From simmons.johne at gmail.com Wed Apr 1 11:52:10 2020 From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:52:10 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Collections Care in the Age of COVID-19 Q&A Message-ID: *Collections Care in the Age of COVID-19* Connecting to Collections Care would like to announce a Facebook Live Event on April 2, 2020 at 2pm EST ?Collections Care in the Age of COVID-19?. Members of our Facebook Community will have the chance to listen to and ask questions from panelists including preservation librarians, conservators, and other experts in the field of collections care on such subjects as collections storage situations, collections care standards, disaster plans, and the challenges of working from home. *Panelists* Priscilla Anderson ? Senior Preservation Librarian at Harvard Library Nicole Grabow ? Director of Preventive Conservation at Midwest Art Conservation Tara Kennedy ? 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The groups called for a federal investment of $1 billion in biodiversity collections-related and -enabled research and education. You can read these letters here: https://bcon.aibs.org/2020/04/01/science-groups-request-support-for-collections-enabled-research-and-education/ Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tonya.Haff at csiro.au Thu Apr 2 16:04:40 2020 From: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au (Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace)) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 20:04:40 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity Message-ID: Hi all, I know many of us are now working from home, away from our collections. I am finding that hard, but I guess one positive is that I'm finding time to get to manuscripts and old ideas that have been languishing because there is usually too much hands-on work to do. To that end, I wonder if any of you are familiar with any literature regarding the use of humidity or humidification chambers to reshape objects? Any pointers would be appreciated. Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 6242 1566 (office) (+61) 0419 569 109 (mobile) I am in Thursdays and Fridays Please call or text my mobile for a fast reponse Monday - Wednesday -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tlabedz1 at unl.edu Thu Apr 2 18:07:37 2020 From: tlabedz1 at unl.edu (Thomas Labedz) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 22:07:37 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tonya For mis-shaped dried botanical specimens I've had good luck putting the specimen on paper towels that are on a piece of plastic. Then putting more paper towels on the leaves and wetting with deionized water and covering with another sheet of plastic. The whole set can go into a larger plastic bag folded shut. I'll let this set overnight, usually all that is required, and then putting the now hydrated specimens into a plant press and starting it over again. For vertebrate specimens, small taxidermy, I'll use basically the same thought process but with less direct contact of the water. A humidity chamber for me is a large lidded plastic tub big enough to hold the specimen and a tray of clean wet sand. Putting the lid on then creates a humid environment that can relax the specimen after a few days, checking daily to be certain no mold growth is occurring. It might take several days before the specimen is minimally pliable. If deemed sturdy enough, limb joints could be wrapped loosely with cotton and cheesecloth with water applied directly. In the old days a few drops of phenol or other mold inhibitor would be added to the chamber. I don't do that. For vertebrate study skins, particularly small mammals that I think will survive well this treatment, I'll submerge the entire skin in warm soapy water and leave it for a day. Checking occasionally and when pliable I'll undo the entire study skin except the wires in the feet and tail, rinse with fresh water, re-stuff the specimen with cotton and re-position properly after drying the fur with compressed air. Good luck, Write if you've got questions. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager (tlabedz1 at unl.edu) Division of Botany and Division of Zoology University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:04 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity Hi all, I know many of us are now working from home, away from our collections. I am finding that hard, but I guess one positive is that I?m finding time to get to manuscripts and old ideas that have been languishing because there is usually too much hands-on work to do. To that end, I wonder if any of you are familiar with any literature regarding the use of humidity or humidification chambers to reshape objects? Any pointers would be appreciated. Cheers, Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 6242 1566 (office) (+61) 0419 569 109 (mobile) I am in Thursdays and Fridays Please call or text my mobile for a fast reponse Monday ? Wednesday -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Fri Apr 3 04:41:29 2020 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 09:41:29 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <47B92677-ADE0-4F9A-B43C-65FE24E045A4@btinternet.com> Hi Tonya, I use a steam jet for straightening out bent feathers - classic example is a pheasant whose tail has become curled round due to overnight storage. You can buy steam kettles with a triggered hose attachment for not much, very useful. Always ensure that the kettle is emptied after use or it rapidly builds up calcium deposits. With all good wishes, Simon. Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 2 Apr 2020, at 23:07, Thomas Labedz wrote: > > Tonya > For mis-shaped dried botanical specimens I've had good luck putting the specimen on paper towels that are on a piece of plastic. Then putting more paper towels on the leaves and wetting with deionized water and covering with another sheet of plastic. The whole set can go into a larger plastic bag folded shut. I'll let this set overnight, usually all that is required, and then putting the now hydrated specimens into a plant press and starting it over again. > For vertebrate specimens, small taxidermy, I'll use basically the same thought process but with less direct contact of the water. A humidity chamber for me is a large lidded plastic tub big enough to hold the specimen and a tray of clean wet sand. Putting the lid on then creates a humid environment that can relax the specimen after a few days, checking daily to be certain no mold growth is occurring. It might take several days before the specimen is minimally pliable. If deemed sturdy enough, limb joints could be wrapped loosely with cotton and cheesecloth with water applied directly. In the old days a few drops of phenol or other mold inhibitor would be added to the chamber. I don't do that. > For vertebrate study skins, particularly small mammals that I think will survive well this treatment, I'll submerge the entire skin in warm soapy water and leave it for a day. Checking occasionally and when pliable I'll undo the entire study skin except the wires in the feet and tail, rinse with fresh water, re-stuff the specimen with cotton and re-position properly after drying the fur with compressed air. > Good luck, > Write if you've got questions. > Thomas > > Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager (tlabedz1 at unl.edu) > Division of Botany and Division of Zoology > University of Nebraska State Museum > Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. > > > From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:04 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity > > Hi all, > > I know many of us are now working from home, away from our collections. I am finding that hard, but I guess one positive is that I?m finding time to get to manuscripts and old ideas that have been languishing because there is usually too much hands-on work to do. To that end, I wonder if any of you are familiar with any literature regarding the use of humidity or humidification chambers to reshape objects? Any pointers would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Tonya > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Tonya Haff > Collections Manager > Australian National Wildlife Collection > National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO > Canberra, Australia > Phone: (+61) 02 6242 1566 (office) > (+61) 0419 569 109 (mobile) > > I am in Thursdays and Fridays > Please call or text my mobile for a fast reponse Monday ? Wednesday > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. From mhowe at bgs.ac.uk Fri Apr 3 04:58:59 2020 From: mhowe at bgs.ac.uk (Howe, Michael P.A.) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 08:58:59 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity In-Reply-To: <47B92677-ADE0-4F9A-B43C-65FE24E045A4@btinternet.com> References: , <47B92677-ADE0-4F9A-B43C-65FE24E045A4@btinternet.com> Message-ID: Hi Tonya, Going off at a tangent, but possibly with some relevant literature, I know from a previous career that traditional leather shoe manufacturing uses warm humidification chambers to make the leather softer and more stretchy - a process known as mulling. Then, after lasting, the shoes are heat set on the last to ensure better shape retention. Goof luck! Mike. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Simon Moore Sent: 03 April 2020 09:41 To: Thomas Labedz Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity Hi Tonya, I use a steam jet for straightening out bent feathers - classic example is a pheasant whose tail has become curled round due to overnight storage. You can buy steam kettles with a triggered hose attachment for not much, very useful. Always ensure that the kettle is emptied after use or it rapidly builds up calcium deposits. With all good wishes, Simon. Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 2 Apr 2020, at 23:07, Thomas Labedz wrote: > > Tonya > For mis-shaped dried botanical specimens I've had good luck putting the specimen on paper towels that are on a piece of plastic. Then putting more paper towels on the leaves and wetting with deionized water and covering with another sheet of plastic. The whole set can go into a larger plastic bag folded shut. I'll let this set overnight, usually all that is required, and then putting the now hydrated specimens into a plant press and starting it over again. > For vertebrate specimens, small taxidermy, I'll use basically the same thought process but with less direct contact of the water. A humidity chamber for me is a large lidded plastic tub big enough to hold the specimen and a tray of clean wet sand. Putting the lid on then creates a humid environment that can relax the specimen after a few days, checking daily to be certain no mold growth is occurring. It might take several days before the specimen is minimally pliable. If deemed sturdy enough, limb joints could be wrapped loosely with cotton and cheesecloth with water applied directly. In the old days a few drops of phenol or other mold inhibitor would be added to the chamber. I don't do that. > For vertebrate study skins, particularly small mammals that I think will survive well this treatment, I'll submerge the entire skin in warm soapy water and leave it for a day. Checking occasionally and when pliable I'll undo the entire study skin except the wires in the feet and tail, rinse with fresh water, re-stuff the specimen with cotton and re-position properly after drying the fur with compressed air. > Good luck, > Write if you've got questions. > Thomas > > Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager (tlabedz1 at unl.edu) > Division of Botany and Division of Zoology > University of Nebraska State Museum > Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. > > > From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:04 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Use of humidity > > Hi all, > > I know many of us are now working from home, away from our collections. I am finding that hard, but I guess one positive is that I?m finding time to get to manuscripts and old ideas that have been languishing because there is usually too much hands-on work to do. To that end, I wonder if any of you are familiar with any literature regarding the use of humidity or humidification chambers to reshape objects? Any pointers would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Tonya > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Tonya Haff > Collections Manager > Australian National Wildlife Collection > National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO > Canberra, Australia > Phone: (+61) 02 6242 1566 (office) > (+61) 0419 569 109 (mobile) > > I am in Thursdays and Fridays > Please call or text my mobile for a fast reponse Monday ? 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No skills > required. > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uEy4p8JbSGC_dnPE4Jgp-NWLvpYus5BUydATCqgylkM/edit#gid=0 > > Looking for co-trainer who might like to demo data entry in wikidata & > one who wants to demo SPARQL for first-timers. > > Stay safe, > > David P. Shorthouse From alexis.joly at inria.fr Fri Apr 3 05:50:53 2020 From: alexis.joly at inria.fr (ajoly) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 11:50:53 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] LifeCLEF 2020 - Cooperative research challenges Message-ID: <24597818-4DE3-4F79-A89D-E745FBDCCAE9@inria.fr> ------------------------------------------------------------ LifeCLEF 2020 - Call for participation ------------------------------------------------------------ [Please distribute, Sorry for multiple copies] We cordially invite you to participate in the seventh edition of the LifeCLEF challenge (http://www.lifeclef.org ). LifeCLEF is one of the labs of CLEF 2020 (https://clef2020.clef-initiative.eu/ ), which will be held in Thessaloniki Greece (22-25 September 2020). Motivation: Building accurate knowledge of the identity, the geographic distribution and the evolution of species is essential for a sustainable development of humanity, as well as for biodiversity conservation. However, the burden of the routine identification of plants and animals in the field is strongly penalizing the aggregation of new data and knowledge. Identifying and naming living plants or animals is actually almost impossible for the general public and often a difficult task for professionals and naturalists. Bridging this gap is a key challenge towards enabling effective biodiversity monitoring systems. The LifeCLEF evaluation campaign aims at boosting and evaluating the advances in this domain since 2011. The 2020 edition of LifeCLEF proposes four data-oriented challenges related to the identification and prediction of biodiversity: Challenge 1 - BirdCLEF : Bird species recognition in audio soundscapes Challenge 2 - GeoLifeCLEF : Location-Based Species Prediction (based on environmental and occurrence data) Challenge 3 - PlantCLEF : Cross-domain plant identification (from herbarium specimens to plant pictures) Challenge 4 - SnakeCLEF : Image-based snake identification Schedule (tentative, could be delayed a few weeks due to the covid19): Beginning of May 2020: submission of runs by the participants Mid-May 2020: release of processed results by the task organizers (online) End of May 2020: deadline for submission of working note papers by the participants End of June 2020: camera ready working note papers of participants and organizers <> 22-25 Sept 2020: CLEF 2020 Thessaloniki, Greece Registration: LifeCLEF relies on the AIcrowd open platform for registration, submission and results management. 