From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Timothy Brys Sent: 28 September 2019 07:57 To: Sarah K. Huber; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Why retain physical specimens Along with the African crocodiles material I sent, I just saw this: https://www.ksat.com/news/international/new-10footlong-crocodile-species-found-in-museum [https://sharedmedia.grahamdigital.com/photo/2019/09/25/New%20Guinea%20crocodile.jpg_22325878_ver1.0_1280_720.jpg] New 10-foot-long crocodile species found in museum A unique species of crocodile lives in New Guinea, but in 1989, a researcher suspected that there may be more to the story on the tropical island. www.ksat.com Tim Brys - Perot Museum of Nature and Science Teaching Collection Coordinator Phone: 214.756.5840 timothy.brys at perotmuseum.org 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas Texas 75201 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Sarah K. Huber Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:59 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Why retain physical specimens Recently I've been fielding a lot of questions about why our collection should retain a physical specimen once it has been digitized (e.g., CT-scanned, photographed, x-rayed, etc.). I'm curious how often other museum professionals are asked this question and what your general responses are for justifying the retention of a physical specimen. Why do you tell people it's important to retain a specimen? If anyone knows of article that have addressed this specific question I would appreciate references so that I can have them on hand for particularly curious visitors. Thanks, Sarah Sarah K. 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Requirements are based on the large size, the preservative solution, it must be display suitable (i.e. clear) and preferably could be sourced in Europe (or better still UK). The case needs to last for a minimum of 2 years. We have a quote for a PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) casing. By my research, this appears like it COULD be ok, it shows to be stable for containing 50-96% ethanol (although over what period of time is unknown) and is widely preferred to type 1 borosilicate for lab ware applications. However I have no experience of it working in practice. Does anyone have experience with PETG display cases for ethanol solutions? And does anyone have advice on compatible sealants for these systems? Any advice on suppliers and materials are much appreciated. Thank you! Lucie Mascord ACR Conservation Officer. Natural History. Lancashire Conservation Studios Lancashire County Council T: 01772 530213 E: Lucie.Mascord at lancashire.gov.uk My working days are Mon-Wed. 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AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 20, Issue 21, October 14, 2019 * IG Reviews Financial Conflicts of Interest, Foreign Affiliations in NIH Grant Process * New Federal AI Research Program Announced * Ag Group Calls for Protecting Genetic Diversity of Food Animal Livestock * NSF Announces Repositioning of SBE Research Programs * Ecosystem Scientists to Share Insights on Coastal Ecosystems and People with Congress * Short Takes * House Appropriations Chairwoman Retiring * NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Seeking Reviewers * NSF Announces ?Jumpstarts? on Reintegrating Biology * Help Your Scientists and Students Strengthen Their Communication Skills * From the Federal Register ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ IG Reviews Financial Conflicts of Interest, Foreign Affiliations in NIH Grant Process The Office of Inspector General (IG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released three reports on September 25, 2019 that analyze the procedures in place at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for reviewing financial conflicts of interests, vetting peer reviewers, and ensuring grantees appropriately disclose all sources of research support during their grantmaking process. According to the IG, about 3 percent of NIH grants awarded in fiscal year (FY) 2018 involved researchers with financial conflicts. The report found that although NIH has made ?substantial strides in reviewing the financial conflicts that institutions report,? it ?lacks quality assurance procedures in its review process? and ?cannot identify-and does not plan to identify-whether investigators? financial conflicts involve foreign interests, but is identifying foreign affiliations through a clarification of its requirements for pre-award reporting.? The IG recommends that NIH perform regular ?quality assurance reviews of the financial-conflict information in its online system to ensure the adequacy of its oversight.? Regarding peer review, the IG found that NIH ?gives little attention to foreign affiliation beyond requiring a justification for reviewers who are not based in North America.? The IG recommends that NIH ?update its guidance on vetting peer reviewer nominees to identify potential foreign threats to research integrity? and ?develop a risk-based approach for identifying peer reviewer nominees who warrant additional vetting.? The reviews also concluded that NIH had ?limited policies, procedures, and controls? in place for ensuring that institutions adequately report all sources of research support, financial interests, and affiliations. The report found that of the 1,875 institutions that received NIH funding in FY 2018 and were required to have financial conflict of interest policies, 1,013 did not have such policies posted on their websites. In addition, the IG reported that not all grant awardees may be aware that they are required to disclose financial interests to their institutions, and some institutions lacked awareness of their responsibility to create and maintain policies on financial conflicts. The IG urged NIH to monitor disclosures of financial conflicts more closely and ensure that institutions have the required policies in place. NIH concurred with the IG?s recommendations in written comments to the report but indicated that the IG ?conflated reporting requirements for research support and affiliations with reporting requirements for [financial conflicts of interest].? The agency noted that the institutions identified by the IG that did not have financial conflict of interest policies posted on their websites accounted for less than 4 percent of NIH grant awards and less than 5 percent of research funding. The IG in turn responded that these institutions ?still represent a risk because the size of an institution or the amount of funding received does not lessen the possibility that a [financial conflict of interest] may go unreported.? In recent months, focus on the oversight of foreign influence on research has been increasing. Lawmakers have made enquiries about the processes in place at agencies, such as NIH and National Science Foundation (NSF), to detect and deter foreign threats to federally-funded research. Lawmakers have also introduced legislation that intends to address issues of foreign influence on science and academic espionage without impeding scientific collaboration. Earlier this year, NSF announced new policies on foreign government talent recruitment programs and research protections from foreign influence. In September 2019, sixty science, engineering, and international education organizations, including AIBS, urged the heads of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, NIH, NSF, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense to consider a wide range of stakeholder perspectives as the agencies work together to tackle foreign influence on U.S. research. New Federal AI Research Program Announced The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a new program to advance research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and accelerate the development of transformational, AI-powered innovation. The new funding opportunity anticipates $200 million in large-scale, long-term investments in AI research and education over the next 6 years. The effort is led by NSF in partnership with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Transportation?s Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The program?s planning track will support grants of $500,000 for up to two years to enable teams to develop collaborative plans for full institute operations. Additionally, the program has an institute track to support cooperative agreements of $16 million to $20 million for four to five years for establishing AI research institutes. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program anticipates $120 million in grants next year to fund planning grants and up to six research institutes within NSF to ?create national nexus points for universities, federal agencies, industries and nonprofits.? Among the six high-priority areas listed for the program are ?AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System? and ?AI for Accelerating Molecular Synthesis and Manufacturing.? A 2018 BioScience article explored the challenges of applying AI and deep learning technology to the life sciences, and highlighted the applications for agriculture and species conservation. Learn more about the program and its requests for proposals at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505686 Ag Group Calls for Protecting Genetic Diversity of Food Animal Livestock According to a new publication by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), the genetic diversity of livestock and poultry is declining, leaving one-third of the world?s protein supply at risk to extreme weather and disease outbreaks. CAST warns that ?up to 25 percent of global livestock breeds are either at risk of being lost, or have already been lost.? The report discusses the risks associated with reduced access to genetic traits and recommends actions to protect remaining breeds that build on current conservation practices such as cryopreservation and germplasm repositories. ?By losing breeds we make finding potential solutions to future production demands much more difficult, and recent history indicates that predicting future demand is problematic. Conserving breeds saves these options and keeping them in the agricultural landscape is a reminder that these options exist.? NSF Announces Repositioning of SBE Research Programs On September 24, 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced broad plans to reposition some of its basic research programs under the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) based on stakeholder input. There are several notable changes within the Social and Economic Sciences (SES) Division of SBE. The ?Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact? program, formerly designated ?Science of Science and Innovation Policy Program (SciSIP),? will focus on basic research to ?increase the productivity of scientific workflows, our nation?s capacity to communicate it accurately and effectively, and the value of that work to society.? The ?Science, Technology, and Society Program? has been renamed ?Science and Technology Studies? and now focuses on research to better understand and improve science's societal impacts. The ?Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM Program,? now designated ?Ethical and Responsible Research,? will support research on how to help scientists produce more replicable, reproducible, and ethical research. The former ?Law and Social Science Program,? now called ?Law and Science,? has been broadened to support basic social science research on relationships between law and all areas of science, including interactions with biological sciences and STEM education. The ?Security and Preparedness? and ?Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)? programs will now support research on issues related to global and national security, institution behavior, and accountability. Additionally, the ?Science of Learning Program? under the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) Division has been renamed ?Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence? and includes basic research on ?how alterations to human contexts and relationships can bolster human intelligence, performance, and productivity.? SBE will be hosting a series of webinars and virtual office hours this month to discuss details about the repositioning and its impact on SBE research communities. For more information, visit https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299267&org=SBE&from=news Ecosystem Scientists to Share Insights on Coastal Ecosystems and People with Congress The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is working with the Association of Ecosystem Research Centers ? an AIBS member organization -- to provide policymakers with news insights about the complex interfaces between coastal processes and hazards and natural and built environments. The briefing for lawmakers will be held in Washington, DC on October 30, 2019. Read more about the program and RSVP here: https://www.aibs.org/rsvp/aerc2019.html Short Takes * House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) has announced that she will retire at the end of the current Congress. The Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), is next in line to lead the full panel and said, ?I am interested in placing my name for consideration as the committee member with the most experience and seniority when the time is appropriate.? Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has also expressed an interest in running for the sought-after House Appropriations Committee chair in 2021. However, if Democrats lose control of the House in 2021, then Kaptur and DeLauro could complete to be the ranking member on the panel. * The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking reviewers for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees at accredited United States institutions. Interested potential reviewers must create a registration and outline their research interests in order to be assigned applications in their expertise area. Reviewers will also participate in virtual panels to discuss the applications they reviewed. Register at: https://nsfgrfp.org/panelist_info/registration * The National Science Foundation (NSF) is organizing a series of NSF-funded virtual and in-person forums focused on identifying the opportunities and challenges for reintegrating research across the biology subdisciplines. Details about the effort can be found at https://reintegratingbiology.org/. The feedback from recent town halls on the topic will inform the next phase ? four two-and-a-half day ?jumpstarts? or workshops, to bring together researchers from across scientific, technical, and design disciplines to develop new and innovative ideas for future exploration. Applications to attend these jumpstarts are open to the public. Learn more and apply at https://reintegratingbiology.org/jumpstarts/ Help Your Scientists and Students Strengthen Their Communication Skills The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) can bring our science communications professional development program to your organization. Designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in engaging 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 workshop that is offered periodically in Washington, DC. We can also bring the program to your university, department, lab, institution, or company. We work with you to customize the program based on your needs. 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 To bring the course to your institution and for more information please contact Dr. Robert Gropp at rgropp at aibs.org or 202-340-4281. Learn more about the program at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html. From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from September 30 to October 11, 2019. 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From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Karen Morton Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Digitizing fossils Dear List Members, We are currently planning our first real digitization effort and I have been combing through the wealth of information that is available through iDigBio. I have found just about everything from equipment needs to workflows, fabulous step-by-step instructions on post-processing and more! What I haven?t found much information on is how much time is actually involved in the set-up, image capture, and data processing per specimen, and the average number of specimens that can be completed per hour/day/week, etc. I know it varies depending on the collection ? documents and botanical specimens seem to be the quickest ? but we are specifically interested in fossils at this time. 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Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 7:32:12 AM To: Karen Morton ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Digitizing fossils There is a published paper on this. Check out: https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2016/1569-digitization-workflows for many of your questions. Roger [Sam Noble Museum] Roger J,. Burkhalter Collections Manager, Invertebrate Paleontology Sam Noble Museum University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072-7029 [Link10] ? [Link11] ? [Link12] ? [Link13] ?[Link14] ? [Link15] ? ? ? ? From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Karen Morton Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Digitizing fossils Dear List Members, We are currently planning our first real digitization effort and I have been combing through the wealth of information that is available through iDigBio. I have found just about everything from equipment needs to workflows, fabulous step-by-step instructions on post-processing and more! What I haven?t found much information on is how much time is actually involved in the set-up, image capture, and data processing per specimen, and the average number of specimens that can be completed per hour/day/week, etc. I know it varies depending on the collection ? documents and botanical specimens seem to be the quickest ? but we are specifically interested in fossils at this time. We have a specific sub-set of the collection (approximately 6,000 specimens) we would like to start with so I am trying to figure out a realistic time-frame for completing the project. Are there any paleo teams out there who could speak to the intricacies of capturing all the necessary views of 3D specimens and the time involved? I?d also be interested in recommendations for staffing. Did your team learn the ins-and-outs on the job or did you hire someone with previous experience? Pros and cons? All replies will be appreciated! Thank you. 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Our museum is in the process of acquiring a Victorian-era egg collection from a donor in the community and I had a couple of questions that some of you might be able to answer. First of all, does anyone have experience fumigating a collection of eggs? The eggs are stored in 4 wooden cabinets that should be able to fit into our fumigation freezer, but are their any concerns to be aware of when dealing with the eggs themselves? Also, I would like to be able to offer the donor an appraisal of the collection for tax purposes, but because eggs are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and thus have no market, I'm not really sure how to go about assigning a value to the collection. If anyone has any experience with this, or is aware of any sort of legal issues that could arise given the nature of the collection, I would appreciate the insight. Thank you for your time! *** Matthew Becker Collections Curator Museum of Natural History & Planetarium Providence, RI From ewommack at uwyo.edu Tue Oct 15 15:34:07 2019 From: ewommack at uwyo.edu (Elizabeth Wommack) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:34:07 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Looking for recommendations on glass vials for holding skeletons Message-ID: Hello everyone, The UWYMV is interested in switching over to using glass vials to help store some of our small skeletal parts. We're hoping this will help us save space in our collections, and also make these small skeletons more accessible then the large (well large compared to the tiny skeletons and skulls in them) archival boxes they are currently stored in. Does anyone have any recommendations for companies and types of glass vials they use to store skeletal material? We were also looking at plastic vials, but are not sure that they would hold up over the years the same as the glass. Thank you, Beth Wommack -- Elizabeth Wommack, PhD Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 ewommack@uwyo.edu www.uwymv.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tmuller21 at coa.edu Tue Oct 15 15:45:54 2019 From: tmuller21 at coa.edu (Truth Muller) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:45:54 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Opening specimen jars with jammed ground glass stoppers? Message-ID: Hello, I am currently one of a small team of students from College of the Atlantic doing extensive restoration work on the George B. Dorr Natural History Museum collections. We are preparing the entirety of the Museum's collections to be moved to a new, modern storage facility which is still under construction. I am responsible for the Ichthyological and Marine Invertebrates wet collections, which have unfortunately suffered from neglect over the past 10-15 years. Only about 60-70% of the Ichthyological collection specimens are in modern jars with screw-top lids, and the rest are in e in much older jars with ground glass stoppers. Some of them are sealed with silicone, a few with an unidentified wax, and others have simply self-sealed with their own fluids congealing between the jar and the stopper. Many of these jars need to be topped off, and a few are cracked and urgently need to be replaced, but almost every single stopper is stuck fast as though super-glued. We have not yet found a way to open them without putting the specimens inside in harm's way. What is the best method that we can use to open these jammed jars, preserving the specimen, and, ideally, the jars as well? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! ~Truth Muller George B. 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Feel free to contact me if you have additional questions about the process I used. Sincerely, Ben 2 dr.; O.D. x H: 17 x 60mm; Closure: none; Lab pack [VIAL SHELL 17X60MM 2DR PK/144] 03-339-30E Fisher Scientific No.: KFS609312 $66.58 / Pack of 144 Each $399.48 / Case of 6 Pack 3 dr. O.D. x H: 19 x 65mm; Closure: none; Lab pack [VIAL SHELL 19X65MM 3DR PK/144] 03-339-30F Fisher Scientific No.: KFS609313 $71.52 / Pack of 144 Each $429.12 / Case of 6 Pack 4 dr.; O.D. x H: 21 x 70mm; Closure: none; Lab pack [VIAL SHELL 21X70MM 4DR PK/144] 03-339-30G Fisher Scientific No.: KFS609314 $81.81 / Pack of 144 Each $327.24 / Case of 4 Pack On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 3:34 PM Elizabeth Wommack wrote: > Hello everyone, > > The UWYMV is interested in switching over to using glass vials to help > store some of our small skeletal parts. We're hoping this will help us save > space in our collections, and also make these small skeletons more > accessible then the large (well large compared to the tiny skeletons and > skulls in them) archival boxes they are currently stored in. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for companies and types of glass > vials they use to store skeletal material? > We were also looking at plastic vials, but are not sure that they would > hold up over the years the same as the glass. > > Thank you, > Beth Wommack > > -- > Elizabeth Wommack, PhD > Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates > University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates > Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center > University of Wyoming, > Laramie, WY 82071 > ewommack@ uwyo.edu > www.uwymv. 