From jbest at brit.org  Sat Apr  1 14:26:18 2023
From: jbest at brit.org (Jason Best)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 18:26:18 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] JOB: Seed Bank Conservation Botanist at BRIT
Message-ID: <46F2F37E-244F-4E71-96CD-0C00D5CB41BB@brit.org>

Seed Bank Conservation Botanist (Full Time, Exempt)

The minimum annual salary for this position is $57,000. Final salary offered will be dependent on education level and experience.

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden (FWBG) seeks a Conservation Botanist to join the Texas Plant Conservation Program. The position is responsible for the following: leading Texas rare plant seed banking efforts for the organization; conducting and overseeing seed collecting projects and managing the BRIT Conservation Seed Bank; conducting seed related research as part of seed banking activities; writing grant proposals, both independently and in collaboration with the program Director; managing grant-supported projects as a principal investigator or as part of multi-investigator teams; disseminating the results of projects through peer-reviewed publications, professional meetings, project reports, and other venues; supervising grant-funded staff, volunteers, and students as needed; assisting with organizing and facilitating the biennial Texas Plant Conservation Conference; and interfacing with other conservation organizations, agencies, and individuals to strengthen a statewide conservation network.

A Masters or Ph.D. degree in conservation biology, botany, natural resources, restoration ecology, or related field is required, along with field work experience and experience with ex situ or preserved collections. Must have research project management and report and grant writing experience. A working knowledge of basic taxonomic principles and characteristics of major plant families and Texas flora is desired.

To see a more detailed list of job tasks and applicant qualifications, please visit https://fwbg.org/about-us/careers/ and the ?Seed Bank Conservation Botanist? listing. Please upload your CV or resume as a pdf file. In lieu of a cover letter, you will be required to answer several questions. Postings may say application review will begin either March 31 or April 15th and continue until the position is filled, but closing date is not until April 30. Ideal start date is June 2023. Actual start date is negotiable. Questions about the position can be directed to Program Director Brooke Best at bbest at fwbg.org<mailto:bbest at fwbg.org>.

Jason Best
Director of Biodiversity Informatics
Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

817-332-4441 ext. 230
http://www.fwbg.org

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From roberta.salmaso at comune.verona.it  Mon Apr  3 02:47:20 2023
From: roberta.salmaso at comune.verona.it (Roberta Salmaso)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 08:47:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] data loggers from europe
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Hi Lennart, 
we use https://www.geminidataloggers.com/ we are very happy with them. 
I do not know if they have a reseller in your country. 

Roberta 

> Da: "Lennart Lennuk" <Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee>
> A: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> Inviato: Venerd?, 31 marzo 2023 12:01:02
> Oggetto: [Nhcoll-l] data loggers from europe

> Hi!

> Does anyone know good place to order data loggers in europe?

> I would prefer HOBO but other ideas are also welcome.

> Lennart Lennuk

> Head of collections

> Estonian Museum of Natural History

> 00372 5656 9916

> Lennart.lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee

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From couteaufin at btinternet.com  Mon Apr  3 05:05:20 2023
From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 10:05:20 +0100
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] data loggers from europe
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I used the gemini tiny tags and found them useful, reliable and easy to use, but this was over 10 years ago.

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,
www.natural-history-conservation.com



> On 3 Apr 2023, at 07:47, Roberta Salmaso <roberta.salmaso at comune.verona.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lennart,
> we use https://www.geminidataloggers.com/  we are very happy with them.
> I do not know if they have a reseller in your country.
> 
> Roberta
> 
> Da: "Lennart Lennuk" <Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee>
> A: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> Inviato: Venerd?, 31 marzo 2023 12:01:02
> Oggetto: [Nhcoll-l] data loggers from europe
> Hi!
> 
> Does anyone know good place to order data loggers in europe?
> I would prefer HOBO but other ideas are also welcome.
>  Lennart Lennuk
> Head of collections
> Estonian Museum of Natural History
> 00372 5656 9916
> Lennart.lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee
>  
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> Nhcoll-l mailing list
> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
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> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose
> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of
> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
> society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information.
> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.
> 
> -- 
> Roberta Salmaso
> technician zoology dept.
> Musei Civici di Verona
> Museo di Storia Naturale
> lungadige Porta Vittoria 9
> I - 37129 Verona
> 
> +39 045 8079417-9400
> https://museicivici.comune.verona.it/
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> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
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> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.



From cbills at umnh.utah.edu  Mon Apr  3 13:45:17 2023
From: cbills at umnh.utah.edu (Christy Bills)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 17:45:17 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] What should we do with our collections? Special
 event on Zoom - Wednesday 19 April 20:00 BST
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Andrew,

As an entomologist, I can't tell you how genius I think this event is.
I hope it will be recorded so that it can be shared in the future.
It really has struck me with inspiration to make my own recording for the at-home/"amateur" entomologist who needs this kind of guidance.  Over the course of my museum career, I have routinely inherited invertebrate collections in various states of specimen and data quality - some from ecologists! And I wish I had something more substantial to point them to.

As a side note, we did create this webpage to guide people when we explain why or why not we take their offered donations: https://nhmu.utah.edu/artifact-and-specimen-donor-faq

Thanks for the great idea.
-Christy Bills


________________________________
From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Andrew Haycock <Andrew.Haycock at museumwales.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2023 2:12 AM
To: (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] What should we do with our collections? Special event on Zoom - Wednesday 19 April 20:00 BST


Dear all,



Apologies for cross-posting,



Please see details below of a special event hosted by The Russell Society, and chaired by Roy Starkey:

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Special Event ? What should we do with our collections? Wednesday 19 April 20:00 BST on Zoom

A question that is starting to come up more and more often in conversations is ?What should I do with my collection?? Today?s mineral collecting community is increasingly grey-haired and perhaps dominated by people who began collecting in the 1960s and 1970s. As such, this population of collectors and collections represents a considerable and potentially important mineralogical resource. The same is probably equally true for fossil collections.

In a special event hosted by The Russell Society, and chaired by Roy Starkey, we will present an overview of the key factors to be considered, some of the constraints and hurdles to be overcome, as well as opportunities and threats which may confront us.

We owe it to the specimens, and to those who came before us from whom we have benefited so much, to ensure that our collections are handled in a suitably responsible and satisfactory manner, and that important pieces are curated and preserved together with as much curatorial data and specimen history as possible.

Is your collection properly labelled and organised such that someone coming to it ?cold? would be able to understand what is what, and to be confident in dispersing it appropriately? Do you have a catalogue? If so, is it on paper or in electronic form? If electronic, is it regularly backed-up and in a format likely to be machine readable in the future? Does someone else know how to access it, where to find passwords etc.? Do your family members understand the importance (and perhaps financial value) of your collection? Do they know who to contact and what to do in the event of your unexpected demise? Should the collection go to a museum or university (either in its entirety or segments of it)? Is the best route to return the specimens to the collecting fraternity via a sale or auction, or would sale to a dealer a better option?

We?ll be addressing these questions, and a whole lot more, in discussion with a panel of experts from the Natural History Museum (London), National Museum Wales, National Museums Northern Ireland, BGS, The Geological Curators? Group, National Museum of Ireland and National Museums Scotland.

Please make a note of the date and join us for what is perhaps a unique opportunity to assess and to learn what you need to do to put your mineral (or fossil) collection in order whilst there is still time.

We can accommodate a maximum of 100 participants. If you are not a member of The Russell Society and would like to join us, please email talks at russellsoc.org<mailto:talks at russellsoc.org> and, subject to capacity, we?ll send you the Zoom link a couple of days prior to the talk.

It is planned to record the discussion and make it available as a resource for the future.