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Best, Chris Please note due to COVID-19 concerns, we are closed until at May 15, when access will be re-assessed. Please do not ship o request any loans to AMNH during this time. Chris Johnson, Curatorial Associate Division of Invertebrate Zoology, AMNH IMLS Coral Rehousing Project Entomologica Americana, Managing Editor ________________________________ From: Christine Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 7:18 PM To: Nhcoll-l Subject: AMNH Temporary Closure due to COVID-19 precautions Hi Everyone, Here is the notice from AMNH: The American Museum of Natural History remains closed to the public to maintain health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic at least through April 3, with weekly reassessments during this unprecedented situation. As of March 17, the closure extends to scientific staff and facilities, including scientific collections and laboratories. Incoming and outgoing loans have been suspended, and institutions should not ship collections back or return specimen loans at this time. Researchers may continue to access collections information online, as well as news and future announcements via the AMNH public website at https://www.amnh.org/research If you have questions for a particular department or division, feel free to reach out to the collections or curatorial staff. Best, Chris Chris Johnson, Curatorial Associate Division of Invertebrate Zoology, AMNH IMLS Coral Rehousing Project Entomologica Americana, Managing Editor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bthiers at nybg.org Mon Apr 6 12:08:34 2020 From: bthiers at nybg.org (Thiers, Barbara) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 16:08:34 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections: April 2020 Questionnaire: Please Participate! Message-ID: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections: April 2020 Questionnaire Projections indicate that the COV-19 outbreak and stay at home orders will have a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of our lives and work. In order to document the affect of the crisis on biodiversity collections and those who use and care for them, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), the Natural Science Collections Alliance and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have created this survey: https://bcon.aibs.org/2020/04/06/covid-19-pandemic-impact-survey/ We invite anyone associated with a U.S. biodiversity collection to fill out this 23-question survey. We are interested in as many individual responses as possible, recognizing that we will receive multiple responses per collection or institution. No identifying information about the identity of the responder or the institution they represent will be recorded. This survey will be open until 30 April. A summary of the results will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) and other venues shortly thereafter. A second survey on this subject may be mounted at a future date to document the recovery of the collections community from this crisis. All results will be freely available for use by anyone interested. We are particularly interested in comparing results with other collections communities, e.g., with living stock collections, or with biodiversity collections outside the U.S. Please share the link for the survey widely among your colleagues. Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emily.braker at colorado.edu Mon Apr 6 15:21:12 2020 From: emily.braker at colorado.edu (Emily M. Braker) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 19:21:12 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] April 14 Webinar - Intro to Arctos for Teaching Collections Message-ID: Please join us for a webinar on using Arctos to manage Teaching Collections. Abstract: While museum teaching collections are often maintained informally or as ad hoc resources, in Arctos, teaching collections use the same shared formal infrastructure more typical to scientific collection management. This webinar will highlight tools that integrate teaching and research collection management systems and that streamline day-to-day management activities, including loans, taxonomy, and built-in label generation. The webinar will also cover resources that make objects and specimens more accessible to non-academic users, like museum educators, including search tools, images and media, and the Arctos projects module. 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Because of the nature of USACE's structure, this would be coordinating with archaeologists and cultural resource specialists at the districts and divisions around the country which then have collections at repositories under contract around the country. The district employees themselves are responsible for consultation, but the MCX office offers advice, drafts documents as needed, may facilitate consultation, etc. Also, I'm not sure what relocation looks like within the DoD right now. I know that Permanent Change of Station at least is largely on hold, but we did have an employee start after we went to mandatory telework. Hope this finds you all well. 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Smith, Adam D CIV USARMY CEERD-CERL (USA) ; Keach, Levi L CIV USARMY CENWO (USA) ; Kaplan, Jeremiah H CIV USARMY CEMVN (USA) ; McKinney, Taylor D CIV USARMY CESWT (USA) ; Ripin, Jeremy W CIV USARMY CENWS (USA) ; Margolis, Michael M CIV USARMY CESWT (USA) ; Chada, Bill R CIV (USA) ; Winter, Frank J II CIV (USA) ; Winter, Jennifer R CIV USARMY CENWO (USA) ; Mikulecky, Matthew J CIV USARMY CENWK (USA) ; Beers, James D CIV USARMY CESWL (USA) ; McCafferty, Katherine A CIV USARMY CEPOA (USA) ; Grijalva, Daniel S CIV (USA) ; Bowman, Paul E SWT ; Otanez, Katie L CIV USARMY CELRE (USA) ; Bird-Gauvin, Sally A CIV USARMY CENWP (USA) Subject: NAGPRA lead position - GS-0190/0193-12 - St Louis MCX Good Morning Please see the position announcement below - this is for Corps NAGPRA person for the MCX. It's the job that Jen Riordan held before becoming the MCX Director. This also being sent out through the TL list - apologies for multiple posting. Forward to anyone you think would be interested (inside/outside the Corps). The subject announcement is open for self-nomination today and will close April 21, 2020 Position: Interdisciplinary, GS-0190/0193-12 Series Included: Anthropology - 0190 series and Archeology - 0190 series Organization: Curation & Archives Analysis Branch Permanent, Full-time Location: St. Louis District Office ------------------- INTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: SWGI203539970015 - Open to Federal Employees with Competitive Status and other Status Candidates, such as 30% Disabled Vets, Reinstatements, etc. See "Who May Apply" Section for more specific information. Direct Link to Internal Announcement: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FGetJob%2FViewDetails%2F565026400&data=02%7C01%7CHawksC%40si.edu%7Cc883b7b5be654e9a99c808d7dbd3d89d%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637219575237676169&sdata=gMhZ%2F6R%2Baf8A%2Btw1Gd7kWeRjKIOrgOl%2B7vaSin4JfkY%3D&reserved=0 --------------------- EXTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: SWGI203539976412D - Open to all US Citizens. See "Who May Apply" Section for more specific information. Direct Link to External Announcement: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FGetJob%2FViewDetails%2F565026500&data=02%7C01%7CHawksC%40si.edu%7Cc883b7b5be654e9a99c808d7dbd3d89d%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637219575237676169&sdata=PVeqjupmla%2B3%2FJDUQMcO2Za9ov%2FXkW433%2BBUmRaoZ9Y%3D&reserved=0 --------------------- USAJOBS IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.opm.gov%2F&data=02%7C01%7CHawksC%40si.edu%7Cc883b7b5be654e9a99c808d7dbd3d89d%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637219575237676169&sdata=nTt9dbA7OKJRD0E%2Bzgcdnl5LndR63JG%2FsZdrBwnGY54%3D&reserved=0 REMINDER: You must create an account on USAJOBS in order to apply for this vacancy. Follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of the announcement for complete instructions. PLEASE NOTE!!!! Many employees have been submitting incomplete applications because they do not upload a copy of a recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) when they apply. You must submit a SF-50 to prove you are a current or former permanent employee or you will generally not be considered for the vacancy. From bbisho13 at utk.edu Wed Apr 8 16:19:42 2020 From: bbisho13 at utk.edu (Bishop, Wade) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 20:19:42 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Data Fitness for Use Study follow-up Message-ID: Dear Researchers, Greetings! This is a follow-up from last month's recruitment email. You are being invited to take part in a study to determine how users determine fitness for use of data. You are being invited to take part in this research study because you are a critical agent as a user of data. Your participation is completely voluntary and responses will be kept confidential. The research is being conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee. If you choose to participate, you will follow the link: Data Fitness for Use The survey landing page will have more details. I know your time is valuable, but by taking around 15 minutes to participate in this study, you will provide the field with preliminary data to improve an understanding of fitness for use to improve data organization, access, and use. By participating, you will help determine the most vital aspects of data that inform whether or not data is fit for your research purposes. There are not foreseeable risks greater than those encountered in everyday life involved with participating in this research. You will be asked to describe how you discover and evaluate data from a recent search. You will then be prompted through a series of questions about the findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability, and some other factors of the data and its discovery and use. Your responses will be linked by a unique identifier for any analysis and no direct identifiers will be collected; however, all findings will be reported in the aggregate and any indirect identifiers will be removed prior to analysis. I greatly appreciate your contribution to the study. Thank you. Sincerely, Bradley Wade Bishop, PhD Associate Professor 1345 Circle Park Dr. Room 454 Communications Bldg. Knoxville, TN 37996 865-974-2775 wade.bishop at utk.edu CONTACT INFORMATION If you have questions at any time about the study or you experience problems, you may contact Bradley Wade Bishop wade.bishop at utk.edu or 865-974-2775 (office). If you have any questions or concerns regarding your rights as a subject in this study, you may also contact the Office of Research Compliance Officer at (865) 974-7697. _____________________________________________________________________________ IRB NUMBER: UTK IRB-17-03977-XM IRB APPROVAL DATE: 02/18/2020 From: Bishop, Wade Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:54 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Data Fitness for Use Study Dear Researchers, Greetings! You are being invited to take part in a study to determine how users determine fitness for use of data. You are being invited to take part in this research study because you are a critical agent as a user of data. Your participation is completely voluntary and responses will be kept confidential. The research is being conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee. If you choose to participate, you will follow the link: Data Fitness for Use The survey landing page will have more details. I know your time is valuable, but by taking around 15 minutes to participate in this study, you will provide the field with preliminary data to improve an understanding of fitness for use to improve data organization, access, and use. By participating, you will help determine the most vital aspects of data that inform whether or not data is fit for your research purposes. There are not foreseeable risks greater than those encountered in everyday life involved with participating in this research. You will be asked to describe how you discover and evaluate data from a recent search. You will then be prompted through a series of questions about the findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability, and some other factors of the data and its discovery and use. Your responses will be linked by a unique identifier for any analysis and no direct identifiers will be collected; however, all findings will be reported in the aggregate and any indirect identifiers will be removed prior to analysis. I greatly appreciate your contribution to the study. Thank you. Sincerely, Bradley Wade Bishop, PhD Associate Professor 1345 Circle Park Dr. Room 454 Communications Bldg. Knoxville, TN 37996 865-974-2775 wade.bishop at utk.edu CONTACT INFORMATION If you have questions at any time about the study or you experience problems, you may contact Bradley Wade Bishop wade.bishop at utk.edu or 865-974-2775 (office). If you have any questions or concerns regarding your rights as a subject in this study, you may also contact the Office of Research Compliance Officer at (865) 974-7697. _____________________________________________________________________________ IRB NUMBER: UTK IRB-17-03977-XM IRB APPROVAL DATE: 02/18/2020 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From HawksC at si.edu Sun Apr 12 11:05:34 2020 From: HawksC at si.edu (Hawks, Catharine) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:05:34 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Job: Museum Specialist for SWFSC/NMFS/NOAA in La Jolla In-Reply-To: <3E0F0929-F7D5-4B33-B8A9-4CACA0E20A39@si.edu> References: , <3E0F0929-F7D5-4B33-B8A9-4CACA0E20A39@si.edu> Message-ID: From: McGowen, Michael Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 5:12 PM To: NMNH-VZ-ALL Subject: Fwd: Job: Museum Specialist for SWFSC/NMFS/NOAA in La Jolla Job ad for a collections position for marine mammal and turtle tissues at NMFS in San Diego Please distribute to anyway who you think might be interested. Michael Begin forwarded message: From: Eric Archer - NOAA Federal > Date: April 9, 2020 at 14:19:54 EDT To: "McGowen, Michael" >, Neil Duncan >, Sean Hoban >, Allan Strand >, "Burgess, Scott" >, Gregory O Corry-Crowe >, Ron Kaufmann >, Annalisa Berta >, Tom Demere >, Dave Janiger > Subject: Job: Museum Specialist for SWFSC/NMFS/NOAA in La Jolla ? External Email - Exercise Caution Friends and Colleagues, Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone who may be interested in the position. Note that it is only open for 7 days (closing on 4/17/20) The SWFSC currently has a job opening in the Marine Mammal and Turtle Division (MMTD). MMTD has posted a Museum Specialist (Zoology), ZA-1016-2, position on USA jobs. The announcement opened today and closes on 4/17/20. Following are the major duties of the position: ? Manages the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Molecular (MMASTR) Collection by archiving and maintaining marine mammal and sea turtle tissue and DNA samples including, but not limited to, acquisition, management, preservation, organization, digital cataloging, and loaning of specimens. ? Applies routine digital technology and computer/database skills (including, but not limited to, MS Access and SQL) to document information on collections, input and generate data, perform data queries and generate reports, update and maintain databases, and ensure data accuracy (Quality Assurance/Quality Control). ? Establishes and maintains a good working relationship with government officials and collaborators in order to facilitate effective sampling operations and successfully import and export marine mammal and sea turtle tissue samples through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) regulations. The links to the job announcement(s) - MAP (internal - federal career status employees) and DE (external - open to all U.S. Citizens) are posted below. Job Announcement # (MAP): NMFS-SWC-2020-0014 https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/565150700 Job Announcement # (DE): NMFS SWC-2020-0015 https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/565151100 -- Eric Archer, Ph.D. Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NOAA) 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 USA 858-546-7121 (work) 858-546-7003 (FAX) Marine Mammal Genetics Group: swfsc.noaa.gov/mmtd-mmgenetics GitHub: github.com/ericarcher Adjunct Professor, Marine Biology Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego http://profiles.ucsd.edu/frederick.archer "The universe doesn't care what you believe. The wonderful thing about science is that it doesn't ask for your faith, it just asks for your eyes." - Randall Munroe "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." - Benjamin Franklin "...but I'll take a GPS over either one." - John C. "Craig" George -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Presenter: Anna Chinn (Assistant Collections Manager, Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum) When: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 3:00pm ET Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Can't Make It?: View archived recordings here https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/ Emily Braker Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building Boulder, CO 80309-0218 Phone: 303-492-8466 http://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Apr 13 12:39:48 2020 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:39:48 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81749645-8FED-41C0-82D0-97569A2B3D01@ku.edu> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 8, April 13, 2020 * Scientific Organizations Call for $1 Billion to Support Biodiversity Research and Education * AIBS Recommendations for Next Coronavirus Economic Stimulus * OSTP Head to Serve as NSF Acting Director * USFWS Recommends Suspending Bat Research Due to Pandemic * EPA Extends Comment Period for Supplemental to ?Secret Science? Proposed Rule * BCoN Survey: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections * USDA Soliciting Stakeholder Input on Agricultural Innovations * Increase Your Career Opportunities: 2020 Writing for Impact and Influence Online Course * Now Online: 2020 Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Now Online: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science * Short Takes * EPA Requests Nominations for Science Advisory Board * OSTP Extends Deadline to Submit Comments on Open Access Publishing * NSF?s FY 2018 Merit Review Digest Now Available * USFWS Announces Plan to Protect Monarch Butterflies * NASEM Virtual Town Hall on Physics of Living Systems * Virtual Office Hour with NSF Division of Integrative Organismal Systems * 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. ________________________________ Scientific Organizations Call for $1 Billion to Support Biodiversity Research and Education The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) joined forces to remind federal science officials of the important role biodiversity-related and biodiversity-enabled research play in helping to understand current global health and environmental problems, as well as for identifying methods to monitor, model, forecast, and mitigate future problems. The Extended Specimen Network, a community-informed research and education initiative developed by the Biodiversity Collections Network, was highlighted as the kind of large-scale, coordinated, data mobilization and integration initiative needed to advance research and education that furthers science and solves problems. In letters to the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation, the groups called for a sustained investment: ?A federal commitment of $1 billion toward these efforts over the next 10 years will make the United States the global leader in biological collections-enabled research, and spur new scientific discoveries that grow our economy, improve our public health and well-being, and increase our national security. This investment would support continued efforts to digitize biodiversity, particularly entomological collections which still require significant attention despite their importance to public health and food security. The investment would support the rapid development and implementation of new cyberinfrastructure and information management tools, a rapid global biodiversity survey to collect and properly document biodiversity, additional biodiversity-related and biodiversity-enabled research, efforts to educate and train a new generation of scientists, and increased global coordination and collaboration.? AIBS Recommendations for Next Coronavirus Economic Stimulus AIBS has shared ideas and recommendations related to scientific research and education for future coronavirus related stimulus packages with the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The panel requested ideas for research, development, and innovation funding and policies, including research infrastructure for any future economic measures developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Future actions and needs proposed by AIBS include: * Additional R&D funding for a ?large-scale and coordinated effort to conduct a global biodiversity survey to collect specimens and associated data from around the world to identify which species serve as reservoirs for SARS-CoV-2 and closely related viruses, as well as other pathogens that pose a risk to humans, pets, and livestock.? * In terms of near-term response to COVID-19 impacts on research, AIBS recommended emergency relief grants to non-profit scientific societies that have suffered economic loss from the cancellation of scientific conferences; a National Science Foundation (NSF)-led effort to develop and evaluate online educational resources; increased funding to ?expedite the capture and mobilization of digital biological data?; a partnership between the federal Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections and representatives from non-federal collections serving organizations to identify strategies for increasing data access, integration, and sharing; targeted economic assistance for natural history museums hit by COVID-19 related closures; economic assistance for living collections, including botanic gardens, arboreta, and animal and microbe collections; supplemental funding for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who have had research interrupted; and resources for federal science funding agencies to enable them to make supplements to existing grants to help researchers accommodate for funds lost because of COVID-19. * Building the Extended Specimen Network as a ?shovel-ready? research infrastructure and investing in an NSF-led $1 billion biodiversity research and education initiative. * As a long-term economic recovery measure, AIBS recommended a global survey to identify, document, and study Earth?s biological diversity in order to safeguard and grow our bioeconomy and enhance our biosecurity. * Another long-term measure proposed by AIBS was expanding NSF-supported efforts ?to catalyze transformation of undergraduate education? with an eye on improving the quantitative skills and literacy of faculty members involved with undergraduate instruction. Read AIBS?s full comments: https://www.aibs.org/position-statements/20200410_aibs_comments_house_science_panel_stimulus.html OSTP Head to Serve as NSF Acting Director Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been named Acting Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He will hold the post until President Trump?s nominee for the position, Dr. Sethuraman ?Panch? Panchanathan, is confirmed by the Senate. Dr. Droegemeier has previously served two six-year terms on the National Science Board, NSF?s governing body. He also served as Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma. He has been serving as science adviser to the President since January 2019. ?I am honored to serve in this acting capacity for NSF, and it is a homecoming of sorts as a former member of the National Science Board and longtime recipient of grants from NSF,? said Dr. Droegemeier. ?My role at NSF is a temporary one as we all excitedly await the swift Senate confirmation of Dr. Panchanathan. I had the privilege of serving on the National Science Board with both Dr. C?rdova and Dr. Panchanathan and both are exceptional leaders. The future is bright, and the United States will continue to lead the world in science and technology as we transition from one NSF Director to the next.? President Trump nominated Dr. Panchanathan in December 2019 to succeed Dr. France Cordova as the next NSF Director. Dr. C?rdova?s six-year term ended at the end on March 30, 2020. ?Director Kelvin Droegemeier has unmatched experience as the science advisor to the White House and leader [of] the Office of Science and Technology Policy,? said Dr. C?rdova. ?He has a distinguished career of advancing the progress of science. NSF will continue to thrive under his leadership.? USFWS Recommends Suspending Bat Research The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued an advisory to bat researchers, recommending that scientists suspend some fieldwork involving capturing or handling bats in North America as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Washington Post. The advisory was a result of concerns that researchers could transfer the novel coronavirus to bat populations in North America, thus creating a new reservoir for the disease. The COVID-19 causing virus, SARS-CoV-2, is thought to have originated in horseshoe bats in China. It may have then been passed to humans through an intermediate species. There have been recent reports of the virus transferring from humans to animals, such as cats. Scientists warned that although the chance of the coronavirus jumping from humans to North American bats is low, it could further threaten bat species already struggling with the fungal disease white-nose syndrome. Furthermore, the virus could then potentially spread through bat populations across the country and potentially cause a ?spill-back of SARS-CoV-2 from bats back into humans ? which would make eradication of SARS-CoV-2 unlikely,? warned USFWS Wildlife Veterinarian Samantha Gibbs. ?We know that many mammals are susceptible to infection by a diversity of coronaviruses,? said a USFWS spokesperson. ?What is not known is whether the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has the potential to infect, or cause illness in, North American wildlife, including bats.? A group of biologists and other experts from government agencies, wildlife organizations, and research groups met last week to ?quickly assess the risk SARS-CoV-2 may pose to bat populations,? added the spokesperson. The group is expected to issue updated recommendations on interactions with bats later in April, according to a notice published by the National Wildlife Health Center of the U.S. Geological Survey. This advisory is a cause for concern for some bat researchers. According to Winifred Frick, chief scientist for Bat Conservation International, this is a problematic time to suspend bat research as late winter and early spring are important seasons for white-nose syndrome research. The directive could also stall coronavirus research in bats and cause significant research delays for graduate students. ?I have a big bat project that involves a lot of handling of bats, but my projects aren?t super time-sensitive, and missing a year won?t destroy the project,? said Bryan Hamilton, a National Park Service biologist. ?But graduate students need their three years of data, and that could set them back a year or more.? EPA Extends Comment Period for Supplemental to ?Secret Science? Proposed Rule The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler has announced that the agency would extend by a month the public comment period for a supplemental addition to its proposed rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, that would bar the use of scientific studies in crafting regulations unless the underlying data ?are publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent validation.? On March 3, 2020, EPA released a supplemental addition to its ?secret science? proposal that would broaden restrictions on the type of scientific studies EPA can use when crafting regulations. The agency provided 30 days to submit feedback on the supplemental. The deadline to submit comments has been extended from April 17 to May 18, 2020. More information is available at https://www.epa.gov/osa/strengthening-transparency-regulatory-science. ?EPA is committed to giving the public ample time to participate in the rulemaking process,? said Wheeler. ?By extending the comment period, we are listening to stakeholders and giving them more time to provide valuable input on how EPA can improve the science underlying its rules.? This follows an April 1, 2020 letter from the chairs of fourteen House committees to the White House calling for the extension of public comment periods for proposed rulemakings during the novel coronavirus pandemic. ?In light of the evolving situation concerning the coronavirus ('COVID-19') pandemic, we write to urge you to direct federal agencies to immediately reschedule all public hearings and meetings and extend public comment periods,? read the letter, which mentioned EPA?s transparency proposal. ?We are concerned that the disruptions caused by COVID-19 will deprive citizens, local communities, and other stakeholders the opportunity to engage with agencies on these major policy revisions and many other rulemakings.? BCoN Survey: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections Projections indicate that the COVID-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders will have a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of our lives and work. In order to document the effect of the crisis on biodiversity collections and those who use and care for them, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), the Natural Science Collections Alliance, and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have created this survey: https://aibs.wufoo.com/forms/biodiversity-collections-network-survey/ Anyone associated with a U.S. biodiversity collection is requested to fill out this 23-question survey. We are interested in as many individual responses as possible, recognizing that we will receive multiple responses per collection or institution. No identifying information about the identity of the responder or the institution they represent will be recorded. This survey will be open until April 30, 2020. A summary of the results will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) and other venues shortly thereafter. A second survey on this subject may be mounted at a future date to document the recovery of the collections community from this crisis. All results will be freely available for use by anyone interested. We are particularly interested in comparing results with other collections communities, e.g., with living stock collections, or with biodiversity collections outside