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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Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Truth Muller Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3:46 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Opening specimen jars with jammed ground glass stoppers? External. Hello, I am currently one of a small team of students from College of the Atlantic doing extensive restoration work on the George B. Dorr Natural History Museum collections. We are preparing the entirety of the Museum's collections to be moved to a new, modern storage facility which is still under construction. I am responsible for the Ichthyological and Marine Invertebrates wet collections, which have unfortunately suffered from neglect over the past 10-15 years. Only about 60-70% of the Ichthyological collection specimens are in modern jars with screw-top lids, and the rest are in e in much older jars with ground glass stoppers. Some of them are sealed with silicone, a few with an unidentified wax, and others have simply self-sealed with their own fluids congealing between the jar and the stopper. Many of these jars need to be topped off, and a few are cracked and urgently need to be replaced, but almost every single stopper is stuck fast as though super-glued. We have not yet found a way to open them without putting the specimens inside in harm's way. What is the best method that we can use to open these jammed jars, preserving the specimen, and, ideally, the jars as well? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! ~Truth Muller George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History College of the Atlantic '21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neumann at snsb.de Tue Oct 15 17:02:12 2019 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:02:12 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Opening specimen jars with jammed ground glass stoppers? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9e4e4410-df98-6631-f658-c033379aa801@snsb.de> Dear Truth, the stoppers that are self-sealed and jammed can be opened by putting them under the tap and let hot water (approx. 40-50 ?C) run on the stopper / neck of the jar. In case you have external labels attached to the outside of the jar, it is worth testing if they peel of or the ink starts bleeding (ah, Paul was faster with his reply :-) The hot water widens the neck (expansion of the glass) while inside the jar the trapped gases expand and increase the internal pressure - be aware that up to 2bar of more could build up inside alcohol filled jars causing the jammed stopper to rocket-off in rare cases. Silicone glued jars are more delicate. If the silicone is thick enough, you can use a sharp pointed knife to cut the glue between stopper and neck; never tried this in stoppered jars, in flanged jars you could carefully cut the lid of with sharp blades like scalpel, sharpened palette-knifes. There might be some chemical agents which could remove the silicone, but the issue here is that these may contaminate the holding fluid. Hope this helps Dirk Am 15.10.2019 um 21:45 schrieb Truth Muller: > Hello, > > I am currently one of a small team of students from College of the > Atlantic doing extensive restoration work on the George B. Dorr > Natural History Museum collections. We are preparing the entirety of > the Museum's collections to be moved to a new, modern storage facility > which is still under construction. > > I am responsible for the Ichthyological?and Marine Invertebrates wet > collections, which have unfortunately suffered from neglect over the > past 10-15 years. Only about 60-70% of the Ichthyological?collection > specimens are in modern jars with screw-top lids, and the rest are in > e in much older jars with ground glass stoppers. Some of them are > sealed with silicone, a few with an unidentified wax, and others have > simply self-sealed with their own fluids congealing between the jar > and the stopper. Many of these jars need to be topped off, and a few > are cracked and urgently need to be replaced, but almost every single > stopper is stuck fast as though super-glued. We have not yet found a > way to open them without putting the specimens inside in harm's way. > > What is the best method that we can use to open these jammed jars, > preserving the specimen, and, ideally, the jars as well? Any help or > advice would be greatly appreciated! > > ~Truth Muller > George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History > College of the Atlantic '21 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Link: http://alcomon.com/about/ Before you do anything, document every jar to be opened (take pictures) and before using anything that could damage the outside labels (as Drik pointed out), try to take them off the jar with lots of care. Warm water compresses help (specialy on old gummed labels). You can try other solvents like ethanol or acetone (with care) if it doesnt work with water. Cracked jars are useless, so here you can try to take of the top with a bit more of strengt... (take care of little glass splinters, specially on the specimens and your hands) Wax can be solved very well with heat, use a hairdrier. If the heat becomes a problem, use orange terpene (Histol). Congealated fluids between stopper and jar seemen to be all kind of residues, specialy lipids from the specimens.. Try some of the mentioned solvents on the jar openings. Little trokes on the jar help the solvents to spread between the opening and stoper. Do this gently... And be carefull with the hot water method, because old jars crack pretty fast with temperature changes. Use this method just in case no solvent helps.. The less stress for the jar, the more likely it with still be usefull. Finally, change all the screwtops from the TwistOff Jars. They are easy to open, but have a lifespan of no more than a few years... For more detailed information, please write back. Hope this helps you a little bit. Zitat von Truth Muller : > Hello, > > I am currently one of a small team of students from College of the Atlantic > doing extensive restoration work on the George B. Dorr Natural History > Museum collections. We are preparing the entirety of the Museum's > collections to be moved to a new, modern storage facility which is still > under construction. > > I am responsible for the Ichthyological and Marine Invertebrates wet > collections, which have unfortunately suffered from neglect over the past > 10-15 years. Only about 60-70% of the Ichthyological collection specimens > are in modern jars with screw-top lids, and the rest are in e in much older > jars with ground glass stoppers. Some of them are sealed with silicone, a > few with an unidentified wax, and others have simply self-sealed with their > own fluids congealing between the jar and the stopper. Many of these jars > need to be topped off, and a few are cracked and urgently need to be > replaced, but almost every single stopper is stuck fast as though > super-glued. We have not yet found a way to open them without putting the > specimens inside in harm's way. > > What is the best method that we can use to open these jammed jars, > preserving the specimen, and, ideally, the jars as well? Any help or advice > would be greatly appreciated! > > ~Truth Muller > George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History > College of the Atlantic '21 -- Fabian Neisskenwirth Naturwissenschaftlicher Pr?parator MA Stundent Restaurierung & Konservierung von Kulturgut CICS-TH K?ln From RogersS at CarnegieMNH.Org Wed Oct 16 06:35:55 2019 From: RogersS at CarnegieMNH.Org (Rogers, Steve) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:35:55 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Opening specimen jars with jammed ground glass stoppers? In-Reply-To: <9e4e4410-df98-6631-f658-c033379aa801@snsb.de> References: <9e4e4410-df98-6631-f658-c033379aa801@snsb.de> Message-ID: Greetings Truth, A twist on the method both Paul and Dirk mentioned ? run hot water along the outside of the jar lid juncture and set the jar in a bucket of the warmer water, but at the same time put ice cubes on top of the ground glass jar to keep that part of the jar from expanding. We had hundreds of larger sized ground glass jars holding large snakes, turtles and lizards that presented the same problems you describe in the 1990?s. A vice grip can help hold the lid top more stable than the hand when twisting. Only in a few cases did we have to break the seal by hitting the jar right at the juncture and no specimens were damaged. Silicon seems odd ? usually they used to use grease or Vaseline to help decrease the leakage of fluid. Many museums have sold the cleaned out old jars including us and Harvard. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-specimen-apothecary-jar-lot-1896386260 The Carnegie Museum purchased many jars for our beginning fluid collections in the 1890?s from the Whitall Tatum company ? pages 19 and 20 of this catalog. https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/WhitallTatum1894.pdf Good luck. Stephen P. Rogers (Mr.) Collection Manager of Section of Birds (and former Collection Manager of Amphibians and Reptiles) Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213-4080 Phone: 412-622-3255 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:02 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Opening specimen jars with jammed ground glass stoppers? Dear Truth, the stoppers that are self-sealed and jammed can be opened by putting them under the tap and let hot water (approx. 40-50 ?C) run on the stopper / neck of the jar. In case you have external labels attached to the outside of the jar, it is worth testing if they peel of or the ink starts bleeding (ah, Paul was faster with his reply :-) The hot water widens the neck (expansion of the glass) while inside the jar the trapped gases expand and increase the internal pressure - be aware that up to 2bar of more could build up inside alcohol filled jars causing the jammed stopper to rocket-off in rare cases. Silicone glued jars are more delicate. If the silicone is thick enough, you can use a sharp pointed knife to cut the glue between stopper and neck; never tried this in stoppered jars, in flanged jars you could carefully cut the lid of with sharp blades like scalpel, sharpened palette-knifes. There might be some chemical agents which could remove the silicone, but the issue here is that these may contaminate the holding fluid. Hope this helps Dirk Am 15.10.2019 um 21:45 schrieb Truth Muller: Hello, I am currently one of a small team of students from College of the Atlantic doing extensive restoration work on the George B. Dorr Natural History Museum collections. We are preparing the entirety of the Museum's collections to be moved to a new, modern storage facility which is still under construction. I am responsible for the Ichthyological and Marine Invertebrates wet collections, which have unfortunately suffered from neglect over the past 10-15 years. Only about 60-70% of the Ichthyological collection specimens are in modern jars with screw-top lids, and the rest are in e in much older jars with ground glass stoppers. Some of them are sealed with silicone, a few with an unidentified wax, and others have simply self-sealed with their own fluids congealing between the jar and the stopper. Many of these jars need to be topped off, and a few are cracked and urgently need to be replaced, but almost every single stopper is stuck fast as though super-glued. We have not yet found a way to open them without putting the specimens inside in harm's way. What is the best method that we can use to open these jammed jars, preserving the specimen, and, ideally, the jars as well? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! ~Truth Muller George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History College of the Atlantic '21 _______________________________________________ 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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These are a standard museum storage and display medium in Japan for shells, gems and other smallish objects and are also widely used by dealers. If you are interested to learn more, please contact me off line. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbprondzinski at ua.edu Wed Oct 16 17:05:54 2019 From: mbprondzinski at ua.edu (Prondzinski, Mary Beth) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:05:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Covering for large hooks Message-ID: <263fbd7f9c4d43d0bab2b045f5114f87@ua.edu> Greetings all, I am looking for an option to cover these large hooks that will be holding Mammoth tusks. I suggested some polyvinyl tubing, but the cabinet shop wants to "dip" them in plasti dip. Does anyone have an archival medium suggestion that won't damage the potentially friable outer layer of these tusks? The hooks are 1.25 inches in diameter. Thanks for any ideas! Mary Beth Mary B. Prondzinski Collections Manager, Natural History Museum The University of Alabama 356 Mary Harmon Bryant Box 870340 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-5625 | Mobile 847-814-2048 mbprondzinski at ua.edu | http://amnh.ua.edu/ [The University of Alabama] [Facebook] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3710 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The idea was that polyethylene powder wasn't all that different from all the other polyethylene products used in conservation and since it only needed heat to turn liquid and coat the metal this was preferable to other products. I'm not familiar with Plasti Dip, and gather that is a generic commercial product with unknown components (will be happy to learn more if possible) . Maybe it is better to seek out polyethylene powder? Some varieties may be chlorinated, though, so the product type will have to be carefully checked. Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il http://nnhc.huji.ac.il/ ?????? ??? ??, 17 ????? 2019, 0:06, ??? Prondzinski, Mary Beth ?< mbprondzinski at ua.edu>: > Greetings all, > > > > I am looking for an option to cover these large hooks that will be holding > Mammoth tusks. I suggested some polyvinyl tubing, but the cabinet shop > wants to ?dip? them in plasti dip. Does anyone have an archival medium > suggestion that won?t damage the potentially friable outer layer of these > tusks? The hooks are 1.25 inches in diameter. > > > > Thanks for any ideas! > > > > Mary Beth > > *Mary B. Prondzinski* > > Collections Manager, Natural History Museum > > The University of Alabama > 356 Mary Harmon Bryant > Box 870340 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Phone 205-348-5625 | Mobile 847-814-2048 > mbprondzinski at ua.edu | http://amnh.ua.edu/ > > [image: The University of Alabama] > > [image: Facebook] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Details of the positions and application information can be found at the following URL: http://www.brit.org/about/employment. * Project Manager for the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH) Thematic Coordination Network: full-time, with benefits. * Program Coordinator for Global Genome Initiative: part-time. Many thanks for sharing with your colleagues, and apologies for cross-posting. Cheers, Tiana Tiana F. Rehman | Herbarium Collections Manager | Botanical Research Institute of Texas | trehman at brit.org | 817.332.4441 x 223 | 817.546.1845 direct | 817.332.4112 fax | BRIT.org | 1700 University Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76107-3400 USA | Think Before You Print -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Full day workshop to learn about navigating a pathway to the career you want includes a provided lunch and an afternoon reception ? This opportunity is open to all undergraduate students and recent graduates interested in the biological sciences, and we especially encourage applications from those from underrepresented groups. ? These events are at no cost to attendees but registration is required. Registration for student applicants is now open. Click here! Students are accepted based on date of application until the workshop is filled. Accepted applicants will be notified by October 30th. Registration for faculty or mentors wishing to bring a cohort closed on September 23rd. If you have additional questions about bringing a cohort or funding, contact Gabriela Hogue at gabriela.hogue at naturalsciences.org. For questions regarding registration, please contact Gabriela Hogue at gabriela.hogue at naturalsciences.org. For questions regarding event specifics and future events, please contact Anna Monfils monfi1ak at cmich.edu ?Application link: https://tinyurl.com/y5dby3aq Molly Phillips iDigBio Education, Outreach & Diversity Coordinator Florida Museum of Natural History Office: 352-273-1530 Fax: 352-294-1921 mphillips at flmnh.ufl.edu https://www.idigbio.org/ http://www.biodiversityliteracy.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: c1f632_2d8757d5b2c34acab35d1afff19f92d6.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 3177899 bytes Desc: c1f632_2d8757d5b2c34acab35d1afff19f92d6.pdf URL: From mphillips at flmnh.ufl.edu Thu Oct 17 16:22:25 2019 From: mphillips at flmnh.ufl.edu (Phillips,Molly) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:22:25 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Biodiversity Career Event for Undergraduates Update Message-ID: I wanted to add a quick clarification to our advertisement yesterday. The cost for attendance is covered by the National Science Foundation, participant travel is not covered. Updated announcement below and thank you to all who have helped us advertise! ________________________________ Are you interested in learning more about careers in biodiversity science?? Join us in Albuquerque, New Mexico November 8, 2019 and/or November 9, 2019 at The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science The cost for attendance is covered by the National Science Foundation, participant travel is not covered. ? Shadowing Day: Friday the 8th of November, 2019 ? Opportunity to shadow a curator of natural history (lunch provided) Workshop Day: Saturday the 9th of November, 2019 ? Full day workshop to learn about navigating a pathway to the career you want includes a provided lunch and an afternoon reception ? ? This opportunity is open to all undergraduate students and recent graduates interested in the biological sciences, and we especially encourage applications from those from underrepresented groups. ? These events are at no cost to attendees but registration is required. Registration for student applicants is now open. Click here! Students are accepted based on date of application until the workshop is filled. Accepted applicants will be notified by October 30th. ? Registration for faculty or mentors wishing to bring a cohort closed on September 23rd. If you have additional questions about bringing a cohort or funding, contact Gabriela Hogue at gabriela.hogue at naturalsciences.org. For more information visit: https://www.biodiversityliteracy.com/event-for-students For questions regarding registration, please contact Gabriela Hogue at gabriela.hogue at naturalsciences.org. For questions regarding event specifics and future events, please contact Anna Monfils at monfi1ak at cmich.edu. Molly Phillips iDigBio Education, Outreach & Diversity Coordinator Florida Museum of Natural History Office: 352-273-1530 Fax: 352-294-1921 mphillips at flmnh.ufl.edu https://www.idigbio.org/ http://www.biodiversityliteracy.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From troberts at nhm.org Thu Oct 17 20:20:23 2019 From: troberts at nhm.org (Trina Roberts) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:20:23 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job Opening: Assistant Registrar, Natural History Museum of LA County Message-ID: The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is seeking an Assistant Registrar for our Research & Collections department. The Assistant Registrar will work closely with the Chief Registrar on record-keeping for museum acquisitions and outgoing research loans at the Natural History Museum. It is an exciting time as we embark on new journeys of becoming a museum of, for, and with L.A. Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to: - Provides operational coordination to staff, volunteers, work-study students, interns, and contractors as needed. - Provides assistance to outside researchers and curatorial staff with research projects relating to museum collection records. - Maintains registrar?s records in the Axiell EMu Collections Management System. Designs and/or revises paper and electronic forms pertaining to acquisitions, borrowed research loans, receipt, shipment and/or release of borrowed research objects and specimens, as directed by supervisor. Scans/enters Registrar files into the database as part of an ongoing digitization project. Generates the Registrar?s monthly and six-month activity reports. - Processes all temporary transfers of Museum collections specimens and objects. - Processes, updates, and maintains the records for outgoing research loan transactions to the Museum (including renewal and returns) in cooperation with curatorial and collections staff. Facilitates approvals and assigns loan numbers. Sends loan extension queries or recalls as needed. Coordinates with relevant department the return of any outgoing loans as needed. - Processes all accessions into the permanent collections, which includes donations, bequests, purchases, exchanges, and field trips. Creates acknowledgement letters for President & Director?s signature. - May assist Chief Registrar and/or Associate Registrar in management and coordination of exhibitions including documentation of an installation/deinstallation, deinstallation/installation schedules, work orders, logistics, and condition reports of objects. Oversees the safe transport of objects to storage or other collection- or exhibition- designated space, as assigned. This position has the following requirements: - Minimum two years of experience and skill in artifact/art/specimen/object handling and museum registration is preferred. - Requires two years of experience with progressively greater responsibility and successful outcomes for a comparable program or function. - Bachelor?s degree in a related field preferred (e.g. Museum Studies, History, Archeology, Anthropology, or sciences). - Knowledge of museum registration methods and collections management practices. - Proficient with relational databases such as Microsoft Access, Axiell EMu Collections Management Systems or other collections database management software. - Must be able to adjust work schedule to include weekend, early morning, and/or evening work hours when needed. - A valid California?s Driver?s License and Personal Automobile Liability insurance, or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation needed to carry out job-related essential functions. - Position may require working outdoors in inclement weather, including cold, rain, and heat as well as nighttime conditions. - If working in collection areas and/or moving collections, respirator and gloves may be required. During such work, extended periods of standing and stooping may be necessary. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is especially interested in candidates whose background and experience have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in museums. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is seeking applicants who have demonstrated experience and commitment working with a diverse community. Salary is commensurate with experience plus excellent benefits. This is a full time regular, non-exempt position. A cover letter, current resume, and list of 3-4 references are required for all applicants. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until position is filled. Interested candidates please visit www.nhm.org/jobs and click the link of the position for which you are interested or go directly to the online application at https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2fc0a355-012e-4bef-9c85-724ae074a06a&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=89198 The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please email jobs at nhm.org for any application inquiries. -- Trina E. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate VP, Collections Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County 213-763-3330 troberts at nhm.org she, her, hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From troberts at nhm.org Fri Oct 18 16:50:24 2019 From: troberts at nhm.org (Trina Roberts) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:50:24 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job Opening: Assistant Collections Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of LA County Message-ID: *Assistant Collections Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology* *Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County* Regular Full-Time Los Angeles, CA, US The Natural History Museum of LA County (NHMLA) seeks an Assistant Collections Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology. NHMLA?s Vertebrate Paleontology collection is the fifth-largest in the U.S., with more than 150,000 specimens. This position is directly supervised by the Collections Manager. The Assistant Collections Manager works with the Collections Manager to support all ongoing collections activities and to maintain and care for the collection. Tasks include processing incoming and outgoing loans, entering and maintaining database records and supplying data to users, and assisting in routine monitoring and maintenance of the collections workspace. The Assistant Collections Manager facilitates use of the collection by visiting researchers and helps support the needs of other NHMLA departments as directed. The Assistant Collections Manager provides operational coordination and training to staff, volunteers, students, interns, and contractors as needed. NHMLA is especially interested in candidates whose background and experience have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to engage and include culturally diverse audiences in museums and in science. *RESPONSIBILITIES:* - Participates in curation and collection management activities including identifying, classifying, organizing, moving, preparing, and preserving objects, specimens, and archives for research, exhibition and education. May participate in fieldwork. Contributes to conservation of objects as it relates to specimen housings, storage and/or display. Exercises independent judgment in the classification of artifacts and specimens under the general direction of a Collections Manager. - Maintains collection records and supplies data when requested. Uses computerized databases and digital technology to document information on collections and their locations. Catalogues specimens/objects and localities as necessary for research and exhibitions. Assists in processing loan requests and new acquisitions (e.g. purchases, donations, exchanges).Adheres to all institutional and departmental guidelines for the management of the Museum?s collections. - Assists visiting scientists by providing logistical access to the collections as directed by the Collections Manager. - Assists in the routine monitoring and maintenance of the collections workspace, including any laboratory areas, and collection objects and specimens. - Participates in the Museum?s Public Program activities, including but not limited to, assisting with exhibitions, presentation of public lectures, instruction of Museum classes and participating in educational programs. - Provides operational coordination and training to staff, volunteers, work study students, interns, and contractors as needed. - Maintains working space, and purchases collection tools, equipment and supplies. - Conducts collection and lab tours as needed. *REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:* - Bachelor?s degree in a related field and at least one year of experience in a job involving a similar type of collection (e.g. identification, classification, excavation, preparation, or conservation of specimens), or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Familiarity with basic collection conservation and care. - Demonstrated skill and experience in handling museum objects/specimens. - Basic knowledge of object data and the use of databases in museum collections management. - Eligibility to work in the U.S. - Experience using a personal computer and with typical word processing, spreadsheet, email, calendar, and other software (PC and/or Macintosh). *DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:* - Master?s degree in a related field - Demonstrated competency in the use of DSLR cameras and management of digital assets. - Demonstrated competency in the use and care of dissecting microscopes. - Ability to effectively present information to and respond to questions from individuals and groups, including the general public. *ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:*The incumbent is in a non-confined office-type setting in which he or she is free to move about at will. The environment for this position is mostly clean and comfortable but may include some minor annoyances such as noise, odors, drafts, dust, extreme temperatures, etc. In the course of performing this work, the incumbent: - Will spend substantial time sitting, utilizing the computer and microscope. - Must travel via personal vehicle or public transport to off-site meetings. - May lift up to 50 lbs. periodically. - Operate a computer using typical software and internet tools. - If working in collection or laboratory areas and/or moving collections, respirator, hearing protection, and gloves may be required. During such work, extended periods of standing and stooping may be necessary. - Must be able to work under any or all of the following lab conditions: resin fumes, dust, various chemicals (e.g. solution and reaction adhesives, acetic, formic or sulfamic acid, polyester resins, or organic solvents), use sharp objects and assist with lifting/moving heavy objects. May be required to wear a lab coat, respirator, face shield, and gloves with the use of chemicals. *OTHER INFORMATION:*The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is seeking applicants who have demonstrated experience and commitment working with a diverse community. Salary is commensurate with experience plus excellent benefits. This is a full time regular, non-exempt position. The primary location for this job is at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Some offsite travel will be required. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or occupy. The incumbent must be able to perform this job safely, with reasonable accommodation if necessary, without endangering the health or safety of him/herself or others. The application deadline is *November 15, 2019*. Submit a current CV, a cover letter describing how your experience, knowledge, and interest qualify you for this position, and the names and contact information of three professional references by visiting the Museum?s employment site at www.nhm.org/jobs, or go directly to the online application site at https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2fc0a355-012e-4bef-9c85-724ae074a06a&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=298420 . The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please contact jobs at nhm.org for any application inquiries. -- Trina E. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate VP, Collections Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County 213-763-3330 troberts at nhm.org she, her, hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:48:38 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Smithsonian (NMNH) Seeks Contractor for Paleobiology specimen handling and data management services In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Department of Paleobiology is seeking two contractors to assist with moving collections, specimen rehousing, and specimen data collection and quality control in the Cenozoic marine invertebrate collections. These collections are being digitized as part of a multi-institution, multi-year project to digitize and web-mobilize 1.6 million fossil specimens to document ecological and evolutionary change in Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Cenozoic Communities. The NMNH project leaders are seeking contractors to perform the following tasks (see attached Request for Quotes and Statement of Work for details): ? Researching and recording data from specimen labels and archival materials according to established protocols. ? Identifying key information necessary for photography for specimen trays according to established protocols. ? Transcription of related archival materials for the creation of digital datasets. ? Data quality control services of designated spreadsheets created through the mass digitization process. ? Moving specimen drawers from the collections storage area to a cleaning station. ? Providing light cleaning and rehousing in preparation for digitization. ? Staging at least three cases of cleaned/rehoused drawers in the mass digitization area before the start of mass digitization work each day. ? Putting away specimen drawers from the mass digitization area to collections storage. Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. EDT, Friday November 8, 2019. Proposals will be reviewed on the basis of best value for the money considering multiple evaluation factors as defined in the attached RFQ. Send proposals to Kathy Hollis via e-mail at hollisk at si.edu. Follow the format set forth in section VIII of the RFQ (attached) "Information to be submitted with quotes." Kathy Hollis Paleobiology Collections Manager Department of Paleobiology w 202.633.1357 c 330.634.6505 hollisk at si.edu SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Facebook | Twitter | Instagram The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) complies with all U.S. export and sanctions laws, as well as fish, wildlife and other regulations applicable to the importation and exportation of specimens and research materials. Please consider the country of origin and nature of any specimen, sample, object or material shipped to NMNH, and if applicable, ensure that it is properly licensed and otherwise compliant with U.S. law prior to shipment. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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There are six sizes, each one twice as big as the next which allows our specimen drawers to be completely filled with any combination of trays. Below are a couple of shots of the six trays, one showing just the trays, the second shot showing the trays lined with 1/4" ethafoam which is how we use them. Our supplier is: Cornell Container, Inc 3000 Dundee Road, Suite 417 Northbrook, IL? 60062 Phone: (847) 498-6150 Fax:? (847( 498-6168 Website:??? http://www.cornellcontainer.com Email:??? cornellcontainer at gmail.com Best, Bill On 10/8/19 2:52 PM, Carmen Chinery wrote: > > Hello all, > > I?m looking for a vendor/manufacturer to create small rigid paper > trays that we use to house rock/mineral/fossil samples in storage (see > photo).? Our previous vendor is no longer in business, and the vendor > that makes our trays in larger sizes does not make them this small > (80mm x 60mm x 20mm).? I?m having a hard time searching online for a > company that can do this work.? Does anyone have any vendors for trays > like this that they can share?? I would preferably like to find a > Canadian vendor, given our location, but a US vendor would work as well. > > Cheers, > > Carmen > > /Carmen Chinery// > /Curator and Laboratory Technician > Department of Geoscience > University of Calgary > > ph:?? 