Roy Starkey

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Many thanks,



Kind regards

Andrew



GCG Rep for SPNHC



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Haycock

Curadur - Mwynyddiaeth a Phetroleg
Curator: Mineralogy & Petrology


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Natural Sciences



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From mflannery at calacademy.org  Mon Apr  3 16:41:59 2023
From: mflannery at calacademy.org (Moe Flannery)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:41:59 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] =?utf-8?q?SPNHC_2023_=E2=80=93_Early_Bird_ends_April_?=
	=?utf-8?q?15!!_Draft_Program_now_available=2E?=
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Early Bird Registration Rates end April 15th!! That is less than two weeks
away! Be sure to register
<https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/registration> ASAP to secure the
early discounted rates.



The SPNHC 2023 program is coming together. We are thrilled to offer an
exciting program with an engaging plenary session, over 200 presentations,
and 30+ posters. For more details, visit the DRAFT program
<https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/e/spnhc2023/program> in Oxford
Abstracts and the Symposia descriptions
<https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/ibss/ibss/spnhc2023symposia.pdf>.




Please note that this is a preliminary program that we are actively working
on. The colors represent different conference rooms. All comments and
suggestions for improvements are welcome. Please send comments to
SPNHC2023program at calacademy.org. Presenters - please look closely to
confirm the details of your talk, noting that times and rooms may change.



Don?t forget the field trips, workshops, and social events throughout the
week too:



Field Trips ? Sunday, May 28

Workshops ? Monday, May 29

Trivia Night ? Monday, May 29

Ice Breaker / Welcome Reception ? Tuesday, May 30

Emerging Professionals Committee (EPC) Luncheon ? Wednesday, May 31

Banquet ? Thursday, June 1





Best,

SPNHC 2023 Local Organizing Committee



SPNHC 2023 Diamond Sponsors
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From klh927 at gmail.com  Mon Apr  3 18:14:15 2023
From: klh927 at gmail.com (Kasey Hamilton)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 18:14:15 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Art Bio Matters 2023 (An In-Person Conference)
Message-ID: <CAOx3qHkwjmWgqNbHxtfENDqGpxqeoEcpy3xzb07OYcis9X2G0A@mail.gmail.com>

Art Bio Matters 2023 (An In-Person Conference)
Hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Institute of Fine Arts at New
York University

Organized by Julie Arslanoglu and Glennis Rayermann
July 19-21, 2023

Art Bio Matters (ABM) 2023 is a three-day meeting that aims to provide a
stimulating forum to explore current and new directions in the study of
biological materials found in cultural heritage collections. This free,
limited-size (70-attendee) conference is your chance to connect with
like-minded colleagues and learn about the latest scientific advancements
supporting the study of biological materials found in cultural heritage
collections. ABM 2023 will bring together an equal representation of
specialists from a variety of fields, including science,
curatorial/cultural history, and conservation. The conference will focus on
the intersection of innovative science, material culture, and history, with
the goal of gaining new insights to advance our understanding of objects
and their preservation.

The unique format of ABM necessitates lively discussion and active
participation among a well-balanced group of attendees. The conference will
include team presentations, poster lightning rounds, working groups, a
business meeting crucial to the future of the ABM community, and moderated
breakout discussion sessions. These activities are all intended to
encourage networking, brainstorming, and engaging dialogue among attendees.

Join us at ABM 2023 to expand your knowledge, make meaningful connections,
and contribute to the study of biological materials found in cultural
heritage. We welcome everyone who shares our passion for the intersection
of science and material culture. Please share this announcement widely with
your colleagues!

This conference is made possible thanks to support from the Richard
Lounsbery Foundation. Financial assistance to attend the conference is
available to those who need it. Visit https://www.artbiomatters.org/meetings
for more information or email conference at artbiomatters.org with any
questions.


We look forward to welcoming you to ABM 2023!


Important Dates:
April 21st - Poster and Team Presentations application deadline
May 5th - Accepted Poster and Team Presenters notified
May 10th - Participant application deadline
May 26th - Participants notified


-- 
*Kasey Hamilton *(she/her/hers)
Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Web Coordinator, Art Bio Matters
artbiomatters.org
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From Tonya.Haff at csiro.au  Mon Apr  3 22:52:33 2023
From: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au (Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace))
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 02:52:33 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?
Message-ID: <ME2PR01MB5508BFAB880C2A4379798F02EE939@ME2PR01MB5508.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com>

Hi everyone,

We just received a large lizard specimen that is desiccated... apparently it sat for a month under a bush in the desert this summer before it was retrieved. It smells a little but is basically totally dry and not in bad shape, considering. Not eaten and not rotten. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for the best way to keep it in the collections? It's an important record so we definitely want to keep it, and it's in good enough shape I don't want to skeletonise it. Perhaps dry it out some more in a fume hood and then keep it in a jar dry? I thought that might contain any smells, but I don't want to risk it going mouldy.  Any thoughts appreciated!

Cheers,

Tonya

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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Tue Apr  4 01:42:19 2023
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 07:42:19 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?
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Hi Tonya,

that depends a bit on the circumstances of storage. Even though the lizard was dry in a dry, aerated environment, it not necessarily means it stays dry indoors and would not decay. A second question is how large the specimen is - and perhaps how fatty, if you want to keep it as a dry specimen

While it usually is not a huge problem keeping millions of specimens dry if they are small enough (entomology), you still need to keep them shielded against climatic effects inside the storage room.

Not long before I left the museum in Munich, we received 50 kg of confiscated, sun-dried shark fins that were intercepted on their way from a Central American country to an Asian country. After shock-freezing and treating the fins in 2 freezing/thawing cycles at below -25?C for several weeks in open boxes to get rid of some obvious pest issues, I bagged them in strong PE foil in the -25?C room and immediately heat sealed the bags in the adjacent cooling room (+4?C), adding a pre-packed silica-gel net bag into each fin bag. Heat sealing them frozen in basically frozen air-condition removed further humidity (fins were basically freeze-dried). The fins were all individualised and tissue samples had been removed for molecular identification to evaluate their CITES status.

Sorted bags with fins of an indefinite number of specimens were then placed into large ground stopper jars (including recycling cracked jars which no longer could be used for fluid storage but still would shield the bags from rH shifts in the storage room and would keep pests out). Bags were placed on small meshes for keeping them well elevated above the container bottom to support pest monitoring.

Several years back, we received an very rare but large fish from Africa which also in fact was a mummy (> 60cm), and we treated it in a very similar way (freezing to remove pest, bagging and heat sealing, placing it then in a tall glass cylinder. Specimen was very stable all the year without any obvious deterioration.

Hope this helps

With best wishes
Dirk


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Am 04.04.2023 um 04:52 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
Hi everyone,

We just received a large lizard specimen that is desiccated... apparently it sat for a month under a bush in the desert this summer before it was retrieved. It smells a little but is basically totally dry and not in bad shape, considering. Not eaten and not rotten. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for the best way to keep it in the collections? It's an important record so we definitely want to keep it, and it's in good enough shape I don't want to skeletonise it. Perhaps dry it out some more in a fume hood and then keep it in a jar dry? I thought that might contain any smells, but I don't want to risk it going mouldy.  Any thoughts appreciated!

Cheers,

Tonya

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>



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From couteaufin at btinternet.com  Tue Apr  4 03:59:11 2023
From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 08:59:11 +0100
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?
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Hi Tonya,

I would second Dirk?s comments as they cover the problems but I would also add a few crystals of menthol as a fungus preventer.  Do monitor it (no pun intended!) from time to time, as there may still be fat residues, especially around the tail area, that can cause the skin tissue to shrivel slightly and spoil the appearance. 

