From vlee at calacademy.org Mon Aug 1 08:48:10 2022 From: vlee at calacademy.org (Vince Lee) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 05:48:10 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Jewett papers/archives In-Reply-To: References: <03dcdc7b69f749928b8e9baaba0990db@wnmbs03.pugetsound.edu> Message-ID: The California Academy of Sciences has at least some of the Stanley Jewett materials. Please contact Seth Cotterell, the Archives and Digital Collections Assistant Librarian (calacademy.org). Vincent Lee, CAS On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 3:27 PM Elizabeth Wommack wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Maybe try the Wildlife Management Unit in DC? Or the Smithsonian? It looks > like the obituary in the Murrelet was written from there: > https://www.jstor.org/stable/3534216?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents > > > lln DRtmaram * * * tantry 6* 31t1:utti - JSTOR > > lln DRtmaram * * * tantry 6* 31t1:utti IRA N. GABRIELSON Stanley G. Jewett > was a fine naturalist who knew intimately the birds, mammals, reptiles, and > other living things of the Pacific Northwest. > > https://avanan.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=www.jstor.org&g=YzNhODhlOGI0ZWU4NWZjMQ==&h=NzNkZGFlOGUwYWRkYzVmNDJmMTEyZTgxM2Y3NjVjODEwNWIyYTRjNDA0MGRjN2JmNGFlYzhhYjMzOGVkM2YzYw==&p=YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmRhMzZjMDhkOWQ1YWNhNThkM2QwM2IwYWFkNzdhNTllOnYxOnQ6VA== > Good luck! > > cheers, > Beth > > Elizabeth Wommack, PhD > Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates > University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates > Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center > University of Wyoming, > Laramie, WY 82071 > ewommack@ uwyo.edu > > pronouns: she, her, herself > www.uwymv.org > > UWYMV Collection Use Policy > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Peter H > Wimberger > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2022 3:36 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Jewett papers/archives > > > ? This message was sent from a non-UWYO address. Please exercise caution > when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. > > Hello NHCOLL folks, > > Does anyone know if there is a museum or archive that holds the bulk of > Stanley G. Jewett?s field notes, correspondence and other things? I?ve > looked online and can find very little. He apparently was good about taking > field notes but I can?t find any record of them. > > Thanks, > > Peter > > > > *Peter Wimberger (he suite)* > > Director, Slater Museum of Natural History > > Professor, Biology > > University of Puget Sound > > Tacoma, WA 98406 > > > > ?living and working on the Homelands of the Puyallup Nation > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > https://avanan.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=https%3A//mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l&g=YjM4OWRkZTk3MGY4NWJlYg==&h=MTAxN2NkODcxZTAzMGNkZGZhYzY4NDQ0MmY1ZjVkNTViNTM3NWYyMzRkZDk3NTM5MzQ3NmVmZDM3OTc4OWM3Mw==&p=YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmRhMzZjMDhkOWQ1YWNhNThkM2QwM2IwYWFkNzdhNTllOnYxOnA6VA== > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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The UMMZ has a couple early accessessions (1930's) of salamanders from Oregon that Jewett sold to us (and a letter on file). But we also got stuff from Robert Storm in 1982 with OSCNMH tags that included a couple Phrynosoma specimens that Jewett deposited there in the 1930's. Greg Schneider Division of Reptiles and Amphibians Museum of Zoology Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 734 647 1927 ges at umich.edu [image: Description: Description: logocolor] www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/rep_amph/index.html On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 8:57 AM Vince Lee wrote: > The California Academy of Sciences has at least some of the > Stanley Jewett materials. Please contact Seth Cotterell, the Archives and > Digital Collections Assistant Librarian (calacademy.org). > > Vincent Lee, CAS > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 3:27 PM Elizabeth Wommack > wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >> Maybe try the Wildlife Management Unit in DC? Or the Smithsonian? It >> looks like the obituary in the Murrelet was written from there: >> https://www.jstor.org/stable/3534216?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents >> >> >> lln DRtmaram * * * tantry 6* 31t1:utti - JSTOR >> >> lln DRtmaram * * * tantry 6* 31t1:utti IRA N. GABRIELSON Stanley G. >> Jewett was a fine naturalist who knew intimately the birds, mammals, >> reptiles, and other living things of the Pacific Northwest. >> >> https://avanan.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=www.jstor.org&g=YzNhODhlOGI0ZWU4NWZjMQ==&h=NzNkZGFlOGUwYWRkYzVmNDJmMTEyZTgxM2Y3NjVjODEwNWIyYTRjNDA0MGRjN2JmNGFlYzhhYjMzOGVkM2YzYw==&p=YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmRhMzZjMDhkOWQ1YWNhNThkM2QwM2IwYWFkNzdhNTllOnYxOnQ6VA== >> Good luck! >> >> cheers, >> Beth >> >> Elizabeth Wommack, PhD >> Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates >> University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates >> Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center >> University of Wyoming, >> Laramie, WY 82071 >> ewommack@ uwyo.edu >> >> pronouns: she, her, herself >> www.uwymv.org >> >> UWYMV Collection Use Policy >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Peter >> H Wimberger >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2022 3:36 PM >> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Jewett papers/archives >> >> >> ? This message was sent from a non-UWYO address. Please exercise caution >> when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. >> >> Hello NHCOLL folks, >> >> Does anyone know if there is a museum or archive that holds the bulk of >> Stanley G. Jewett?s field notes, correspondence and other things? I?ve >> looked online and can find very little. He apparently was good about taking >> field notes but I can?t find any record of them. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> *Peter Wimberger (he suite)* >> >> Director, Slater Museum of Natural History >> >> Professor, Biology >> >> University of Puget Sound >> >> Tacoma, WA 98406 >> >> >> >> ?living and working on the Homelands of the Puyallup Nation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> >> https://avanan.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=https%3A//mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l&g=YjM4OWRkZTk3MGY4NWJlYg==&h=MTAxN2NkODcxZTAzMGNkZGZhYzY4NDQ0MmY1ZjVkNTViNTM3NWYyMzRkZDk3NTM5MzQ3NmVmZDM3OTc4OWM3Mw==&p=YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmRhMzZjMDhkOWQ1YWNhNThkM2QwM2IwYWFkNzdhNTllOnYxOnA6VA== >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> society. 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View this email in your browser [https://mcusercontent.com/55bc907948bad2d517782a8af/images/ab42f90a-dde6-9e77-ed41-250b174eeaa0.png] [https://mcusercontent.com/55bc907948bad2d517782a8af/images/ff896259-f87e-2656-ad00-230c8bcd38e9.png] Hello everyone, After founding Black in Natural History Museums (BlackInNHMs or BINHMs) in 2021 through our inaugural BlackInNHMs week, it was an honor to begin my term as President of the Board this spring 2022. It has been a pleasure being in community and sharing space with other individuals who are BlackInNHMs. Since our inception, we have been busy securing non-profit status for the organization to support our long-term goals. Now, as we look ahead, we want to take this opportunity to share our vision with you. Our main goal is to increase visibility and build community among the many brilliant and talented individuals working in or having experience with natural history museums. So far, we have curated a network of folks that we were fortunate to meet during the first BlackInNHMs week. We plan to have regular community building events, local and virtual, on an annual basis to facilitate growth and connectivity, while we grow our network (join using this link: https://tinyurl.com/MemberInputBlackInNHMs). Our end of the year virtual meet-up was a great opportunity to hear from the community about what they would like to see going forward. Thus, we also plan to serve as a safe space for the BlackInNHMs community to discuss and strategize the dismantling of barriers to our full participation in these institutions, as both patrons and professionals. We hope that as we come up with solutions, our co-conspirators will be ready to listen and act with us (sign up to volunteer using this link: https://tinyurl.com/SupportBlackInNHMs). To this end, we have started the Community Conversation series that will tackle a series of pressing issues for the Black community in NHMs and other academic institutions. The first of these was held this past July. Of course, we want to increase participation of the Black community in NHMs by sharing and providing opportunities for learning, research, and employment. We announce external opportunities on our website. We also want to use our non-profit to raise funds to support research, internships, conference attendance, speaker engagement and more for Black scholars in NHMs (Donate to Black in Natural History Museums: https://gofund.me/e433f03c). Going forward, BlackInNHMs week will be an annual event that we hope natural history museums and collections around the world will fully support. We would like to maintain the virtual program so that we can foster visibility and connectivity globally, but we would also like to be a resource for individual museums and collections to host local celebrations of the week. If your museum/collection is committed to increasing participation, diversity, equity, and inclusion among staff, students and patrons, good faith engagement with BlackInNHMs is a great opportunity to find support, resources, strategies, and a network of Black Museum students and professionals to mentor, employ, collaborate and conspire with. More details on the origination of this non-profit can be found in this blog which goes into detail about ?Curating Black Place and Space in Natural History Museums?. With love, Adania Flemming, BlackInNHMs President Janet C Buckner, Vice President of Communications Meet Our Board [https://mcusercontent.com/55bc907948bad2d517782a8af/images/7c618467-67b1-4764-bbe0-724596dc220c.png] We would like to officially announce the board for our recently established non-profit! You can learn more about our board on our website. [https://mcusercontent.com/55bc907948bad2d517782a8af/images/396fd33a-86ce-4b45-c698-a0c347eace91.png] Launch of the official BlackInNHMs website! Our official website is up and running! By using our website you can find information about our mission, our story and board members. Browse and connect with our network of Black museum professionals ranging from researchers to educators to award-winning regional experts. Consider a membership with our organization and join this amazing group of folks. Find jobs and opportunities including collections manager positions, graduate student openings and internships with natural history museums and collections. You can also check our page detailing past and upcoming events. We maintain a complimentary YouTube channel where we share recordings of past panels and lectures. There are more fun ways to engage: peruse our member highlights, consider writing a topical blog and/or explore our archive of historic Black figures in natural history collections, curating, administration, and maintenance. We will regularly update the archive as we find more information about the amazing naturalists and technicians that paved the way for contemporary leaders. If you know of someone we haven't featured yet, get in touch! Event Series: Community Conversations [https://mcusercontent.com/55bc907948bad2d517782a8af/images/7557321d-2d9e-196e-94d9-04e2014da710.png] This summer, we held our first Community Conversation. 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During this annual week-long event, we hope to inspire many Black professionals to reimagine their relationship with the biodiversity of our planet, while highlighting career opportunities in museums and related fields for the broader community. You can check for updates about our 2022 Black in Natural History Museums week here and read a recap of the 2021 week event here. [https://mcusercontent.com/55bc907948bad2d517782a8af/images/9054da3a-a82c-55b6-5702-62965241c759.jpeg] How You Can Help As An Individual And An Institution As we plan for the future of our non-profit and our annual event, there are many ways to assist us from fundraising and promotion to technical support and content creation. Please use this survey to note how you would be able to assist with this year?s BlackInNHMs week. You can also access our GoFundMe directly if you would like to make tax deductible donation to the organization. 