[Nhcoll-l] transfer of title for field-collection NH specimens

[Ashe, Eimear]

Dear colleagues,

Just wondering, do your institutions complete Transfer of Title forms (or an equivalent legal form) for field-collected natural history specimens?

The National Museum of Ireland does this for all of its collections, but the Natural History Division are wondering at the logic of completing a Transfer of Title form when a specimen was roadkill, washed up on a beach, collected in a park etc. That is, does the finder/collector hold title to a found object in a public space (or even private space, to complicate things), and can that title be transferred to us?

I would really appreciate emails from you outlining how you manage these acquisitions, particularly if you are attempting to follow the UK Spectrum standard, as we do in the NMI.

If there are online resources relating to this issue, please do share!

Kind regards,

Eimear


Eimear Ashe,
Documentation Officer (Natural History),
Registration Department,
National Museum of Ireland - Collections Resource Centre,
Balheary Road,
Swords,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland
K67 VR88

T: +353-1-8970069


https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Studio-State
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