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,
www.natural-history-conservation.com



> On 4 Apr 2023, at 06:42, Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tonya,
> 
> that depends a bit on the circumstances of storage. Even though the lizard was dry in a dry, aerated environment, it not necessarily means it stays dry indoors and would not decay. A second question is how large the specimen is - and perhaps how fatty, if you want to keep it as a dry specimen
> 
> While it usually is not a huge problem keeping millions of specimens dry if they are small enough (entomology), you still need to keep them shielded against climatic effects inside the storage room.
> 
> Not long before I left the museum in Munich, we received 50 kg of confiscated, sun-dried shark fins that were intercepted on their way from a Central American country to an Asian country. After shock-freezing and treating the fins in 2 freezing/thawing cycles at below -25?C for several weeks in open boxes to get rid of some obvious pest issues, I bagged them in strong PE foil in the -25?C room and immediately heat sealed the bags in the adjacent cooling room (+4?C), adding a pre-packed silica-gel net bag into each fin bag. Heat sealing them frozen in basically frozen air-condition removed further humidity (fins were basically freeze-dried). The fins were all individualised and tissue samples had been removed for molecular identification to evaluate their CITES status.
>      
> Sorted bags with fins of an indefinite number of specimens were then placed into large ground stopper jars (including recycling cracked jars which no longer could be used for fluid storage but still would shield the bags from rH shifts in the storage room and would keep pests out). Bags were placed on small meshes for keeping them well elevated above the container bottom to support pest monitoring.
> 
> Several years back, we received an very rare but large fish from Africa which also in fact was a mummy (> 60cm), and we treated it in a very similar way (freezing to remove pest, bagging and heat sealing, placing it then in a tall glass cylinder. Specimen was very stable all the year without any obvious deterioration.
>    
> Hope this helps
> 
> With best wishes
> Dirk
> 
> 
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> Am 04.04.2023 um 04:52 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> We just received a large lizard specimen that is desiccated... apparently it sat for a month under a bush in the desert this summer before it was retrieved. It smells a little but is basically totally dry and not in bad shape, considering. Not eaten and not rotten. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for the best way to keep it in the collections? It's an important record so we definitely want to keep it, and it's in good enough shape I don't want to skeletonise it. Perhaps dry it out some more in a fume hood and then keep it in a jar dry? I thought that might contain any smells, but I don't want to risk it going mouldy.  Any thoughts appreciated! 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Tonya 
>> 
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From Tonya.Haff at csiro.au  Tue Apr  4 23:39:28 2023
From: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au (Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace))
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 03:39:28 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?
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Thanks Dirk and Simon for these suggestions! The shark fin solution look like a nice way to go. I like the idea of putting it in a heat sealed bag with a silica pouch (and a few menthol crystals). However  right now we don?t have a walk in freezer and cool room, and I would worry about condensation moving it out of a -20 or -80 freezer (our options) while bagging and sealing it. What would you all think of placing it in a fume hood for a month or so instead, and then bagging (with silica and menthol) instead? Or do you have a better work around?a food dehydrator perhaps (I say only partially joking)?


Cheers,

Tonya

From: Simon Moore <couteaufin at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2023 5:59 PM
To: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>; Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) <Tonya.Haff at csiro.au>
Cc: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?

Hi Tonya,

I would second Dirk?s comments as they cover the problems but I would also add a few crystals of menthol as a fungus preventer.  Do monitor it (no pun intended!) from time to time, as there may still be fat residues, especially around the tail area, that can cause the skin tissue to shrivel slightly and spoil the appearance.

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,
www.natural-history-conservation.com<http://www.natural-history-conservation.com>



> On 4 Apr 2023, at 06:42, Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>> wrote:
>
> Hi Tonya,
>
> that depends a bit on the circumstances of storage. Even though the lizard was dry in a dry, aerated environment, it not necessarily means it stays dry indoors and would not decay. A second question is how large the specimen is - and perhaps how fatty, if you want to keep it as a dry specimen
>
> While it usually is not a huge problem keeping millions of specimens dry if they are small enough (entomology), you still need to keep them shielded against climatic effects inside the storage room.
>
> Not long before I left the museum in Munich, we received 50 kg of confiscated, sun-dried shark fins that were intercepted on their way from a Central American country to an Asian country. After shock-freezing and treating the fins in 2 freezing/thawing cycles at below -25?C for several weeks in open boxes to get rid of some obvious pest issues, I bagged them in strong PE foil in the -25?C room and immediately heat sealed the bags in the adjacent cooling room (+4?C), adding a pre-packed silica-gel net bag into each fin bag. Heat sealing them frozen in basically frozen air-condition removed further humidity (fins were basically freeze-dried). The fins were all individualised and tissue samples had been removed for molecular identification to evaluate their CITES status.
>
> Sorted bags with fins of an indefinite number of specimens were then placed into large ground stopper jars (including recycling cracked jars which no longer could be used for fluid storage but still would shield the bags from rH shifts in the storage room and would keep pests out). Bags were placed on small meshes for keeping them well elevated above the container bottom to support pest monitoring.
>
> Several years back, we received an very rare but large fish from Africa which also in fact was a mummy (> 60cm), and we treated it in a very similar way (freezing to remove pest, bagging and heat sealing, placing it then in a tall glass cylinder. Specimen was very stable all the year without any obvious deterioration.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> With best wishes
> Dirk
>
>
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>
>
> Am 04.04.2023 um 04:52 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We just received a large lizard specimen that is desiccated... apparently it sat for a month under a bush in the desert this summer before it was retrieved. It smells a little but is basically totally dry and not in bad shape, considering. Not eaten and not rotten. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for the best way to keep it in the collections? It's an important record so we definitely want to keep it, and it's in good enough shape I don't want to skeletonise it. Perhaps dry it out some more in a fume hood and then keep it in a jar dry? I thought that might contain any smells, but I don't want to risk it going mouldy.  Any thoughts appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tonya
>>
>> Get Outlook for iOS
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>>
>
> --
> ****
>  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
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From mnazaire at calbg.org  Thu Apr  6 14:48:14 2023
From: mnazaire at calbg.org (Mare Nazaire)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:48:14 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] D.C. Area: Careers in Biodiversity Sciences Workshop
Message-ID: <CAGsrPo+y=qgV7W4P_NwUdgRVb10KihHDiHNF+8H72P-dwto6aw@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings NHColl participants,

We are reaching out to tell you about a unique opportunity for faculty and
undergraduate students to learn about, and prepare for, careers in
biodiversity science (including collections science and organismal,
evolutionary, ecological, and environmental biology). The workshop takes
place in the Washington DC area, but is open to anyone willing/able to fund
their own travel and lodging. Applications are now open
<https://membership.herbariumcurators.org/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/url&u=1543&qid=70225>
for
the *Careers in Biodiversity Sciences Workshop for undergraduates at the
Smithsonian on April 21-22, 2023*. This opportunity is at no cost to
attendees, but registration is required. Spaces are limited and acceptance
will be first-come-first-served.

Please visit our Website
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for
an agenda, event descriptions, and more information. We would very much
appreciate it if you passed this opportunity along to students at your
institution and would happily further engage you, and other interested
students and faculty as well! A flyer is attached to this email.

This event is in *collaboration* with the Smithsonian, Central Michigan
University, Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education, Society for
the Preservation of Natural History Collections, American Society of Plant
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America and the National Science Foundation.

We look forward to potentially seeing you and/or your students in
April! Please email Molly Phillips (phillips.map at gmail.com) with any
questions you have about this opportunity.

Sincerely,

The Planning Team

-- 
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From PALMERL at si.edu  Thu Apr  6 16:38:56 2023
From: PALMERL at si.edu (Palmer, Lisa)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 20:38:56 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: ACTION REQUESTED: AR and CA disaster declarations
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fyi

From: Caruso, Sarah <sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2023 4:37 PM
Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: AR and CA disaster declarations

External Email - Exercise Caution
Dear HENTF members,

Two recent events have activated HENTF, necessitating your engagement. Please reach out to your members and constituents to help gather reports of damage and identify any unmet needs.



