[Nhcoll-l] terminology question

[Lennart Lennuk]

Hi!

Thank you all!
Dirk, I ment the terminology for the act that has to be done when specimen is lost, destroyed, gifted to another museum etc.
'Deaccession' seems right to me.

Head!
Lennart

From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 11:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] terminology question

Good morning Lennart,

what exactly do you mean with "destroyed"? There may be different levels:

Our collection had many losses during the Second World War, specimens were considered "destroyed", but some where apparently only "lost" and reappeared later and re-discovered, e.g. in the teaching collection of the university. Usually, you would refer to "destroyed", if there is proof. Otherwise , it is better to say "missing" or "lost since" if the specimen cannot be traced. We keep records for all (published) historic specimens from our collection in our database (not only the types), as we receive sporadically requests from scientists for these specimens. Examples for the different stages of "lost" missing" destroyed" are for example in our type catalogue<https://pfeil-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/spix34_2_10.pdf>

Also, if a specimen is destroyed, e.g., as a result of destructive sampling (tissue samples that are entirely consumed with subsequently available DNA-data or DNA aliquots, or none of both, because extractions fail etc.), you would surely keep the records (in this case specifically, especially for collections in the EU, because of the 20-year reporting obligation in the EU ABS regulation).

Even when deaccessioning material, you surely kept the files of this fact.

So maybe this helps for you terminology question, but I am not quite sure.

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 14.01.2022 um 09:49 schrieb Lennart Lennuk:
Hi!

Just a quick terminology question.
What is a word for the act when an specimen in collection is destroyed and it needs to be maked that this specimen no longer exist in that collection?

Best regards!
Lennart Lennuk
Head of collections
Estonian Museum of Natural History
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