the United States. USDA Soliciting Stakeholder Input on Agricultural Innovations The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requesting written input on objectives and opportunities leading to research and product goals to facilitate ?transformative breakthroughs to enable U.S. agriculture to meet the Department's goal to increase agricultural production by 40 percent to meet the needs of the global population in 2050 while cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture in half.? This effort is part of USDA's Agricultural Innovation Agenda, the Department's commitment to the ?continued success of American farmers, ranchers, producers, and foresters in the face of future challenges.? Based on a 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030, USDA identified four innovation clusters with potential for transformative innovation: genome design, automation, prescriptive intervention, and systems based farm management. Stakeholder input will inform USDA as it works to develop a comprehensive strategy to guide public-sector research objectives and inform private-sector product development in order to maximize the U.S. Agriculture sector's continued ability to meet future demands. Written comments must be submitted by August 1, 2020. More information at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-01/html/2020-06825.htm Increase Your Career Opportunities: 2020 Writing for Impact and Influence Online Course The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is once again offering its popular professional development program to help scientists and students hone their written communication skills to increase the power of their message. Writing for Impact and Influence combines practical instruction and hands-on exercises to improve participants? general writing proficiency and their ability to reach large audiences. The program will provide participants with the skills and tools needed to compose scientific press releases, blog posts, emails, and memoranda. Learn to write for stakeholders, decision-makers, and the general public, with a focus on perfecting the reader experience. The course consists of six 90-minute online modules conducted live and will begin on Thursday, 9 July 2020, with subsequent course sessions held weekly on Thursdays. Individuals who actively participate in and complete the full course will receive a certificate recognizing that they have completed a nine-hour professional development course on business writing for scientists. Register now: http://io.aibs.org/writing Now Online: 2020 Communications Boot Camp for Scientists The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is offering a professional development program designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in communicating with decision-makers and the news media. The program is an excellent way to develop new communication skills and identify effective methods for broadening the impact of research and education programs. The AIBS Communications Training Boot Camp for Scientists expands on AIBS?s highly successful media and science policy training workshops. The Boot Camp meets the needs of everyone from graduate students to senior researchers and program administrators to newly elected professional society leaders. In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the Boot Camp will be offered as an intensive, two-day, hands-on online training program on April 20-21, 2020. 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 Learn more about the program and register now at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html. Now Online: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science Reports abound from professional societies, the Academies, government agencies, and researchers calling attention to the fact that science is increasingly an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and international endeavor. In short, science has become a ?team sport.? There is a real and present need to better prepare scientists for success in this new collaborative environment. The American Institute of Biological Sciences is responding to this call with a new program for scientists, educators, and individuals who work with or participate in scientific teams. Team science is increasingly common in 21st century biological, life, and environmental sciences. Collaboration is no longer limited to sharing ideas with the biologist in the lab next door. The questions confronting science often require teams that may include a mix of computer and information scientists, physical and social scientists, mathematicians, ethicists, policy and management experts, as well as community stakeholders and citizen scientists. Adding to this complexity, teams span programs within organizations, cross organization boundaries to form institutional consortia, and often include international partners. This intensive, two-day, interactive, professional development course was designed by scientists and experts on collaboration and teamwork to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to become productive and effective members of scientific teams. From its first offering the course has evolved to include a greater focus on team planning and teamwork, and less time allocated to university administration of interdisciplinary teams. Nothing teaches collaboration like practicing collaboration. This is not a course that asks you to learn in isolation. It is a microcosm of scientific collaboration, with extensive hands-on learning as part of a scientific team, with scientific case studies and examples. The Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science course is designed for anyone involved in collaborative scientific endeavors. Team leaders will find the course especially helpful. Because participants will work on ?real-world? team science concerns, we encourage multiple members of a team to attend together. We can also customize the course and bring it to your university, department, lab, or research team. This course provides the right foundation from which your team can successfully accomplish your goals. In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the April 27-28, 2020 workshop will now be offered as an online program. Register at https://www.aibs.org/events/team_science_event.html. Short Takes * The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for scientific experts for appointment to the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) and four SAB standing committees, namely the Agricultural Science Committee (ASC), the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee, the Drinking Water Committee, and the Radiation Advisory Committee. Appointments are announced by the EPA Administrator. Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2020. For instructions on submitting nominations, visit: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-01/html/2020-06660.htm * The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has extended the comment period for its request for information on open access publishing. The deadline to submit comments is now May 6, 2020. With this solicitation, the OSTP is requesting recommendations on approaches for ensuring broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, and code that result from federally funded scientific research. Details about the submission process can be found at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-31/html/2020-06622.htm. * The National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation (NSF), has released NSF?s fiscal year (FY) 2018 Merit Review Digest. ?Responding to NSB feedback, NSF has modernized its approach to reporting on merit review, making it easier to navigate and incorporating links to allow for easy downloading and exploration of the underlying data,? reads the announcement. The Digest provides information about the numbers of NSF proposals and awards, and funding rates for FY 2018. It explains how the NSF merit review process works, the kinds of proposal review used, and the role of the Program Officers. The Digest also provides detailed information about proposal submission and funding rates of female researchers and of researchers from underrepresented communities, geographical and institutional award distribution, average grant size and duration, and the numbers of researchers supported. * The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced a plan to protect the monarch butterfly without adding it to the Endangered Species Act list. Under the agreement reached between USFWS and the University of Illinois, Chicago, more than 45 companies in the transportation and energy sector will participate in monarch conservation efforts by providing and maintaining habitat on rights of way and associated land. ?Completing this agreement is a huge boost for the conservation of monarch butterflies and other pollinators on a landscape scale,? said FWS Director Aurelia Skipwith. She added that the agreement will ?provide regulatory certainty for industry while addressing the conservation needs of our most at-risk species.? * The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is undertaking a study to highlight the importance of biophysics research, identify future research directions, and assess workforce and education needs and is requesting community input. As a part of this effort, NASEM is hosting a virtual town hall for the Decadal Assessment on the Physics of Living Systems, where participants can share input on the future of biological physics. Learn more about the study, upcoming events, including the town hall, and how you can share your input with the committee at nas.edu/biophysics. * NSF?s Division of Integrative Organismal Systems is hosting a virtual information session on April 16, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:00pm EST. The Virtual Office Hour will include discussion of CAREER proposals, solicitations, and Dear Colleague Letters recently released by NSF. This will be followed by time to ask questions about CAREER proposals, COVID-19, or any other NSF topics of interest. Register at https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_nlJQOHieRXWOd0Vju0nnRA. From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from March 30 to April 10, 2020. For more information on these or other recent items, please visit the AIBS Federal Register Resource at www.aibs.org/federal-register-resource/index.html. Week Ending 10 April 2020 Commerce * Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting * Ocean Exploration Advisory Board (OEAB); Meeting Environmental Protection Agency: * National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation * Request for Nominations to the National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation Health and Human Services * Meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group National Science Foundation * Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering * Sunshine Act Meeting; National Science Board Week Ending 3 April 2020 Agriculture * Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders on Agricultural Innovations Commerce * Science Advisory Board Environmental Protection Agency * Request for Nominations of Candidates to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) and SAB Standing Committees Health and Human Services * National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting National Science Foundation * Request for Information--Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, Chaired by the National Science Foundation * Sunshine Act Meeting; National Science Board Office of Science and Technology Policy * Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research ________________________________ * Give your society or organization a voice in public policy. See http://www.aibs.org/public-policy/funding_contributors.html. * Become an AIBS Individual Member and lend your voice to a national effort to advance the biological sciences through public policy, education, and science programs. Visit https://www.aibs.org/about-aibs/join.html to join AIBS. * Become an advocate for science, visit the AIBS Legislative Action Center at http://policy.aibs.org. * Know the news as it happens, sign-up to receive AIBS press releases and policy statements (https://www.aibs.org/mailing-lists/). The American Institute of Biological Sciences is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific association dedicated to advancing biological research and education for the welfare of society. AIBS works to ensure that the public, legislators, funders, and the community of biologists have access to and use information that will guide them in making informed decisions about matters that require biological knowledge. The organization does this through informing decisions by providing peer-reviewed or vetted information about the biology field and profession and by catalyzing action through building the capacity and the leadership of the community to address matters of common concern. Founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, AIBS became an independent, member-governed organization in the 1950s. Today, Today, AIBS has over 140 member organizations and has a Public Policy Office in Washington, DC. Its staff members work to achieve its mission by publishing the peer-reviewed journal BioScience, by providing scientific peer-review and advisory services to government agencies and other clients, and by collaborating with scientific organizations to advance public policy, education, and the public understanding of science. Website: www.aibs.org. You received this message because you or your organization have interacted with one of our programs or initiatives. 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Original Message: Reminder: Please join us for a webinar on using Arctos to manage Teaching Collections. Abstract: While museum teaching collections are often maintained informally or as ad hoc resources, in Arctos, teaching collections use the same shared formal infrastructure more typical to scientific collection management. This webinar will highlight tools that integrate teaching and research collection management systems and that streamline day-to-day management activities, including loans, taxonomy, and built-in label generation. The webinar will also cover resources that make objects and specimens more accessible to non-academic users, like museum educators, including search tools, images and media, and the Arctos projects module. Presenter: Anna Chinn (Assistant Collections Manager, Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum) When: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 3:00pm ET (cancelled) Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Can't Make It?: View archived recordings here https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/ Emily Braker Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building Boulder, CO 80309-0218 Phone: 303-492-8466 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From PALMERL at si.edu Tue Apr 14 12:54:30 2020 From: PALMERL at si.edu (Palmer, Lisa) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:54:30 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: HENTF COVID-19 Resource Hub In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Subject: HENTF COVID-19 Resource Hub Dear HENTF members, Please share the following information with your constituents and colleagues: The Heritage Emergency National Task Force has launched its COVID-19 Resource Hub. This web portal leads to an array of resources that can help you and your constituents respond to and recover from the pandemic. Resources have been grouped under the following categories: * Federal and Global Guidance * Dashboards for Situational Awareness * Guidance on Funding Your Organization's Recovery * Funder Support of the Heritage Community * Collections Care During a Pandemic * Resources for Museums * Resources for Archives * Resources for Libraries * Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations * Resources for Historic Properties, Sites, and Organizations * Resources for Indian Country * Resources for Emergency Managers * Resources for Extension Educators * Preparing for the Next Pandemic Bookmark this page, which will be updated frequently as new information is made available: https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/major-disasters/current-disasters/ Thank you for sharing your URLs, which made this site possible. Stay healthy. Stay safe. 