  1.  On March 21, 2023, severe storms and tornadoes occurred the state of Arkansas, causing severe damages which led to a major disaster declaration on April 2. Public Assistance<https://www.fema.gov/assistance/public/process> (which applies to eligible private nonprofits and government agencies) is available in 3 counties: Pulaski, Lonoke, and Cross (please see map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov<https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4698/designated-areas>.)



  1.  On February 21, 2023, a major disaster was declared for severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that led to a major disaster declaration on April 3 in California. Public Assistance<https://www.fema.gov/assistance/public/process> is available in 4 counties: Calaveras, Monterey, Los Angeles, and Tulare (please see map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov<https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4699/designated-areas>)





     *   Were any cultural institutions or arts organizations affected? If so, how? Are they interested in applying for federal Public Assistance recovery funding?
     *   Cultural institutions and arts organizations can call the National Heritage Responders hotline: 202.661.8068
     *   Members of the public who have questions about saving family heirlooms can email the National Heritage Responders at NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org<mailto:NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org>
     *   HENTF's Save Your Family Treasures guidance is available at https://www.fema.gov/assistance/save-family-treasures



Please convey any damage reports or questions to me at sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov<mailto:sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>.

With thanks,

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Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation
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Mobile: (202) 718-2011
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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Fri Apr  7 08:13:11 2023
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 14:13:11 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Cataloging incoming material
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Hi Paul and all,

apologies for being sluggish digging this threat out again: regarding 'bottlenecks' in acquisition / accessioning workflows (or addressing them), the article of the dear colleague Patrice Pruvost (MNHN Paris) in CoFo might be of interest:
https://meridian.allenpress.com/collection-forum/article/34/1/170/476958/Benefits-for-the-Management-and-Preservation-of

Also for preventing that "backlog" arises in the first place; interesting approach how the MNHN deals with their multi-user / multi-researcher field campaigns, which frequently unites scientists from various disciplines in shared sampling / field work missions.

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 27.03.2023 um 18:48 schrieb Callomon,Paul:
Folks,

Here?s a question: roughly how many new lots do you catalog in a year? Please include in your reply (a) what kind of collection it is and (b) how many lots it already has. I?m interested to see where you find bottlenecks in this workflow:
Physically receive material ? catalog material ? rehouse material ? distribute material into the collection
Also: roughly how much uncataloged backlog do you have (as a percentage of the cataloged collection)?


Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
________________________________
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callomon at ansp.org<mailto:callomon at ansp.org> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170




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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Fri Apr  7 08:29:18 2023
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 14:29:18 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?
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Hi Tonya,

vaguely recalling climate conditions for OZ, picking a confirmed hot dry with low rH would probably be good as well. Perhaps in this case, sealing it outside the building may even be preferable, depending on the air make-up inside your institution. The specimen was dry and stable so far outside. If you can control the conditions in your fume hood for a month in a way that prevents the specimen from absorbing (too much) humidity, this might be doable as well.

Cheers,
Dirk


Am 05.04.2023 um 05:39 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
Thanks Dirk and Simon for these suggestions! The shark fin solution look like a nice way to go. I like the idea of putting it in a heat sealed bag with a silica pouch (and a few menthol crystals). However  right now we don?t have a walk in freezer and cool room, and I would worry about condensation moving it out of a -20 or -80 freezer (our options) while bagging and sealing it. What would you all think of placing it in a fume hood for a month or so instead, and then bagging (with silica and menthol) instead? Or do you have a better work around?a food dehydrator perhaps (I say only partially joking)?


Cheers,

Tonya

From: Simon Moore <couteaufin at btinternet.com><mailto:couteaufin at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2023 5:59 PM
To: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de><mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>; Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) <Tonya.Haff at csiro.au><mailto:Tonya.Haff at csiro.au>
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Dried lizard?

Hi Tonya,

I would second Dirk?s comments as they cover the problems but I would also add a few crystals of menthol as a fungus preventer.  Do monitor it (no pun intended!) from time to time, as there may still be fat residues, especially around the tail area, that can cause the skin tissue to shrivel slightly and spoil the appearance.

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,
www.natural-history-conservation.com<http://www.natural-history-conservation.com>



> On 4 Apr 2023, at 06:42, Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>> wrote:
>
> Hi Tonya,
>
> that depends a bit on the circumstances of storage. Even though the lizard was dry in a dry, aerated environment, it not necessarily means it stays dry indoors and would not decay. A second question is how large the specimen is - and perhaps how fatty, if you want to keep it as a dry specimen
>
> While it usually is not a huge problem keeping millions of specimens dry if they are small enough (entomology), you still need to keep them shielded against climatic effects inside the storage room.
>
> Not long before I left the museum in Munich, we received 50 kg of confiscated, sun-dried shark fins that were intercepted on their way from a Central American country to an Asian country. After shock-freezing and treating the fins in 2 freezing/thawing cycles at below -25?C for several weeks in open boxes to get rid of some obvious pest issues, I bagged them in strong PE foil in the -25?C room and immediately heat sealed the bags in the adjacent cooling room (+4?C), adding a pre-packed silica-gel net bag into each fin bag. Heat sealing them frozen in basically frozen air-condition removed further humidity (fins were basically freeze-dried). The fins were all individualised and tissue samples had been removed for molecular identification to evaluate their CITES status.
>
> Sorted bags with fins of an indefinite number of specimens were then placed into large ground stopper jars (including recycling cracked jars which no longer could be used for fluid storage but still would shield the bags from rH shifts in the storage room and would keep pests out). Bags were placed on small meshes for keeping them well elevated above the container bottom to support pest monitoring.
>
> Several years back, we received an very rare but large fish from Africa which also in fact was a mummy (> 60cm), and we treated it in a very similar way (freezing to remove pest, bagging and heat sealing, placing it then in a tall glass cylinder. Specimen was very stable all the year without any obvious deterioration.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> With best wishes
> Dirk
>
>
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>
>
> Am 04.04.2023 um 04:52 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We just received a large lizard specimen that is desiccated... apparently it sat for a month under a bush in the desert this summer before it was retrieved. It smells a little but is basically totally dry and not in bad shape, considering. Not eaten and not rotten. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for the best way to keep it in the collections? It's an important record so we definitely want to keep it, and it's in good enough shape I don't want to skeletonise it. Perhaps dry it out some more in a fume hood and then keep it in a jar dry? I thought that might contain any smells, but I don't want to risk it going mouldy.  Any thoughts appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tonya
>>
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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:55:05 -0700
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From mnazaire at calbg.org  Mon Apr 10 20:50:11 2023
From: mnazaire at calbg.org (Mare Nazaire)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:50:11 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] D.C. Area: Careers in Biodiversity Sciences Workshop
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One more plug for our upcoming workshop!

Greetings NHColl participants,

We are reaching out to tell you about a unique opportunity for faculty and
undergraduate students to learn about, and prepare for, careers in
biodiversity science (including collections science and organismal,
evolutionary, ecological, and environmental biology). The workshop takes
place in the Washington DC area, but is open to anyone willing/able to fund
their own travel and lodging. Applications are now open
<https://membership.herbariumcurators.org/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/url&u=1543&qid=70225>
for
the *Careers in Biodiversity Sciences Workshop for undergraduates at the
Smithsonian on April 21-22, 2023*. This opportunity is at no cost to
attendees, but registration is required. Spaces are limited and acceptance
will be first-come-first-served.

Please visit our Website
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for
an agenda, event descriptions, and more information. We would very much
appreciate it if you passed this opportunity along to students at your
institution and would happily further engage you, and other interested
students and faculty as well! A flyer is attached to this email.