403-220-2723 > em: cachiner at ucalgary.ca > > ma:? Department of Geoscience > ? ? ? ? University of Calgary > ? ? ? ? 2500 University Drive NW > ? ? ? ? Calgary, AB > ? ? ? ? T2N 1N4 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- * William F. Simpson* Head of Geological Collections McCarter Collections Manager, Fossil Vertebrates Gantz Family Collections Center O: 312.665.7628 Field Museum of Natural History 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL. 60605 fieldmuseum.org Field Museum Logo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The result is that we have a large number of "used but not abused" herbarium cases available for free to anyone who can come and collect them. They will be available in the next few weeks and must be collected by the beginning of December. If interested please contact Herbarium Manager Dr. Tom Huggins with a cc to Phil Rundel . -- Philip W. Rundel Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California (UCLA) Los Angeles CA 90095 rundel at biology.ucla.edu 310 971-6340 cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Peter.Giere at mfn.berlin Thu Oct 24 09:14:43 2019 From: Peter.Giere at mfn.berlin (Giere, Peter) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:14:43 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Training Basic Collection Techniques / Shipping Workshop Message-ID: <5D47403E45C12641AB7676C314D3E49901C118AED5@mfn-ex-1.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de> - please excuse cross posting - Dear all, the Centre of Collections at the Musum f?r Naturkunde Berlin would like to announce a training in November that is held within the workshop series under the Aktionsplan Leibniz Research Museums, part cultural heritage. On November 25 through 28/29, a training on Basic Collection Techniques (see attached or https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/museum/veranstaltungen/workshop-basic-collection-techniques) will be held at the MfN. This is an introductory module on care and management of natural history collections aimed at persons that have limited experience with collection work or those who wish to update their knowledge in this field. This training will be held by a team of experts in English and includes a shipping workshop on November 29, that can be booked separately. For free registration, please visit https://survey.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/Registration_Basic_Collection_Techniques. I'm looking forward to seeing you there, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Peter Giere Head, Centre of Collections Curator of the Embryological Collection Museum f?r Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science NEW CONTACT DATA: phone: +49-(0)30-889140-8703 fax: +49-(0)30-889140-8868 e-mail: peter.giere(at)mfn.berlin Postal Address: Museum f?r Naturkunde Berlin Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science Dr. Peter Giere Invalidenstr. 43 10115 Berlin Germany Sprecher der AG Kuratoren der Gesellschaft f?r Biologische Systematik (GfBS) Speaker of the Curators' Group within the Society of Biological Systematics (GfBS, Germany) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 20, Issue 22, October 28, 2019 * AIBS Provides Comments on U.S. Bioeconomy * Scientific Integrity Bill Advances in House * Senate Considers First Spending Package * President?s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Announced * Bipartisan Climate Caucus Launched in Senate * Short Takes * Legislation to Boost Agricultural Research Introduced in House * Two-thirds of North American Bird Species at Risk of Extinction * EPA Terminates Two Advisory Panels * Help Your Scientists and Students Strengthen Their Communication Skills * From the Federal Register ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ AIBS Provides Comments on U.S. Bioeconomy The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) provided comments on the U.S. bioeconomy to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which recently issued a call for public input. The OSTP has initiated a process to gather input to help inform ?notable gaps, vulnerabilities, and areas to promote and protect in the U.S. Bioeconomy that may benefit from Federal government attention.? Bioeconomy is defined as the infrastructure, innovation, products, technology, and data derived from biologically-related processes and science that drive economic growth, promote health, and increase public benefit. AIBS commended OSTP and the Office of Management and Budget for recognizing the importance of the bioeconomy and scientific collections in this year's science and technology funding priorities guidance to federal departments and agencies, and called on OSTP to coordinate a government-wide initiative to build the Extended Specimen Network or ESN. ?Existing specimens are extended through digitization and linkages with associated data, including genetic, phenotypic, behavioral, and environmental. New specimens will be collected with these extended attributes in mind. Combined with and even driving data integration technologies and relevant data layers, extended specimens will form the core of a powerful new research and education network. When fully realized, the Extended Specimen Network will support innovative new research in such areas as bioprospecting for natural products and pharmaceuticals, synthetic biology, bioengineering, biotechnology, agriculture, natural resource stewardship, and biodiversity conservation.? The ESN concept was outlined recently through a series of expert workshops. Earlier this year, a report outlining the ESN was released in Washington, DC, during a National Press Club briefing for the news media. More information about the ESN is available at https://bcon.aibs.org/2019/04/04/bcon-report-extending-u-s-biodiversity-collections-to-promote-research-and-education/. The full text of the AIBS comments is available at https://www.aibs.org/position-statements/20191022_aibs_bioeconomy_comments.html. Scientific Integrity Bill Advances in House The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology voted 25-6 to advance the Scientific Integrity Act to the House floor on October 17, 2019. The legislation (H.R. 1709), which was approved by the panel with bipartisan support, would require federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee scientific research to adopt and enforce clear scientific integrity policies. The bill would prohibit the government from suppressing agency scientific research and intimidating or coercing individuals to alter or censor scientific findings. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) introduced the bill in March. ?The fact remains [that] whether a Democrat or a Republican sits in the speaker?s chair or the Oval Office, we need strong scientific integrity policies. This bill would do just that, insulating public scientific research and reports from the distorting influence of political special interests by ensuring strong scientific integrity standards at America?s science agencies,? stated Tonko, according to a report by Eos. Although more than 20 federal agencies have already adopted some form of a scientific integrity policy following a 2010 Executive Order from President Obama, ?the policies are uneven in their enforcement and in their scope,? said Tonko. The bill did not have any Republican cosponsors originally, but won bipartisan approval after House Science Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) offered an amendment to delete provisions that would have allowed government scientists to respond to media interview requests without getting prior agency approval. Lucas preferred leaving it up to the agencies and administrations to determine their own media policies. ?Every administration deserves the opportunity to shape policy and message,? said Lucas. Once the amendment was adopted, Lucas, along with five other Republican lawmakers, voted in favor of the bill. Michael Halpern, Deputy Director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, although disappointed by Ranking Member Lucas? amendment, welcomed the bipartisan passage of the bill. ?This is the first time this kind of legislation has passed out of a House committee. This is also the first time this kind of legislation has received public support from Republicans still in office,? said Halpern. The legislation, which currently has 229 cosponsors, must now pass the full House as well as the Senate, where companion legislation has been introduced by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI). According to Halpern, Republican support for the bill in the House is expected to improve its prospects in the Senate. Senate Considers First Spending Package The Senate agreed to move forward with debate on its first spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020 through a procedural vote on October 22, 2019. The package includes four of the twelve appropriations bills: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, which includes funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, which includes funding for agricultural research; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, which includes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. The Senate spending bills would provide increases for most science and environmental agencies and programs relative to FY 2019 enacted levels, including a 3 percent increase for NSF, a 4 percent increase for USGS, a 6 percent increase for NASA, a 5 percent increase for NIST, a 2 percent increase for EPA, a 3 percent increase for the Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and a 2 percent increase for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). NOAA, however, is slated for a 2 percent cut in its budget for FY 2020 under the Senate bill. The Senate is expected to pass this first spending package this week. According to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a second spending bill consisting of the Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bills will be considered next by the chamber. President?s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Announced President Donald Trump signed an executive order on October 22, 2019, establishing the President?s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) after more than two-and-a-half years into his administration. The PCAST, first established in 2001, is a presidential advisory council comprised of science and technology leaders from the private sector and academic communities who advise the President on science, technology, and innovation topics critical to the country?s security and economy, as well as public health and welfare. The council is tasked with providing ?policy recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology, building the Workforce of the Future, and supporting foundational research and development across the country.? The council will be chaired by Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with Edward McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, serving as the PCAST Executive Director. In addition to the chair, PCAST will eventually include 16 members. The White House has announced the names of the first seven, which includes six industry officials and one representative from academia. The academic representative on the panel is Birgitta Whaley, Director of the Quantum Information & Computation Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Panel members selected from industry include Catherine Bessant, Chief Technology Officer for Bank of