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As these bans/restrictions strongly vary from company to company and also have a strong country-dependent component, it might be worth checking potentially existing import/export bans directly on the websites of respective couriers. Regarding the specimens itself, I have not heard anything about specific COVID restrictions. In general, animal health regulations and veterinarian law is designed to address transmissible diseases in general (including viral infections and/or potential vectors). This of course also applies for any preserved specimen we usually ship. From this perspective, I would not expect any COVID-specific restrictions in veterinarian law stipulating import and export of animals and parts thereof, others than currently in place. If there would be amendments, these would have to fit into the current regulatory framework of veterinarian law (why should Ebola infected bats be treated different then potentially COVID infected ones?). With regard to existing regulatory frameworks (at least this is the case for? any kind of live/fresh dead/dead preserved/dead fixed shipments animals between North America and Europe), there are two basic principles: 1. Health Certificates issues by veterinarian authorities confirming that the animal/specimen/part thereof poses no health risk (and could not act as vector) (proof of save sourcing) 2. The animal material is treated in a way that it poses no health risk (proof of safe treatment) The latter usually requires treatments that definitely inactivate any germ or virus, e.g. cooking, fixing, etc. 'Inactive' and 'lifeless' is a fundamental requirement for a good museum specimen. This must be properly documented when specimens are shipped via international borders to avoid any hassles with vets anyway. Thus, I would not think that there will be COVID-specific exemptions for fixed / preserved museum specimens. Otherwise this would have merged for similar transmissible virus diseases we saw earlier, e.g. during times of bird flue, swine flue, Ebola etc. We imported fixed fish when Ebola was still viral in Central Africa without any problems based on current legislation and the aforementioned concepts. If any kind of fresh material. i.e. non-fixed with potentially active protein-components inside specimens, it is advised to get into contact with your local veterinarian inspection post _before_ materials are sent, as enforcement of (federal) veterinarian law usually has a local component of those implementing the rules during on-spot inspections. Hope this helps Dirk Am 15.04.2020 um 14:27 schrieb Elizabeth Merritt: > > Hello all, > > The Alliance is compiling a list of collections-related COVID issues, > and I hope you can help me add the issues relevant to ?natural history > specimens. Has anyone been discussing the current or future impact of > COVID on shipment and intake of specimens? ?E.g., bans on shipment of > some specimens (based on taxa, locality) as we learn more about what > species can be vectors for coronavirus; recommendations for quarantine > or treatment of some incoming specimens; need for research to inform > these decisions. > > Thank you for any information you can provide. > > Elizabeth > > Elizabeth Merritt > > Vice President, Strategic Foresight and > > Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums > > American Alliance of Museums > > 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 1005 > > Arlington, VA 22202 > > (202)218-7661 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Also, I recently saw a message from USFWS urging restrictions on esearch on bats to try and prevent the spread of COVID-19 TO US bats and thereby spawning a new pandemic with a mutated form of coronavirus. https://www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports/2020_04_13.html#067329 Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Elizabeth Merritt Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:28 AM To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Inquiring about COVID and specimen quarantine Hello all, The Alliance is compiling a list of collections-related COVID issues, and I hope you can help me add the issues relevant to natural history specimens. 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URL: From cwthomp at umich.edu Wed Apr 15 14:32:04 2020 From: cwthomp at umich.edu (Cody Thompson) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:32:04 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Inquiring about COVID and specimen quarantine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Elizabeth et al: Just to follow up on Dirk's message, I personally worry most about restrictions related to fieldwork. There already have been a number of recommendations made by various government agencies restricting field-based bat research. I personally worry that restricting research at this level actually will lead to knowledge gaps between the organismal biology necessary to inform biomedical research. Similar restrictions occurred with rodents following the discovery of hantavirus in the 4-corners area. Hopefully, the current restrictions are retooled to balance the need for basic science, active surveillance, and vouchering of host specimens. That said, CETAF and DiSSCo have formed an international task force to address some of the questions you have. I believe information on the task force was posted on this forum. Here is the link for anyone interested in participating. Take care, Cody Cody W. Thompson, PhD Mammal Collections Manager & Assistant Research Scientist University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Office: (734) 615-2810 Fax: (734) 763-4080 Email: cwthomp at umich.edu Website: codythompson.org ?Museums have two main objectives: the increase of knowledge and the diffusion of knowledge.? -Alexander Ruthven On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 9:12 AM Dirk Neumann wrote: > Dear Merritt, > > as far as I know there are currently restrictions on the shipment of > parcels itself, as some parcel companies temporarily offer limited services > to for specific countries or countries themselves closed borders for postal > shipments/parcels. As these bans/restrictions strongly vary from company to > company and also have a strong country-dependent component, it might be > worth checking potentially existing import/export bans directly on the > websites of respective couriers. > > Regarding the specimens itself, I have not heard anything about specific > COVID restrictions. In general, animal health regulations and veterinarian > law is designed to address transmissible diseases in general (including > viral infections and/or potential vectors). This of course also applies for > any preserved specimen we usually ship. From this perspective, I would not > expect any COVID-specific restrictions in veterinarian law stipulating > import and export of animals and parts thereof, others than currently in > place. If there would be amendments, these would have to fit into the > current regulatory framework of veterinarian law (why should Ebola infected > bats be treated different then potentially COVID infected ones?). > > With regard to existing regulatory frameworks (at least this is the case > for any kind of live/fresh dead/dead preserved/dead fixed shipments > animals between North America and Europe), there are two basic principles: > > 1. Health Certificates issues by veterinarian authorities confirming that > the animal/specimen/part thereof poses no health risk (and could not act as > vector) (proof of save sourcing) > 2. The animal material is treated in a way that it poses no health risk > (proof of safe treatment) > > The latter usually requires treatments that definitely inactivate any germ > or virus, e.g. cooking, fixing, etc. 'Inactive' and 'lifeless' is a > fundamental requirement for a good museum specimen. This must be properly > documented when specimens are shipped via international borders to avoid > any hassles with vets anyway. Thus, I would not think that there will be > COVID-specific exemptions for fixed / preserved museum specimens. Otherwise > this would have merged for similar transmissible virus diseases we saw > earlier, e.g. during times of bird flue, swine flue, Ebola etc. We imported > fixed fish when Ebola was still viral in Central Africa without any > problems based on current legislation and the aforementioned concepts. > > If any kind of fresh material. i.e. non-fixed with potentially active > protein-components inside specimens, it is advised to get into contact with > your local veterinarian inspection post *before* materials are sent, as > enforcement of (federal) veterinarian law usually has a local component of > those implementing the rules during on-spot inspections. > > Hope this helps > Dirk > > > Am 15.04.2020 um 14:27 schrieb Elizabeth Merritt: > > Hello all, > > > > The Alliance is compiling a list of collections-related COVID issues, and > I hope you can help me add the issues relevant to natural history > specimens. Has anyone been discussing the current or future impact of COVID > on shipment and intake of specimens? E.g., bans on shipment of some > specimens (based on taxa, locality) as we learn more about what species can > be vectors for coronavirus; recommendations for quarantine or treatment of > some incoming specimens; need for research to inform these decisions. > > > > Thank you for any information you can provide. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > Elizabeth Merritt > > Vice President, Strategic Foresight and > > Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums > > > > American Alliance of Museums > > 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 1005 > > Arlington, VA 22202 > > (202)218-7661 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing listNhcoll-l at mailman.yale.eduhttps://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 > 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 > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: npadfmlfeehbddic.png Type: image/png Size: 23308 bytes Desc: not available URL: From neumann at snsb.de Wed Apr 15 16:02:43 2020 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:02:43 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Inquiring about COVID and specimen quarantine In-Reply-To: <6470BB4C-B358-4660-9D59-016B433CC9EC@ku.edu> References: <6470BB4C-B358-4660-9D59-016B433CC9EC@ku.edu> Message-ID: ... maybe worth reiterating: The AIBS-link Andy posted refers to fresh material or samples that are retrieved from non-fixed specimens potentially containing _active_ virus material. Import & export of fresh, non-fixed animal material has been monitored closely for long time and work with such material is strictly regulated not only under veterinarian law. Fresh material (e.g of bats) may be shipped under UN 3373 Biological Material category B, but such consignments usually are strongly regulated especially in international air transportation (cf. see WHO Guidelines https://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/biosafety/WHO_CDS_EPR_2007_2.pdf and respective IATA / Carrier regulations such as FedEx, TNT, UPS, etc.). Besides this, in our collections we can find _inactive_ virus material, which may be sequenced, but that does not necessarily poses a health risk as the recent finding of anthrax blood sample in our herbarium demonstrates: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/2/298. While nobody knows why and how this sample got into our Botany Collection, it is the oldest known sample of /Bacillus anthracis/ that has been isolated worldwide so far; even though the virus was no longer active, the full genome could be sequenced. Similarly, /Yersinia pestis/ strains were isolated from medieval skeletons in our anthropology collections https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12154-0. _Inactivated _virus material poses no health risk, but can be commonly encountered in our collections, e.g bird flue virus strains in ornithological collections. Such specimens surely are important (yet often unrecognised) specimens for science, even though the associated strains or residual microbes are not in our strict research focus. However, this underlines the importance of (our) collections and why it is wise maintaining them (see finding of > 60 year old? HIV samples literally "unearthed" from an abandoned collections of blood samples in a hospital in Kinshasa, DRC https://www.nature.com/news/2008/081001/full/news.2008.1143.html). No additional bans or quarantine - but when shipped, you need to be able to demonstrate that the material poses no health risk and complies with "safe treatment", e.g. through proper description of the fixation methods in your shipping documents accompanying your parcel. All the best Dirk Am 15.04.2020 um 17:19 schrieb Bentley, Andrew Charles: > > Beth > > I know that a lot of museums have been posting on NHCOLL-L that they > have suspended all loan traffic due to COVID-19.? Reliability of > delivery is obviously of major importance for valuable specimens and > this cannot be guaranteed at this plus most museums are closed and > there is no one to process loans. > > Also, I recently saw a message from USFWS urging restrictions on > esearch on bats to try and prevent the spread of COVID-19 TO US bats > and thereby spawning a new pandemic with a mutated form of > coronavirus. > https://www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports/2020_04_13.html#067329 > > Andy > > ???? A :??????????????? A? :?????????????? A? : > > ?}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > > V?????????????????? V????????????????? V > > Andy Bentley > > Ichthyology Collection Manager > > University of Kansas > > Biodiversity Institute > > Dyche Hall > > 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard > > Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 > > USA > > Tel: (785) 864-3863 > > Fax: (785) 864-5335 > > Email: abentley at ku.edu > > http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu > > > ???? A :??????????????? A? :??????????????? A? : > > ?