This event is in *collaboration* with the Smithsonian, Central Michigan
University, Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education, Society for
the Preservation of Natural History Collections, American Society of Plant
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We look forward to potentially seeing you and/or your students in
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From m.becker at musnathist.com  Tue Apr 11 10:09:56 2023
From: m.becker at musnathist.com (Matthew Becker)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:09:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
Message-ID: <1458953852.65557.1681222196428@webmail.coxbusiness.com>

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker
Collections Curator
Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Roger Williams Park
1000 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02907
401.680.7248
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From Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee  Tue Apr 11 10:14:52 2023
From: Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee (Lennart Lennuk)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:14:52 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
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Hi!

I would reccoment to suck or push the air out as much as possible and use two layers of plastic bag. This should prevent condensation.

Best!

Lennart Lennuk
Head of collections
Estonian Museum of Natural History
00372 5656 9916
Lennart.lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:10 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248

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From Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca  Tue Apr 11 10:31:40 2023
From: Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca (Dee Stubbs-Lee)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:31:40 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
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Hi Matthew,

I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.

https://museumpests.net/solutions-low-temperature-treatment/

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html

Dee

Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada

(506) 643-2341



From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248
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From mquigley at bowdoin.edu  Tue Apr 11 11:17:59 2023
From: mquigley at bowdoin.edu (Michael Quigley)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:17:59 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
In-Reply-To: <6e48ff0bb9174660adc55ab443605a16@NBMEX01.NBM.local>
References: <1458953852.65557.1681222196428@webmail.coxbusiness.com>
 <6e48ff0bb9174660adc55ab443605a16@NBMEX01.NBM.local>
Message-ID: <CH0P223MB013718FC165FA64715AD7E07C19A9@CH0P223MB0137.NAMP223.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi Matthew,

As part of our museum move, as a precaution, we recently froze all of our exhibited taxidermy before moving them into the new building.  We treated 7 small specimens, mostly birds, in a chest freezer and 13 large mammals in a rented reefer unit, both at -30C.  The specimens are various ages and conditions.  No damage was noted.  I have also routinely frozen taxidermy in the past with no problems using the guidelines Dee linked to.  I think as long as your birds are not in a high humidity environment before going into the bags, you don?t need to worry about moisture.

Mike

Mike Quigley (he/him)
Assistant Curator
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Bowdoin College
9500 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011
United States
207-725-3305

mquigley at bowdoin.edu<mailto:mquigley at bowdoin.edu>
bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum<https://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/>







From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:31 AM
To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>, nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
Hi Matthew,

I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.

https://museumpests.net/solutions-low-temperature-treatment/

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html

Dee

Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada

(506) 643-2341



From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248
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From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org  Tue Apr 11 12:22:08 2023
From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:22:08 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
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Hi Mathew,

Freezing is one of the safest and most straightforward methods to deal with an infestation.  Both Dee and Mike have stated this very clearly.  Dee's advice on resources will explain and justify wrapping the specimens.

Using a double wrap of plastic, removing as much air as possible reduces changes in the equal moisture content of the skins, eliminating shrinking and swelling of the skins and reducing the risk to the specimen. After you freeze you should do the following:


  1.  Thaw, and examine the specimen(s), removing all frass and insect bodies. If you do not do this, and you find another dead beetle you will not know if it is an old or new infestation.
  2.  Make sure that the space the specimens go into is clean and pest free.  Do ongoing monitoring.

If you are interested in learning more about IPM, start with the links that Dee provided. If you want more information I teach some classes on the subject through https://www.museumstudy.com/.

Good luck!

Gretchen Anderson
Conservator
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
(Preferred  pronouns: she/her)
AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org<mailto:AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org>
Mobile: 412-420-9083



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Michael Quigley
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:18 AM
To: Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>; Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

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Hi Matthew,

As part of our museum move, as a precaution, we recently froze all of our exhibited taxidermy before moving them into the new building.  We treated 7 small specimens, mostly birds, in a chest freezer and 13 large mammals in a rented reefer unit, both at -30C.  The specimens are various ages and conditions.  No damage was noted.  I have also routinely frozen taxidermy in the past with no problems using the guidelines Dee linked to.  I think as long as your birds are not in a high humidity environment before going into the bags, you don't need to worry about moisture.

Mike

Mike Quigley (he/him)
Assistant Curator
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Bowdoin College
9500 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011
United States
207-725-3305

mquigley at bowdoin.edu<mailto:mquigley at bowdoin.edu>
bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bowdoin.edu%2farctic-museum%2f&c=E,1,TszLDm90nWwkivK6qneVX7UpCk0bhp8fArBerSymK-eWuoqb0e1quTnzqnsFmlis07V2A6dahMlX2stL88mqu0khu6Azq-WjIrdNQCgGkH8,&typo=1>







From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> on behalf of Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca<mailto:Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>>
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:31 AM
To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com<mailto:m.becker at musnathist.com>>, nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
Hi Matthew,

I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.

https://museumpests.net/solutions-low-temperature-treatment/<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmuseumpests.net%2fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%2f&c=E,1,fhaKHBzxgc09IFWDbF49GGeqDxyINxfjh6N4puB8mZ5kuy1Kj4FeKYlr439LhGDT3zYA45um8FVr46Umi1TaSK4_yFSPSlzEeJcfVv0toGbRM8Cg&typo=1>

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.canada.ca%2fen%2fconservation-institute%2fservices%2fconservation-preservation-publications%2fcanadian-conservation-institute-notes%2fcontrolling-insects-low-temperature.html&c=E,1,15sWnfSf8vA5hSEyltixjqz57C1ZZwN9SY9-768-cBby-0lNTucxPOdm6cTdvLvLbU4WsVMTipXL_d0Pr5nkwbdpbjg2hrzLT77enxn4IMYxkA,,&typo=1>

Dee

Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada

(506) 643-2341



From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248



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From m.becker at musnathist.com  Tue Apr 11 14:30:16 2023
From: m.becker at musnathist.com (Matthew Becker)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:30:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation (resolved!)
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This has been very helpful information! Thank you all for the quick response. Much appreciated.

-Matt

>     On 04/11/2023 12:22 PM Anderson, Gretchen <andersong at carnegiemnh.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     Hi Mathew,
> 
>      
> 
>     Freezing is one of the safest and most straightforward methods to deal with an infestation.  Both Dee and Mike have stated this very clearly.  Dee?s advice on resources will explain and justify wrapping the specimens. 
> 
>      
> 
>     Using a double wrap of plastic, removing as much air as possible reduces changes in the equal moisture content of the skins, eliminating shrinking and swelling of the skins and reducing the risk to the specimen. After you freeze you should do the following:
> 
> 
>        1. Thaw, and examine the specimen(s), removing all frass and insect bodies. If you do not do this, and you find another dead beetle you will not know if it is an old or new infestation.
>        2. Make sure that the space the specimens go into is clean and pest free.  Do ongoing monitoring.
> 
>      
> 
>     If you are interested in learning more about IPM, start with the links that Dee provided. If you want more information I teach some classes on the subject through https://www.museumstudy.com/.
> 
>      
> 
>     Good luck!
> 
>      
> 
>     Gretchen Anderson
> 
>     Conservator
> 
>     Carnegie Museum of Natural History
> 
>     (Preferred  pronouns: she/her)
> 
>     AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org mailto:AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org
> 
>     Mobile: 412-420-9083
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Michael Quigley
>     Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:18 AM
>     To: Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>; Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>     Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
> 
> 
>     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.
> 
>     Hi Matthew,
> 
>      
> 
>     As part of our museum move, as a precaution, we recently froze all of our exhibited taxidermy before moving them into the new building.  We treated 7 small specimens, mostly birds, in a chest freezer and 13 large mammals in a rented reefer unit, both at -30C.  The specimens are various ages and conditions.  No damage was noted.  I have also routinely frozen taxidermy in the past with no problems using the guidelines Dee linked to.  I think as long as your birds are not in a high humidity environment before going into the bags, you don?t need to worry about moisture.
> 
>      
> 
>     Mike
> 
>      
> 
>     Mike Quigley (he/him)
> 
>     Assistant Curator
> 
>     Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
> 
>      
> 
>     Bowdoin College
> 
>     9500 College Station
> 
>     Brunswick, ME 04011
> 
>     United States
> 
>     207-725-3305
> 
>      
> 
>     mquigley at bowdoin.edu mailto:mquigley at bowdoin.edu
> 
>     bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bowdoin.edu%2farctic-museum%2f&c=E,1,TszLDm90nWwkivK6qneVX7UpCk0bhp8fArBerSymK-eWuoqb0e1quTnzqnsFmlis07V2A6dahMlX2stL88mqu0khu6Azq-WjIrdNQCgGkH8,&typo=1
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu > on behalf of Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca mailto:Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca >
>     Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:31 AM
>     To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com mailto:m.becker at musnathist.com >, nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >
>     Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
> 
>     Hi Matthew,
> 
>      
> 
>     I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.
> 
>      
> 
>     https://museumpests.net/solutions-low-temperature-treatment/ https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmuseumpests.net%2fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%2f&c=E,1,fhaKHBzxgc09IFWDbF49GGeqDxyINxfjh6N4puB8mZ5kuy1Kj4FeKYlr439LhGDT3zYA45um8FVr46Umi1TaSK4_yFSPSlzEeJcfVv0toGbRM8Cg&typo=1
> 
>      
> 
>     https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.canada.ca%2fen%2fconservation-institute%2fservices%2fconservation-preservation-publications%2fcanadian-conservation-institute-notes%2fcontrolling-insects-low-temperature.html&c=E,1,15sWnfSf8vA5hSEyltixjqz57C1ZZwN9SY9-768-cBby-0lNTucxPOdm6cTdvLvLbU4WsVMTipXL_d0Pr5nkwbdpbjg2hrzLT77enxn4IMYxkA,,&typo=1
> 
>      
> 
>     Dee
> 
>      
> 
>     Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
> 
>     Conservator / Restauratrice
> 
>     New Brunswick Museum
> 
>     277 Douglas Avenue
> 
>     Saint John, New Brunswick
> 
>     E2K 1E5
> 
>     Canada
> 
>      
> 
>     (506) 643-2341
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
>     Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
>     To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>     Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
> 
> 
>     Hello all,
> 
> 
>     I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.
> 
> 
>     In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.
> 
> 
>     Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.
> 
> 
>     Many thanks,
> 
>     Matthew Becker
> 
>     Collections Curator
> 
>     Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
> 
>     Roger Williams Park
> 
>     1000 Elmwood Ave
> 
>     Providence, RI 02907
> 
>     401.680.7248
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender.
> 


Matthew Becker
Collections Curator
Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Roger Williams Park
1000 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02907
401.680.7248
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From amast at fsu.edu  Wed Apr 12 09:01:25 2023
From: amast at fsu.edu (Austin Mast)
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:01:25 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] =?utf-8?q?Still_time_to_register=3A_=E2=80=9CMajor_Mo?=
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The WeDigBio Board <https://wedigbio.org/team-members> is pleased to announce a 1-hour symposium entitled ?WeDigBio?s Why Dig Bio?Major Motivations Across Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity? on April 14 from 3?4 PM ET.  Three thought leaders reflect on major motivations to create digital information about biodiversity at international, national, and personal scales.

3:00 PM ET Welcome!
3:05 Linking Community Science to Global Biodiversity Policy by Joe Miller (GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/>) 
3:20 Digitisation Down-Under! How crowdsourcing supports our biodiverse Australian collections by Ciaran Mathewson (DIGIVOL <https://digivol.ala.org.au/>) 
3:35 Virtual Voyaging for Science by Siobhan Leachman (independent researcher <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siobhan_Leachman>) 
3:50 Panel Discussion

Register to join us for the event at 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-major-motivations-across-scale-for-digitizing-biodiversity-tickets-598571923737 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-the-critical-roles-of-libraries-in-understanding-earths-biota-tickets-302947633527>

The 4-day WeDigBio event runs during Citizen Science Month from April 13?16 and occurs again from October 12?15.  To learn more about WeDigBio, visit wedigbio.org <http://wedigbio.org/>; to learn more about Citizen Science Month, visit https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth.  We?re here to help you make participation in WeDigBio and Citizen Science Month a regular part of your organization?s outreach activities?just reach out to us at wedigbio at gmail.com <mailto:wedigbio at gmail.com>.

And do consider also catching the Consortium of California Herbaria?s ?A Whirlwind Tour of California Herbaria!? on April 13 from 3?5 PM ET/noon?2 PT.  Register for that event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-whirlwind-tour-of-california-herbaria-tickets-601795415287 

With best regards,

Austin Mast, on behalf of the WeDigBio Board 

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

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From amast at fsu.edu  Wed Apr 12 09:58:41 2023
From: amast at fsu.edu (Austin Mast)
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My apologies!  I don?t know how I did it, but the link shown in the original email is correct as written, but links out to the EventBrite page for last April?s WeDigBio symposium.  This should work for the ?Major Motivations? symposium that was announced a few hours ago: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-major-motivations-across-scale-for-digitizing-biodiversity-tickets-598571923737 If it still does not work properly, I encourage you to search EventBrite for the event.

We hope that you can join us!

With best regards,

Austin Mast

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

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From dlpaul at illinois.edu  Wed Apr 12 17:05:30 2023
From: dlpaul at illinois.edu (Deborah Paul)
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:05:30 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] People Data for Inclusion by Connecting Scientists and
 Specimens: Workshop with Stipends at BOTANY 2023
Message-ID: <a8ebe8f3-9218-3cc3-4e6a-b0bf32a11e2c@illinois.edu>

**Hi NHCOLL peeps,

You've got people data in your collections databases, yes? And you 
probably know a lot about some of them (that may or may not be written 
down) and maybe very little about others? This workshop opportunity 
focuses on botany collectors and collections and revealing hidden 
figures. The model itself works for any collection type and can help you 
know more about what makes your collections/collectors unique and helps 
you discover data use and expertise while fostering reach and impact of 
your own vouchered collections if they are published to GBIF. Intrigued? 
... Please also share with your colleagues and students who might not be 
here on the listserv.
*

RE: People Data for Inclusion by Connecting Scientists and Specimens: 
Workshop with Stipends at BOTANY 2023

**


          At the Botany2023 conference in Boise, Idaho an NSF-sponsored
          workshop and symposium, "Supporting inclusive and sustainable
          research infrastructure for systematics (SISRIS) by connecting
          scientists and their specimens" will be held. More details and
          application for July 23 workshop participation (in-person and
          online seats) here: https://tinyurl.com/3jmaztfa
          <https://tinyurl.com/3jmaztfa>


Do you make or use herbarium specimens as part of your research? Are you 
interested in learning how to better document your botanical expertise 
and contributions to collections-based research by using the latest 
web-based informatics tools? Are you curious as to how these tools may 
also be used to advance research, improve collections management as well 
as build a more inclusive historical record by revealing hidden figures 
in botany? If so, please consider applying to attend the half-day SISRIS 
workshop at Botany2023 Sunday July 23. We encourage individuals from all 
career-stages and institution types to apply. Stipends for participation 
are available to defray the cost of attending, including dependent-care, 
sponsored by the US National Science Foundation. Attendance capped at 30 
in-person and 10 online participants. For further details and 
application link: https://tinyurl.com/3jmaztfa 
<https://tinyurl.com/3jmaztfa>


Email for questions: SISRIS2023 at gmail.com

*

-- 
- Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison
- Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois
-- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Chair 2021-2022
-- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment
-- Species File Group and Eventshttps://speciesfilegroup.org
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From Tonya.Haff at csiro.au  Wed Apr 12 21:19:27 2023
From: Tonya.Haff at csiro.au (Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace))
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:19:27 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Separating different species in drums
Message-ID: <ME2PR01MB5508D0D052905FF6645B0B5BEE989@ME2PR01MB5508.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com>

Hello all,

I think this has been discussed before, but I am wondering what kinds of solutions people have when several species need to be placed into the same spirit receptacle. In our case, I am talking about mid-sized terrestrial vertebrates....we have a drum shortage because of a factory fire and we're a bit desperate. The specimens all have registration tags attached to them, so it's not a matter of not getting the specimens mixed up permanently, it's simply an issue of ease of finding the species and the specimen in a mixed drum. One solution I think I have heard people talking about is placing specimens into mesh fabric bags to keep them separate...the kind that holds delicates like bras for the wash springs to mind, but I am not sure about their archival nature, and I don't want to create a future problem.  I guess I could use zip loc bags with holes in them for fluid flow, but again I am not sure that's a great long-term solution. I suppose I could even sew some archival fabric bags with a sinch top, but if there is a ready-made solution I would prefer that. I also wonder whether there is an easy way to label or find the separate bags - I kind of imagine a fishing float with registration numbers engraved in it or something like that....but again that's probably not archival in ethanol. Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Tonya

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Dr. Tonya M. Haff
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Australian National Wildlife Collection
CSIRO
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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Thu Apr 13 02:09:49 2023
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:09:49 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Separating different species in drums
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Hi Tonya,

I think it depends a bit on the size of the drums and how delicate and bulky the specimens are. Also, some meshes can be rather sturdy and rigid, while others might get entangled or could abrade specimens. When bagging them up, Zip-lockes should be punched allow some exchange with the surrounding fluid, otherwise specimens are trapped in their "own soup" (which usually is considerably less total fluid compared to body volume) with lipids and oils potentially causing issues which are more difficult to monitor in drums.

Personally, if specimens are tagged, I would prefer to place them carefully into the drums without further separation and would try to use as small drums as possible for this mixed storage to avoid compression of specimens at the sitting at the bottom. If you want to stack them inside the drums (and depending on the size of the specimens), it might be worth checking deep stainless steel strainers for industrial kitchens. They could be padded at the bottom and would provide a stable cage preventing damage when moving specimens in and out.

Hope this is useful
Cheers,
Dirk


Am 13.04.2023 um 03:19 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
Hello all,

I think this has been discussed before, but I am wondering what kinds of solutions people have when several species need to be placed into the same spirit receptacle. In our case, I am talking about mid-sized terrestrial vertebrates?.we have a drum shortage because of a factory fire and we?re a bit desperate. The specimens all have registration tags attached to them, so it?s not a matter of not getting the specimens mixed up permanently, it?s simply an issue of ease of finding the species and the specimen in a mixed drum. One solution I think I have heard people talking about is placing specimens into mesh fabric bags to keep them separate?the kind that holds delicates like bras for the wash springs to mind, but I am not sure about their archival nature, and I don?t want to create a future problem.  I guess I could use zip loc bags with holes in them for fluid flow, but again I am not sure that?s a great long-term solution. I suppose I could even sew some archival fabric bags with a sinch top, but if there is a ready-made solution I would prefer that. I also wonder whether there is an easy way to label or find the separate bags ? I kind of imagine a fishing float with registration numbers engraved in it or something like that?.but again that?s probably not archival in ethanol. Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Tonya

-------------------------------------------------
Dr. Tonya M. Haff
Collection Manager
Australian National Wildlife Collection
CSIRO
+61(0)419569109
https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/collections/anwc




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From makirchn at berkeley.edu  Thu Apr 13 19:58:17 2023
From: makirchn at berkeley.edu (Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith)
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:58:17 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Listserv new members
Message-ID: <D8AB9BA9-9EC0-4DC7-B9C6-CC68821ACA39@berkeley.edu>

Hello all,

I have been subscribed to this listserv for about a decade now, but I?ve recently begun a new curatorial position and would like to start receiving these emails at my work email. I also have a colleague here who would like to connect as well, but neither of us seem to be able to subscribe. We?ve both put in our emails a few times now and never get a confirmation email reply. 

Wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem and if there may be a work around? 

Thank you. 

--
Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith
Doctoral Candidate
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology

From PALMERL at si.edu  Fri Apr 14 07:33:08 2023
From: PALMERL at si.edu (Palmer, Lisa)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:33:08 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration DR-4701
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fyi

From: Caruso, Sarah <sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2023 5:20 PM
Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration DR-4701

External Email - Exercise Caution
Dear HENTF members,

A recent event has activated HENTF, necessitating your engagement. Please reach out to your members and constituents to help gather reports of damage and identify any unmet needs.



  1.  On March 31 - April 1, 2023, severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes occurred the state of Tennessee, causing severe damages which led to a major disaster declaration on April 7. Public Assistance<https://www.fema.gov/assistance/public/process> (which applies to eligible private nonprofits and government agencies) is available in 10 counties: Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Macon, McNairy, Rutherford, Tipton, and Wayne (please see map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov<https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4701/designated-areas>).



     *   Were any cultural institutions or arts organizations affected? If so, how? Are they interested in applying for federal Public Assistance recovery funding?
     *   Cultural institutions and arts organizations can call the National Heritage Responders hotline: 202.661.8068
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     *   HENTF's Save Your Family Treasures guidance is available at https://www.fema.gov/assistance/save-family-treasures



Please convey any damage reports or questions to me at sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov<mailto:sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>.

With thanks,


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From kabaum at umich.edu  Fri Apr 14 10:40:50 2023
From: kabaum at umich.edu (Aly Baumgartner)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:40:50 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Listserv new members
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Message-ID: <CAOYNqvh1mcJTtMgD3U+84O2YFfHMDXnzQCLGGVHn3cqtWZss4A@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mackenzie,

I recently had a similar problem with trying to get on assorted listservs
after starting a new position last week. For me the problem was simply that
every single confirmation email was going to my spam folder. I hope that
the problem is as simple as that for you! Otherwise, unfortunately I don't
know a workaround.

Good luck!
Aly

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 7:59?PM Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith <
makirchn at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have been subscribed to this listserv for about a decade now, but I?ve
> recently begun a new curatorial position and would like to start receiving
> these emails at my work email. I also have a colleague here who would like
> to connect as well, but neither of us seem to be able to subscribe. We?ve
> both put in our emails a few times now and never get a confirmation email
> reply.
>
> Wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem and if there may be a
> work around?
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith
> Doctoral Candidate
> University of California, Berkeley
> Department of Integrative Biology
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> 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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Research Collections Manager | Vascular Plants
University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)
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From mflannery at calacademy.org  Fri Apr 14 11:22:39 2023
From: mflannery at calacademy.org (Moe Flannery)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:22:39 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] =?utf-8?q?SPNHC_2023_=E2=80=93_Final_Hours_to_secure_?=
	=?utf-8?q?your_Early_Bird_discount!?=
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[image: SPNHC 2023 Logo_circle_layers_reduced size.jpg]

Early Bird Registration ends in a matter of hours and will NOT be extended. If
you plan on attending in person, *be sure to complete your **registration
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order to ensure the lower rates and secure your spot on field trips, in
workshops, at Trivia Night, and other events that have a capacity limit.*



Please note: PayPal has a guest (non login) option for credit card
payments. Click on "Payment Options/PayPal" and select "pay with a credit
card." If you have any issues while registering, please email us at
SPNHC2023questions at calacademy.org to lock in the early bird pricing.