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Here is a sampling: A set of four rounds focusing on comparing popular collections management systems (CMS) for folks deciding which CMS to adopt, determining whether to switch from a custom CMS, adopt a new CMS, or just to learn more of these options. Talks will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A. Included are: * Arctos, with Emily Braker, University of Colorado * Emu, with Larry Gall, Yale University * Specify, with Randy Singer, University of Michigan * Symbiota, with Katie Pearson, California Polytechnic State University A set of five rounds focusing on digitization activities at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian. * Coordinating digitization at NMNH, Sylvia Orli * A completely digitized collection ? what does digitization maintenance look like for NMNH botany, Sylvia Orli * Digitizing the Odonata, Torsten Dikow * Creating an Informatics and Data Science Center, Rebecca Snyder * New generation digitization of specimens in situ, Holly Little Individual lightning rounds will include: * Extending the model for digitized data, Ely Wallis * Software-based capture of 2D barcodes on duplicate herbarium sheets during digitization & subsequent data discovery via GBIF, including a sample script to adapt and reuse, David Shorthouse, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada * Digitization as art, Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History * Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), Jorrit Poelen, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration * A workflow for cleaning Notes from Nature data transcriptions, Peter Oboyski, Essig Museum * Digitizing the CSIRO Collections, Australia, Nicole Fisher, CSIRO * An open, continuously updated Fern Tree of Life, Joel Nitta, University of Tokyo * 10 minute Q&A with U.S. National Science Foundation representatives, Steve Ellis * MorphoBank, Brooke Long-Fox * [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ob3hAcrMNxtR4nN6wVJx-9ZBN9V0JkjX0eeslXshBoEeWBKADUyZXUdNhMsIuuGKuFZG30GsDYCQiwAJ9lZNNzzpwFYQjNzdCl3OW7qHrA9JVXcu5uIMa4uJ_8LN1_HxhdcqM7outILVpiMTTYCPnxQ] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nicole.palffy-muhoray at yale.edu Mon Aug 8 09:56:54 2022 From: nicole.palffy-muhoray at yale.edu (Palffy-Muhoray, Nicole) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 13:56:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job Posting at the Yale Peabody Museum: Student Programs Academic Coordinator Message-ID: To apply: https://your.yale.edu/yale-link/stars-external-applicants Student Programs Academic Coordinator Peabody Museum - Student Programs 75014BR University Job Title Program Administrator Bargaining Unit None - Not included in the union (Yale Union Group) Time Type Full time Duration Type Regular Compensation Grade Administration & Operations Compensation Grade Profile Associate (22) Work Location Central Campus Wage Ranges Click here to see our Wage Ranges Worksite Address 170 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 Work Week Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Total # of hours to be worked: 37.5 Searchable Job Family Museum/Curatorial Position Focus: Reporting to the Assistant Director of Student Programs at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Student Programs Academic Coordinator provides leadership and broad support for advancing Yale's teaching, learning and research missions within the Yale Peabody Museum (YPM). While the Academic Coordinator will participate in the broad range of initiatives across the Student Programs Office, the primary role of this individual is to facilitate and support the integration of YPM resources into the diverse and rigorous academic programs at Yale. Responsibilities include faculty communication and support of courses, coordination of summer internships, and support of museum staff and faculty in the development of opportunities for students to study, learn, and work with collections and in activities across the museum. The Academic Coordinator will advise and assist Yale instructors with developing curricula that provide students with access to YPM resources including objects, tours, data, expertise, galleries, and field experiences. They will work closely with the Student Programs Postdoctoral Fellow, who will assist with many of these efforts and will share the supervision of students and/or Alumni Fellows working on related projects. Essential Duties: * Connects faculty with YPM staff and available resources (e.g. objects, spaces, expertise). * Communicates with faculty to identify and build opportunities to engage with YPM resources. * Develops relationships with new faculty. * Assists faculty in developing curricula for teaching with/about YPM resources, including the Study Gallery. * Supports Study Gallery and Student Exhibition development and installation. * Leads and arranges for expert leadership on field trips. * With the Student Programs Postdoctoral Fellow, oversees and supports students and Alumni Fellows working with the Student Programs Office to administer or develop a range of programs that give Yale students hands-on experience with museum-based research and education. * Oversees coordination of the summer internship program by graduate student assistants, who solicit proposals from staff and curators, promote the program to undergraduates, work with advisors on intern selection, onboard interns, and mentor/support interns as needed. The Academic Coordinator plans and executes the fall symposium. * Oversees the student-led tour program by training student tour guides, providing feedback to tour guides, and meeting/escorting groups as needed. * Supports the development and execution of programs that provide students with opportunities to present their work to broad audiences (e.g. YPM Speakers Bureau). * Assumes responsibility for ensuring these programs are covered in the absence of student leaders or Alumni Fellows. * Supports YPM staff with recruiting and incorporating students into roles/areas across the Museum. * Greets and escorts visiting Yale courses and provides guidance during tours, class and study sessions, field trips, etc. * Works with students to represent YPM and its opportunities to the Yale student body at student-centered events (e.g. orientation fairs). * Collaborates with other museums and other collections at Yale; contributes to campus-wide object-based teaching and learning partnerships and discussions. * Other duties, as assigned. At the Yale Peabody Museum we are working to confront our history of injustice, inequity, and racism. We are working on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion institutional priorities so that we can learn to better serve our communities, amplify marginalized voices and perspectives, and create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. The ideal candidate will be ready to share their experience with and interest in contributing to this work. Please address in your cover letter how Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion relate to your professional experience and goals. Essential Duties 1. In support of the overall mission, plans, directs and oversees programmatic activities. 2. Develops, implements, and maintains operational policies and procedures. 3. Manages program communications; identifies outreach potential, and promotes philanthropic and collaborative support of the program. 4. Works closely with leadership, internal and external colleagues, and community residents to further develop and implement strategic plans. 5. Identifies, solicits, and cultivates community partnerships and collaborations to assist in the development and growth of the program. 6. Tracks all program activities and regularly informs leadership of progress on each initiative. Recommends structural or programmatic adjustments, changes or additions based on full knowledge of missions, goals, and objectives. Develops metrics to identify and measure the success of the program. 7. Assists in identifying and evaluating potential future funding sources, and contributes to the submission of grants and contracts supporting the program, including the annual submission and writing of all content areas and budgetary sections of grant applications. 8. Develops and manages the program's operating budget. 9. Manages the administrative infrastructure of the program. Manages human resources including staffing and hiring, supervision, performance development, counseling and discipline, if warranted. Oversees and manages information systems, facilities, and space needs. 10. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Education and Experience Bachelor's Degree in a related field and two years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Required Skill/Ability 1: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to relate to and work well with individuals inside and outside of the Museum and Yale. Ability to think and plan strategically toward the Museum's long-range academic program and role in the University. Required Skill/Ability 2: Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with researchers and colleagues at Yale and in the field, as well as with diverse museum audiences. Ability to engage faculty and students with collections, and strong commitment and ability to provide support at all levels. Teaching skills with an emphasis on object-based and interactive approaches. Required Skill/Ability 3: Ability to solve problems, exercise discretion and independent judgment, and make decisions. Excellent time management and organization skills. Required Skill/Ability 4: Ability to work well under pressure, meet demanding deadlines, and demonstrate professionalism and flexibility in a busy multi-task environment. Required Skill/Ability 5: Adept at standard computing/technology practices (e.g. facile with spreadsheets, email, calendars, cloud storage, AV systems) and able to quickly learn to use new software and systems. Able to instruct and help others use these computing/technological tools. Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Advanced degree in natural sciences, Anthropology or a related field. Experience collaborating with faculty, in teaching natural history content in represented fields, in research and/or education in the field (outdoor settings), working with museum collections, including care, curation, and data management, in managing natural history or science programs, and in exhibition development. Physical Requirements Ability to lift 40 lbs. Comfortable on ladders and elevated platforms. Good dexterity Weekend Hours Required? Occasional Evening Hours Required? Occasional Drug Screen No Health Screening No Background Check Requirements All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. 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Does anyone have such a unit at a museum? If so, how much does the unit cost, how much liquid nitrogen does it develop over a set period and what other infrastructure is required in order to operate such a unit and supply liquid nitrogen to dewars? Thanks in advance for any information that can help us make this decision. 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 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From khpowers at alaska.edu Tue Aug 9 17:54:14 2022 From: khpowers at alaska.edu (Kyndall Hildebrandt) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 13:54:14 -0800 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Liquid nitrogen generating unit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Andrew, I'm the collection manager of Genomic Resources at the University of Alaska Museum. We currently have nine cryovats and run the Cryomech LNP120 generator (120 liters per day). The 120L plant has a 300 L collection dewar. We ran for several years, the LNP40 (40L per day) and that was about maxed out with three cryovats. I would encourage you to go with a larger plant or if possible two medium sized plants. The biggest difference is price and cooling of the unit - air-cooled or water-cooled generator. The LNP40 was air-cooled, and the LNP120 is water cooled (only option for the LNP120). I believe there is an even bigger size now. Both have their pluses and minuses. The water-cooled required us to plumb it into our buildings chilled water. Air-cooled meant that the room got too hot and had to be heavily air-conditioned. Cryomech could help you determine which would be best for you. The university I'm at uses Cryomech since our refrigeration techs on campus are trained to do maintenance work and the maintenance work is super simple. There is annual maintenance required and is about $1K. Currently, our generator is currently in New York getting repairs hence why I suggest having two just in case one goes down. Luckily, there are several units on campus that allow me to use swipe LN2 while our plant is down. I would also suggest looking into Stirling ( https://www.stirlingcryogenics.eu/en/products/liquid-nitrogen-production-systems) for another brand of LN2 generators. I don't have any experience with them but the Museum of Southwestern Biology has one. As for price, depends on size. I think the LNP40s are not about $50K and LNP120 about $120K (I suggest getting a quote instead of taking my word on this). This doesn't account for install costs (plumbing for water-cooled, mounting of the filters, O2 alarm if you don't already have one). The cost to purchase LN2 for us is $8L in Fairbanks so it was a no-brainer for us to make our LN2. Been running LN2 generators since 2008. You can view more information about our setup on our webpage and feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. Kyndall On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 6:46 AM Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: > Hi all > > > > The tissue collections at KU are rapidly expanding as are our liquid > nitrogen dewars. We are potentially getting to the tipping point of > purchasing a liquid nitrogen generator to supply our needs rather than > purchasing from an outside entity. Does anyone have such a unit at a > museum? If so, how much does the unit cost, how much liquid nitrogen does > it develop over a set period and what other infrastructure is required in > order to operate such a unit and supply liquid nitrogen to dewars? > > > > Thanks in advance for any information that can help us make this decision. > > > > 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 > > ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 > > http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > V V V > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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'From Blue Iguanas to Blue Vervain: Sharing the colonial histories from the UK Overseas Territories' is a collaborative project is funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of the call: "Hidden Histories of Environmental Science: Acknowledging legacies of race, social injustice and exclusion to inform the future". As part of this project, we would like to gather UK overseas territories data held in natural science collections around the world, to share with people living and working where the data originated. This data can then be more widely accessed to facilitate public engagement and biodiversity conservation. The project is led by the UK Centre for Hydrology & Ecology with partners at the National Trust for the Cayman Islands; The Montserrat National Trust; Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium; Leeds Museums and Galleries; and the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. 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As part of this project, we would like to gather UK overseas territories data held in natural science collections around the world, to share with people living and working where the data originated. This data can then be more widely accessed to facilitate public engagement and biodiversity conservation. The project is led by the UK Centre for Hydrology & Ecology with partners at the National Trust for the Cayman Islands; The Montserrat National Trust; Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium; Leeds Museums and Galleries; and the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. Please click on this link to access the survey: https://lmgnaturalsciences.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/blue-iguanas-to-blue-vervain-uk-museum-survey The survey will be open until the end of September. Do contact me off list if you have any questions: rebecca.machin at leeds.gov.uk (I shall be away from my computer for much of August so may not be able to respond quickly, however). Thank you very much for your help. 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URL: From abentley at ku.edu Fri Aug 12 11:47:53 2022 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:47:53 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: [ZooMu] Fwd: Brookfield and Field Museum newspaper article Aug 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Great example below of what we should all be trying to foster in terms of collaboration between biodiversity and living collections and the realization of our Digital Extended Specimen ideal. 