America; Dr. H. Fisk Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; Dr. Dario Gil, Director of Research at IBM; Dr. Sharon Hrynkow, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs at Cyclo Therapeutics; Dr. A.N. Sreeram, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Dow Chemical; and Shane Wall, Chief Technology Officer and Global Head of HP Labs, HP Inc. Historically, academic members on PCAST have outnumbered industry officials. According to OSTP, names of the remaining nominees will be announced ?in the near future? and will include ?several additional scholars from academia.? Bipartisan Climate Caucus Launched in Senate On October 23, 2019, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Mike Braun (R-IN) launched the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus that will focus on energy innovation and business-friendly solutions to climate change. In an Op-Ed for The Hill, Senators Coons and Braun wrote: ?Today, we are launching the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group of senators who, like the Americans we serve, believe Congress should play a central role in guiding America?s 21st century energy economy and addressing the challenge of a changing climate. Our caucus seeks to take the politics out of this important issue. Instead, members will commit to an honest dialogue, through which we can develop solutions that solidify American environmental leadership, promote American workers, and make meaningful progress on protecting our environment.? The Senate climate caucus is similar to the House?s bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, which had nearly 100 members at the end of the previous Congress but shrunk significantly after losing a third of its Republican members in the 2018 midterm elections. The House caucus, now chaired by Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Francis Rooney (R-FL), started out with an even split between Republican and Democratic members but currently has more Democrats. The Senate caucus, however, will add the same number of members from each party. According to E&E News, Braun and Coons agreed that they would not be including lawmakers who are looking to debate established science. ?If you?re not accepting the basic chemistry and physics that when you put carbon into the atmosphere you create a greenhouse effect, I think this probably isn't the right place to be,? said Senator Braun. So far, the caucus only has two members. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will likely join the group. Four or five additional members will be announced in the coming weeks. Short Takes * Companion legislation to the America Grows Act, which was introduced in the Senate last month, has been introduced in the House by Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA). If enacted, the legislation would authorize a five percent annual funding increase over the next five years for research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). * According to a new report by the Audubon Society, a U.S.-based conservation group, two-thirds of bird species in North America are at risk of extinction due to global temperature rise. The report concluded that 389 of the 604 types of birds studied, including the wood thrush, the Baltimore oriole, common loon, and mountain bluebird, could vanish as a result of threats to their habitats from rising temperatures, higher seas, heavy rains and urbanization. Earlier this year, a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warned that a million species of plants and animals worldwide face extinction within the next few decades as a result of land-use change, climate change, invasive species, and pollution. * The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended that two of its federal advisory committees, namely the Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB) and the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), be disbanded to comply with the President?s Executive Order issued in June 2019 requiring agencies to terminate a large number of current advisory committees. Agencies were ordered to terminate by September 30, 2019 ?at least one-third? of their federal advisory panels established not by law but by agency heads, including panels for which the objectives have been accomplished, the assigned work has become obsolete, and the primary functions have been absorbed by another body. According to EPA, there are ?existing committees and other mechanisms? that can provide the agency with guidance that earlier fell under these panels. ELAB was established in 1995 to make recommendations on EPA's measurement programs and environmental accreditation, while NACEPT was formed in 1998 to advise the EPA Administrator on general environmental management, including citizen science issues. Help Your Scientists and Students Strengthen Their Communication Skills The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) can bring our science communications professional development program to your organization. Designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in engaging 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 workshop that is offered periodically in Washington, DC. We can also bring the program to your university, department, lab, institution, or company. We work with you to customize the program based on your needs. 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 To bring the course to your institution and for more information please contact Dr. Robert Gropp at rgropp at aibs.org or 202-340-4281. Learn more about the program at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html. From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from October 14 to 25, 2019. 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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 Christian.Baars at museumwales.ac.uk Tue Oct 29 09:49:55 2019 From: Christian.Baars at museumwales.ac.uk (Christian Baars) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:49:55 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <037ce7e7cc684597890aa0eaf7738df3@EXCH2013-01.nmgw.ac.uk> Hi Katja, What a great opportunity! You may want to consult: - Carolyn L. Rose, Catharine A. Hawks, Hugh H. Genoways (1995) Storage of Natural History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach (especially Andrew Sebor???s chapter) - PAS 198:2012 ???Specification for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections??? https://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669&_ga=2.41002666.96665885.1572355984-668568955.1572355984 - Mecklenburg???s papers on ???Acceptable ranges of relative humidity and temperature in museums and galleries??? - Michalski (2007) ???The ideal Climate, Risk Management, the ASHRAE Chapter, Proofed Fluctuations, and toward a full Risk Analysis Model??? - ASHRAE [American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers]. 1999. Museums, libraries and archives. Chap. 20 in 1999 ASHRAE Handbook: Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Applications, S-I Edition, 20.1???20.13. Atlanta: ASHRAE. If you are buying a new humidifier get an ultrasonic one ??? we recently replaced all of our humidifiers with great results for stability of environments AND energy savings (will write this up in due course to enable others to consider this as an option). https://www.stulz.co.uk/en/ultrasonic/ Best regards Christian Dr Christian Baars AMA ACR Uwch Swyddog Cadwraeth Ataliol / Senior Preventive Conservator Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Cardiff Telephone: +44 (0)29 2057 3302 From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Katja Seltmann Sent: 29 October 2019 11:37 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites Hi all - We are working with our university to get a quote to put an HVAC system in two smaller collection rooms. One is a herbarium and the second contains vertebrate specimens. Has anyone done this recently and have any advice? Are there preferred requirements based on temperature and humidity? 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 YMWADIAD Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, ac yn sicrhau y byddwn yn cyfathrebu ? chi yn eich iaith ddewisol, boed yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu?r ddwy, dim ond i chi ein hysbysu. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn peri oedi. Mae pob neges e-bost a anfonir at neu gan Amgueddfa Cymru yn cael ei sganio gan systemau diogelwch awtomatig. Sganiwyd y neges hon am firysau cyn ei hanfon, ond dylech hefyd wirio bod y neges, a phob atodiad ynddi, yn rhydd o firysau cyn ei defnyddio. Nid ydym yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb am unrhyw golled neu ddifrod o ganlyniad i agor y neges neu unrhyw atodiadau. Gall y neges hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau a atodir ynddi gynnwys gwybodaeth gyfrinachol a fwriadwyd ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig. 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Cathy Catharine Hawks Conservator Collections Program MRC 170 Rm M85-J National Museum of Natural History 10th Street & Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20560 w 202.633.0835 or 4041 c 703 200 4370 hawksc at si.edu SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Facebook | Twitter | Instagram [PRICE logo2 signature (340x353) (2) (002)] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Christian Baars Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:50 AM To: 'Katja Seltmann' ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites External Email - Exercise Caution Hi Katja, What a great opportunity! You may want to consult: * Carolyn L. Rose, Catharine A. Hawks, Hugh H. Genoways (1995) Storage of Natural History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach (especially Andrew Sebor?s chapter) * PAS 198:2012 ?Specification for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections? https://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669&_ga=2.41002666.96665885.1572355984-668568955.1572355984 * Mecklenburg?s papers on ?Acceptable ranges of relative humidity and temperature in museums and galleries? * Michalski (2007) ?The ideal Climate, Risk Management, the ASHRAE Chapter, Proofed Fluctuations, and toward a full Risk Analysis Model? * ASHRAE [American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers]. 1999. Museums, libraries and archives. Chap. 20 in 1999 ASHRAE Handbook: Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Applications, S-I Edition, 20.1?20.13. Atlanta: ASHRAE. If you are buying a new humidifier get an ultrasonic one ? we recently replaced all of our humidifiers with great results for stability of environments AND energy savings (will write this up in due course to enable others to consider this as an option). https://www.stulz.co.uk/en/ultrasonic/ Best regards Christian Dr Christian Baars AMA ACR Uwch Swyddog Cadwraeth Ataliol / Senior Preventive Conservator Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Cardiff Telephone: +44 (0)29 2057 3302 From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Katja Seltmann Sent: 29 October 2019 11:37 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites Hi all - We are working with our university to get a quote to put an HVAC system in two smaller collection rooms. One is a herbarium and the second contains vertebrate specimens. Has anyone done this recently and have any advice? Are there preferred requirements based on temperature and humidity? 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 YMWADIAD Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, ac yn sicrhau y byddwn yn cyfathrebu ? chi yn eich iaith ddewisol, boed yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu?r ddwy, dim ond i chi ein hysbysu. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn peri oedi. Mae pob neges e-bost a anfonir at neu gan Amgueddfa Cymru yn cael ei sganio gan systemau diogelwch awtomatig. Sganiwyd y neges hon am firysau cyn ei hanfon, ond dylech hefyd wirio bod y neges, a phob atodiad ynddi, yn rhydd o firysau cyn ei defnyddio. Nid ydym yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb am unrhyw golled neu ddifrod o ganlyniad i agor y neges neu unrhyw atodiadau. Gall y neges hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau a atodir ynddi gynnwys gwybodaeth gyfrinachol a fwriadwyd ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig. Os ydych chi wedi derbyn y neges trwy gamgymeriad, hysbyswch ni a dileu?r neges. Safbwyntiau personol yr awdur a fynegir yn y neges hon, ac nid ydynt o reidrwydd yn cynrychioli safbwyntiau Amgueddfa Cymru. Nid ydym yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb am unrhyw wallau, llygredd neu esgeulustod a allai godi wrth drosglwyddo'r neges hon. DISCLAIMER We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English, and we will ensure that we communicate with you in the language of your choice, whether that?s English, Welsh or both if you let us know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay. E-mail to and from Amgueddfa Cymru is scanned by automated security systems. This message was scanned for viruses before transmission, but you should also satisfy yourself that the message, and all attachments, are virus-free before use. We can accept no responsibility for any loss or damage that might arise from opening the message or any attachments. 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Name: Storage Book Flyer 0911-2019.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 252689 bytes Desc: Storage Book Flyer 0911-2019.pdf URL: From Christina.Cain at colorado.edu Tue Oct 29 12:25:59 2019 From: Christina.Cain at colorado.edu (Christina M. Cain) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:25:59 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites In-Reply-To: <037ce7e7cc684597890aa0eaf7738df3@EXCH2013-01.nmgw.ac.uk> References: <037ce7e7cc684597890aa0eaf7738df3@EXCH2013-01.nmgw.ac.uk> Message-ID: Excellent recommendations. I would also add checking out some of the webinars and workshops that have been done by the Image Permanence Institute https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/ and their publication IPI?s Guide to Sustainable Preservation Practices for Managing Storage Environments. https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/store/publications/sustainable-preservation-practices-guidebook Best, Christina Christina Cain Anthropology Collections Manager University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 303-492-2198 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Christian Baars Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 7:50 AM To: 'Katja Seltmann' ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites Hi Katja, What a great opportunity! You may want to consult: - Carolyn L. Rose, Catharine A. Hawks, Hugh H. Genoways (1995) Storage of Natural History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach (especially Andrew Sebor?s chapter) - PAS 198:2012 ?Specification for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections? https://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669&_ga=2.41002666.96665885.1572355984-668568955.1572355984 - Mecklenburg?s papers on ?Acceptable ranges of relative humidity and temperature in museums and galleries? - Michalski (2007) ?The ideal Climate, Risk Management, the ASHRAE Chapter, Proofed Fluctuations, and toward a full Risk Analysis Model? - ASHRAE [American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers]. 1999. Museums, libraries and archives. Chap. 20 in 1999 ASHRAE Handbook: Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Applications, S-I Edition, 20.1?20.13. Atlanta: ASHRAE. If you are buying a new humidifier get an ultrasonic one ? we recently replaced all of our humidifiers with great results for stability of environments AND energy savings (will write this up in due course to enable others to consider this as an option). https://www.stulz.co.uk/en/ultrasonic/ Best regards Christian Dr Christian Baars AMA ACR Uwch Swyddog Cadwraeth Ataliol / Senior Preventive Conservator Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Cardiff Telephone: +44 (0)29 2057 3302 From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Katja Seltmann Sent: 29 October 2019 11:37 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites Hi all - We are working with our university to get a quote to put an HVAC system in two smaller collection rooms. One is a herbarium and the second contains vertebrate specimens. Has anyone done this recently and have any advice? Are there preferred requirements based on temperature and humidity? 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 YMWADIAD Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, ac yn sicrhau y byddwn yn cyfathrebu ? chi yn eich iaith ddewisol, boed yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu?r ddwy, dim ond i chi ein hysbysu. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn peri oedi. Mae pob neges e-bost a anfonir at neu gan Amgueddfa Cymru yn cael ei sganio gan systemau diogelwch awtomatig. Sganiwyd y neges hon am firysau cyn ei hanfon, ond dylech hefyd wirio bod y neges, a phob atodiad ynddi, yn rhydd o firysau cyn ei defnyddio. Nid ydym yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb am unrhyw golled neu ddifrod o ganlyniad i agor y neges neu unrhyw atodiadau. Gall y neges hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau a atodir ynddi gynnwys gwybodaeth gyfrinachol a fwriadwyd ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig. Os ydych chi wedi derbyn y neges trwy gamgymeriad, hysbyswch ni a dileu?r neges. Safbwyntiau personol yr awdur a fynegir yn y neges hon, ac nid ydynt o reidrwydd yn cynrychioli safbwyntiau Amgueddfa Cymru. Nid ydym yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb am unrhyw wallau, llygredd neu esgeulustod a allai godi wrth drosglwyddo'r neges hon. DISCLAIMER We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English, and we will ensure that we communicate with you in the language of your choice, whether that?s English, Welsh or both if you let us know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay. E-mail to and from Amgueddfa Cymru is scanned by automated security systems. This message was scanned for viruses before transmission, but you should also satisfy yourself that the message, and all attachments, are virus-free before use. We can accept no responsibility for any loss or damage that might arise from opening the message or any attachments. 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URL: From joan_bacharach at nps.gov Thu Oct 31 08:46:32 2019 From: joan_bacharach at nps.gov (Bacharach, Joan) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:46:32 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERNAL] New HVAC - its a world of possiblilites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Katja; Do take a look at the National Park Service *Museum Handbook*, Chapter 4: Museum Collections Environment at *https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/chap4.pdf * -- in particular, the following sections: Section E. What is the recommended temperature range for general collections Section F: What is the recommended RH set point and fluctuation range for general collections What is seasonal drift? What is the recommended RH range for sensitive materials. There is useful information in other sections, such as monitoring, analyzing and controlling temperature and RH. Trust this is useful. Joan Joan Joan Bacharach Senior Curator Museum Management Program National Park Service 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Tel: 202 354 2015 *VISIT our website at* www.nps.gov/museum On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 7:37 AM Katja Seltmann wrote: > Hi all - > We are working with our university to get a quote to put an HVAC system in > two smaller collection rooms. One is a herbarium and the second contains > vertebrate specimens. > > Has anyone done this recently and have any advice? Are there preferred > requirements based on temperature and humidity? > > 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... 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We are also hosting a free webinar for those interested in learning more about CAP on November 12, 2019 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time. Join CAP program staff to hear more about the benefits of the CAP program and answer questions about the application process. To register please go to our website at www.culturalheritage.org/cap. We hope that you will help share this program announcement and upcoming webinar with your constituents and any other institutions that you think may benefit from the program. Below we have provided both an email announcement and social media announcements for your use. If you have any questions or would prefer the information in a different format, please don't hesitate to contact us. Best Regards, Elizabeth CAP Program Assistant EMAIL The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) is excited to announce that applications are open for the 2020 Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program from November 1, 2019, with a deadline of February 1, 2020. Please join us for a FREE webinar, An Introduction to CAP, to hear more about the benefits of the CAP program and the application process. The webinar will be held on November 12, 2019, at 2pm Eastern Time. To register please go to our website at www.culturalheritage.org/cap. The CAP program is open to small and medium-sized museums, zoos, aquariums, arboreta, and botanical gardens in the United States. Participating institutions receive funding for a general conservation assessment from a qualified collection and building assessor. The assessment is a study of all the institution's collections, buildings, and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care. The two assessors work collaboratively to provide institutions with prioritized recommendations for improved collections care. Assessments consist of preparatory work, a two-day site visit, a written report, and a one-year follow-up consultation. CAP is often a first step for small institutions that wish to improve the condition of their collections or develop a long-range preservation plan and can serve as a fundraising tool for future collections projects. Additional information on the CAP process, eligibility, and applications are available at www.culturalheritage.org/cap. CAP is administered by FAIC under a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). TWITTER Want to improve collections care at your small museum? CAP applications are open November 1, 2019 - February 1, 2020 www.culturalheritage.org/cap #FAICCAP FACEBOOK Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program Applications are open November 1, 2019 - February 1, 2020. Please join us for a FREE webinar, An Introduction to CAP, on November 12th, at 2pm eastern time to learn more. To register please go to our website at www.culturalheritage.org/cap. The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program provides small museums with support for a general conservation assessment, which is a study of all the institution's collections, buildings, and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care. Participants who complete the program receive an assessment report with prioritized recommendations to improve collections care. Learn more at www.culturalheritage.org/cap Elizabeth Handwerk Kurt CAP Program Assistant foundation for advancement in conservation Protecting Cultural Heritage ekurt at culturalheritage.org (t) 202.750.3437 | (f) 202.452.9328 727 15th St NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC | 20005 culturalheritage.org | @conservators | Facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: