From jessica.bazeley at yale.edu Mon Jun 1 10:41:24 2020 From: jessica.bazeley at yale.edu (Utrup, Jessica) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 14:41:24 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] NHCOLL: Brought to you by SPNHC - Quarterly Reminder Message-ID: NHCOLL-L is provided as a service to the collections community by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). We depend on list members to provide only those postings that are appropriate to the subject matter, which includes topics such as collections administration, collections care, computerization, conservation, and management. Both policy and practical discussions are appropriate. Information of all kinds is welcome, however, advertising is inappropriate. Membership in SPNHC gives you access to a lively, active, and interdisciplinary global community of professionals dedicated to the care of natural history collections. 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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... URL: From p.viscardi at gmail.com Tue Jun 2 09:23:13 2020 From: p.viscardi at gmail.com (Paolo Viscardi) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 14:23:13 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Expression of interest in Skeletal whale deinstallation services In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello all, Apologies for cross-posting. Some of you may be interested in this piece of work that we're planning to undertake this year in Dublin: The National Museum of Ireland has released a call for expressions of interest to tender for the deinstallation of two suspended whale skeletons: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/167031/0/0?returnUrl=ctm/Supplier/publictenders&b=ETENDERS_SIMPLE If you?re interested in tendering for the work then you?ll need to register on the system by 12pm on 15th June 2020. After that date we will provide more detailed information on the project, the tender and how to progress with your application. Best regards, Paolo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For links to public safety websites for states, territories, and the District of Columbia, see https://www.dhs.gov/state-homeland-security-and-emergency-services. * Make sure staff, volunteer, and board contact lists are up to date. Determine how you will communicate with one another before, during, and after the storm. * For tips on what to do before, during, and after a hurricane, go to https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes. * Keep this 24/7 hotline number handy: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals, are available 24/7 to provide advice. * Download FEMA fact sheets "After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures" and "Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms," available at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/113297. Thank you! 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Croone was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of finding things out. Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Old Croone Day 2020.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 47006 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jbandjb at live.com Thu Jun 4 11:40:29 2020 From: jbandjb at live.com (James Bryant) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 09:40:29 -0600 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Old Croone Day 2020 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Huzzah! James Bryant SOJOURN Science - Nature - Education Santa Fe, NM https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bryant-0598a940/ > On Jun 4, 2020, at 9:29 AM, John E Simmons wrote: > > Old Croone Day, 04 June 2020 > > Once again it is Old Croone Day, the international holiday on which we celebrate the anniversary of the first recorded mention of the preservation of scientific specimens in alcohol. It was on 04 June of 1662 that Dr. William Croone (1633-1684) demonstrated before the Royal Society of London ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically.? > > A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was invited to join a select group of people interested in science experiments, which became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. > > When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. > > In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of finding things out. > > Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! > > [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > and > Associate Curator of Collections > Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery > Penn State University > and > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was invited to join a select group of people interested in science experiments, which became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of finding things out. Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima _______________________________________________ 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. -- Roberta Salmaso technician zoology dept. 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It was on 04 June of > 1662 that Dr. William Croone (1633-1684) demonstrated before the Royal > Society of London ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight > days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically.? > > A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled > Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was > invited to join a select group of people interested in science > experiments, which became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone > was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. > Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the > circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the > latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. > > When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the > Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish > anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following > year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist > to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. > > In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a > plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on > 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in > the pleasure of finding things out. > > Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! > > > [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > /and/ > Associate Curator of Collections > Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery > Penn State University > /and/ > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > > _______________________________________________ > 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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We recently shared the results of a community survey of collections professionals. We continue to track impacts to natural history collection institutions and the people who care for and use these scientific resources. Individuals are invited to share information about their institution's operating status ? plans to re-open, operational status and limitations, closures, staff furloughs and Reductions in Force, program closures or terminations, and other disruptions to institutional operations in the forms available at: https://bcon.aibs.org/2020/06/02/collections-and-covid-19-operating-status/ We will regularly compile and consolidate this information and make it publicly available on the BCoN website. We invite information from all types of natural history collection holding institutions, which includes natural history museums, natural science collections, arboreta and herbaria, or other facilities with natural science collections. 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URL: From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org Thu Jun 4 19:22:22 2020 From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 23:22:22 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Old Croone Day 2020 In-Reply-To: <2d5fa665-1e53-757e-1e35-a58326398a80@snsb.de> References: , <2d5fa665-1e53-757e-1e35-a58326398a80@snsb.de> Message-ID: Raise your glass!! Cheers. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2020, at 12:12 PM, Dirk Neumann wrote: ? This deserves a toast later today indeed! Am 04.06.2020 um 17:29 schrieb John E Simmons: Old Croone Day, 04 June 2020 Once again it is Old Croone Day, the international holiday on which we celebrate the anniversary of the first recorded mention of the preservation of scientific specimens in alcohol. It was on 04 June of 1662 that Dr. William Croone (1633-1684) demonstrated before the Royal Society of London ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically.? A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was invited to join a select group of people interested in science experiments, which became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of finding things out. Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca) Museum Technician (Retired) Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Virus-free. www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 8:29 AM Steve Halford wrote: > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-lOn Behalf OfJohn E Simmons > *Sent:* Thursday, June 4, 2020 8:29:12 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & > Canada) > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Old Croone Day 2020 > > *Old Croone Day, 04 June 2020* > > > > Once again it is Old Croone Day, the international holiday on which we > celebrate the anniversary of the first recorded mention of the preservation > of scientific specimens in alcohol. It was on 04 June of 1662 that Dr. > William Croone (1633-1684) demonstrated before the Royal Society of London > ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight days, and were put in > spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically.? > > > > A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled > Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was invited to > join a select group of people interested in science experiments, which > became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later an anatomy > lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests > were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle > movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of > fluid preservation. > > > > When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the > Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish > anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, > after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove > that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. > > > > In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, > you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and > toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of > finding things out. > > > > Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! > > [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > *and* > Associate Curator of Collections > Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery > Penn State University > *and* > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Fri Jun 5 04:36:42 2020 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 09:36:42 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Old Croone Day 2020 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1198D54A-F9AD-40B6-A9CD-42A0DA36EC69@btinternet.com> This too was toasted last night with a glass of solera 1846 sherry, so although the wine wasn?t that old (about 30 years though) the solar system was a bit more venerable! With all good wishes, Simon. Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 4 Jun 2020, at 16:29, John E Simmons wrote: > > Old Croone Day, 04 June 2020 > > Once again it is Old Croone Day, the international holiday on which we celebrate the anniversary of the first recorded mention of the preservation of scientific specimens in alcohol. It was on 04 June of 1662 that Dr. William Croone (1633-1684) demonstrated before the Royal Society of London ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically.? > > A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was invited to join a select group of people interested in science experiments, which became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. > > When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. > > In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of finding things out. > > Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! > > [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > and > Associate Curator of Collections > Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery > Penn State University > and > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > _______________________________________________ > 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 gshugart at pugetsound.edu Fri Jun 5 13:02:15 2020 From: gshugart at pugetsound.edu (Gary W Shugart) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 17:02:15 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images Message-ID: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page (https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r?). Searching Google and this appears to be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. Or actually deal with specimens and measure them IRL. Gary Shugart Collection Manager Slater Museum Tacoma, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Fri Jun 5 13:35:58 2020 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 17:35:58 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images In-Reply-To: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> References: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: In our mollusk type imaging project, images from which are viewable at http://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/search.php?search=advanced, we include a scale bar laid on the center line of the specimen in the vertical plane where that is practicable. For things under a certain size, or where the specimen has enough depth to require image stacking, however, we record the maximum measured dimension as a number on the image itself. Scale bars on images are largely there to indicate relative size, not for users to take accurate measurements from. Nowadays it's easy to include maximum-diameter measurements in image metadata or an associated database. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gary W Shugart Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 1:02 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images External. Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page (https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r?). Searching Google and this appears to be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. Or actually deal with specimens and measure them IRL. Gary Shugart Collection Manager Slater Museum Tacoma, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arountre at umich.edu Fri Jun 5 14:03:26 2020 From: arountre at umich.edu (Adam Rountrey) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 14:03:26 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images In-Reply-To: References: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: Perhaps, a telecentric lens could be used? -Adam On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:36 PM Callomon,Paul wrote: > In our mollusk type imaging project, images from which are viewable at > http://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/search.php?search=advanced, > we include a scale bar laid on the center line of the specimen in the > vertical plane where that is practicable. For things under a certain size, > or where the specimen has enough depth to require image stacking, however, > we record the maximum measured dimension as a number on the image itself. > Scale bars on images are largely there to indicate relative size, not for > users to take accurate measurements from. Nowadays it's easy to include > maximum-diameter measurements in image metadata or an associated database. > > > > *Paul Callomon* > *Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates* > ------------------------------ > *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* > *callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gary W > Shugart > *Sent:* Friday, June 5, 2020 1:02 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images > > > External. > > Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale > ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until > recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on > the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, > nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two > scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm > at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page ( > https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r). Searching Google and this appears to > be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . > There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, > but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a > size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly > Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also > recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. > > How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to > just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to > use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is > a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. Or actually > deal with specimens and measure them IRL. > > Gary Shugart > Collection Manager > Slater Museum > Tacoma, WA > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hippyherpdude at me.com Fri Jun 5 14:26:18 2020 From: hippyherpdude at me.com (peter s. miller) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 11:26:18 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images In-Reply-To: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> References: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: Gary, At the Burke, we too use a scale ruler next to the specimen but both specimen and ruler lie on a larger grid board with the same scale as the ruler. Hope that helps. Peter S. Miller Herpetology Collections Manager Biology Collection Interpreter Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture University of Washington 4300 15th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98105-3010 pmiller1 at uw.edu Tel: 206-920-9062 www.burkemuseum.org Check out our Burke from Home page The Burke Museum recognizes that the museum sits on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish peoples, the original and current caretakers of this land; the Duwamish , Suquamish , Tulalip and Muckleshoot . > On Jun 5, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Gary W Shugart wrote: > > Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page (https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r ?). Searching Google and this appears to be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. > > How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. Or actually deal with specimens and measure them IRL. > > Gary Shugart > Collection Manager > Slater Museum > Tacoma, WA > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Screen Shot 2019-03-01 at 10.18.16.png Type: image/png Size: 124169 bytes Desc: not available URL: From peterar at berkeley.edu Fri Jun 5 15:12:52 2020 From: peterar at berkeley.edu (Peter A Rauch) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 12:12:52 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images In-Reply-To: References: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: An cheap 'n dirty alternative to the (expensive) telecentric lens approach, and depending on "... the purpose of the scale ...", you might try taking the photos at a greater distance with a long telephoto lens. There'll still be various sorts of dimensional distortions inherent in the system (lens), but you might try your pencils/rulers-stacking test bed with a long telephoto lens shot, just to see whether it serves your "purpose of the scale" better (good enough). You might also lay down a circle and vertical scale (ruler) in the image field also, and try to center the lens axis on the circle center, and be sure that the "film" (sensor) plane is parallel to the scales' plane. You're right --it's all about "the purpose of the scale". Getting the most from the time invested in setting up the specimen object, to take the photo, is part of the game. Peter On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:03 AM Adam Rountrey wrote: > Perhaps, a telecentric lens could be used? > -Adam > ... > > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gary W > Shugart > *Sent:* Friday, June 5, 2020 1:02 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images > > > External. > > Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale > ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until > recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on > the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, > nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two > scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm > at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page ( > https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r). Searching Google and this appears to > be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . > There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, > but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a > size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly > Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also > recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. > > How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to > just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to > use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is > a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. Or actually > deal with specimens and measure them IRL. > > Gary Shugart > Collection Manager > Slater Museum > Tacoma, WA > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Erik.Ahlander at nrm.se Fri Jun 5 16:56:42 2020 From: Erik.Ahlander at nrm.se (=?Windows-1252?Q?Erik_=C5hlander?=) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:56:42 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Old Croone Day 2020, In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Vet ? 6 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Steve Halford Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 1:37:43 AM To: halford.steve at gmail.com ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Old Croone Day 2020 There's no Croone like an old Croone! Chimo! Steve. Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca) Museum Technician (Retired) Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University [https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif] Virus-free. www.avast.com On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 8:29 AM Steve Halford > wrote: ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-lOn Behalf OfJohn E Simmons Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2020 8:29:12 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Old Croone Day 2020 Old Croone Day, 04 June 2020 Once again it is Old Croone Day, the international holiday on which we celebrate the anniversary of the first recorded mention of the preservation of scientific specimens in alcohol. It was on 04 June of 1662 that Dr. William Croone (1633-1684) demonstrated before the Royal Society of London ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically.? A graduate of Emmanuel College at Cambridge, Croone (sometimes spelled Croune) was a professor at Gresham College in London when he was invited to join a select group of people interested in science experiments, which became the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later an anatomy lecturer and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Croone?s main interests were physics, physiology (particularly the circulation of blood and muscle movement), and embryology?it was the latter that led to his discovery of fluid preservation. When the Royal Society was forced to suspend its meetings due to the Plague in 1665, Croone traveled to Montpellier to meet the Danish anatomist, Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638-1686). The following year, after dissecting a giant shark, Steno became the first scientist to prove that ?tongue stones? were really fossilized shark teeth. In this same spirit of curiosity, inquiry, and diversion during a plague, you are invited to hoist a glass of your favorite beverage on 04 June and toast the preservation of good friendships as we bask in the pleasure of finding things out. Here?s to you, Dr. William Croone! [PDF illustrated mini-poster of Old Croone Day announcement attached] John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rjb at ou.edu Fri Jun 5 19:45:17 2020 From: rjb at ou.edu (Burkhalter, Roger J.) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 23:45:17 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images In-Reply-To: References: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: We use the old-school approach of a bellows/bellows lens (Leitz aristophot or Zeiss Luminar) attached to a digital slr. The lens/bellows extension is the calibrated to a given magnification on the sensor at 600dpi (x1, x2, x3, x4 ? x50). Scale bars can then be added in a photo editing program. They can also be used for measurements and are repeatable. This also works to a large degree on simple objects in 3D photogrammetry. The concept of repeatability, taking images of hundreds of specimens and knowing they are at the same magnification, is refreashing. Roger From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Peter A Rauch Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 2:13 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images An cheap 'n dirty alternative to the (expensive) telecentric lens approach, and depending on "... the purpose of the scale ...", you might try taking the photos at a greater distance with a long telephoto lens. There'll still be various sorts of dimensional distortions inherent in the system (lens), but you might try your pencils/rulers-stacking test bed with a long telephoto lens shot, just to see whether it serves your "purpose of the scale" better (good enough). You might also lay down a circle and vertical scale (ruler) in the image field also, and try to center the lens axis on the circle center, and be sure that the "film" (sensor) plane is parallel to the scales' plane. You're right --it's all about "the purpose of the scale". Getting the most from the time invested in setting up the specimen object, to take the photo, is part of the game. Peter On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:03 AM Adam Rountrey > wrote: Perhaps, a telecentric lens could be used? -Adam ... From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Gary W Shugart > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 1:02 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images External. Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page (https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r). Searching Google and this appears to be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. Or actually deal with specimens and measure them IRL. Gary Shugart Collection Manager Slater Museum Tacoma, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sergio.montagud at gmail.com Sat Jun 6 12:00:08 2020 From: sergio.montagud at gmail.com (Sergio Montagud) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2020 18:00:08 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images In-Reply-To: References: <1591376383413.26661@pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: <25073E7E-A176-4138-8169-0A444B180CA8@gmail.com> Can you post here an example of your technique, Roger? Thanks in advance! Sergio De: Nhcoll-l en nombre de "Burkhalter, Roger J." Fecha: s?bado, 6 de junio de 2020, 1:45 Para: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Asunto: Re: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images We use the old-school approach of a bellows/bellows lens (Leitz aristophot or Zeiss Luminar) attached to a digital slr. The lens/bellows extension is the calibrated to a given magnification on the sensor at 600dpi (x1, x2, x3, x4 ? x50). Scale bars can then be added in a photo editing program. They can also be used for measurements and are repeatable. This also works to a large degree on simple objects in 3D photogrammetry. The concept of repeatability, taking images of hundreds of specimens and knowing they are at the same magnification, is refreashing. Roger From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Peter A Rauch Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 2:13 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images An cheap 'n dirty alternative to the (expensive) telecentric lens approach, and depending on "... the purpose of the scale ...", you might try taking the photos at a greater distance with a long telephoto lens. There'll still be various sorts of dimensional distortions inherent in the system (lens), but you might try your pencils/rulers-stacking test bed with a long telephoto lens shot, just to see whether it serves your "purpose of the scale" better (good enough). You might also lay down a circle and vertical scale (ruler) in the image field also, and try to center the lens axis on the circle center, and be sure that the "film" (sensor) plane is parallel to the scales' plane. You're right --it's all about "the purpose of the scale". Getting the most from the time invested in setting up the specimen object, to take the photo, is part of the game. Peter On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:03 AM Adam Rountrey wrote: Perhaps, a telecentric lens could be used? -Adam ... From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gary W Shugart Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 1:02 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D scales in 2D images External. Hi All: When I take a picture of a specimen I usually include a scale ruler on the stage or at the base. It didn't occur to me until recently that the scale will not apply for any part of the object not on the same plane as the base. The differences are substantial with eggs, nests, bones. For example using a scale on a base plane compared to two scales above separated by pencils (7 mm) and the top scale is 10 mm = 11 mm at base (reference photo on Slater Museum FB page (https://tinyurl.com/ybnjkq2r). Searching Google and this appears to be something like perspective or forced perspective (not parallax view) . There are explanations of angular size calculation online and calculators, but you have to know the distance between the base and plane to calculate a size. I noticed this especially in the new Birds of the World (formerly Birds of North American) account with eggs and nest with a scale. Also recall the issue occurred in egg photographs. How to deal with this? This depends on the purpose of the scale. If to just give a general idea of size it doesn't matter. But if the idea is to use the scale to set the scale in imagej or other measuring software, it is a problem. A pain to set up and redo for each object though. 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AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 12, June 8, 2020 * AIBS: No Room for Racism and Injustice in Science or Society * Bias and Forensic Science * BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections * Lawmakers Propose $100 Billion Investment in Technology at NSF * NSF BIO Shares Impact of No-Deadline Proposal Submission Policy * AIBS Webinar Series: Building Resilient Scientific Societies and Organizations * Now Online: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Now Online: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science * Increase Your Career Opportunities: Writing for Impact and Influence Online Course * Short Takes * Senate Panel Advances President?s NSF Nominee * USGS Announces Ecosystems Newsletter and Webinar Series * Lawmakers Ask Public About Climate Change Impacts * From the Federal Register ________________________________ The AIBS Public Policy Report is distributed broadly by email every two weeks to the AIBS membership. 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It was only days ago that most of us learned George Floyd?s name and saw the lethal brutality he experienced at the hands of police officers. He was at that time the most recent needless death. Since then, we have run the emotional gamut ? anger, frustration, confusion, and sadness ? as we watch events unfold in our communities across our nation in response to too many lives lost. Racism and injustice take many forms, including those less obvious than that highlighted by recent news reports. Racism threatens our neighbors when society fails to protect the environment and provide clean and safe drinking water. We see the effects in the incidence, morbidity and mortality of COVID-19. These are but a few examples of systemic human rights violations that all of society must engage in solving. The American Institute of Biological Sciences is committed to contributing solutions to the problems arising from intolerance and violations of basic human rights. A core human attribute is seeking a better understanding of our world. This understanding and its applications must be available to everyone. AIBS continues to conduct research in partnership with academic organizations on reliability, risk aversion, and bias in grant peer-review. An outcome of this work will be a more equitable research environment and research that serves all members of our society. Additionally, we are convening a series of conversations with representatives of our member organizations to identify additional actions that scientific societies can take to defeat racism and injustice. Thank you for your attention and please stay safe. Bias and Forensic Science As lawmakers across the United States grapple with how to reform law enforcement agencies, they should consider where forensic science laboratories are administratively housed and from where their funding is derived according to many experts. In most jurisdictions, these crime laboratories are housed within law enforcement agencies and derive their funding from police budgets. This structure can create bias toward law enforcement agencies. In an important Feature article, Is Forensic Science Scientific, in the May issue of BioScience, many have argued that crime labs should be independent organizations that are not dependent upon funding from police agencies. Read this important article for free at https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa022 BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is working to help the scientific and natural history collections/museum community understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting research, education, specimen and data management and care, institutional administration, and other factors. Results of a community survey of collections professionals were shared recently. BCoN continues to track impacts to natural history collection institutions and the people who care for and use these scientific resources. Individuals are invited to share information about their institutions operating status ? plans to re-open, operational status and limitations, closures, staff furloughs and Reductions in Force, program closures or terminations, and other disruptions to institutional operations in the forms available here: https://bcon.aibs.org/2020/06/02/collections-and-covid-19-operating-status/ BCoN invites information from all types of natural history collection holding institutions, which includes natural history museums, natural science collections, arboreta and herbaria, or other facilities with natural science collections. This information will be regularly compiled and consolidated and made available publicly on the BCoN website. The name of the individual sharing this information is not requested and will not be published. Lawmakers Propose $100 Billion Investment in Technology at NSF Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation that would establish a new Directorate for Technology within the National Science Foundation (NSF) and provide the agency an additional $100 billion over 5 years. The Endless Frontier Act (S. 3832), sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D NY) and co-sponsored by Senator Todd Young (R-IN), aims to ensure American leadership in innovation. ?For over 70 years, the United States has been the unequivocal global leader in scientific and technological innovation, and as a result the people of the United States have benefitted through good-paying jobs, economic prosperity, and a higher quality of life,? the Senators wrote in the preface to the bill. ?Today, however, this leadership position is being eroded and challenged by foreign competitors, some of whom are stealing intellectual property and trade secrets of the United States and aggressively investing in fundamental research and commercialization to dominate the key technology fields of the future.? An identical version of the legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Representatives Ro Khanna (D?CA) and Mike Gallagher (R?WI). The bill would rename NSF to National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF). The Science and Technology Directorates within NSTF would each be led by a Deputy Director reporting to the NSF Director. The additional investment of $100 billion over 5 years would support research in ten key focus areas, which would be reviewed periodically and revised if ?the competitive threats to the United States have shifted.? However, the bill limits the total number of key technology areas to ten. Key technology focus areas currently listed in the legislation include: * artificial intelligence and machine learning; * high performance computing, semiconductors, and advanced computer hardware; * quantum computing and information systems; * robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing; * natural or anthropogenic disaster prevention; * advanced communications technology; * biotechnology, genomics, and synthetic biology; * cybersecurity, data storage, and data management technologies; * advanced energy; and * materials science, engineering, and exploration relevant to the other key areas. To advance its objectives, the Technology Directorate could partner with and provide funding to other federal research entities as well as other NSF Directorates pursuing basic research that could enable advances in the key technology areas. However, the Technology Directorate would be prohibited from taking funding from other programs at NSF. A large portion of the new funds would be directed to university-based technology centers to conduct research to advance innovation in the ten key technology areas. The bill would authorize an additional $10 billion over five years for the Commerce Department to designate 10 to 15 regional technology hubs across the country to foster innovation and create innovation sector jobs in locations ?that have clear potential and relevant assets for developing a key technology focus area but have not yet become leading technology centers.? The legislation would also allocate funds for education and training activities, including new undergraduate scholarships, industry training programs, graduate fellowships and traineeships and post-doctoral support to create a workforce capable of advancing the key focus areas. Many members of the scientific community have welcomed the proposal to infuse more research dollars into NSF. ?These investments will help NSF catalyze innovation, support scientific leadership, and keep America globally competitive,? stated Mary Sue Coleman, President of the Association of American Universities, according to Science Insider. Others have expressed concerns, including former NSF Director Dr. Arden Bement: ?I believe it would be a mistake for a technology directorate at NSF to serve as an offset to private funding for commercial innovation and entrepreneurship...Federal funding for applied technology research and development should be need-based and channeled through mission agencies.? NSF BIO Shares Impact of No-Deadline Proposal Submission Policy In October 2017, the National Science Foundation?s (NSF) Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO) had announced a no-deadline system for proposal submissions with the goal to reduce the number of rejected proposals that were later resubmitted without major changes and to encourage collaborations between scientists. On June 2, 2020, BIO shared impacts of that policy change. Proposal data from fiscal years (FY) 2018 and 2019 were analyzed by BIO with the help of a subcommittee of the BIO Advisory Committee. The analysis provides a review of the impact of the no-deadline policy on the number of proposal submissions, funding rates, and other metrics. According to the analysis, there was an increase in the funding rate across BIO from 21 percent in FY 2018 to 28.1 percent in FY 2019, although the number of proposals submitted decreased from 3,226 in FY 2018 to 1,965 in FY 2019. The analysis showed no substantial impacts on the gender, race, or ethnicity of PIs or co-PIs on proposal submissions. However, there was an increase in the number of individuals who did not provide these data. A significant number of co-PIs also did not report the year of their highest degree. According to BIO, they are ?actively monitoring this trend and encourage submitters to provide this information as it helps us better understand the biological sciences community and those seeking funding from BIO.? Additionally, there was ?a slight shift to shorter periods between submission and funding decision in FY 2019 as compared to FY 2018.? BIO acknowledges that there were possibly external circumstances that could have caused this, including the ?lapse in appropriations? during that period. AIBS Webinar Series: Building Resilient Scientific Societies and Organizations The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused significant economic and operational disruptions for scientific societies and science-serving organizations. Some of the effects of the pandemic will be relatively short-lived, but other impacts will influence the sustainability and operations of scientific societies for years to come. While some organizations may withstand economic losses from meeting cancellations, they may not weather the effects of reduced revenue from journal subscriptions or member dues. Other organizations are struggling to retain engagement from volunteer leadership and to ensure that future leaders are prepared to guide organizations through increasingly tumultuous times. Some professional communities are trying to understand how to retain global engagement during a period of restricted travel. These are but a few of the significant issues facing scientific society leaders. A common challenge for all organizations is a lack of good information and best practices for how to navigate catastrophic disruptions. The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) invites representatives of its member societies and organizations to join colleagues in a series of virtual Council Meetings with presentations and facilitated discussions that will empower the leadership of biology serving organizations to guide their societies through this chaotic period. Date: June 24, 2020 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern (this program will be recorded) Moderator: Robert Gropp, Executive Director, AIBS Panelists: Andrea Case, Executive Vice President, Society for the Study of Evolution Austin Mast, Treasurer, American Society of Plant Taxonomists Barbara Thiers, President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) Who can attend: AIBS Council Representatives, Elected Leadership, or Staff of AIBS and NSCA member organizations Topics include, but are not limited to: * Identifying factors that lead to resiliency * Meeting planning in an era of uncertainty * Financial planning and reserve management * Membership engagement * Leadership development and recruitment * Operating virtually * Cultivating and supporting organizational leadership * Risk mitigation through collaboration * Finding the silver linings These discussions are an opportunity for leaders of scientific societies and organizations to share concerns, identify best practices, and exchange resources. These programs will also help AIBS better serve and advocate for our members. The program will be recorded and made available to AIBS Council Representatives who are unable to participate in the live program. Register now at https://aibs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIod-mtqT8iGdzbSghA7nvldZI6qyel_VVx Now Online: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is offering a professional development program designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in communicating with decision-makers and the news media. The program is an excellent way to develop new communication skills and identify effective methods for broadening the impact of research and education programs. The AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists expands on AIBS?s highly successful media and science policy training workshops. The Boot Camp meets the needs of everyone from graduate students to senior researchers and program administrators to newly elected professional society leaders. The Boot Camp will be offered as an intensive, two-day, hands-on online training program on July 13-14, 2020. Participants will learn: * How to communicate science to non-technical audiences * How to identify and define the audience you need to reach * How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers * How to prepare for and participate in a news interview * What reporters are looking for in an interview * How to protect your scientific reputation * How to advocate for your work within your home institution * How to hone your written communication skills to increase your impact and influence * How to write and pitch press releases * How to write Op-Eds * 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, online 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. Dates: June 15-16, 2020 Location: Online Learn more and register at https://www.aibs.org/events/team_science_event.html. Increase Your Career Opportunities: 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. 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This is a twice monthly online drop-in session where anyone is welcome to bring their questions or ideas about using tools such as the iDigBio API (Application Programming Interface) to work with biodiversity occurrence data in R. Community members of all backgrounds (collections staff, researchers, IT, etc.) and levels of programming experience (including R novice, or R non-existent) are encouraged to use these office hours as a time to discover and discuss API data access, issues, and solutions. 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Please submit a resume and a 1-page cover letter of interest to learnnagoyaprotocol at gmail.com. Please distribute to those who might be interested. Many thanks, Breda Zimkus --- Breda M. Zimkus, Ph.D. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; Tel: 617-496-4656 -- Internship (Remote, volunteer): Looking for 2-3 part time interns interested in international research and policy across fields of biology, medicine, and agriculture (10 weeks/ 8 hours per week) Title: International Science Intern Job Description: We?re looking for a few aspiring scientists and science professionals to help gather examples of international collaborative research for the Nagoya Protocol Learning Portal. This includes structured examples from scientists who have been successful at conducting international research that follows the Nagoya regulations in the country or countries they conducted research in called use cases; and informal exemplary stories of international collaboration among researchers and people all over the world. What is the Nagoya Protocol and the Nagoya Learning Portal? The Nagoya Protocol is an international treaty that sets up the legal framework for utilizing genetic resources without exploiting the countries they originate from. A genetic resource is a physical object of biological origin and the intellectual information associated with it such as traditional knowledge. These resources have actual or potential value and contain functional units of heredity that can be explored through research and exploited in development. Each country who is party to the Nagoya Protocol has its own regulations in place. While the United States is not a party to the Nagoya Protocol, American researchers still must adhere to Nagoya regulations in the country they?re doing research in. The Nagoya Protocol Learning Portal is a space where students, curators, teachers, or research faculty can come to for the resources they need to effectively and efficiently navigate the Nagoya Protocol and the associated forums. We do this through guides on general workflow and terminology and acronyms, through use cases and stories of collaboration, and through a community forum where people can ask questions and receive answers from experienced researchers. Job Duties Include: ? Contacting researchers from fields of biology, medicine, and agriculture who have done international research to develop use cases ? Writing blog style stories about international collaboration in science ? Input on website improvement for Nagoya Protocol Learning Portal ? Searching through Nagoya Protocol-related materials and meeting in groups online to discuss and understand this policy ? Working with the USA Nagoya Protocol Education Action Group that includes different scientific societies, with the US government, and with international biodiversity networks What we?re looking for in our interns: ? An interest in international research, law, and policy ? Comfort and professionalism in contacting researchers and curators from different disciplines ? Willingness to learn and able to work independently ? Basic Wordpress skills are a plus How to Apply: Please submit a resume and a 1-page cover letter of interest to learnnagoyaprotocol at gmail.com The positions are open until filled. Review of applications will begin June 21. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ekrimmel at gmail.com Tue Jun 9 08:05:23 2020 From: ekrimmel at gmail.com (Erica Krimmel) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 05:05:23 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] This Wednesday - iDigBio API office hours on downloading images & sharing functional trait data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please note that we are now cancelling this office hour out of respect for our colleagues who are participating in #strike4blacklives, #shutDownSTEM, and other associated events on the same day, June 10th. On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:53 AM Erica Krimmel wrote: > *Join us this Wednesday, June 10th, at 3:30pm Eastern for Open Office > Hours hosted by the iDigBio API User Group (R-based)! *Our 10-minute demo > this week will be on downloading specimen images from iDigBio via the API > , > and subsequent discussion will focus on how to use and share functional > trait data (such as that which can be determined from specimen images) via > data aggregators. > > This is a twice monthly online drop-in session > > where anyone is welcome to bring their questions or ideas about using tools > such as the iDigBio API (Application Programming Interface) to work with > biodiversity occurrence data in R. Community members of all backgrounds > (collections staff, researchers, IT, etc.) and levels of programming > experience (including R novice, or R non-existent) are encouraged to use > these office hours as a time to discover and discuss API data access, > issues, and solutions. Participants are welcome to drop by for only part of > the hour. > > *WHEN*: Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. > Eastern; See future demo topics and sign up to do *or request* a demo at > bit.ly/2wypVsY > > *WHERE*: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97729921303 > *Erica Krimmel* > Digitization Resource Coordinator > Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) > Florida State University > ekrimmel at fsu.edu > (619) 876-3794 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Boot Camp will be offered as an intensive, two-day, hands-on online training program on July 13-14, 2020. Participants will learn: - How to communicate science to non-technical audiences - How to identify and define the audience you need to reach - How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers - How to prepare for and participate in a news interview - What reporters are looking for in an interview - How to protect your scientific reputation - How to advocate for your work within your home institution - How to hone your written communication skills to increase your impact and influence - How to write and pitch press releases - How to write Op-Eds - 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. 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Many Thanks, Jeff JEFF STEPHENSON COLLECTIONS MANAGER, ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT [DMNS 2 Line RGB small.jpg] jeff.stephenson at dmns.org W 303.370.8319 F 303.331.6492 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205 preserve, present, inspire, explore www.dmns.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2894 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From JMGAGNON at nature.ca Wed Jun 10 16:41:38 2020 From: JMGAGNON at nature.ca (Jean-Marc Gagnon) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:41:38 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] glass genitalia vials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jeff, These are the smallest ones I could find earlier this year: 0.25 dram/1 ml https://www.dwk.com/na/kimble-short-style-clear-glass-shell-vial-1-ml-60931-14, without closure. Let me know if you find other options. Cheers, Jean-Marc From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Stephenson Sent: June 10, 2020 4:22 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Cc: Paula Cushing Subject: [Nhcoll-l] glass genitalia vials Hello, We have run into a problem finding a supplier for small glass genitalia vials. As you no doubt know, tracking biodiversity in Arachnida (and others!) requires dissection and safe preservation of the tiny bits that help us identify species, and this need doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon. Does anyone have a source for small glass genitalia vials they would like to share? Many Thanks, Jeff JEFF STEPHENSON COLLECTIONS MANAGER, ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT [DMNS 2 Line RGB small.jpg] jeff.stephenson at dmns.org W 303.370.8319 F 303.331.6492 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205 preserve, present, inspire, explore www.dmns.org [https://www.nature.ca/sites/all/themes/realdecoy/images/splash/splash-logo.jpg] Saving the World with Evidence, Knowledge and Inspiration. (click to learn more) Sauver le monde avec des preuves, des connaissances et de l'inspiration. (cliquez pour en savoir plus) cmnEmailFooterDefault. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2894 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From bmoc at umich.edu Wed Jun 10 18:42:18 2020 From: bmoc at umich.edu (Barry OConnor) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:42:18 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] glass genitalia vials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I use these for storing mite samples - small vial inside larger one, but I would think they?re a bit big for genitalia. Stay well! - Barry Sent from my iPhone Barry M. OConnor Emeritus Curator & Professor University of Michigan Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Museum of Zoology Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2888 Phone: 734-763-4354 E-mail: bmoc at umich.edu > On Jun 10, 2020, at 4:41 PM, Jean-Marc Gagnon wrote: > > ? > Jeff, > > These are the smallest ones I could find earlier this year: 0.25 dram/1 ml > https://www.dwk.com/na/kimble-short-style-clear-glass-shell-vial-1-ml-60931-14, without closure. > > Let me know if you find other options. > > Cheers, > > Jean-Marc > > From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Stephenson > Sent: June 10, 2020 4:22 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Cc: Paula Cushing > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] glass genitalia vials > > Hello, > We have run into a problem finding a supplier for small glass genitalia vials. As you no doubt know, tracking biodiversity in Arachnida (and others!) requires dissection and safe preservation of the tiny bits that help us identify species, and this need doesn?t look like it?s going to stop any time soon. Does anyone have a source for small glass genitalia vials they would like to share? > Many Thanks, > Jeff > > JEFF STEPHENSON > COLLECTIONS MANAGER, ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT > > > > > jeff.stephenson at dmns.org > W 303.370.8319 > F 303.331.6492 > 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205 > > preserve, present, inspire, explore > www.dmns.org > > > > > Saving the World with Evidence, Knowledge and Inspiration. (click to learn more) > Sauver le monde avec des preuves, des connaissances et de l'inspiration. 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Doering" Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 8:15 PM To: Andrew Bentley Subject: GBIF's BID programme calls for proposals from Sub-Saharan Africa by 27 Aug 2020 Dear Colleague, We are pleased to share that the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is inviting concept notes for project funding in sub-Saharan Africa through its Biodiversity Information for Development (BID), a program funded by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Union. The BID program aims to enhance capacity for effective mobilization and use of biodiversity data in support of decision- and policymaking for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The total funding assigned to this call for Africa is approximately ?600,000. This call builds on the impact of BID?s first phase, in which 63 BID-funded projects mobilized 535 biodiversity datasets containing more than 1.3 million records relevant to the regions? priority policy needs. The program's rigorous training and e-learning curricula have also helped improve biodiversity data skills and establish regional communities of practice. The GBIF call will support projects from sub-Saharan Africa that: * Mobilize biodiversity data relevant to decisions supporting sustainable development * Use and extend best practices for digitizing natural history collections and mobilizing other biodiversity data * Apply biodiversity data in support of decision-making and research * Develop lasting national, regional or thematic networks to support ongoing data sharing and reuse The call offers support for four grant types: * Regional biodiversity data mobilization grants that establish or strengthen international collaborations to increase biodiversity data mobilization for research and policy addressing regional sustainable development needs * National biodiversity data mobilization grants that establish or strengthen national biodiversity information facilities and increase biodiversity data mobilization to respond to national priorities * Institution-level biodiversity data mobilization grants that mobilize biodiversity data relevant for sustainable development * Data-use grants that build on existing relationships between biodiversity data-holding institutions and decision-makers to provide data solutions that respond to a specific policy need Concept notes must be submitted by 27 August 2020. If you have questions about the program or call for proposals, please contact BID at gbif.org. The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is recognizes GBIF and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Union for their commitment to African biodiversity information systems. Sincerely yours, Don S. Doering Please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the body or subject line to remove {abentley at ku.edu} from our mailing list. No hard feelings, we understand. ------------------------------------------- Don S. Doering, Ph.D. Executive Director JRS Biodiversity Foundation Fluke Hall, Room 304E 4000 Mason Road Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 454-7915 ddoering at jrsbiodiversity.org www.jrsbiodiversity.org Investing in the people and institutions who share biodiversity knowledge for Africa. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From irenefinkelde at gmail.com Wed Jun 10 23:16:51 2020 From: irenefinkelde at gmail.com (Irene Finkelde) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:16:51 +1000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] glass genitalia vials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jeff I am located in Australia, so I am not sure how useful this supplier will be for you. I recently bought some small glass vials from Batco Laboratories, which are listed on page 24 of this catalogue: https://www.bacto.com.au/images/Catalogues/Bacto_Cat_Feb_18.pdf They have a variety of sizes, but I bought the 25mm x 6.5mm neutral glass durham tubes (box of 250). The manufacturer is Samco, and they seem to have a supplier in the UK if that works better for you: https://www.smurray.co.uk/portfolio/test-tubes/ Hope this helps! Irene Finkelde On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 6:22 AM Jeff Stephenson wrote: > Hello, > > We have run into a problem finding a supplier for small glass genitalia > vials. As you no doubt know, tracking biodiversity in Arachnida (and > others!) requires dissection and safe preservation of the tiny bits that > help us identify species, and this need doesn?t look like it?s going to > stop any time soon. Does anyone have a source for small glass genitalia > vials they would like to share? > > Many Thanks, > > Jeff > > > > *JEFF STEPHENSON* > > *COLLECTIONS MANAGER, ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT* > > > > > > > > [image: DMNS 2 Line RGB small.jpg] > > jeff.stephenson at dmns.org > > *W* 303.370.8319 > *F *303.331.6492 > > 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205 > > > > preserve, > present, inspire, explore > > www.dmns.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2894 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de Thu Jun 11 00:54:33 2020 From: Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Joachim=20H=C3=A4ndel?=) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 06:54:33 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: glass genitalia vials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5EE1D529020000B300080CE6@zuv12.verwaltung.uni-halle.de> No-sorry. But since a few years I use 0.2 ml PCR tubes with attached caps for insect genitalia. I keep the genitals into a drop of glycerine in the tubes. The tubes are attached to the insect-needle by passing the needle through the lid clip. Good luck Joachim -- Joachim Haendel Center of Natural SciencesCollections of the Martin-Luther-University - Entomological Collection - Domplatz 4 D-06099 Halle (Saale) Germany Phone: +49 345 - 55 26 447 Fax: +49 345 - 55 27 248 Email: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de >>> Jeff Stephenson 10.06.20 22.22 Uhr >>> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0.0in; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif; } a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration: underline; } a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration: underline; } span.EmailStyle17 { font-family: Calibri , sans-serif; color: windowtext; } *.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Calibri , sans-serif; } div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; } Hello, We have run into a problem finding a supplier for small glass genitalia vials. 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We recently shared the results of a community survey of collections professionals. We continue to track impacts to natural history collection institutions and the people who care for and use these scientific resources. Individuals are invited to share information about their institution's operating status ? plans to re-open, operational status and limitations, closures, staff furloughs and Reductions in Force, program closures or terminations, and other disruptions to institutional operations in the forms available at: https://bcon.aibs.org/2020/06/02/collections-and-covid-19-operating-status/ We will regularly compile and consolidate this information and make it publicly available on the BCoN website. We invite information from all types of natural history collection holding institutions, which includes natural history museums, natural science collections, arboreta and herbaria, or other facilities with natural science collections. We are not requesting and will not publish the name of the individual sharing information. Thank you. [Twitter] [Website] Copyright ? 2020 American Institute of Biological Sciences, All rights reserved. You subscribed to this email list on www.niballiance.org Our mailing address is: American Institute of Biological Sciences 950 Herndon Parkway Ste 450 Herndon, VA 20170 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Robert Gropp ____________________________ This message is confidential and intended for the designated addresses. If you are not this person, please delete. This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Madeline_Walicek1 at alumni.baylor.edu Mon Jun 15 15:35:13 2020 From: Madeline_Walicek1 at alumni.baylor.edu (Madeline Walicek) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:35:13 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best Collections Management software for a small university collection Message-ID: Hello all, I am beginning a new position as assistant curator of natural history collections and I find myself in need of a collections management software. I come from a museum background so this university collection is slightly newer territory. It's a biological collection of roughly 5-7,000 specimens consisting of mammals, birds, insects, shells and fossils. It's also slowly growing. Currently all catalogue data is housed on Excel. I'd like to migrate the data to a natural history specific software. I'm aware of Arctos, Specify, EMu, Rediscovery and Past Perfect. I'm looking for opinions/suggestions of what might be the best fit for my collection long term. The curator would also like the data to eventually be sent to VertNet/iDigBio. We're open to both open source and proprietary software. I appreciate your help. Warmest regards, Madeline Walicek Abilene Christian University Assistant Curator of Natural History Collections Biology Department c. 512.227.2152 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Jun 15 15:57:14 2020 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:57:14 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best Collections Management software for a small university collection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Madeline We use Specify for all our University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and I would be happy to share my experiences and viewpoints with you. I need to include the disclaimer that I am employed by Specify as a usability consultant as 25% of my position. However, having conducted many workshops for probably 1000?s of Specify users and prospective users I do have an insight into the community using Specify and experience with collection management system issues for lots of different kinds of collections. Specify is ideally suited for small collections with its hosted cloud-based solution that will preclude IT support but will still provide full functionality through Specify 7 and the ability to publish your data to any aggregator using Darwin Core mapping. There are lots of resources on the Specify website including Helpcasts that will give you a good idea of the functionality and feature richness of Specify - https://www.sustain.specifysoftware.org/ Happy to help answer any questions you may have. Thanks 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 Madeline Walicek Date: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 2:40 PM To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best Collections Management software for a small university collection Hello all, I am beginning a new position as assistant curator of natural history collections and I find myself in need of a collections management software. I come from a museum background so this university collection is slightly newer territory. It's a biological collection of roughly 5-7,000 specimens consisting of mammals, birds, insects, shells and fossils. It's also slowly growing. Currently all catalogue data is housed on Excel. I'd like to migrate the data to a natural history specific software. I'm aware of Arctos, Specify, EMu, Rediscovery and Past Perfect. I'm looking for opinions/suggestions of what might be the best fit for my collection long term. The curator would also like the data to eventually be sent to VertNet/iDigBio. We're open to both open source and proprietary software. I appreciate your help. Warmest regards, Madeline Walicek Abilene Christian University Assistant Curator of Natural History Collections Biology Department c. 512.227.2152 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drowsey at asu.edu Thu Jun 18 11:16:50 2020 From: drowsey at asu.edu (Dakota Rowsey) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:16:50 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Outdoor Dermestid Beetle Colony Message-ID: Hello: Arizona State University Biocollections is looking into buying/building an outdoor dermestid beetle enclosure. Does anyone have any experience in keeping an active outdoor colony? I am interested in finding ways to keeping the area at an optimal temperature and humidity (the structure itself would be under a shade canopy, but I still worry about diel temperature fluctuations), as well as keeping the area dark and keeping out other unwanted pests. Thanks for any help! Dakota Rowsey -- Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. (he/his) Currently: Brown Postdoctoral Fellow, Field Museum of Natural History Soon: Vertebrate Collections Manager, Arizona State University Biocollections -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmoc at umich.edu Thu Jun 18 11:32:23 2020 From: bmoc at umich.edu (Barry OConnor) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:32:23 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Outdoor Dermestid Beetle Colony In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Be sure whatever you construct is really bug proof. Some years ago during a building renovation, we moved our colony to the roof of the museum. Despite precautions, ?wild? dermestids were able to invade and brought in a mite that almost wiped the colony out. - Barry Sent from my iPhone Barry M. OConnor Emeritus Curator & Professor University of Michigan Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Museum of Zoology Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2888 Phone: 734-763-4354 E-mail: bmoc at umich.edu > On Jun 18, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Dakota Rowsey wrote: > > ? > Hello: > > Arizona State University Biocollections is looking into buying/building an outdoor dermestid beetle enclosure. Does anyone have any experience in keeping an active outdoor colony? I am interested in finding ways to keeping the area at an optimal temperature and humidity (the structure itself would be under a shade canopy, but I still worry about diel temperature fluctuations), as well as keeping the area dark and keeping out other unwanted pests. > > Thanks for any help! > Dakota Rowsey > > -- > Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. (he/his) > Currently: Brown Postdoctoral Fellow, Field Museum of Natural History > Soon: Vertebrate Collections Manager, Arizona State University Biocollections > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 peterar at berkeley.edu Thu Jun 18 11:46:33 2020 From: peterar at berkeley.edu (Peter A Rauch) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:46:33 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Outdoor Dermestid Beetle Colony In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dakota, You didn't mention your budget allocation for this extremely demanding structure. Peter On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 8:17 AM Dakota Rowsey wrote: > Hello: > > Arizona State University Biocollections is looking into buying/building an > outdoor dermestid beetle enclosure. Does anyone have any experience in > keeping an active outdoor colony? I am interested in finding ways to > keeping the area at an optimal temperature and humidity (the structure > itself would be under a shade canopy, but I still worry about diel > temperature fluctuations), as well as keeping the area dark and keeping out > other unwanted pests. > > Thanks for any help! > Dakota Rowsey > > -- > Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. (he/his) > Currently: Brown Postdoctoral Fellow, Field Museum of Natural History > Soon: Vertebrate Collections Manager, Arizona State University > Biocollections > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tlabedz1 at unl.edu Thu Jun 18 11:50:38 2020 From: tlabedz1 at unl.edu (Thomas Labedz) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:50:38 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Outdoor Dermestid Beetle Colony In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: While I have little experience with outdoor dermestid colonies I do have over 30 years experience with an indoor colony. I echo Barry's statement of being insect proof. Other problem critters that could lower productivity or need lots of time to manage include spiders, mites, ham beetles, mice, etc. Dermestids can also be susceptible to mold and fungal infections if the colony is too wet, though not likely a problem in Arizona. Consider protocols for everything and everyone going from the outdoor colony to indoor collections areas so you don't have unwanted hitchhikers. Thomas Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology University of Nebraska State Museum ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Barry OConnor Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:32 AM To: Dakota Rowsey Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Outdoor Dermestid Beetle Colony Be sure whatever you construct is really bug proof. Some years ago during a building renovation, we moved our colony to the roof of the museum. Despite precautions, ?wild? dermestids were able to invade and brought in a mite that almost wiped the colony out. - Barry Sent from my iPhone Barry M. OConnor Emeritus Curator & Professor University of Michigan Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Museum of Zoology Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2888 Phone: 734-763-4354 E-mail: bmoc at umich.edu > On Jun 18, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Dakota Rowsey wrote: > > ? > Hello: > > Arizona State University Biocollections is looking into buying/building an outdoor dermestid beetle enclosure. Does anyone have any experience in keeping an active outdoor colony? I am interested in finding ways to keeping the area at an optimal temperature and humidity (the structure itself would be under a shade canopy, but I still worry about diel temperature fluctuations), as well as keeping the area dark and keeping out other unwanted pests. > > Thanks for any help! > Dakota Rowsey > > -- > Dakota M. 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Some years ago during > a building renovation, we moved our colony to the roof of the museum. > Despite precautions, ?wild? dermestids were able to invade and brought in a > mite that almost wiped the colony out. > - Barry > > Sent from my iPhone > > Barry M. OConnor > Emeritus Curator & Professor > University of Michigan > Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology > Museum of Zoology > Research Museums Center > 3600 Varsity Drive > Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2888 > Phone: 734-763-4354 > E-mail: bmoc at umich.edu > > > On Jun 18, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Dakota Rowsey wrote: > > > > ? > > Hello: > > > > Arizona State University Biocollections is looking into buying/building > an outdoor dermestid beetle enclosure. Does anyone have any experience in > keeping an active outdoor colony? 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Best would be to display three or four models (sizes) to resolve the management of collections. In them we plan to have dry material, such as shells, bird eggs, loose bones, nests, etc. Can anyone recommend a company that offers this type of packaging and operates in Europe? Thanks in advance Sergio Sergio Montagud Alario Museo [UV] Hist?ria Natural Universitat de Val?ncia C/. Dr. Moliner, 50 E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia). ESPA?A _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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This is a twice monthly online drop-in session where anyone is welcome to bring their questions or ideas about using tools such as the iDigBio API (Application Programming Interface) to work with biodiversity occurrence data in R. Community members of all backgrounds (collections staff, researchers, IT, etc.) and levels of programming experience (including R novice, or R non-existent) are encouraged to use these office hours as a time to discover and discuss API data access, issues, and solutions. Participants are welcome to drop by for only part of the hour. *WHEN*: Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern; See future demo topics and sign up to do *or request* a demo at bit.ly/2wypVsY *WHERE*: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97729921303 *Erica Krimmel* Digitization Resource Coordinator Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Florida State University ekrimmel at fsu.edu (619) 876-3794 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Jun 22 13:41:10 2020 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:41:10 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 13, June 22, 2020 * New Legislation Introduced to Address Foreign Influence in Research * National Survey Shows Significant Improvements in Evolution Education * NOAA Leadership Violated Scientific Integrity Policy, Report Says * USDA Announces Modernization Blueprint for Forest Service * NIH Updates Sexual Harassment Reporting Policy * NSF Extends NEON Operations and Management Competition Deadlines * Now Online: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists * Short Takes * NIH Announces New Director of NIEHS * NASEM Seeking Experts for New Study on Plastics in the Ocean * COVID-19 Related Funding Opportunities from NIH * 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. ________________________________ New Legislation Introduced to Address Foreign Influence in Research As highlighted in an April 2019 editorial in BioScience, U.S. lawmakers are increasingly concerned about foreign threats to the U.S. scientific research enterprise, including threats to national security and the theft of intellectual property. Policymakers in Congress and federal agencies continue to explore how to maintain an open and collaborative scientific environment that simultaneously prevents foreign interests from stealing U.S. research. The most recent proposal from Congress comes in the form of bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Safeguarding American Innovation Act (S. 3997) was introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R?OH) and Tom Carper (D?DE), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to ?help stop foreign governments, particularly China, from stealing American taxpayer-funded research and intellectual property developed at U.S. colleges and universities.? The bill has bipartisan support ? with eight Republican and five Democratic co-sponsors. According to Senator Portman, the bill would ?help us stop foreign governments from stealing our research and innovation while also increasing transparency to ensure that taxpayers know when colleges and universities accept significant foreign funding.? If enacted, the legislation would punish individuals with penalties ranging from fines to imprisonment for intentionally failing to disclose foreign support on federal grant applications. The bill would require the State Department?s exchange program sponsors to ?have safeguards against unauthorized access to sensitive technologies and report to State if an exchange visitor will have access to sensitive technologies.? Another provision would allow the State Department to reject visa applications from foreign nationals ?when it is contrary to U.S. national security and economic security interests of the United States.? The bill would mandate a standardized grant process and authorize the Office of Management and Budget to work with federal grant-making agencies to oversee research security. In addition, the reporting threshold for U.S. institutions receiving foreign gifts would be lowered from $250,000 to $50,000 and the Department of Education would be given authority to punish schools that fail to appropriately report such gifts. Some in the research community are concerned that the legislation could restrict collaborative science. According to Science Insider, the Association of American Universities, a 66-member coalition of research institutions, said in a statement that ?key provisions in the bill are overly broad and will only serve to harm American science without improving national security? We appreciate that Senators Portman and Carper have changed language in certain sections of the bill in response to concerns raised by our universities, but the breadth of the current bill language could still block talented students and scholars from coming to the U.S., where they advance our science and economic interests.? This is not the first measure proposed by lawmakers to deal with academic espionage. Last year, lawmakers in both chambers introduced legislation intended to address foreign threats to the U.S. research enterprise. In related news, Science Insider recently reported that fifty four scientists have resigned or been fired as a result of an ongoing investigation by the National Institutes of Health into the failure of its grant recipients to appropriately disclose financial ties to foreign governments. In over 90 percent of those cases, the undisclosed funding came from China. Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research at NIH, reported that in the majority of the cases, the person under investigation was an Asian man in his 50s. Roughly three-quarters of the researchers under investigation had active NIH grants and nearly half of them had at least two grants. National Survey Shows Significant Improvements in Evolution Education A recent survey from the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) and Penn State University found that public high school biology teachers are more likely to teach evolution as settled science today than they were twelve years ago. The 2019 survey of 752 public high school biology teachers, conducted by Eric Plutzer, a political scientist and polling expert at Penn State University, was designed to replicate a similar national survey that Plutzer and his colleagues had done in 2007. Results from the survey were recently published by Plutzer and NCSE?s Glenn Branch and Ann Reid in the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach. The survey showed that the proportion of US secondary-school biology teachers who ?present creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to evolution? dropped from 32 percent in 2007 to 18 percent in 2019. The amount of class time spent on human evolution increased by almost 90 percent during this period. NCSE's Executive Director Ann Reid wrote in a column for Nature that the results ?show a rise not only in the time spent teaching evolution, but also in the proportion of educators emphasizing the scientific consensus.? The average number of hours spent on teaching evolution increased by 25 percent between 2007 and 2019. The percentage of high school biology teachers who emphasized the scientific consensus on evolution while giving no credence to creationism increased from 51 percent in 2007 to 67 percent in 2019. ?Much credit is due to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a set of benchmarks released in 2011 that emphasizes evolution as a core concept,? according to Reid. ?The 44 US states that have adopted these, or standards based on the same framework, have seen the greatest improvements.? The report concludes, that ?scientific and educational institutions should continue their efforts to add scientific rigor to standards, seek out and promote textbooks and other resources that cover evolution thoroughly, support professional development opportunities for teachers, and support teachers who come under pressure from parental or community members who resist evolution instruction or advocate for the inclusion of creationism.? NOAA Leadership Violated Scientific Integrity Policy, Report Says According to a review conducted by the National Academy of Public Administration that was released on June 15, 2020, leaders of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) violated the agency?s scientific integrity policy by issuing a statement contradicting the National Weather Service after President Trump claimed that Hurricane Dorian would impact Alabama. Last September, it was reported that the President pressured White House aides to have NOAA publicly correct forecasters at the Birmingham office of the National Weather Service (NWS), who insisted that Alabama was not actually at risk from Hurricane Dorian. NOAA, the parent agency for NWS, then issued an unsigned statement on September 6, 2019 saying the Birmingham NWS office was wrong to refute the President?s warning. According to the report, Acting Administrator Neil Jacobs and former NOAA Deputy Chief of Staff and Communications Director Julie Kay Roberts violated codes of the agency?s scientific integrity policy. ?The development of the statement was not based on science but appears to be largely driven by external influence from senior Commerce [Department] officials who drafted the [September 6] statement,? the report concluded. The report recommends that NOAA staff undergo mandatory scientific integrity training and that the agency formalize an intra-agency agreement to guide interactions between the Commerce Department and NOAA officials when drafting NOAA communications. It also calls for establishing protocols with the Commerce Department?s Inspector General?s office or other agencies to investigate alleged violations of scientific integrity involving senior NOAA and Commerce political leadership. NOAA leadership has accepted the findings of the report. ?NOAA welcomes the report and its recommendations, which would strengthen the policy of consulting NOAA scientists in developing communications materials involving their expertise,? said Scott Smullen, Acting Communications Director at NOAA. ?Scientific integrity is at the core of NOAA?s work and is essential for maintaining the public?s trust in the agency?s ability to provide accurate, thorough and timely science." The investigation was requested by Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY), two NOAA employees, a former NOAA Administrator, among others, and was conducted on NOAA?s behalf by a panel convened by the National Academy of Public Administration, a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution located in Washington, DC. There are two other investigations looking into this controversy ? one by the House Science Committee and the other by the Commerce Department?s Office of Inspector General. USDA Announces Modernization Blueprint for Forest Service The Secretary of Agriculture has issued a memorandum to the United States Forest Service that serves as a blueprint for modernizing the agency?s systems and approaches. ?It is the first priority of the Forest Service to serve the American people and work in ways that exemplify the values of Shared Stewardship. We need modern systems and approaches and less complicated regulations to serve our customers and improve our delivery of the goods and services that the American people want and need from the Nation?s Forest System,? said Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. According to the Secretary, the purpose of the blueprint is to establish vision, priorities, and direction on four areas of the agency?s work: increasing the productivity of national forests and grasslands; recognizing and valuing grazing on national grasslands as essential for their management; increasing access to national forest system lands; and expediting environmental reviews. The memo directs the Forest Service to increase the use of natural resources from national forests, encourage grazing on public lands, and further speed up environmental reviews by limiting the number of pages and time spent on completing environmental documents, ?including categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements.? The guidance has received criticism from conservation groups. ?This is a road map to national forest destruction,? said Randi Spivak, Director of public lands at the Center for Biological Diversity. ?In the midst of the climate and extinction crises, Perdue offers a dystopian vision of expanding mining, fracking, logging and grazing in national forests. This will increase air and water pollution, kill wildlife, and increase carbon pollution.? NIH Updates Sexual Harassment Reporting Policy The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued new guidance on reporting cases of sexual harassment by grant recipients. Grantee institutions will now be required to report to the agency when an investigator is removed from an NIH grant because of findings or allegations of sexual harassment. In an editorial for Science, NIH Director Francis Collins and his colleagues wrote: ?In 2019, the NIH began to bolster its policies and practices to address and prevent sexual harassment. This included new communication channels to inform the agency of instances of sexual harassment related to NIH-funded research. This week, the NIH announces a change that will hold grantee institutions and investigators accountable for this misconduct, to further foster a culture whereby sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviors are not tolerated in the research and training environment.? According to the new guidance, NIH also expects grant recipients ?who request changes in either investigators or movement of a grant to a new recipient institution to promptly inform the agency, whether changes are related to concerns about safety and/or work environments (e.g., because of concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions).? The agency will use this information in making grant related decisions, including ?putting into place appropriate institutional oversight mechanisms or remedies, or deciding whether to grant institutional requests about personnel on grant awards, thus connecting information to direct consequences.? The new policy went into effect on June 12, 2020. Additional information about NIH?s policies on sexual harassment be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/harassment.htm NSF Extends NEON Operations and Management Competition Deadlines In response to the uncertainties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has further extended the deadline for submission of full proposals for the competition of management and operations of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) until September 2021. ?Extending the deadline is necessary to ensure a fair and equitable process, allowing all applicants to participate in activities such as NEON site visits at a time when we can better maintain the health and safety of everyone involved including NEON employees,? stated Assistant Director for the Biological Sciences Directorate Joanne Tornow. ?Maintaining the stability of the Observatory while we conduct a robust and open review process is a key priority for the agency. As such, Battelle Memorial Institute, the current manager of NEON operations, will continue to manage the Observatory through the extended review process, and NSF anticipates no adverse impact to operations as a result of the full proposal deadline extension.? Any questions about the extension or NEON in general may be directed to Roland Roberts, NEON Operations Program Director, at rolrober at nsf.gov. Now Online: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is offering a professional development program designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in communicating with decision-makers and the news media. The program is an excellent way to develop new communication skills and identify effective methods for broadening the impact of research and education programs. The AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists expands on AIBS?s highly successful media and science policy training workshops. The Boot Camp meets the needs of everyone from graduate students to senior researchers and program administrators to newly elected professional society leaders. The Boot Camp will be offered as an intensive, two-day, hands-on online training program on July 13-14, 2020. Participants will learn: * How to communicate science to non-technical audiences * How to identify and define the audience you need to reach * How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers * How to prepare for and participate in a news interview * What reporters are looking for in an interview * How to protect your scientific reputation * How to advocate for your work within your home institution * How to hone your written communication skills to increase your impact and influence * How to write and pitch press releases * How to write Op-Eds * 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. Short Takes * National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins has appointed Dr. Richard P. Woychik as Director of NIH?s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) located at the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. NIEHS conducts and supports environmental health sciences research to address real-world public health needs. Dr. Woychik had been serving as the Acting Director of NIEHS since October 2019. Dr. Woychik earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Case Western Reserve University and has extensive expertise in mammalian genetics and environmental epigenetics. * The Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is seeking experts to study the United States' contributions to global ocean plastic waste. The committee will examine, evaluate, and assess various aspects of plastic waste and provide recommendations on means to reduce waste. The study will result in a published consensus report to be completed in the Fall of 2021. Expertise in the following categories is needed: waste management, resource economics, marine policy, environmental policy, marine conservations, physical oceanography, ocean observing, coastal management, and plastics recycling. Nominations will be accepted until July 17, 2020 at https://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=f500949b28&e=cfc3938e72 * Through its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to reduce COVID-19 associated morbidity and mortality disparities for vulnerable, and underserved populations that are disproportionately affected by, have the highest infection rates of, and/or are most at risk for adverse outcomes from contracting the virus. NIH has announced four funding opportunities as part of the $500 million RADx-UP initiative. 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Sikes http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a02.pdf 2019 Entomology Highlights from Alaska?s Forests Garret Dubois, Stephen Burr, Elizabeth Graham, Jason Moan, Jessie Moan, Martin Schoofs, and Steve Swenson http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a03.pdf Ground survey to assess hemlock sawfly population during a large-scale outbreak in Southeast Alaska Elizabeth Graham http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a04.pdf Misidentifications in science: An example based on Scathophaga impudicum (Diptera: Scathophagidae) Derek S. Sikes http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a05.pdf A harebrained attempt to collect during peak snowshoe hare Adam Haberski http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a06.pdf A pilot study examining the diet of introduced Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis T. H. Bean, 1880) in Kenai, Alaska, by metabarcoding Matt Bowser and Apphia Bowser http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a07.pdf University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection specimen count verification Voss Whitmore, Derek S. Sikes, and Adam Haberski http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a08.pdf Update to the identification guide to female Alaskan bumble bees and a summary of recent changes to the Alaskan bumble bee fauna Derek S. Sikes and Jessica J. Rykken http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2020_n1_a09.pdf -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Derek S. Sikes, Curator of Insects Professor of Entomology University of Alaska Museum 1962 Yukon Drive Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 dssikes at alaska.edu phone: 907-474-6278 FAX: 907-474-5469 University of Alaska Museum - search 400,276 digitized arthropod records http://arctos.database.museum/uam_ento_all +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Interested in Alaskan Entomology? 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Details and application instructions available online at: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25240&siteid=5341&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=1526704 Christina Byrd Collections Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology Museum of Comparative Zoology 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Email: cbyrd at fas.harvard.edu Phone: (617)496-1052 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cwthomp at umich.edu Wed Jun 24 16:24:31 2020 From: cwthomp at umich.edu (Cody Thompson) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:24:31 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases Message-ID: Colleagues: Given all of the discussions about COVID-19 and collections care, I wanted to share a paper that was published today in BioScience ! The paper makes the case for investing in collection infrastructure to support research on emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. It is available through open access. If you would rather read a popular article about the paper, we also were able to connect with The Conversation . It really is an insightful piece. 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 *In response to the ongoing events associated with COVID-19, the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology has suspended non-essential operations. This includes access to the collections via scientific visits or outgoing loans. 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Erica ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Erica Wheeler PhD Head of Collections Care and Conservation | Collections Care and Conservation ROYAL BC MUSEUM Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations) 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 T 250 480-8369 EWheeler at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca | royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Welcome back to the Royal BC Museum! You?ll see new operating hours, timed tickets and changes to help you maintain physical distancing during your visit. Click here?for more information about these and other improvements. From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Jun 26 18:18:46 2020 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:18:46 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? In-Reply-To: <30db803deeb84277acf8a1abdf327c0e@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca> References: <30db803deeb84277acf8a1abdf327c0e@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca> Message-ID: Hello Erica, While staff/guest safety is paramount, we won't be propping our doors open. Between the temp/rh fluctuations and opening a highway for pests it's minor short term gains in exchange for long term issues. We'll have various signage up, some from the municipality and some internal, as visitors come in. They'll be asked to use the hand sanitizer and encouraged to wear non-medical masks. Reception staff will be doing the occasional sanitizing of high touch surfaces such as the doors. Unfortunately our doors don't have accessible buttons or those would be encouraged. Automatic doors with a vestibule would be the best case scenario. No direct free flow of air and no touching of the doors as well. Regardless if people actually follow health recommendation such as sanitizing their hands and not touching their face, at this point it's pretty general knowledge. It's someone is going to touch a door handle and then stick their hand in their mouth, they're going to do it every place they go in. We do what we can, but at the end of the day the ultimate responsibility is up to the individual to not do a COVID challenge. I believe that the most recent information coming out is that surfaces are generally poor transmitters of COVID-19. Transmission tends to happen most from person to person by breath (breathing?). I could be wrong on this. Marking out the floor and encouraging social distancing would probably have a greater effect than keeping visitors from touching the entrance doors. My two thoughts but I'm certainly interested in what others are doing. William Shepherd Director (Acting) & Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 Please note that the Museum and Archives are closed to the public until further notice to limit COVID-19 transmission. Staff will be available by email and phone but onsite visits will not be permitted. Archives: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/swift-current-museum Library: https://www.librarything.com/profile/SwiftCurrentMuseum Website: http://www.swiftcurrent.ca -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX Sent: June 26, 2020 12:01 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? Hello Colleagues, If you work at a museum and are now open to the public, or are considering opening soon, what solution have you landed on for your main doors in terms of providing a no/limited touch entrance AND maintaining the building envelope for preventive conservation purposes? Would you ever consider propping your main entrance doors open? Thanks! Erica ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Erica Wheeler PhD Head of Collections Care and Conservation | Collections Care and Conservation ROYAL BC MUSEUM Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations) 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 T 250 480-8369 EWheeler at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca | royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Welcome back to the Royal BC Museum! You?ll see new operating hours, timed tickets and changes to help you maintain physical distancing during your visit. Click here?for more information about these and other improvements. _______________________________________________ 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 shelljames at gmail.com Fri Jun 26 21:41:39 2020 From: shelljames at gmail.com (Shelley James) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:41:39 +0800 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] SPNHC & ICOM NATHIST 2020 Meeting - we'd appreciate your feedback! Message-ID: Many thanks to all of you who attended the SPNHC & ICOM NATHIST 2020 meeting a couple of weeks ago - and helping to make it a success! Whether you attended only the plenary, a single talk, or the entire five days, we would appreciate a few minutes of your time to provide feedback and ideas so that our two organizations can continue to improve digital content and membership engagement globally. Please provide your comments here: https://forms.gle/cHSB3EvPe3VhDK7V6 The survey closes July 1. Thankyou! SPNHC & ICOM NATHIST Virtual Organizing Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neumann at snsb.de Sun Jun 28 11:26:19 2020 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:26:19 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? In-Reply-To: References: <30db803deeb84277acf8a1abdf327c0e@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca> Message-ID: <79226854-10a3-2e76-f09d-c6d0e27478aa@snsb.de> Hi all, Tom Strang (Canadian Conservation Institute) posted this link during the virtual SPNHC/ICOM NatHist conference - has some useful information. With best wishes Dirk https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/caring-heritage-collections-covid19.html Am 27.06.2020 um 00:18 schrieb William Shepherd: > Hello Erica, > > While staff/guest safety is paramount, we won't be propping our doors open. Between the temp/rh fluctuations and opening a highway for pests it's minor short term gains in exchange for long term issues. > > We'll have various signage up, some from the municipality and some internal, as visitors come in. They'll be asked to use the hand sanitizer and encouraged to wear non-medical masks. Reception staff will be doing the occasional sanitizing of high touch surfaces such as the doors. Unfortunately our doors don't have accessible buttons or those would be encouraged. Automatic doors with a vestibule would be the best case scenario. No direct free flow of air and no touching of the doors as well. > > Regardless if people actually follow health recommendation such as sanitizing their hands and not touching their face, at this point it's pretty general knowledge. It's someone is going to touch a door handle and then stick their hand in their mouth, they're going to do it every place they go in. We do what we can, but at the end of the day the ultimate responsibility is up to the individual to not do a COVID challenge. > > I believe that the most recent information coming out is that surfaces are generally poor transmitters of COVID-19. Transmission tends to happen most from person to person by breath (breathing?). I could be wrong on this. Marking out the floor and encouraging social distancing would probably have a greater effect than keeping visitors from touching the entrance doors. > > My two thoughts but I'm certainly interested in what others are doing. > > William Shepherd > Director (Acting) > & Collections Officer > Swift Current Museum > 44 Robert Street West > Swift Current, Saskatchewan > S9H 4M9 > Phone: 306-778-4815 > Fax: 306-778-4818 > > Please note that the Museum and Archives are closed to the public until further notice to limit COVID-19 transmission. Staff will be available by email and phone but onsite visits will not be permitted. > > Archives: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/swift-current-museum > Library: https://www.librarything.com/profile/SwiftCurrentMuseum > Website: http://www.swiftcurrent.ca > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX > Sent: June 26, 2020 12:01 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? > > Hello Colleagues, > > > If you work at a museum and are now open to the public, or are considering opening soon, what solution have you landed on for your main doors in terms of providing a no/limited touch entrance AND maintaining the building envelope for preventive conservation purposes? Would you ever consider propping your main entrance doors open? > > > Thanks! > > > Erica > > > ______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Erica Wheeler PhD Head of Collections Care and Conservation | Collections Care and Conservation > > > ROYAL BC MUSEUM > Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations) > 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 T 250 480-8369 > EWheeler at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca | royalbcmuseum.bc.ca > > Welcome back to the Royal BC Museum! You?ll see new operating hours, timed tickets and changes to help you maintain physical distancing during your visit. Click here?for more information about these and other improvements. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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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Here are the links: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Preparedness Resources https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/resources Pandemic COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission https://www.ashrae.org/file%20library/technical%20resources/covid-19/eiband-airbornetransmission.pdf Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, CAPC Conservator / Restauratrice New Brunswick Museum 277 Douglas Avenue Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 Canada (506) 643-2341 -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of William Shepherd Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 7:19 PM To: Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? Hello Erica, While staff/guest safety is paramount, we won't be propping our doors open. Between the temp/rh fluctuations and opening a highway for pests it's minor short term gains in exchange for long term issues. We'll have various signage up, some from the municipality and some internal, as visitors come in. They'll be asked to use the hand sanitizer and encouraged to wear non-medical masks. Reception staff will be doing the occasional sanitizing of high touch surfaces such as the doors. Unfortunately our doors don't have accessible buttons or those would be encouraged. Automatic doors with a vestibule would be the best case scenario. No direct free flow of air and no touching of the doors as well. Regardless if people actually follow health recommendation such as sanitizing their hands and not touching their face, at this point it's pretty general knowledge. It's someone is going to touch a door handle and then stick their hand in their mouth, they're going to do it every place they go in. We do what we can, but at the end of the day the ultimate responsibility is up to the individual to not do a COVID challenge. I believe that the most recent information coming out is that surfaces are generally poor transmitters of COVID-19. Transmission tends to happen most from person to person by breath (breathing?). I could be wrong on this. Marking out the floor and encouraging social distancing would probably have a greater effect than keeping visitors from touching the entrance doors. My two thoughts but I'm certainly interested in what others are doing. William Shepherd Director (Acting) & Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 Please note that the Museum and Archives are closed to the public until further notice to limit COVID-19 transmission. Staff will be available by email and phone but onsite visits will not be permitted. Archives: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/swift-current-museum Library: https://www.librarything.com/profile/SwiftCurrentMuseum Website: http://www.swiftcurrent.ca -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX Sent: June 26, 2020 12:01 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? Hello Colleagues, If you work at a museum and are now open to the public, or are considering opening soon, what solution have you landed on for your main doors in terms of providing a no/limited touch entrance AND maintaining the building envelope for preventive conservation purposes? Would you ever consider propping your main entrance doors open? Thanks! Erica ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Erica Wheeler PhD Head of Collections Care and Conservation | Collections Care and Conservation ROYAL BC MUSEUM Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations) 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 T 250 480-8369 EWheeler at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca | royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Welcome back to the Royal BC Museum! You?ll see new operating hours, timed tickets and changes to help you maintain physical distancing during your visit. Click here?for more information about these and other improvements. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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 HawksC at si.edu Mon Jun 29 13:05:17 2020 From: HawksC at si.edu (Hawks, Catharine) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:05:17 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Director Search (Pittsburgh, PA) In-Reply-To: References: <969167@refineapp.com> Message-ID: From: Eryl Wentworth Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 12:08 PM To: Hawks, Catharine Subject: FW: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Director Search (Pittsburgh, PA) External Email - Exercise Caution Hi, Cathy! I am sharing this position announcement with you in case you know of anyone who might be interested in applying for the position of director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. I hope you are doing well. Thank you and all best wishes! Eryl _______________________________________________ Eryl P. Wentworth Executive Director american institute for conservation Preserving Cultural Heritage foundation for advancement in conservation Protecting Cultural Heritage ewentworth at culturalheritage.org (t) 202.661.8060 | (f) 202.452.9328 727 15th St NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC | 20005 culturalheritage.org | @conservators | Facebook From: Anne McCarthy > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 11:42 AM To: Eryl Wentworth > Subject: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Director Search (Pittsburgh, PA) Eryl, Our team at Koya Leadership Partners is leading the search for the next Director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. At Koya, we partner with clients to identify and recruit mission-driven executives. We understand this is a strange and chaotic moment for all as we continue to navigate the uncertainty of the time we find ourselves in. We hope this announcement will bring some excitement during an otherwise difficult moment. As one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), is among the top natural history museums in the world. It maintains, preserves, and interprets an extraordinary collection of 22 million objects, scientific specimens, and cultural artifacts. This institution plays a critical role in both the Pittsburgh region and the international scientific community by generating new scientific knowledge, advancing science literacy, and instilling in visitors of all ages a passion for understanding science, nature, and world cultures. The Opportunity (click here for the Position Profile) The CMNH Director steps into a museum with an exciting renewal process well underway. The CMNH Director will use this momentum and success to establish the organization's future direction and oversee the planning, implementation, and assessment of innovative public programs, scientific research, and collections management. This is an opportunity to build on CMNH's history while redefining the 21st century nature museum. Leaders from a variety of backgrounds, including the arts, science, conservation, environmental and academic, will be attractive given the unique nature of this role. An understanding of academic research collaboration or previous museum experience is helpful but not required. Potential candidates are encouraged to express interest here. We welcome recommendations of potential candidates via this email or cmnhdirector at koyapartners.com. Feel free to thoughtfully share this opportunity in your networks. Please note: If you are interested in connecting for a conversation, but now is not a good time, please feel free to respond with "follow up later," and we will follow up in a few weeks. Thank you, in advance, for your help with this important recruitment in these unusual times. All our best, Anne McCarthy, Alison Ranney and Alison Salisbury Koya Leadership Partners koyachicago at koyapartners.com | www.koyapartners.com Civic Opera Building | 20 N. Wacker Drive | Suite 622 | Chicago, Illinois 60606 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpandey at aibs.org Mon Jun 29 14:24:35 2020 From: jpandey at aibs.org (Jyotsna Pandey) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:24:35 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Now Online: AIBS Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *How to market yourself, excel at interviews, and secure the job you desire* Dear Colleague, Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States do an excellent job of preparing students for careers in academia. As early career professionals and a growing number of reports note, however, many recent STEM graduates (including those with advanced degrees) are interested in employment in sectors beyond the professoriate by the time they complete their degree. Scientists continue to report that they feel ill-prepared and ill-equipped to pursue employment in these settings. To help scientists identify and successfully transition into the careers they desire, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) developed a program to help scientists hone and practice the skills needed to secure employment. AIBS' Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists is an intensive multi-day program that blends lecture and hands-on exercises. 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Course participants will: - Identify and clarify career interests and opportunities by reviewing currently available jobs; - Learn to communicate their knowledge and skills to employers by providing tools and activities; - Develop strategies for finding employment; - Develop application materials with feedback from instructors; - Prepare for and practice different interview styles and scenarios. *Who should take this course?* Current graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and scientists interested in transitioning to a new employment sector. *Date and Location* This course will be offered online in three half-day sessions conducted on September 25, October 2, and October 9, 2020. The program will be offered live from 12:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern Time. For more information, including pricing, and to register visit: https://www.aibs.org/events/employmentbootcamp.html __________________________________________ Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D. Public Policy Manager American Institute of Biological Sciences 1201 New York Avenue, NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20005 -- This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients.? If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cleckie at nature.ca Mon Jun 29 17:39:39 2020 From: cleckie at nature.ca (Carolyn Leckie) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:39:39 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? In-Reply-To: <3ea4a6bd522e418c9b14ba2b7c7789db@NBMEX01.NBM.local> References: <30db803deeb84277acf8a1abdf327c0e@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca> , <3ea4a6bd522e418c9b14ba2b7c7789db@NBMEX01.NBM.local> Message-ID: Nope not propping open our doors. In fact during COVID we are lowering our temperatures in storage, as an opportunity to kill any pests. BUT we have the ability to lower temp, while MAINTAINING RH. It is a luxury and we are using it. Carolyn Leckie ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dee Stubbs-Lee Sent: June 29, 2020 9:41 AM To: William Shepherd ; Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? Hi Erica and all, I would echo Will's concerns about pest ingress and impact on interior environmental. My own inclination would be to opt for frequent disinfecting over propping exterior doors open.. ASHRAE has come out with some recommendations on HVAC equipment re: COVID-19, which you might find helpful. Here are the links: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Preparedness Resources https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/resources Pandemic COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission https://www.ashrae.org/file%20library/technical%20resources/covid-19/eiband-airbornetransmission.pdf Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, CAPC Conservator / Restauratrice New Brunswick Museum 277 Douglas Avenue Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 Canada (506) 643-2341 -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of William Shepherd Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 7:19 PM To: Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? Hello Erica, While staff/guest safety is paramount, we won't be propping our doors open. Between the temp/rh fluctuations and opening a highway for pests it's minor short term gains in exchange for long term issues. We'll have various signage up, some from the municipality and some internal, as visitors come in. They'll be asked to use the hand sanitizer and encouraged to wear non-medical masks. Reception staff will be doing the occasional sanitizing of high touch surfaces such as the doors. Unfortunately our doors don't have accessible buttons or those would be encouraged. Automatic doors with a vestibule would be the best case scenario. No direct free flow of air and no touching of the doors as well. Regardless if people actually follow health recommendation such as sanitizing their hands and not touching their face, at this point it's pretty general knowledge. It's someone is going to touch a door handle and then stick their hand in their mouth, they're going to do it every place they go in. We do what we can, but at the end of the day the ultimate responsibility is up to the individual to not do a COVID challenge. I believe that the most recent information coming out is that surfaces are generally poor transmitters of COVID-19. Transmission tends to happen most from person to person by breath (breathing?). I could be wrong on this. Marking out the floor and encouraging social distancing would probably have a greater effect than keeping visitors from touching the entrance doors. My two thoughts but I'm certainly interested in what others are doing. William Shepherd Director (Acting) & Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 Please note that the Museum and Archives are closed to the public until further notice to limit COVID-19 transmission. Staff will be available by email and phone but onsite visits will not be permitted. Archives: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/swift-current-museum Library: https://www.librarything.com/profile/SwiftCurrentMuseum Website: http://www.swiftcurrent.ca -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Wheeler, Erica J RBCM:EX Sent: June 26, 2020 12:01 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum main entrance solutions? Hello Colleagues, If you work at a museum and are now open to the public, or are considering opening soon, what solution have you landed on for your main doors in terms of providing a no/limited touch entrance AND maintaining the building envelope for preventive conservation purposes? Would you ever consider propping your main entrance doors open? Thanks! 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We are listening to our friends and colleagues within the science and broader community, we will continue to listen and are committed to meaningful and sustained actions to directly address systemic racism in our community. We acknowledge that museums and academia have played a role in the oppression and discrimination of marginalized groups. We recognize the lack of diversity and inclusion within the collections based sciences and acknowledge we can do more as a society to root out racism and create an inclusive academy. We are a community of thinkers and problem solvers. We can bring our full effort into creating the kind of meaningful change being called for. We will be intentional in our steps moving forward. As a community we define ourselves by our ability to work collaboratively and embrace challenges. We are listening to our colleagues in the geosciences and the recent Call to Action (notimeforsilence.org). 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