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 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:11 AM JOHNSON, DEBBIE > wrote: The body of JoJo, beloved Brookfield Zoo gorilla, will join Field Museum's mammal collection - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com) [https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/35bc4b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/796x454+0+37/resize/1461x834!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2For7s7CsLb3Cnp0ywVa0d4CrZz-c%3D%2F0x0%3A796x527%2F796x527%2Ffilters%3Afocal%28398x264%3A399x265%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23938534%2FScreen_Shot_2022_08_11_at_11.09.26_AM.png] The body of JoJo, beloved Brookfield Zoo gorilla, will join Field Museum's mammal collection The body of JoJo, a 42-year-old silverback western lowland gorilla who died recently at Brookfield Zoo, will be made available for scientific study at Chicago's Field Museum. Sun-Times file The ... chicago.suntimes.com https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/8/11/23301588/brookfield-zoo-gorilla-jojo-field-museum-scientific-study-collections?fbclid=IwAR1AkTlSYRruaq03oNGJjCpx5LddqVmHeMnW5HSwksTWYq2We3T2ErfuDVo The body of JoJo, a 485-pound silverback gorilla who died two weeks ago at the Brookfield Zoo, will become catalogued into the Field Museum's mammal collection and made available for scientific study. "JoJo will be added to our collection so that scientists can study his remains to learn more about how gorillas evolved and how we might be able to help protect them," said Kate Golembiewski, a spokeswoman for the museum. More information on how JoJo's body was to be preserved wasn't immediately available because the museum's mammal collection manager was doing field work and could not be reached. Golembiewski said she didn't believe JoJo's body would be placed on public display. [The taxidermy remains of Bushman, a western lowland gorilla who died in 1951 at Lincoln Park Zoo, stand guard at the Field Museum's east entrance.] The taxidermy remains of Bushman, a western lowland gorilla who died in 1951 at Lincoln Park Zoo, stand guard at the Field Museum's east entrance. Provided by Lucy Hewett/Field Museum The taxidermy remains of another beloved western lowland gorilla named Bushman, who died in 1951 at the Lincoln Park Zoo, are on display at the museum's east entrance. The museum's collection of animals and plants essentially forms a library of life on earth, and the museum's mammals collection alone contains more than 230,000 preserved specimens. Only a fraction of the collection is on public display. JoJo was 42, a senior citizen in gorilla years. The median life expectancy for male gorillas in managed care is 32 years, according to the Chicago Zoological Society, which runs the suburban zoo. The western lowland silverback gorilla went into cardiac arrest July 31 during an emergency veterinary procedure prompted by an acute illness, according to the zoo. Officials are awaiting the results of a necropsy. Following his death, the zoo posted a Facebook message that read: "JoJo was very smart and learned new behaviors quickly during husbandry training sessions. He was known for keeping order in the gorilla group by quickly breaking up squabbles and often showed his gentler and patient side when interacting with his offspring." Animal care staff gathered at the zoo after Jojo passed to celebrate the silverback's life, zoo spokeswoman Sondra Katzen said. Brookfield Zoo police officers brought their canine officers, Kirby and Charlie, to the zoo's animal hospital to comfort staff. During his 10 years at Brookfield Zoo, JoJo sired three offspring - Nora in 2013, Zachary in 2015 and Ali in 2018. He also sired an offspring in 2003 when he was at Louisville Zoo, and in 2004, he sired a female at Lincoln Park Zoo. Western lowland gorillas are considered a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Causes for their endangerment include habitat destruction and degradation, diseases such as Ebola and commercial hunting. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joosep.Sarapuu at loodusmuuseum.ee Tue Aug 16 04:39:11 2022 From: Joosep.Sarapuu at loodusmuuseum.ee (Joosep Sarapuu) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:39:11 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Message-ID: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21090 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PXL_20220816_082158010.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 593853 bytes Desc: PXL_20220816_082158010.jpg URL: From tschioette at snm.ku.dk Tue Aug 16 05:28:37 2022 From: tschioette at snm.ku.dk (=?utf-8?B?VG9tIFNjaGnDuHR0ZQ==?=) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:28:37 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> Message-ID: Dear Joosep, At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way. Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that. Cheers Tom Tom Schi?tte Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) Universitetsparken 15 DK 2100 Copenhagen OE +45 35 32 10 48 TSchioette at snm.ku.dk From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: 16. august 2022 10:39 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21090 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee Tue Aug 16 07:07:21 2022 From: Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee (Lennart Lennuk) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:07:21 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> Message-ID: <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> Dear Tom, Can you tell if there might be a probleem with acidity with cotton wool? I have heard about alternative using of synthetic cotton. Best! Lennart From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:29 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Joosep, At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way. Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that. Cheers Tom Tom Schi?tte Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) Universitetsparken 15 DK 2100 Copenhagen OE +45 35 32 10 48 TSchioette at snm.ku.dk From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: 16. august 2022 10:39 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] Kiri on saadetud v?ljastpoolt valitsemisala. ?rge avage kirjaga kaasa tulnud linke v?i manuseid enne, kui olete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21090 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From tschioette at snm.ku.dk Tue Aug 16 07:34:40 2022 From: tschioette at snm.ku.dk (=?utf-8?B?VG9tIFNjaGnDuHR0ZQ==?=) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:34:40 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> Message-ID: <686c4d8553eb430cbc52d2c767f113ea@snm.ku.dk> Dear Lennart, I am no biochemist, but my understanding is that cotton is chemically complex, but that the end result is rather to the alkaline than the acidic side. Somebody correct that if I am wrong. In alcohol samples, however, the real thing to worry about is that the alcohol itself becomes somewhat acidic when it over time absorbs CO2 from the air. I have heard of synthetic cotton too. Let somebody experiment with that over 100 years and perhaps convince my great-great-grandchildren of its qualities. Cheers Tom From: Lennart Lennuk Sent: 16. august 2022 13:07 To: Tom Schi?tte ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: RE: Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Tom, Can you tell if there might be a probleem with acidity with cotton wool? I have heard about alternative using of synthetic cotton. Best! Lennart From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:29 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Joosep, At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way. Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that. Cheers Tom Tom Schi?tte Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) Universitetsparken 15 DK 2100 Copenhagen OE +45 35 32 10 48 TSchioette at snm.ku.dk From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: 16. august 2022 10:39 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] Kiri on saadetud v?ljastpoolt valitsemisala. ?rge avage kirjaga kaasa tulnud linke v?i manuseid enne, kui olete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21090 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From abentley at ku.edu Tue Aug 16 13:06:02 2022 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:06:02 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> Message-ID: Joosep We have been using a polyester fiber fill (https://www.amazon.com/Fairfield-Poly-Premium-Fiber-32-Ounce/dp/B004ALQ0M2) for small tubes in our various collections for some time. Cork and rubber break down over time in contact with ethanol and should be avoided. It has the advantage of not wadding up like cotton wool does while providing a porous barrier for exchange of alcohol and being inert and not affected by alcohol or formalin over time. It is very inexpensive and available at most hobby or craft stores or online. Hope that helps 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 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:39 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21090 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Tue Aug 16 13:06:39 2022 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:06:39 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: <686c4d8553eb430cbc52d2c767f113ea@snm.ku.dk> References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> <686c4d8553eb430cbc52d2c767f113ea@snm.ku.dk> Message-ID: <148A0502-0BD0-464B-8A81-7291E48A80E6@btinternet.com> The cotton wool / polyester batting method is good but not for anthropoids with hookey feet, else you drag them out when removing the closure. I have always used nylon closures for these tubes and they work very well but I?m not sure who supplies them! With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 16 Aug 2022, at 12:34, Tom Schi?tte wrote: > > Dear Lennart, > > I am no biochemist, but my understanding is that cotton is chemically complex, but that the end result is rather to the alkaline than the acidic side. Somebody correct that if I am wrong. In alcohol samples, however, the real thing to worry about is that the alcohol itself becomes somewhat acidic when it over time absorbs CO2 from the air. > > I have heard of synthetic cotton too. Let somebody experiment with that over 100 years and perhaps convince my great-great-grandchildren of its qualities. > > Cheers > > Tom > > > > From: Lennart Lennuk > Sent: 16. august 2022 13:07 > To: Tom Schi?tte ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: RE: Fluid preservation jar lids > > Dear Tom, > > Can you tell if there might be a probleem with acidity with cotton wool? > I have heard about alternative using of synthetic cotton. > > Best! > Lennart > > From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:29 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids > > Dear Joosep, > > At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way. > > Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that. > > Cheers > > Tom > > Tom Schi?tte > > Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca > Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) > Universitetsparken 15 > DK 2100 Copenhagen OE > > +45 35 32 10 48 > TSchioette at snm.ku.dk > > > > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu > Sent: 16. august 2022 10:39 > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids > > Dear all, > We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? > > Sincerely, > Joosep Sarapuu > Estonian Natural History Museum > 59031393 > > > > Kiri on saadetud v?ljastpoolt valitsemisala. ?rge avage kirjaga kaasa tulnud linke v?i manuseid enne, kui olete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 couteaufin at btinternet.com Tue Aug 16 13:08:59 2022 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:08:59 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> Message-ID: ?and to follow on from Andy?s comment - cork is a temporary closure (fine in the field, but will lead to evaporation in storage due to its semi-permeability). Rubber bungs either go rock hard or expand - either way they become irremovable! With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 16 Aug 2022, at 18:06, Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: > > Joosep > > We have been using a polyester fiber fill (https://www.amazon.com/Fairfield-Poly-Premium-Fiber-32-Ounce/dp/B004ALQ0M2) for small tubes in our various collections for some time. Cork and rubber break down over time in contact with ethanol and should be avoided. It has the advantage of not wadding up like cotton wool does while providing a porous barrier for exchange of alcohol and being inert and not affected by alcohol or formalin over time. It is very inexpensive and available at most hobby or craft stores or online. > > Hope that helps > > 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 > ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 > http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > V V V > > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:39 AM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids > > Dear all, > We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? > > Sincerely, > Joosep Sarapuu > Estonian Natural History Museum > 59031393 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Tue Aug 16 14:09:57 2022 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:09:57 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> Message-ID: Hi Lennart and Joosep (and Simon and Andy - just echoing and adding to both of them) in the report of the KUR-Projekt at the MfN in Berlin for the restoring of the fluid collections, the recommendation is Japan-paper (Paper Nao) to avoid entangling of appendices and spiny body parts. Alternatively, eye cotton is recommended, as this is the only cotton without any additives; this cotton is also recommended by Cal Zeiss MicroImaging; see page 16 in the PDF Wichtig ist der Verschluss mit einem Wattestopfen, der eventuell mit Japanpapier (PAPER NAO, z. B. St?rke RK 15) zu umwickeln ist, damit beborstete Pr?parate sich nicht in der Watte verfangen. Die Augenwatte der Firma KERMA weist als einzige Watte in Deutschland keinerlei chemische Zusatzstof- fe auf und ist damit zumindest f?r Typuspr?parate das Material der Wahl. Diese Watte wird auch f?r die Reinigung von Optikoberfl?chen benutzt, Firmenbrosch?ren von CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING (Z?lf- fel 2005, 2011) dienten als Anregung f?r den Einsatz dieser Watte in Nasssammlungen. At the end of the document are contact information of respective suppliers provided. Hope this helps Dirk Am 16.08.2022 um 19:08 schrieb Simon Moore: ?and to follow on from Andy?s comment - cork is a temporary closure (fine in the field, but will lead to evaporation in storage due to its semi-permeability). Rubber