[Nhcoll-l] Survey on Offensive Collections Materials

[Briscoe, Laura]

Circling back to this survey many of you helpfully participated in:
The results of that survey and our subsequent research have now been published!

Looking forward to other conversations we can have to make natural history collections (and their digital counterparts) as inclusive and safe as possible.
Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials - Laura Briscoe, Mare Nazaire, J. Ryan Allen, Janelle Baker, Aliya Donnell Davenport, Janet Mansaray, Carol Ann McCormick, McKenna Santiago Coyle, Michaela Schmull, 2022 (sagepub.com)<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15501906221130535>
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Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials - Laura Briscoe, Mare Nazaire, J. Ryan Allen, Janelle Baker, Aliya Donnell Davenport, Janet Mansaray, Carol Ann McCormick, McKenna Santiago Coyle, Michaela Schmull, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15501906221130535>
The natural history collections community has made significant strides in the past decade in the digitization of their holdings. Digitization has made the data ...
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warmly,
Laura

Laura Briscoe (she/they)
Collections Manager
Cryptogamic Herbarium
New York Botanical Garden

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From: Briscoe, Laura
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 2:16 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Survey on Offensive Collections Materials


Have you ever had a curatorial cringe moment? Have you looked at a collection label and been faced with something insensitive at best, offensive at worst?


We are a small task force of collections professionals addressing derogatory language in collections and their associated data and we are gathering information on institutional practices dealing with collections that contain offensive language.


We invite your input in a 10-question survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN-eWZb0T2FWUVJF80Ge-MW_RttZwNBihtA8j_sgt36X3Xiw/viewform?usp=sf_link> that will help to assess if and how collections are dealing with these types of materials with the goal of documenting and developing best practices to preserve the historical integrity of scientific collections while also facilitating a safe and inclusive environment for museum staff as well as global users of our data.


Please take a moment to answer this short survey, and share it with natural history collections colleagues who may not be on this list. The survey will be open until February 14th. For any questions about the project, please contact Laura Briscoe (lbriscoe at nybg.org).


Access Survey Here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN-eWZb0T2FWUVJF80Ge-MW_RttZwNBihtA8j_sgt36X3Xiw/viewform?usp=sf_link>


With best wishes,

James Ryan Allen (University of Colorado), Laura Briscoe (New York Botanical Garden), McKenna Coyle (New York Botanical Garden), Aliya Davenport (Reinhardt University), Janet Mansaray (Louisiana State University), Carol Ann McCormick (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill), Mare Nazaire (California Botanic Garden), Michaela Schmull (Harvard University)
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