}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > > V?????????????????? V?????????????????? V > > *From: *Nhcoll-l on behalf of > Elizabeth Merritt > *Date: *Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:28 AM > *To: *"nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" > *Subject: *[Nhcoll-l] Inquiring about COVID and specimen quarantine > > Hello all, > > The Alliance is compiling a list of collections-related COVID issues, > and I hope you can help me add the issues relevant to ?natural history > specimens. Has anyone been discussing the current or future impact of > COVID on shipment and intake of specimens? ?E.g., bans on shipment of > some specimens (based on taxa, locality) as we learn more about what > species can be vectors for coronavirus; recommendations for quarantine > or treatment of some incoming specimens; need for research to inform > these decisions. > > Thank you for any information you can provide. > > Elizabeth > > Elizabeth Merritt > > Vice President, Strategic Foresight and > > Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums > > American Alliance of Museums > > 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 1005 > > Arlington, VA 22202 > > (202)218-7661 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 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 neumann(a)snsb.de postal address: Bavarian Natural History Collections The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage Muenchhausenstr. 21 81247 Munich (Germany) Visit our section at: http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Our current (intentional) regulatory frameworks and laws are well suited and designed to accommodate the transfer and shipping of such samples. _We_ need to equip ourselves so that colleagues going into the field, handling or shipping such kinds of materials know these regs, understand how to read them and to communicate relevant information to authorities in charge for implementing them. If we look closely, there are already a lot of exemptions and possibilities we can use, but my impression is some of our research colleagues are not familiar with them. So maybe not 'retool', but increased self-assuredness of existing tools and knowing by heart how to use them would be the deal. _Prior_ is the keyword. You should get into touch with your authorities before you start planning your field trip, prior to shipping of samples the necessary paperwork/exemptions should be in place, prior to import of potentially infectious material all people and agents in charge to handle your material during importation are informed, etc. All the best Dirk Am 15.04.2020 um 20:32 schrieb Cody Thompson: > Elizabeth et al: > > Just to follow up on Dirk's message, I personally worry most about > restrictions related to fieldwork.? There already have been a number > of recommendations made by various government agencies restricting > field-based bat research.? I personally worry that restricting > research at this level actually will lead to knowledge gaps > between?the organismal biology necessary to inform biomedical > research.? Similar restrictions occurred with rodents following the > discovery of hantavirus in the 4-corners area.? Hopefully, the current > restrictions are retooled to balance the need for basic science, > active surveillance, and vouchering of host specimens. > > That said, CETAF and DiSSCo have formed an international task force to > address some of the questions you have.? I believe information on the > task force was posted on this forum. Here is the link > for anyone > interested in participating. > > Take care, > Cody > > Cody W. Thompson, PhD > Mammal Collections Manager > & Assistant Research Scientist > University of Michigan > Museum of Zoology > 3600 Varsity Drive > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 > Office: (734) 615-2810 > Fax: (734) 763-4080 > Email: cwthomp at umich.edu > Website: codythompson.org > > ?Museums have two main objectives: the increase of knowledge and the > diffusion of knowledge.? > > -Alexander Ruthven > > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 9:12 AM Dirk Neumann > wrote: > > Dear Merritt, > > as far as I know there are currently restrictions on the shipment > of parcels itself, as some parcel companies temporarily offer > limited services to for specific countries or countries themselves > closed borders for postal shipments/parcels. As these > bans/restrictions strongly vary from company to company and also > have a strong country-dependent component, it might be worth > checking potentially existing import/export bans directly on the > websites of respective couriers. > > Regarding the specimens itself, I have not heard anything about > specific COVID restrictions. In general, animal health regulations > and veterinarian law is designed to address transmissible diseases > in general (including viral infections and/or potential vectors). > This of course also applies for any preserved specimen we usually > ship. From this perspective, I would not expect any COVID-specific > restrictions in veterinarian law stipulating import and export of > animals and parts thereof, others than currently in place. If > there would be amendments, these would have to fit into the > current regulatory framework of veterinarian law (why should Ebola > infected bats be treated different then potentially COVID infected > ones?). > > With regard to existing regulatory frameworks (at least this is > the case for? any kind of live/fresh dead/dead preserved/dead > fixed shipments animals between North America and Europe), there > are two basic principles: > > 1. Health Certificates issues by veterinarian authorities > confirming that the animal/specimen/part thereof poses no health > risk (and could not act as vector) (proof of save sourcing) > 2. The animal material is treated in a way that it poses no health > risk (proof of safe treatment) > > The latter usually requires treatments that definitely inactivate > any germ or virus, e.g. cooking, fixing, etc. 'Inactive' and > 'lifeless' is a fundamental requirement for a good museum > specimen. This must be properly documented when specimens are > shipped via international borders to avoid any hassles with vets > anyway. Thus, I would not think that there will be COVID-specific > exemptions for fixed / preserved museum specimens. Otherwise this > would have merged for similar transmissible virus diseases we saw > earlier, e.g. during times of bird flue, swine flue, Ebola etc. We > imported fixed fish when Ebola was still viral in Central Africa > without any problems based on current legislation and the > aforementioned concepts. > > If any kind of fresh material. i.e. non-fixed with potentially > active protein-components inside specimens, it is advised to get > into contact with your local veterinarian inspection post _before_ > materials are sent, as enforcement of (federal) veterinarian law > usually has a local component of those implementing the rules > during on-spot inspections. > > Hope this helps > Dirk > > > Am 15.04.2020 um 14:27 schrieb Elizabeth Merritt: >> >> Hello all, >> >> The Alliance is compiling a list of collections-related COVID >> issues, and I hope you can help me add the issues relevant to >> ?natural history specimens. Has anyone been discussing the >> current or future impact of COVID on shipment and intake of >> specimens?? E.g., bans on shipment of some specimens (based on >> taxa, locality) as we learn more about what species can be >> vectors for coronavirus; recommendations for quarantine or >> treatment of some incoming specimens; need for research to inform >> these decisions. >> >> Thank you for any information you can provide. >> >> Elizabeth >> >> Elizabeth Merritt >> >> Vice President, Strategic Foresight and >> >> Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums >> >> American Alliance of Museums >> >> 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 1005 >> >> Arlington, VA 22202 >> >> (202)218-7661 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > -- > > > Dirk Neumann > > Tel: 089 / 8107-111 > Fax: 089 / 8107-300 > 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 > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 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 neumann(a)snsb.de postal address: Bavarian Natural History Collections The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage Muenchhausenstr. 21 81247 Munich (Germany) Visit our section at: http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This is an important professional development training opportunity. I hope you will consider sharing this opportunity with your students, staff, and colleagues. Below are more specific details about this online course, including registration information. *Writing for Impact and Influence: An AIBS Professional Development Program* *It is perfectly okay to write garbage?as long as you edit brilliantly. * -C. J. Cherryh The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has heard a common refrain from faculty, scientists, government and private sector executives, and everyone in between: Scientists are losing the ability to communicate effectively in writing. The concern is not just about how well a scientific manuscript is drafted, but also about how routine business and public engagement information are communicated. AIBS is responding by re-offering our professional development program designed to help scientists, including graduate students, hone their written communication skills to increase the impact and influence of their message. This course complements AIBS's highly successful Communications Boot Camp for Scientists, which focuses on oral communication. Writing for Impact and Influence provides practical instruction and hands-on exercises that will improve the participant's general writing proficiency. The program will provide participants with the skills and tools needed to compose scientific press releases, blog posts, emails, and memoranda, with a focus on the reader experience. Each product-oriented session will have an assignment to be completed independently, with feedback from the instructor. The course is interactive, and participants are encouraged to ask questions and exchange ideas with the instructor and other participants. *Who Should Take the Course?* - Individuals interested in furthering their professional development by augmenting their writing skills. - Graduate students and early-career professionals interested in increasing their marketability to employers. - Individuals interested in more effectively informing and influencing segments of the public, supervisors, policymakers, reporters, organizational leaders, and others. *Topics* - Press releases and writing for the media - Blogging and social media campaigns - E-Correspondence and writing for professional audiences - One-pagers and writing for stakeholders - Action/decision memoranda and writing for diverse professional audiences - Synthesis - Participant Requirements - Internet access, email account, and computer audio and video capabilities. *Course Structure* The course consists of six 90-minute online modules conducted live and subsequently archived online for participant review. Modules are spaced at weekly intervals to allow time for assignment completion. Live attendance is recommended but not required, and the instructor can be contacted by email at any time during the course. *Assignments* A writing assignment will be given in each of the first five courses. Students will receive timely feedback on their assignments. *Certificate of Completion* Individuals who actively participate in and complete the full course will receive a certificate recognizing that they have completed a nine-hour professional development course on business writing for scientists. *Schedule* The course will begin on Thursday, 9 July 2020. The subsequent course sessions will be held weekly on Thursdays, through 13 August. All live courses will begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Recorded programs will be available to participants after the live session. *Registration* Space is limited and the course will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is required. To register for the course, go to http://io.aibs.org/writing For questions regarding the course please contact James Verdier at jverdier at aibs.org. Sincerely, Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D. Public Policy Manager American Institute of Biological Sciences 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 420 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225 -- This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients.? If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Since this year's conference is completely virtual with attendees in time zones across the globe, we are asking all presenters to prepare a pre-recorded version of their presentation to allow for our globally-connected community to continue to engage with conference content. We will continue to support oral presentations, poster presentations, and discussion sessions as noted on the abstract submission form. Posters: All posters will be electronic and linked to the wiki page. There will not be a live session for posters. We are requesting that poster presenters provide a recorded description with their poster presentation. An example will be posted on the wiki page in the near future. Oral presentations: Oral presentations should be 10 minutes long. Each oral presentation will be presented live and pre-recorded presentations will be posted on the wiki page. In the live sessions an additional 5 minutes will be given for questions. Discussion sessions: Discussion sessions may be up to one hour long. These may begin with a presentation or introduction followed by discussion or may be completely devoted to open discussion. The conference wiki page can be found here: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/4th_Annual_Digital_Data_Conference,_Indiana_University To register: For those who would like to support the sustainability of in-person Digital Data Conferences, registration fees are $100.00 for professionals, $50.00 for students. Those who wish not to make a financial contribution to the conference may select the free option. Registration is open - Click here to register through Eventbrite. Final registration deadline: May 22. -- Gil Nelson PhD, Director Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu [FM_logo_horizontal_CMYK] Courtesy Professor Department of Biological Sciences Robert K. 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This community inherently recognizes the value of collections and you collectively have so many insights about potential for them as well. Please start here: https://discourse.gbif.org/t/advancing-the-catalogue-of-the-worlds-natural-history-collections/1710 A few example questions that need your experience and insights: * Would the collections community benefit from a comprehensive directory of all natural history collections? * Who would make use of such a directory? * Can publishing a collection record to a catalogue assist collections in moving towards full digitisation? * What incentives or support do collections need to make this a worthwhile step? * Would more accurate estimates of the scale and value of collections be useful? * How might these be used and by whom? * How should ownership and access control for collection records be managed? * How should appropriate editors be recognised and validated? * What do these communities require to be able to carry out their work efficiently and support their collections? * How can an integrated approach enhance their offerings? * What risks need to be addressed? Please share this call with your colleagues too so that input can truly be worldwide and cross-discipline. We're very much looking forward to talking with you in the forum (at GBIF) where the questions are posted. We are waiting for you. In anticipation, from Deb, on behalf of the consultation team: Donald Hobern, Alex Asase, Quentin Groom, Maofang Luo, Deborah Paul, Tim Robertson, Patrick Semal, Barbara Thiers, Matt Woodburn, Eliza Zschuschen -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Development Manager iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member https://icedig.eu/ Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2021) Managing Editor, Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS) https://biss.pensoft.net/board/ Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Now, they're campaigning for a coronavirus "stimulus" for America's museums ? another $4 billion from taxpayers. For perspective, fourteen state governments receive less than that in federal aid during a typical year. As the government signs off on massive coronavirus aid packages, transparency is more important now than ever. We're outlining all the facts you need to know on Forbes. READ ON FORBES Use the buttons below to share this message with your network! [Image removed by sender. Share] Share [Image removed by sender. Tweet] Tweet [Image removed by sender. Forward] Forward Chip in $10 Monthly Copyright ? 2020 American Transparency, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: American Transparency 200 S Frontage Rd Ste 106 Burr Ridge, IL 60527-6916 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. [Image removed by sender. 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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:48 AM Prondzinski, Mary Beth < mbprondzinski at ua.edu> wrote: > I received this political email today. I?m just the messenger? > > > > *From:* "OpenTheBooks.com" > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2020 10:43 AM > *To:* Prondzinski, Mary Beth > *Subject:* $4 billion in coronavirus funding for THIS? > > > > View this email in your browser > > > [image: Image removed by sender.] > > Reps. 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The purpose of this emergency relief program is to assist institutions and organizations working in the humanities that have been affected by the coronavirus. In keeping with Congress's intent in enacting the CARES Act, proposals for short-term activities should emphasize retaining or hiring humanities staff. Eligible applicants include U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. For more information, visit https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-offers-emergency-relief-funding-cultural-institutions-affected-coronavirus. The deadline to apply is May 11, 2020, so do not delay! Stay well. And stay safe. 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Tonya --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Tonya Haff Collections Manager Australian National Wildlife Collection National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO Canberra, Australia Phone: (+61) 02 6242 1566 (office) (+61) 0419 569 109 (mobile) I am in Thursdays and Fridays Please call or text my mobile for a fast reponse Monday - Wednesday -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Thu Apr 23 03:46:12 2020 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:46:12 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Goatskin paper In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Tonya, Have you tried Arjo Wiggins who manufacture GP paper? I don?t know their test range but they have distributors in Oz - ? Antalis Australia Pty Ltd ? Suite 1A Level 2 802 Pacific Highway NSW Gordon 2072 ? +61 (0)2 9844 5408 ? info.au at antalis-asiapacific.com ? ? Conqueror ? Curious Collection ? Keaykolour ? Opale ? Pop'Set ? Rives ? Creative Labels ? Digital ? ? Ball & Doggett ? 221 ? 251 Discovery Road Dandenong South VIC 3175 ? +61 3 8794 3550 ? +61 3 9706 4671 ? www.ballanddoggett.com.au/ ? info at ballanddoggett.com.au With all good wishes, Simon. Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 23 Apr 2020, at 01:45, Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) wrote: > > Hi all, > > We normally use archival A4 120 gsm goatskin parchment paper to print our bird and mammal labels on. It?s a good thickness (stiff but not too stiff for the printer) and quality. However, our supplier in Australia (paperboy) is no longer selling it, and I haven?t been able to find an alternate source. Do any of you have any suggestions for a supplier, or else an alternate product of similar quality? There is so much paper out there, and without actually touching it and trying it out it?s hard to tell what will be best. > > Thanks! > > Tonya > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Tonya Haff > Collections Manager > Australian National Wildlife Collection > National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO > Canberra, Australia > Phone: (+61) 02 6242 1566 (office) > (+61) 0419 569 109 (mobile) > > I am in Thursdays and Fridays > Please call or text my mobile for a fast reponse Monday ? Wednesday > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. From bthiers at nybg.org Thu Apr 23 11:05:43 2020 From: bthiers at nybg.org (Thiers, Barbara) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:05:43 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Reminder: Please fill out the survey!! Message-ID: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections: April 2020 Questionnaire Projections indicate that the COV-19 outbreak and stay at home orders will have a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of our lives and work. In order to document the affect of the crisis on biodiversity collections and those who use and care for them, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), the Natural Science Collections Alliance and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have created this survey: https://bcon.aibs.org/2020/04/06/covid-19-pandemic-impact-survey/ We invite anyone associated with a U.S. biodiversity collection to fill out this 23-question survey. We are interested in as many individual responses as possible, recognizing that we will receive multiple responses per collection or institution. No identifying information about the identity of the responder or the institution they represent is requested in the survey, and the data will be anonymized before sharing. This survey will be open until 30 April. A summary of the results will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) and other venues shortly thereafter. A second survey on this subject may be mounted at a future date to document the recovery of the collections community from this crisis. All results will be freely available for use by anyone interested. We are particularly interested in comparing results with other collections communities, e.g., with living stock collections, or with biodiversity collections outside the U.S. Please share the link for the survey widely among your colleagues. Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden President-Elect, SPNHC Editor, Index Herbariorum 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Download: The World?s Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scholarship at mcn.edu Thu Apr 23 10:05:41 2020 From: scholarship at mcn.edu (MCN Scholarship Committee) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:05:41 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Apply Now for MCN 2020 Scholarships Message-ID: Hello, The Museum Computer Network (MCN) is now accepting applications for scholarships for it's 2020 cohort. MCN was founded in 1967 to support professionals working to transform the way cultural organizations reach, engage, and educate audiences using digital technologies and new media. In 2019, MCN will explore the theme of Interface: Communities + Museums. Things will look different this year with a fully virtual conference. We?re pleased to offer scholarships to 15 innovative museum professionals to join the MCN community at the annual conference. Each scholarship includes: - Complimentary access to all virtual conference sessions and workshops - Complimentary MCN individual membership for one year - Includes $800 (USD) honorarium - An opportunity to publish a peer reviewed work In return each scholar will be required to: - Produce a paper in English (3,000 words max) presenting the findings of their research on their dedicated digital project to be compiled in a publication featuring the works of the entire scholar cohort - Pre-record a five-minute lightning talk on their publication topic Learn more about the program and apply online today: https://mcn.edu/conferences/mcn-2020-scholarship-program/ The MCN scholarship program is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors. 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AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 9, April 27, 2020 * Scientific Societies Express Support for Congressional Resolutions Denouncing Anti-Asian Discrimination * Congress Passes Fourth Coronavirus Stimulus * Trump Administration Finalizes WOTUS Rule * EPA Cannot Bar Grant Recipients from Science Panels, Court Rules * HHS Vaccine Expert Sidelined by Trump Administration * Report Available: Leveraging Science and Academic Engagement During Incidents * National Academies? Presidents Criticize Halt in US Funding for WHO * Last Chance to Respond: BCoN Survey on Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections * Increase Your Career Opportunities: 2020 Writing for Impact and Influence Online Course * Short Takes * Experts Needed for Academies Study on Systems Approach to Studying Earth * NASEM Seeking Experts to Serve on Oil Spill Panel * 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. ________________________________ Scientific Societies Express Support for Congressional Resolutions Denouncing Anti-Asian Discrimination A group of fifty professional scientific organizations, including the American Institute of Biological Sciences, expressed support for Congressional resolutions denouncing anti-Asian discrimination related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups noted: ?Our societies have been concerned by news reports that individuals of Asian ancestry are increasingly subject to stigma, physical attack, or suspicion due to the potential origins of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. These actions are wrong and unacceptable for their racial overtones, their impact on societies and individuals, and run counter to the core values of the scientific community and the members we represent. As scientists, we know viruses respect no borders, and originate and evolve worldwide.? The letter encourages global leaders and the public ?to recognize and tap global diversity as one of our greatest assets to solve the global pandemic, including the vital role of U.S. researchers of Asian ancestry and those worldwide.? The societies also emphasized that ?Sustained and growing research investment is essential for solving today's public health crisis and will be vital to preventing and managing future ones.? Congress Passes Fourth Coronavirus Stimulus A fourth coronavirus stimulus package, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, was passed by Congress on April 23, 2020, and signed by the President on April 24. The $484 billion relief package replenishes a small-business loan program and provides aid to hospitals and health-care providers and funds for coronavirus testing. The measure provides $310 billion in new funding to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program, which was created under the CARES Act and ran out of funding last week. The measure also includes $60 billion for small business emergency loans and grants; $75 billion to reimburse hospitals and health care providers for health care related expenses; and $25 billion to support efforts to increase COVID-19 testing. The package does not include relief for state and local governments dealing with the outbreak, a measure championed by Democratic lawmakers. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) indicated that any future stimulus would likely not be approved until lawmakers return to Washington in May. ?My view is we have gone so far on the national debt here that the next time we address this issue, the Senate should be back in session, fully up and running, with everybody involved in the discussion,? he said. President Trump has indicated that he would like to see fiscal relief for state and local governments, funding for infrastructure investments, and a payroll tax cut in the next relief package. House Democrats have signaled interest in including green infrastructure measures in the next bill. Higher education institutions received some financial relief under the CARES Act but no further assistance in the latest stimulus. Many academic institutions struggling to deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic have announced or are considering furloughs and pay cuts. University of Arizona announced on April 17 that its faculty and staff will be subject to temporary furloughs and pay cuts through June 30, 2021, due to an ?extreme financial crisis resulting from the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.? University of Kentucky announced on April 23 that 1,700 of its employees will be furloughed to help deal with revenue shortfalls. The Johns Hopkins University, which developed the coronavirus tracking website used extensively in reporting about the outbreak, also expects to layoff and furlough employees. Trump Administration Finalizes WOTUS Rule On April 21, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers issued the final ?Navigable Waters Protection Rule,? defining the scope of waters federally regulated under the Clean Water Act. The rule revises the definition of ?waters of the United States? or ?WOTUS? to limit the number of wetlands and waterways that would receive federal protections. The final rule removes protections for ephemeral streams that flow only after heavy rainfall or snowmelt but retains protections for streams and creeks that flow year-round or intermittently into larger downstream waters in a ?typical year.? The rule also takes away protections for wetlands without surface water connections to intermittent or perennial streams. The rule maintains protections for territorial seas and traditional navigable waters; some lakes, ponds, and impoundments; and wetlands adjacent to traditionally navigable waters. The Administration first unveiled the final rule back in January 2020, but its implementation was on hold until publication in the Federal Register. The new regulation will go into effect on June 22, 2020. EPA?s Science Advisory Board (SAB) have criticized the revised rule for not incorporating the ?best available science.? In commentary released in February 2020, the panel concluded that the ?current scientific understanding of the connectivity of surface and ground water? is not reflected in the proposed rule. ?Specifically, the proposed definition of WOTUS excludes ground water, ephemeral streams, and wetlands which connect to navigable waters below the surface. The proposed Rule does not present new science to support this definition, thus the SAB finds that the proposed Rule lacks a scientific justification, while potentially introducing new risks to human and environmental health,? they added. Some environmental groups and states have indicated that they will pursue litigation against the revised regulation, which they consider to be much narrower in scope. The rule would take away protections from 51 percent of wetlands and 18 percent of streams nationwide. EPA Cannot Bar Grant Recipients from Science Panels, Court Rules A federal judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot bar recipients of agency grant funding from serving on its science advisory committees. Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued the directive prohibiting researchers receiving EPA research funding from serving on any of the agency?s nearly two-dozen advisory committees in October 2017. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the agency over the directive last year. In an opinion written earlier this year, Senior Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said that EPA needed to provide a ?reasoned explanation? for the 2017 order as the agency had ?failed to articulate any reason for changing its longstanding practice of permitting EPA grant recipients to serve on EPA advisory committees.? The April 15 ruling from Judge Cote ?vacated? the directive?s provision specifying that EPA grant recipients could not serve on its advisory committees. ?It simply means that the EPA may not categorically exclude EPA grant recipients from serving on advisory committees, given this Court's conclusion that the EPA's reasoning and record rendered its decision to do so arbitrary and capricious,? wrote Judge Cote in her decision. ?The EPA must simply return to the standards that it historically applied until those standards were altered by the Directive.? ?This is an important victory for science and health,? said NRDC?s attorney Vivian Wang. ?It underscores the crucial role of science in protecting our environment and public health ? at a time we need science at the forefront to guide us through a dangerous pandemic.? The 2017 directive is currently being challenged in several courts. On April 21, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously decided that the directive was reviewable and sent the case back to a lower bench. This lawsuit was filed by EPA grant recipients who formerly served on EPA advisory boards and nonprofit groups. ?Even the Directive itself agrees that 'it is in the public interest to select the most qualified, knowledgeable, and experienced candidates,'? wrote Judge David Tatel in his opinion. ?Yet the Directive nowhere confronts the possibility that excluding grant recipients -- that is, individuals who EPA has independently deemed qualified enough to receive competitive funding -- from advisory committees might exclude those very candidates.? An attorney representing the group challenging the directive called the decision ?a resounding win for science.? HHS Vaccine Expert Sidelined by Trump Administration According to a report by the New York Times, Dr. Rick Bright, a vaccine expert at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has alleged that he was abruptly dismissed from his role overseeing an agency centrally involved in the process of developing and ultimately making available a coronavirus vaccine for questioning investments in anti-malarial drugs. Bright served as the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services? Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response prior to his dismissal. He said he was ?involuntarily transferred to a more limited and less impactful position at the National Institutes of Health? after he called for rigorous vetting of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug endorsed by President Trump. ?I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit,? stated Bright. ?I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science -- not politics or cronyism -- has to lead the way.? Bright also said that he will formally request HHS?s Inspector General ?to investigate the manner in which this Administration has politicized the work of BARDA and has pressured me and other conscientious scientists to fund companies with political connections as well as efforts that lack scientific merit.? Some HHS officials have disputed Bright?s claims. ?As it relates to chloroquine, it was Dr. Bright who requested an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for donations of chloroquine that Bayer and Sandoz recently made to the Strategic National Stockpile for use on COVID-19 patients,? said HHS spokesperson Caitlin Oakley. According to a report by Politico, five current and former HHS officials claimed that Bright had previously clashed with senior officials within the department about his decisions and his dismissal was more than a year in the making. Dr. Bright served as Director of BARDA since 2016. Previously, he oversaw BARDA?s anti-viral program, led the influenza and emerging infectious disease branch, and also worked on the Zika virus response. ?This is the removal of somebody with a very clear scientific mind and good judgment,? said Marie-Paule Kieny, a former official at the World Health Organization, who worked with Dr. Bright on developing influenza vaccines, according to the New York Times. ?Rick is very reflective. He is not somebody who gets excited or screams. He looks at the evidence, he looks at the science and then he confers.? Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), has formally requested the HHS Inspector General investigate Dr. Bright?s dismissal. Chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA), has said that she plans to hold hearings to examine the matter. ?I think the American people deserve to know what happened here, because all of our collective fate rested on [the development of a vaccine],? said Representative Eshoo. She said that she would call on Secretary of Health and Human services Alex M. Azar II and an assistant secretary, Dr. Robert P. Kadlec, who supervised Dr. Bright, to serve as witnesses. Report Available: Leveraging Science and Academic Engagement During Incidents On June 25-26, 2019, a workshop sponsored by the Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) held in Tiburon, California, explored the integration of academic resources and expertise into a conventional oil spill response. A summary report from the workshop titled, ?Leveraging Science and Academic Engagement During Incidents,? is now available. The goal of the workshop was ?to provide focused discussion regarding lessons learned from academic engagement during oil spill response, with participants from industry, government and academia.? Experts from federal, state, and local government, industry, and academia involved in spill response, preparedness, and research participated in the program, which focused on the development of best practices for enhancing OR&R?s interaction with the academic community during a response, enabled by relationships and strategies developed during the preparedness phase. The workshop also looked at the roles, responsibilities, and strengths and limitations of the oil spill response and assessment scientific community and the academic community. The report, which details the workshop proceedings as well as potential workshop outcomes and possible short-term actions, can be found at https://scholars.unh.edu/crrc/25/. National Academies? Presidents Criticize Halt in US Funding for WHO Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences, John L. Anderson, President of the National Academy of Engineering, and Victor J. Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine, have issued a statement urging continued funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) during the coronavirus pandemic. The presidents note: ?Continued funding to the WHO is critical to ensure global access to primary care and essential medicines; train the health workforce; improve monitoring and prepare for future public health emergencies; prevent noncommunicable diseases; and promote mental health, among countless other important services. Any threat to WHO?s funding could cut off a lifeline for low- and middle-income countries and place hundreds of millions of people at risk.? The statement referenced a 2017 report by the Academies, entitled, ?Global Health and the Future Role of the United States,? which concluded ?the U.S. government should maintain its leadership position in global health as a matter of urgent national interest and as a global public benefit that enhances America?s international standing.? Last Chance to Respond: BCoN Survey on Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections Projections indicate that the COVID-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders will have a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of our lives and work. In order to document the effect of the crisis on biodiversity collections and those who use and care for them, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), the Natural Science Collections Alliance, and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have created this survey: https://aibs.wufoo.com/forms/biodiversity-collections-network-survey/ Anyone associated with a U.S. biodiversity collection is requested to fill out this 23-question survey. We are interested in as many individual responses as possible, recognizing that we will receive multiple responses per collection or institution. No identifying information about the identity of the responder or the institution they represent will be recorded. This survey will be open until April 30, 2020. A summary of the results will be posted on the BCoN website (https://bcon.aibs.org/) and other venues shortly thereafter. A second survey on this subject may be mounted at a future date to document the recovery of the collections community from this crisis. All results will be freely available for use by anyone interested. We are particularly interested in comparing results with other collections communities, e.g., with living stock collections, or with biodiversity collections outside the United States. Increase Your Career Opportunities: 2020 Writing for Impact and Influence Online Course The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is once again offering its popular professional development program to help scientists and students hone their written communication skills to increase the power of their message. Writing for Impact and Influence combines practical instruction and hands-on exercises to improve participants? general writing proficiency and their ability to reach large audiences. The program will provide participants with the skills and tools needed to compose scientific press releases, blog posts, emails, and memoranda. Learn to write for stakeholders, decision-makers, and the general public, with a focus on perfecting the reader experience. The course consists of six 90-minute online modules conducted live and will begin on Thursday, 9 July 2020, with subsequent course sessions held weekly on Thursdays. Individuals who actively participate in and complete the full course will receive a certificate recognizing that they have completed a nine-hour professional development course on business writing for scientists. Register now: http://io.aibs.org/writing Short Takes * The National Academies is seeking experts for a study that will develop a vision for the National Science Foundation for using an interdisciplinary, systems approach to studying the Earth. The study will identify facilities, infrastructure, coordinating mechanisms, computing, and workforce development needed to support that goal. Nominations for committee members who have cross-disciplinary expertise related to the study are invited. Expertise is needed in the fields of behavioral, social, and economic sciences; atmospheric science; climate science; biology and ecology; oceanography; hydrology; geology and geophysics; cryosphere; computer and data science; education and workforce development; engineering; and complex systems, biogeochemistry, and critical zones. Nominations can be submitted until May 13, 2020 at https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5558837/Advancing-a-Systems-Approach-to-Studying-the-Earth-A-Strategy-for-the-National-Science-Foundation?utm_source=Division+on+Earth+and+Life+Studies&utm_campaign=964ce59a9b * The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is seeking experts to serve on the committee to guide the Ocean Studies Board to provide an update of the 2003 report: Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects. The Oil in the Sea IV study aims to identify, categorize, and quantify sources of hydrocarbons with an emphasis on North American waters and assess the state of the science on the fate and effects of fossil fuel hydrocarbons in the marine environment. Individuals with expertise on the following topics are needed: oil and gas production and transportation; wastewater management; marine geology and geochemistry; physical and chemical oceanography; atmospheric chemistry; hydrocarbon toxicology; coastal and marine ecology; quantitative environmental assessment; and ecological risk assessment. The deadline to submit nominations is May 15, 2020. More information at: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5545791/Committee-for-the-Study-on-Oil-in-the-Sea-IV-Input-Fates-and-Effects?utm_source=Division+on+Earth+and+Life+Studies&utm_campaign=fb306ae558 From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from April 13 to 24, 2020. For more information on these or other recent items, please visit the AIBS Federal Register Resource at www.aibs.org/federal-register-resource/index.html. 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Our mailing address is: American Institute of Biological Science 1201 New York Ave., NW, Ste. 420 Washington, DC 20005 Copyright (C) 2020 American Institute of Biological Sciences All rights reserved. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robgur at gmail.com Wed Apr 29 20:20:11 2020 From: robgur at gmail.com (Robert Guralnick) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:20:11 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Darwin Core Hour - Georeferencing Gazetteer Message-ID: Hey everyone -- See below for an announcement of a new Darwin Core Hour and follow on BBQ. What is a Darwin Core BBQ? Read on! Best, Rob Guralnick new *Darwin Core (DwC) Hour + 2BBQs!* are almost here: *Imagining a global gazetteer of georeferences* [image: Promotion_v2.jpg] This Darwin Core Hour will consist of a 1hs Webinar and two 2hs BBQ sessions. Please see Webinar and BBQs Details and Meeting Links at https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-2-bbqs-imagining-global-gazetteer-georeferences *Abstract:* We want our georeferencing to be just right: complete, as accurate as possible, and usable for research. However, it takes a great effort and resources to do so, right? Although the majority of the records shared online are not georeferenced, we have invested a huge, collective effort already; there ARE a lot of georeferenced locations already published. In GBIF, for example, there are >54M unique location strings that are georeferenced, affecting >530M occurrence records. We know that many collection/observation sites tend to be repeated across institutions and even taxa. Could we take advantage of all the effort already invested by the community? Could we use those georeferences to complete records that do not have them? The answer is: (probably) yes, and it would be awesome! In this Darwin Core Hour and BBQ we will present and discuss the idea of building a global gazetteer of georeferenced localities for everyone to use. When: 1. *Darwin Core Hour Time (~1 Hour **13:00 to 14:00 UTC)*: 9:00 AM EDT, 10:00 AM ART, 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 13:00 GMT Click for your local time . 2. *Darwin Core Hour BBQ 1* (Monday 4 May 2020, 14:00 to 16:00 UTC) 3. *Darwin Core Hour BBQ 2* (Thursday 7 May 2020, 20:00-22:00 UTC ) 4:00 PM EDT, 5:00 PM ART, 9:00 PM BST, 10:00 PM CEST, 20:00 GMT EXTRAS: - Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki - See which of your questions have been asked and answered so far: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues - Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a webinar on a darwin core topic: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, and hope to see you soon! 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