bungs either go rock hard or expand - either way they become irremovable! With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian, www.natural-history-conservation.com On 16 Aug 2022, at 18:06, Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: Joosep We have been using a polyester fiber fill (https://www.amazon.com/Fairfield-Poly-Premium-Fiber-32-Ounce/dp/B004ALQ0M2) for small tubes in our various collections for some time. Cork and rubber break down over time in contact with ethanol and should be avoided. It has the advantage of not wadding up like cotton wool does while providing a porous barrier for exchange of alcohol and being inert and not affected by alcohol or formalin over time. It is very inexpensive and available at most hobby or craft stores or online. Hope that helps 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 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:39 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 _______________________________________________ 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 Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317-628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Pure cotton itself is not expected to become acidic over time except by transfer of acidity from adjacent components and even that is questionable. Certainly, in fluid preserved collections there are many components that will react with oxygen before cellulose gets a chance. These include residual formaldehyde from fixation, oils, fats, and other organic constituents from specimens, and even ethanol itself ? consider the wine into vinegar process. Pure cotton presents no risk of acidification, although it may present problems of catching on complex surfaces. Rob From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Lennart, I am no biochemist, but my understanding is that cotton is chemically complex, but that the end result is rather to the alkaline than the acidic side. Somebody correct that if I am wrong. In alcohol samples, however, the real thing to worry about is that the alcohol itself becomes somewhat acidic when it over time absorbs CO2 from the air. I have heard of synthetic cotton too. Let somebody experiment with that over 100 years and perhaps convince my great-great-grandchildren of its qualities. Cheers Tom From: Lennart Lennuk > Sent: 16. august 2022 13:07 To: Tom Schi?tte >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: RE: Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Tom, Can you tell if there might be a probleem with acidity with cotton wool? I have heard about alternative using of synthetic cotton. Best! Lennart From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:29 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Joosep, At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way. Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that. Cheers Tom Tom Schi?tte Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) Universitetsparken 15 DK 2100 Copenhagen OE +45 35 32 10 48 TSchioette at snm.ku.dk From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: 16. august 2022 10:39 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] Kiri on saadetud v?ljastpoolt valitsemisala. ?rge avage kirjaga kaasa tulnud linke v?i manuseid enne, kui olete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21090 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Tue Aug 16 20:18:13 2022 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:18:13 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> <686c4d8553eb430cbc52d2c767f113ea@snm.ku.dk> Message-ID: I agree with Rob; we could not find any account of cotton deteriorating in ethanol, nor any chemical reason why it should. We have used it as an internal divider in shared containers for more than a century. The problem of picking up spines can be partially mitigated by tightly rolling the cotton into a sausage, then bending it double and sticking the doubled end into the vial and ; that way, the part facing the specimen is a smooth wall of curved fibers, not an open brush. 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 Robert Waller Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7:25 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids External. Our field has conflated the idea of wood products becoming acidic over time with pure cotton (cellulose) becoming acidic over time. It is the lignin content of wood that becomes acidic, and in some cases additives to paper, that become acidic over time (through oxidation and/or hydrolysis). Pure cotton itself is not expected to become acidic over time except by transfer of acidity from adjacent components and even that is questionable. Certainly, in fluid preserved collections there are many components that will react with oxygen before cellulose gets a chance. These include residual formaldehyde from fixation, oils, fats, and other organic constituents from specimens, and even ethanol itself ? consider the wine into vinegar process. Pure cotton presents no risk of acidification, although it may present problems of catching on complex surfaces. Rob lete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de Wed Aug 17 01:15:51 2022 From: Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Joachim=20H=C3=A4ndel?=) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:15:51 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> <686c4d8553eb430cbc52d2c767f113ea@snm.ku.dk> Message-ID: <62FC7987020000B3000A201A@zuv12.verwaltung.uni-halle.de> I've also had very good experiences with cotton wool (purified cotton wool for medical use). I would be careful with synthetic cotton wool because it might be damaged by additives in the alcohol - denaturants (e.g. Butanone - methyl ethyl ketone / MEK). This is only a suspicion and not proven. All the best and much success Joachim -- Joachim Haendel Center of Natural Sciences Collections 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 >>> Callomon,Paul 17.08.2022, 02:18 >>> I agree with Rob; we could not find any account of cotton deteriorating in ethanol, nor any chemical reason why it should. We have used it as an internal divider in shared containers for more than a century. The problem of picking up spines can be partially mitigated by tightly rolling the cotton into a sausage, then bending it double and sticking the doubled end into the vial and ; that way, the part facing the specimen is a smooth wall of curved fibers, not an open brush. 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 Robert Waller Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7:25 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids External. Our field has conflated the idea of wood products becoming acidic over time with pure cotton (cellulose) becoming acidic over time. It is the lignin content of wood that becomes acidic, and in some cases additives to paper, that become acidic over time (through oxidation and/or hydrolysis). Pure cotton itself is not expected to become acidic over time except by transfer of acidity from adjacent components and even that is questionable. Certainly, in fluid preserved collections there are many components that will react with oxygen before cellulose gets a chance. These include residual formaldehyde from fixation, oils, fats, and other organic constituents from specimens, and even ethanol itself ? consider the wine into vinegar process. Pure cotton presents no risk of acidification, although it may present problems of catching on complex surfaces. Rob lete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Julian.Carter at museumwales.ac.uk Wed Aug 17 10:12:05 2022 From: Julian.Carter at museumwales.ac.uk (Julian Carter) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:12:05 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids In-Reply-To: References: <2cd4a8eacfe743a19bf6e80560e73de6@loodusmuuseum.ee> <210e3433e909469d918fe16c8e9000e2@loodusmuuseum.ee> <686c4d8553eb430cbc52d2c767f113ea@snm.ku.dk> Message-ID: I concur with Rob on this, plus it must be remembered that ethanol is only very weakly ionisable, has a wider pKa, and thus we have to be careful comparing acidity in an ethanol solution with that of a dilute water based solution as it is not necessarily a ?like? for ?like? situation chemically. Best Jules From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Robert Waller Sent: 17 August 2022 00:25 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Our field has conflated the idea of wood products becoming acidic over time with pure cotton (cellulose) becoming acidic over time. It is the lignin content of wood that becomes acidic, and in some cases additives to paper, that become acidic over time (through oxidation and/or hydrolysis). Pure cotton itself is not expected to become acidic over time except by transfer of acidity from adjacent components and even that is questionable. Certainly, in fluid preserved collections there are many components that will react with oxygen before cellulose gets a chance. These include residual formaldehyde from fixation, oils, fats, and other organic constituents from specimens, and even ethanol itself ? consider the wine into vinegar process. Pure cotton presents no risk of acidification, although it may present problems of catching on complex surfaces. Rob From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Lennart, I am no biochemist, but my understanding is that cotton is chemically complex, but that the end result is rather to the alkaline than the acidic side. Somebody correct that if I am wrong. In alcohol samples, however, the real thing to worry about is that the alcohol itself becomes somewhat acidic when it over time absorbs CO2 from the air. I have heard of synthetic cotton too. Let somebody experiment with that over 100 years and perhaps convince my great-great-grandchildren of its qualities. Cheers Tom From: Lennart Lennuk > Sent: 16. august 2022 13:07 To: Tom Schi?tte >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: RE: Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Tom, Can you tell if there might be a probleem with acidity with cotton wool? I have heard about alternative using of synthetic cotton. Best! Lennart From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schi?tte Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:29 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear Joosep, At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way. Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that. Cheers Tom Tom Schi?tte Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) Universitetsparken 15 DK 2100 Copenhagen OE +45 35 32 10 48 TSchioette at snm.ku.dk From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Joosep Sarapuu Sent: 16. august 2022 10:39 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids Dear all, We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us? Sincerely, Joosep Sarapuu Estonian Natural History Museum 59031393 [banner_L??nemeri] Kiri on saadetud v?ljastpoolt valitsemisala. ?rge avage kirjaga kaasa tulnud linke v?i manuseid enne, kui olete saatja ?igsuses ja sisu turvalisuses kindel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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VMNH is the official state repository of natural history collections; current holdings include a large variety of dry and fluid-preserved invertebrates and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals); frozen tissues; invertebrate and vertebrate fossils; rocks and minerals; and archeological artifacts. If you meet the qualifications for Research Technician, we invite you to apply to join our staff. This position is available beginning January 2023 We seek a dynamic individual to assist the Assistant Curator of Herpetology and the Curator of Mammalogy in conducting research, preparing and cataloguing specimens, and performing field and laboratory work, as well as performing other day-to-day tasks related to preserving, documenting, and studying natural history specimens with a focus on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The candidate will have a Bachelor?s degree, or higher, in biology, or a related field. The successful candidate will have knowledge of, or willingness and ability to learn, skills required to collect and prepare dry and fluid-preserved vertebrate specimens as well as skills required to prepare tissue samples for molecular analyses. In addition, the individual will preferably have supervisory experience, including experience mentoring students, interns, and/or working with volunteers. The position requires excellent handwriting; meticulous attention to detail and accuracy; excellent written and verbal communication skills; excellent organizational and problem-solving skills; ability to prioritize and to work independently; and demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office and relational database software. This position reports to the Curator of Mammalogy. DUTIES: ? Assist with fieldwork to collect specimens of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals and other research- related data. ? Assist with labwork to prepare tissue samples for molecular analyses. ? Prepare biological specimens including frozen tissue samples, fluid specimens (amphibians and reptiles), study skins of mammals and birds, and skeletons. Many mammals and birds will be prepared from salvaged (e.g., road-killed) individuals. ? Create and attach handwritten specimen labels and tags as well as other labels as needed. ? Assist with maintaining colony of dermestid beetles. ? Maintain inventories and logs of specimens and samples as they are being prepared and analyzed. ? Enter specimen data and other information into electronic databases. ? Perform activities related to storage, organization, and maintenance of collections. ? Assist with supervision of students, volunteers, and interns who are performing research-related tasks. ? Assist with science outreach activities including specimen-based presentations and programs for K-12 school groups and the general public. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: ? Bachelor?s degree in vertebrate zoology, evolutionary biology, or related field, is required, and experience beyond the Bachelor?s degree is preferred. ? Knowledge of vertebrate anatomy and vertebrate classification. ? Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy. ? Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent handwriting. ? Strong organizational and problem-solving skills. ? Strong ability to prioritize and to work independently. ? Experience with MS Office suite programs. ? Ability to work outdoors in hot or cold conditions, lift heavy objects, and walk on uneven ground. PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS: ? Master?s degree in biology, or equivalent experience. ? Knowledge of taxonomy and identification of birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles of eastern North America. ? Knowledge of techniques for preparing fluid and dry vertebrate specimens. ? Knowledge of techniques for preparing tissue samples for molecular analyses. ? Knowledge of laboratory methods and techniques including routine molecular tasks (e.g., DNA extraction, PCR, DNA visualization, Sanger/Next-Generation sequencing). ? Knowledge of techniques for storing, organizing, and maintaining natural history collections. ? Familiarity and experience with vertebrate collecting techniques. ? Experience with large electronic databases and with collections management software (e.g., Specify, Arctos). ? Experience supervising students, interns, and/or volunteers. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE: The position is Pay Band 3 (minimum starting salary: $25,000.00-$30,000.00 An excellent state benefits package (including health insurance and retirement) is offered and detailed at http://www.dhrm.virginia.gov/genlbenefits/benefitsdescription.html. APPLICATION PROCESS: Only online applications are accepted. In addition to the online application, applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of at least three references. These documents may be attached to the online application. Review of applications will begin 3 October 2022. The Commonwealth of Virginia online employment is available at: https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/postings/ If you have questions about the position or the application process, please contact Lynette Perkins, Human Resources Manager at 276-634-4158. The Virginia Museum of Natural History complies with E-Verify which is an internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are afforded equal opportunities without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability. The successful applicant must furnish proof of identity and employment eligibility and is subject to a background check. *Liberty Hightower* Biology Research Technician Virginia Museum of Natural History 21 Starling Ave Martinsville, VA 24112 Office: 276.634.4175 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maru.digi at gmail.com Thu Aug 18 16:01:39 2022 From: maru.digi at gmail.com (Mariana Di Giacomo) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:01:39 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Conservation Pre-program internships at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce two one-year pre-program conservation internships at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The Yale Peabody Museum is currently undergoing a large renovation of gallery and collection spaces. Throughout this process, conservation work has been essential to plan and execute the goals of the renovation, from tasks related to the preventive care of specimens remaining in place, to deinstallation, treatment, and future installation of galleries. The priorities for Conservation at this stage are treatment and installation of specimens and objects in galleries, while continuing to work collaboratively in the care and preservation of the museum?s collections. The purpose of this post is to provide a graduate of a bachelor?s degree program (or equivalent) the opportunity to work in conservation of natural history collections to further their education by broadening their experience and skills. Under the direction and guidance of the Peabody Conservator, the intern will assist in preventive conservation and conservation treatment tasks at the Yale Peabody Museum both in the Peabody complex and West Campus locations. These tasks may include written and photographic documentation of objects and specimens, preventive conservation duties, treatment of objects and specimens, as well as research associated with the specimens or objects to care for. The intern will benefit from learning about caring for collections and specific treatment techniques and will be able to include the work performed in applications to graduate programs in conservation Please find the responsibilities, duties, and any other details (including the link to apply) at either of these links: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25053&siteid=5248&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=1551635 https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25053&siteid=5248&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=1551634 Thank you very much for spreading the word. 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The Zoological Collections Manager will oversee day-to-day operations of the core zoology collections of the Bell Museum, which include collections of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, and associated genetic resources. The Collection Manager will work closely with the zoology curators, and will be responsible for specimen preparation, documentation, and conservation, as well as database management, handling loan requests, overseeing visitors, and answering information requests. The Zoological Collections Manager will report to the Science Director and collaborate with the curators in charge of these respective collections to design and implement routine activities and long-term goals. We are looking for individuals to join our team who are inspired by our mission to ignite curiosity and wonder, explore our connections to nature and the universe, and create a better future for our evolving world. We recognize that structural and institutional barriers exist that prevent the inclusion and equal participation of people in our work. We believe that recognizing who is missing, and working to include them, is a first step to becoming a better museum. Although this work is challenging, it will enhance our science and expand our reach. We strongly urge people who identify as underrepresented in the sciences to apply and work with us so that we reflect the society we serve. 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Building capacity by mobilizing collection data and networking natural science collections as part of a GBIF funded project (CESP2022-011, [1, 2]) we are hosting an online workshop series in September that will combine presentations by members of the regional collections community with discussions among all participants in breakout rooms. The four workshop sessions will focus on 1) natural science collections and existing networks in the region, 2) advanced uses and novel applications of scientific collections and their data, 3) the GBIF Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSCiColl [3]) as powerful backbone, and 4) developing use cases and collaborations that build on GRSCiColl and collections? data. The detailed workshop program can be found at https://statistical-genetics.com/2022/08/connecting-collections-workshop-series/ The workshop will be conducted in English and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation. Its sessions are scheduled on Mondays, Sept. 5, 12. 19 and 26, 2022 at 19 UTC. Find your local time here https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220905T190000&p1=1440&p2=141&p3=51&p4=1888&p5=190&p6=94 The workshop sessions are free and accessible worldwide, either by using the video conferencing application zoom or accessing the zoom sessions from your computer?s internet browser. Please go to bit.ly/LatCarColl or follow the below link to register and receive the access details. https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/connecting-collections-workshop-series-1064839 We are very much looking forward to welcoming you at the workshop and to your participation in the workshop?s discussions and exchanges. The Project Team [1] https://www.gbif.org/ [2] https://www.gbif.org/programme/82219/capacity-enhancement-support-programme [3] https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll -- Statistical Genetics Dr. Jutta Buschbom Gerhart-Hauptmann-Strasse 35 22926 Ahrensburg Germany +49 (0)4102 459264 jutta.buschbom at statistical-genetics.de https://statistical-genetics.com [first name][last name] she|her -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OpenPGP_0x79BE669E6E3B0DFB.asc Type: application/pgp-keys Size: 689 bytes Desc: OpenPGP public key URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The job will also involve looking at how we track benefits and their impact, and ensuring the Museum has robust measures in place to ensure compliance with national and international regulation. https://careers.nhm.ac.uk/templates/CIPHR/jobdetail_2576.aspx It might be worth noting that the NHM has been following the ongoing developments regarding the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol closely. NHM colleagues had a leading role in the development of the CETAF Code of Conduct and Best Practice to support a modern collection management. This vacancy at one of the most interesting and vibrant Natural History Museums in Europe definitely is an interesting opportunity for all that are interested in enhance internal processes to support collections to meet the requirements of a fast paced, dynamic, legal, and regulatory environment. With best wishes Dirk -- ? Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317-628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dyanega at gmail.com Mon Aug 29 12:24:33 2022 From: dyanega at gmail.com (Douglas Yanega) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:24:33 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1c437383-0190-6ee9-9315-2ca9374b226c@gmail.com> On 8/29/22 9:15 AM, Liath Appleton wrote: > As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written > somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we > do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous > curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her > volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have > the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out > the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the > specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of > those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk > collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to > do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, > rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of > you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the > subject? Insect collections contain a variety of object types, each dealt with differently. Pinned specimens have a numbered label on the same pin. Slide-mounted specimens have a label glued to the slide. Vials sometimes have two labels, one inside and one outside, taped to it, but usually at least an inside label. Objects like galls or nests or twigs have the number on the container that houses them, not on the object itself, with just one object per container. Peace, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 From carrie at geology.wisc.edu Mon Aug 29 12:26:46 2022 From: carrie at geology.wisc.edu (Carrie A. Eaton) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:26:46 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu Mon Aug 29 12:30:35 2022 From: cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu (Opitz, Cindy E) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:30:35 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Re: Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Liath, We?ve begun printing numbers on 100% cotton paper and adhering them to surfaces with a B72 base coat and a topcoat of Golden acrylic self-leveling clear gel. Cindy Opitz (she/her) Director of Research Collections Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program The University of Iowa 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Office: 319.335.0481 cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D8BB9A.C14BD600] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Carrie A. Eaton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:27 AM To: Liath Appleton ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [External] Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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McLeod, Ph.D. Vertebrate Paleontology LACM Natural History 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3325 [voice] ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:15 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Lisa.Amati at nysed.gov Mon Aug 29 12:37:58 2022 From: Lisa.Amati at nysed.gov (Lisa Amati) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:37:58 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Liath, At the New York State Museum, we have found numerous specimens in the collection on which the paper labels are now too dirty or scuffed to be legible. We recently started numbering specimens in our Paleontology Stratigraphic Collection using white acrylic paint as a base coat, solvent resistant pens for the number, and a B72 coating. We found that the B72 was smearing regular archival ink so found the special solvent resistant pens, available through a few places online. That has mostly solved our problems. We are also coating the old paper labels with B72 to try to make them last longer. Good luck! Lisa ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:15 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org Confidentiality Notice This email including all attachments is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is protected from disclosure under State and/or Federal law. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this communication in error and delete this email from your system. 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Eaton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM To: Liath Appleton ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Mon Aug 29 12:54:59 2022 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:54:59 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In our back yard, the traditional materials for marking fossils with numbers were used: white base coat - WiteOut; ink - Rotring mapping pen; top coat - clear nail varnish. My father used these for over 50 years, with durable, non-yellowing results. Here at the Academy (Malacology and General Invertebrates) we use Pigma pens directly onto shells; the fine .005 nib is best, but we also use the more durable .01 for marking labels. I personally still use a fine steel (fountain) pen for everything, including specimens; pens and ink (India Ink) are made by Platinum, Pilot and Sakura. These are in common use in Japan, where there's often a need to write complex Chinese characters really small. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA prc44 at drexel.edu Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amast at fsu.edu Mon Aug 29 13:07:06 2022 From: amast at fsu.edu (Austin Mast) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:07:06 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections Course Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, iDigBio is pleased to announce an 8-week "Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections? online course. Take this opportunity to introduce new purpose and excitement into your organization. Prepare to relate your collection?s compelling vision to stakeholders and discuss long-term goals and strategies with administrators. The ?Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections? course will meet 8 times on Fridays at 3:00?4:00 PM Eastern Time during the period October 7?December 9, 2022 (see syllabus link below for details, including exact dates). We anticipate that the course will require approximately 5 hours of work per week, including the 1 hour in-class. The goal is to produce a short (5?10 pages) strategic plan for each represented collection. Each plan will address vision, mission, values, stakeholders, strategies, goals, objectives, evaluation, and sustainability, among other things. The process is at least as valuable as the product, and you might find that the exercises benefit your collection in unexpected ways. The course will be capped to ensure adequate opportunities to participate in discussions. We are looking for creative, committed participants who can help us to continue building momentum for this as an annual event. If multiple individuals from a collection are interested in participating in the course, we ask that one formally apply and the others participate in the out-of-class exercises and brainstorming sessions. There is no charge for participation in the course. We invite anyone affiliated with a collection from anywhere in the world to apply to participate, but we do note that the course is taught in English. Please note that the course is focused on strategic planning, rather than teaching collecting, curation, or data mobilization skills. Meetings are recorded to benefit class participants who wish to review content asynchronously. A summary syllabus for the course is available here. To apply, please complete this short Google Form by September 12, 2022. Admission decisions will be made shortly thereafter. Admissions are based on a mix of considerations, including diversity of career stages and collections, urgency for the collection, the collection?s concrete plans to leverage the strategic planning in the near future (e.g., for funding), and sustained interest in the class as evidenced by application again this year after an unsuccessful application in the previous year. With best regards, Austin Mast (Director of iDigBio?s Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science Domain) and David Jennings (iDigBio?s Project Manager) Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? Florida State University ? Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 ? U.S.A. ? (850) 645-1500 ? Director ? Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication ? College of Communication and Information ? Florida State University ? amast at fsu.edu ? he/him -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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However, candidates with little to no museum-collections experience but that have a computer programming background and an interest to learn and solve challenges related to museum-collections will also be considered.* Please see the posting for more information: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/222706/application-systems-analyst-intermediate Sincerely, Matthew -- Matthew Cruz, Application Architect Web and Application Development Services LSA Technology Services The University of Michigan -- Randy Singer, Ph.D. (Twitter - @Randchovy) Assistant Research Scientist/Collection Manager of Fishes University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 3600 Varsity Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Office: (734) 936-3754 https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/fishes.html http://randchovy.wixsite.com/randalsinger [image: Related image] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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However, candidates with little to no museum-collections experience but that have a computer programming background and an interest to learn and solve challenges related to museum-collections will also be considered.* Please see the posting for more information: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/222706/application-systems-analyst-intermediate Sincerely, Matthew -- Matthew Cruz, Application Architect Web and Application Development Services LSA Technology Services The University of Michigan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rceng at uw.edu Mon Aug 29 20:35:24 2022 From: rceng at uw.edu (Ron Eng) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:35:24 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <021201d8bc08$651c66b0$2f553410$@uw.edu> Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said. I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot. Use archival products. Penmanship sample-I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information Here are the tools that we use Sakura PigmaR Micron black ink pen We currently use the PigmaR Micron pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades. Koh-I-NoorR RAPIDOGRAPHR pens Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 Koh-I-NoorR black India ink This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-NoorR ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. for DARK specimens 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface 2. We use a Sakura white PentouchR Marker to write directly on the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) For a clear coat painted over the written number Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer (25% solution by weight in acetone) Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the PigmaR Micron pen ink run if the ink has not dried completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ronald C. Eng (he | him) Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager e-mail: rceng at uw.edu telephone: 206.543.6776 fax: 206.685.3039 orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 Burke Museum The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture University of Washington | Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195-3010 Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fox, Marilyn Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts of surfaces. Marilyn Fox ( marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Collections Study Center 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 West Haven CT 06516 _____ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Carrie A. Eaton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM To: Liath Appleton >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here - minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson - thank you!) as a 'temporary number' but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor ( newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager ( webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 1221 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2867 bytes Desc: not available URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Tue Aug 30 01:53:31 2022 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:53:31 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: <021201d8bc08$651c66b0$2f553410$@uw.edu> References: <021201d8bc08$651c66b0$2f553410$@uw.edu> Message-ID: <7880c650-654f-1546-62ba-04d35b4afc14@leibniz-lib.de> ... just to add to Ronald: there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom recording! With best wishes Dirk Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said. I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot. Use archival products. Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information Here are the tools that we use Sakura Pigma? Micron black ink pen We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades. Koh-I-Noor? RAPIDOGRAPH? pens Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 Koh-I-Noor? black India ink This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. for DARK specimens 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface 2. We use a Sakura white Pentouch? Marker to write directly on the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) For a clear coat painted over the written number Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer (25% solution by weight in acetone) Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the ink has not dried completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ronald C. Eng (he | him) Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager e-mail: rceng at uw.edu telephone: 206.543.6776 fax: 206.685.3039 [https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/136240/images/iD_icon.gif] orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 Burke Museum The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture University of Washington | Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195-3010 [Burke logo_small_hres_2] Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fox, Marilyn Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts of surfaces. Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Collections Study Center 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 West Haven CT 06516 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Carrie A. Eaton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM To: Liath Appleton >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.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. -- ? Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317-628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Our previous protocol (before we stopped numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using - https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions: To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, less expensive, or something else? To everyone else: 1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily can B-72 be removed after it has been sitting for possibly years? Is it about the same as when it is relatively new? 2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all. 3. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons? Thanks again, for your help. Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann wrote: > ... just to add to Ronald: > > there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in > Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens > (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom > recording! > > With best wishes > Dirk > > > Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: > > Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what > Carrie Eaton had said. > > > > I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when > possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable > (unobtrusive) spot. > > Use archival products. > > > > Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and > ask them to write down their contact information > > > > Here are the tools that we use > > > > Sakura *Pigma? Micron *black ink pen > > We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with > multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now > been using them for more than two decades. > > > > Koh-I-Noor? *RAPIDOGRAPH*? pens > > Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 > > Koh-I-Noor? black India ink > > This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are > the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. > > > > for *DARK *specimens > > 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface > 2. We use a Sakura white *Pentouch? Marker *to write directly on the > specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) > > > > For a clear coat painted over the written number > > *Paraloid B72* (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer > > (25% solution by weight in acetone) > > Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the > ink has not dried completely. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ronald C. Eng > > (*he *|* him*) > > Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager > e-mail: rceng at uw.edu > > telephone: 206.543.6776 > fax: 206.685.3039 > > [image: > https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/136240/images/iD_icon.gif] > orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 > > > > Burke Museum > > The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture > University of Washington | Box 353010 > Seattle, WA 98195-3010 > > > > [image: Burke logo_small_hres_2] > > *Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org > .* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l > *On Behalf Of *Fox, Marilyn > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. > > https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf > > > > We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts > of surfaces. > > > > Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) > Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology > Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History > Collections Study Center > > 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 > > West Haven CT 06516 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Carrie > A. Eaton > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM > *To:* Liath Appleton ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > Hi Liath, > > We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils > alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few > different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic > paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in > our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut > out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the > number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper > to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank > you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep > lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My > students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny > and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they > almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can > stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) > are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It > all is helpful! > > Cheers, > > Carrie > > > > Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator > > UW Geology Museum > > 1215 West Dayton Street > > Madison, WI 53706 > > 608.262.4912 > > *twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum > * > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of *Liath > Appleton > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written > somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do > not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator > didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes > sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. > Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of > glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, > but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I > managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was > usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily > of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For > those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on > the subject? > > Thanks ---Liath > > > > > Liath Appleton > > Collections Manager > > Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab > > University of Texas at Austin > > Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 > 10100 Burnet Road > > Austin, TX 78758 > > > > SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) > > SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) > > www.spnhc.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing listNhcoll-l at mailman.yale.eduhttps://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > -- > ? > > *Dirk Neumann* > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > Postal address > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > of Biodiversity Change > Dirk Neumann > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > 20146 Hamburg > +49 40 238 317-628 > > d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de > www.leibniz-lib.de > > -- > > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > _______________________________________________ > 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.gif Type: image/gif Size: 1221 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2867 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu Tue Aug 30 15:42:16 2022 From: cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu (Opitz, Cindy E) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:42:16 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Re: Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: <021201d8bc08$651c66b0$2f553410$@uw.edu> <7880c650-654f-1546-62ba-04d35b4afc14@leibniz-lib.de> Message-ID: Hi, Liath, Yes, the clear acrylic gel doesn?t smear the laserjet-printed ink and also has more of a matte finish?less glossy and easier to read. I use the clear acrylic gel on hand-printed labels as well, which also tend to smear when B72 is applied. And we can buy the gel at the local art store. Cindy Opitz (she/her) Director of Research Collections Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program The University of Iowa 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Office: 319.335.0481 cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D8BC7E.B2747F30] From: Liath Appleton Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 2:37 PM To: Opitz, Cindy E Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [External] Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Thanks for all of your input. Our previous protocol (before we stopped numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using - https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions: To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, less expensive, or something else? To everyone else: 1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily can B-72 be removed after it has been sitting for possibly years? Is it about the same as when it is relatively new? 2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all. 3. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons? Thanks again, for your help. Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann > wrote: ... just to add to Ronald: there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom recording! With best wishes Dirk Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said. I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot. Use archival products. Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information Here are the tools that we use Sakura Pigma? Micron black ink pen We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades. Koh-I-Noor? RAPIDOGRAPH? pens Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 Koh-I-Noor? black India ink This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. for DARK specimens 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface 2. We use a Sakura white Pentouch? Marker to write directly on the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) For a clear coat painted over the written number Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer (25% solution by weight in acetone) Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the ink has not dried completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ronald C. Eng (he | him) Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager e-mail: rceng at uw.edu telephone: 206.543.6776 fax: 206.685.3039 [https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/136240/images/iD_icon.gif]orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 Burke Museum The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture University of Washington | Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195-3010 [Burke logo_small_hres_2] Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fox, Marilyn Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts of surfaces. Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Collections Study Center 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 West Haven CT 06516 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Carrie A. Eaton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM To: Liath Appleton >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.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. -- ? Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317-628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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If a number in India Ink or similar ink is on a smooth part of the specimen, such as the interior of a bivalve shell, then it can be removed using a white eraser (a ?drafting? eraser made of white polymer, such as Staedtler Mars Plastic, not the red pencil-tip rubber ?erasers? that inexplicably continue to be sold despite not working at all) dipped in water. You can cut the eraser with a craft knife to make sharp points or fine edges for smaller or harder-to-reach numbers. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA prc44 at drexel.edu Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org Tue Aug 30 16:10:24 2022 From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:10:24 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: <021201d8bc08$651c66b0$2f553410$@uw.edu> <7880c650-654f-1546-62ba-04d35b4afc14@leibniz-lib.de> Message-ID: Hi Liath, In 2007 Conservator Tom Braun (Minnesota Historical Society) published his research on applying accession numbers to museum artifacts. I am not able to locate my copy on short notice, but here is the ResearchGate reference. I highly recommend it, and have used this methodology for many years and many types of collections. If you cannot access it, let me know and I will figure out where it is, or download another copy from the JAIC. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272579093_An_Alternative_Technique_for_Applying_Accession_Numbers_to_Museum_Artifacts Good luck Gretchen From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 3:37 PM To: Cindy Opitz Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks for all of your input. Our previous protocol (before we stopped numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using - https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions: To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, less expensive, or something else? To everyone else: 1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily can B-72 be removed after it has been sitting for possibly years? Is it about the same as when it is relatively new? 2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all. 3. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons? Thanks again, for your help. Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann > wrote: ... just to add to Ronald: there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom recording! With best wishes Dirk Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said. I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot. Use archival products. Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information Here are the tools that we use Sakura Pigma? Micron black ink pen We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades. Koh-I-Noor? RAPIDOGRAPH? pens Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 Koh-I-Noor? black India ink This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. for DARK specimens 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface 2. We use a Sakura white Pentouch? Marker to write directly on the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) For a clear coat painted over the written number Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer (25% solution by weight in acetone) Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the ink has not dried completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ronald C. Eng (he | him) Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager e-mail: rceng at uw.edu telephone: 206.543.6776 fax: 206.685.3039 [https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/136240/images/iD_icon.gif]orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 Burke Museum The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture University of Washington | Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195-3010 [Burke logo_small_hres_2] Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fox, Marilyn Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts of surfaces. Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Collections Study Center 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 West Haven CT 06516 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Carrie A. Eaton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM To: Liath Appleton >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.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. -- ? 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You just swab it off with solvent. If the number has been directly applied with no barrier layer, the number can be hard to remove, especially if the material is porous. In such circumstances it may be impossible to completely remove the old number. On other occasions you may get a bit of a ?water stain? where the solvent was applied to remove the number. Sometimes the solvent over-cleans the surface where the number was removed, or the material is affected by the solvent. If the material is porous, the solvent may draw dirt and residues into the surface, where it becomes impossible to remove. 1. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons? I have not numbered items where the solvent will affect the material the number is being applied to. You can use B72 in ethanol where the material is affected by acetone, or a waterbased acrylic medium where both acetone and ethanol will cause damage, but where even water will affect things, then one may choose a string tag, or a labeled container if numbering is not possible. In some cases (like with historic lace), the material is too fine/small to apply a number directly. With gemstones, they may be so small that it is disfiguring to cover a large percentage of the surface area with a number, so I have inserted the item in a foam cut out in a small polystyrene, clear box, and numbered the box. The item can be seen and handled in the box, and only needs to be taken out for more detailed analysis, then re-inserted in the box immediately after. Valerie Tomlinson From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 3:37 PM To: Cindy Opitz Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [EXT]Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens COURRIEL EXTERNE. Ne cliquez sur aucun lien ou pi?ce jointe ? moins que vous ne connaissiez l'exp?diteur. EXTERNAL EMAIL. Do not click any links or attachments unless you know the sender. Thanks for all of your input. Our previous protocol (before we stopped numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using - https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions: To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, less expensive, or something else? To everyone else: 1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily can B-72 be removed after it has been sitting for possibly years? Is it about the same as when it is relatively new? 2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all. 3. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons? Thanks again, for your help. Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann > wrote: ... just to add to Ronald: there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom recording! With best wishes Dirk Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said. I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot. Use archival products. Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information Here are the tools that we use Sakura Pigma? Micron black ink pen We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades. Koh-I-Noor? RAPIDOGRAPH? pens Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 Koh-I-Noor? black India ink This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. for DARK specimens 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface 2. We use a Sakura white Pentouch? Marker to write directly on the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) For a clear coat painted over the written number Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer (25% solution by weight in acetone) Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the ink has not dried completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ronald C. Eng (he | him) Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager e-mail: rceng at uw.edu telephone: 206.543.6776 fax: 206.685.3039 [https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/136240/images/iD_icon.gif]orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 Burke Museum The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture University of Washington | Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195-3010 [Burke logo_small_hres_2] Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fox, Marilyn Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts of surfaces. Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Collections Study Center 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 West Haven CT 06516 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Carrie A. Eaton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM To: Liath Appleton >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens Hi Liath, We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! Cheers, Carrie Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Liath Appleton Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? Thanks ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.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. -- ? 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URL: From rebeccanewberry at yahoo.com Tue Aug 30 19:17:30 2022 From: rebeccanewberry at yahoo.com (Rebecca Newberry) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:17:30 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Re: Numbers on specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <08A22FB1-C350-4884-8175-784D8D420FD2@yahoo.com> I recommend this excellent resource from the SPNHC Wiki: https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Labeling_Natural_History_Collections Best, Rebecca Newberry Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Opitz, Cindy E wrote: > > ? > Hi, Liath, > Yes, the clear acrylic gel doesn?t smear the laserjet-printed ink and also has more of a matte finish?less glossy and easier to read. I use the clear acrylic gel on hand-printed labels as well, which also tend to smear when B72 is applied. And we can buy the gel at the local art store. > > Cindy Opitz (she/her) > Director of Research Collections > Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum > Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program > The University of Iowa > 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 > Office: 319.335.0481 > cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu > mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu > > > > > From: Liath Appleton > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 2:37 PM > To: Opitz, Cindy E > Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [External] Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > Thanks for all of your input. Our previous protocol (before we stopped numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using - https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering > I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions: > > To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, less expensive, or something else? > > To everyone else: > 1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily can B-72 be removed after it has been sitting for possibly years? Is it about the same as when it is relatively new? > > 2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all. > > 3. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons? > > Thanks again, for your help. > > Liath Appleton > Collections Manager > Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab > University of Texas at Austin > Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 > 10100 Burnet Road > Austin, TX 78758 > > SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) > SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) > www.spnhc.org > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann wrote: > ... just to add to Ronald: > > there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom recording! > > With best wishes > Dirk > > > Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: > Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said. > > I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot. > Use archival products. > > Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information > > Here are the tools that we use > > Sakura Pigma? Micron black ink pen > We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades. > > Koh-I-Noor? RAPIDOGRAPH? pens > Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 > Koh-I-Noor? black India ink > This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. > > for DARK specimens > 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing surface > 2. We use a Sakura white Pentouch? Marker to write directly on the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) > > For a clear coat painted over the written number > Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer > (25% solution by weight in acetone) > Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the ink has not dried completely. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ronald C. Eng > (he | him) > Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager > e-mail: rceng at uw.edu > telephone: 206.543.6776 > fax: 206.685.3039 > orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 > > Burke Museum > The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture > University of Washington | Box 353010 > Seattle, WA 98195-3010 > > > Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fox, Marilyn > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. > https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf > > We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts of surfaces. > > Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) > Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology > Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History > Collections Study Center > 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 > West Haven CT 06516 > > From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Carrie A. Eaton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM > To: Liath Appleton ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > Hi Liath, > We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful! > Cheers, > Carrie > > Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator > UW Geology Museum > 1215 West Dayton Street > Madison, WI 53706 > 608.262.4912 > twitter @uwgeologymuseum > facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum > > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Liath Appleton > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? > Thanks ---Liath > > > Liath Appleton > Collections Manager > Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab > University of Texas at Austin > Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 > 10100 Burnet Road > Austin, TX 78758 > > SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) > SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) > www.spnhc.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. > > > -- > ? > Dirk Neumann > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > Postal address > > Museum of Nature Hamburg > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > of Biodiversity Change > Dirk Neumann > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > 20146 Hamburg > +49 40 238 317-628 > > d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de > www.leibniz-lib.de > > -- > > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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Exactly the kind of information I am looking for. ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas at Austin Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) www.spnhc.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 2:42 PM Opitz, Cindy E wrote: > Hi, Liath, > > Yes, the clear acrylic gel doesn?t smear the laserjet-printed ink and also > has more of a matte finish?less glossy and easier to read. I use the clear > acrylic gel on hand-printed labels as well, which also tend to smear when > B72 is applied. And we can buy the gel at the local art store. > > > > *Cindy Opitz *(she/her) > Director of Research Collections > > Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum > > Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program > > The University of Iowa > 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 > Office: 319.335.0481 > > cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu > *mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu > * > > > > > > > > *From:* Liath Appleton > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 30, 2022 2:37 PM > *To:* Opitz, Cindy E > *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [External] Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > Thanks for all of your input. Our previous protocol (before we stopped > numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using - > https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering > I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving > forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions: > > To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather > than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, > less expensive, or something else? > > To everyone else: > 1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a > good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may > be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily > can B-72 be removed after it has been sitting for possibly years? Is it > about the same as when it is relatively new? > > 2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been > problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the > issue - if at all. > > 3. Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens > and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific > reasons? > > > > Thanks again, for your help. > > > > Liath Appleton > > Collections Manager > > Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab > > University of Texas at Austin > > Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 > 10100 Burnet Road > > Austin, TX 78758 > > > > SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) > > SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) > > www.spnhc.org > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann > wrote: > > ... just to add to Ronald: > > > > there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in > Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens > (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom > recording! > > > > With best wishes > > Dirk > > > > > > Am 30.08.2022 um 02:35 schrieb Ron Eng: > > Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what > Carrie Eaton had said. > > > > I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when > possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable > (unobtrusive) spot. > > Use archival products. > > > > Penmanship sample?I will give students and volunteers a blank label and > ask them to write down their contact information > > > > Here are the tools that we use > > > > Sakura *Pigma? Micron *black ink pen > > We currently use the Pigma? Micron pens because of the convenience with > multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now > been using them for more than two decades. > > > > Koh-I-Noor? *RAPIDOGRAPH*? pens > > Recommended sizes: 0 and 00 > > Koh-I-Noor? black India ink > > This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor? ink and pens are > the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance. > > > > for *DARK *specimens > > 1. We use white acrylic paint to paint a rectangular writing > surface > > 2. We use a Sakura white *Pentouch? Marker *to write directly on > the specimen. (The smallest tip size is a bit broad.) > > > > For a clear coat painted over the written number > > *Paraloid B72* (ethyl methacrylate co-polymer) clear lacquer > > (25% solution by weight in acetone) > > Note: the clear B72 lacquer may make the Pigma? Micron pen ink run if the > ink has not dried completely. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ronald C. Eng > > (*he *|* him*) > > Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager > e-mail: rceng at uw.edu > > telephone: 206.543.6776 > fax: 206.685.3039 > > [image: > https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/136240/images/iD_icon.gif] > orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-0087 > > > > Burke Museum > > The Washington State Museum of Natural History and Culture > University of Washington | Box 353010 > Seattle, WA 98195-3010 > > > > [image: Burke logo_small_hres_2] > > *Plan your visit to the Burke Museum at burkemuseum.org > .* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l > *On Behalf Of *Fox, Marilyn > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > This is a poster that covers the labeling techniques that Carrie mentioned. > > https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf > > > > We prefer the Paraloid B72 'sandwich' method and have used it on all sorts > of surfaces. > > > > Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) > Chief Preparator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology > Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History > Collections Study Center > > 900 West Campus Drive, Room K224 > > West Haven CT 06516 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Carrie > A. Eaton > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 12:28 PM > *To:* Liath Appleton ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > Hi Liath, > > We apply numbers directly to specimens here ? minerals, rocks, fossils > alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few > different techniques using an archival varnish, titanium white acrylic > paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in > our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut > out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the > number on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper > to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson ? thank > you!) as a ?temporary number? but so far it seems like our temporary prep > lab labels have been staying on just as well as the painted/ink ones. My > students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny > and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they > almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can > stand it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) > are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It > all is helpful! > > Cheers, > > Carrie > > > > Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator > > UW Geology Museum > > 1215 West Dayton Street > > Madison, WI 53706 > > 608.262.4912 > > *twitter @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum > * > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of *Liath > Appleton > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens > > > > As most of you know, specimens often have their old numbers written > somewhere directly on the surface of the object. In our collections we do > not write numbers on the specimens, primarily because the previous curator > didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes > sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. > Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some type of > glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, > but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I > managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was > usually easy to do, but for my current collections that consist primarily > of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For > those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on > the subject? > > Thanks ---Liath > > > > > Liath Appleton > > Collections Manager > > Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab > > University of Texas at Austin > > Bldg PRC122 - campus mail code R8500 > 10100 Burnet Road > > Austin, TX 78758 > > > > SPNHC Connection Editor (newsletter at spnhc.org) > > SPNHC Web Manager (webmaster at spnhc.org) > > www.spnhc.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. > > > > -- > ? > > *Dirk Neumann* > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > Postal address > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > of Biodiversity Change > Dirk Neumann > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > 20146 Hamburg > +49 40 238 317-628 > > d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de > www.leibniz-lib.de > > -- > > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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