Also, be sure to book your accommodations before April 27th. We have
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Booking within the room block helps SPNHC keep conference rates down by
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From aflemming at flmnh.ufl.edu  Fri Apr 14 11:56:07 2023
From: aflemming at flmnh.ufl.edu (Flemming,Adania)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:56:07 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Get Involved | 15-21st October | BlackInNHMs week
Message-ID: <SJ0PR22MB284554B6BC47DA932F35CA57FE9B9@SJ0PR22MB2845.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>

Hello everyone,

We would like to announce the 3rd Annual BlackInNHMs week will take place on Sunday 15th October to Saturday 21st October 2023. We need your support because diversifying our spaces is crucial to the sustainability and relevance of natural history museums.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we are a grassroots organization of dedicated professionals (curators, professors, collections managers, graduate students and communication specialists) building the infrastructure from the ground up to engage and create a community for Black folks who are in, were in, or interested in being in NHMs. We are asking that everyone including natural history museums and collections actively support this initiative in whatever way you can (volunteer, participate etc.). We want the voices, opinions, and stories of Black people to be heard, reflected and respected in Natural history museums. And we want you to help us make it happen. Learn more about us here: https://www.blackinnhms.org/

In addition to supporting our non-profit generally, we have identified 3 ways to help as we plan our upcoming 2023 annual event (Oct 15-21):

  *   1. Fundraising (individual donations or helping with fundraising infrastructure)
  *   2. Helping plan our annual event (before, during and after)
  *   3. Networking and Promotion (help to promote BINHMs, share information to networks and other spaces)

If you can support BlackinNHMs in any of these ways please complete this 2-minute survey (https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dpamD4wNwpvw4ES). We will follow up with you thereafter.

Please share widely!

Thank you,
Black In Natural History Museums Board,
Adania Flemming, Alnycea Blackwell, Brianna Mims, Hadeel Saad, Hank Bart, Janet Buckner, Jessica Ware, Leanne Melbourne, and Nicole Cannarozzi



Regards,
Adania Flemming M.S.
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Office Phone: 352-273-1951
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From dyanega at gmail.com  Fri Apr 14 16:56:25 2023
From: dyanega at gmail.com (Douglas Yanega)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:56:25 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Listserv new members
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On 4/14/23 7:40 AM, Aly Baumgartner wrote:
> Hi Mackenzie,
>
> I recently had a similar problem with trying to get on assorted 
> listservs after starting a new position last week. For me the problem 
> was simply that every single confirmation email was going to my spam 
> folder. I hope that the problem is as simple as that for you! 
> Otherwise, unfortunately I don't know a workaround.
>
It's an odd problem that I suspect many of us on the list experience, at 
varying levels of severity. For me, original postings to the list 
generally go into my spam folder, but followups in the thread come 
through unscathed. I have to check my spam folder *every day*. I'm not 
sure how or why it works this way, but this goes back many years.

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
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From rinconrodriguezl at ufl.edu  Fri Apr 14 16:58:10 2023
From: rinconrodriguezl at ufl.edu (Rincon Rodriguez,Laura)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:58:10 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Feedback Handbook for Active natural history collections
Message-ID: <BN6PR2201MB10125AF73572BACE8E36B858CB999@BN6PR2201MB1012.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>

Hello everyone! Hola a todos!

I graduated last year from my master's in museum studies at the University of Florida. I wrote a handbook as my graduation thesis about active natural history collections.

I would like to keep it as a living document while I'm getting more experience on the field. For now, I would appreciate your feedback so I can include them and publish it.

You can access to the handbook here<https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/handbook-to-create-active-collections-in-natural-history-museums/?fbclid=IwAR0JMsDR8TGltO6s0H61d4N0NZObMs0Kp1Yx7npZ2409tFMszoNeBD-Ecow>

Thanks for your help!

Laura Rinc?n
Museum Studies Master's professional
University of Florida
Twitter: @LauRincon222
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-rinc%C3%B3n-3911681a6/
Blog: https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/

?I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou

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From gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu  Mon Apr 17 07:57:35 2023
From: gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu (Nelson,Gil)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:57:35 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Abstract Deadline: Digital Data Conference Workshops
 Announced
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Abstract Deadline (April 26) is quickly approaching!

Register Now<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7th-annual-digital-data-in-biodiversity-research-conference-tickets-505164048267> for the Hybrid 2023 Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference<https://www.idigbio.org/content/digital-data-2023-leveraging-digital-data-service-conservation-ecology-systematics>, 5-7 June!

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See below for the newly announced workshops and plenary speakers!

Event dates: June 5-7, 2023
Registration now open!<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7th-annual-digital-data-in-biodiversity-research-conference-tickets-505164048267>
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From EScott at indianamuseum.org  Mon Apr 17 10:55:21 2023
From: EScott at indianamuseum.org (Scott, Elizabeth)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:55:21 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7
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Matthew

Since taxidermy is fragile we tend to isolate in a bag and monitor first. If activity is detected, we process by "flash freezing". We do not fumigate. Caution. Bags produce electrostatic and can dislodge feathers etc.. Depending on the fragility and importance of the specimens, you can construct a wood frame to surround the specimen before putting it into a bag or add plastic sheeting to the frame sides so that the plastic does not touch the specimen at all. As mentioned in other posts the bag isolates and contains potential pests in the specimen from escaping. It also minimizes potential condensation on the specimens by limiting the volume of available moisture that can condense on the specimen. Removing some air from the bag will further assist. Be careful to not damage the specimen when removing air. With textiles we use a vacuum hose to suck out as much air as possible then tape the bag shut, but doing this with taxidermy is not recommended. Let the bag be loose. We place the specimen in a freezer for 48 hours to one week. Our walk-in freezer is set to -20*F but we have used chest freezers at 14*F too. After removing the specimen from the freezer, allow it to rest for 48 hours to one week and observe for pest activities. The package must reach room temperature to pass the condensation problem. One week will give any sleeping critters a signal to wake up and you'll start seeing stuff if present.  The specimen will need to be refrozen again if activity persists. We've experimented with freezing without bags and it was a real mess. Condensation pools on lacquered bases, on bird leg scales, eyes and plastic mouth inserts. It can be a nonstop nightmare to remove the condensation with paper towels / cloth to keep the pooling moisture from softening and damaging the specimens and bases. We did not see any of this when they were in bags. 

We also apply "Mount Protector" by Mount Medic to exhibit components near taxidermy and maintain cleaning protocols in the gallery space to deter pests.  

Good luck. 
Liz

Elizabeth M. Scott
Natural History & Archaeology Preparator
Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites
Escott at indianamuseum.org
p: 317-234-1731
 
650 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
www.indianamuseum.org


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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:09:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>
To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
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Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker
Collections Curator
Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Roger Williams Park
1000 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02907
401.680.7248
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:14:52 +0000
From: Lennart Lennuk <Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee>
To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>,
        "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
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Hi!

I would reccoment to suck or push the air out as much as possible and use two layers of plastic bag. This should prevent condensation.

Best!

Lennart Lennuk
Head of collections
Estonian Museum of Natural History
00372 5656 9916
Lennart.lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:10 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248

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From: Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>
To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>,
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Hi Matthew,

I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.

https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4c1a47e0eb5089e8&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseumpests.net%2Fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%2F

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html

Dee

Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada

(506) 643-2341



From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:17:59 +0000
From: Michael Quigley <mquigley at bowdoin.edu>
To: Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>, Matthew Becker
        <m.becker at musnathist.com>, "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu"
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Hi Matthew,

As part of our museum move, as a precaution, we recently froze all of our exhibited taxidermy before moving them into the new building.  We treated 7 small specimens, mostly birds, in a chest freezer and 13 large mammals in a rented reefer unit, both at -30C.  The specimens are various ages and conditions.  No damage was noted.  I have also routinely frozen taxidermy in the past with no problems using the guidelines Dee linked to.  I think as long as your birds are not in a high humidity environment before going into the bags, you don?t need to worry about moisture.

Mike

Mike Quigley (he/him)
Assistant Curator
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Bowdoin College
9500 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011
United States
207-725-3305

mquigley at bowdoin.edu<mailto:mquigley at bowdoin.edu>
https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-7ffcdb7abf2c0ec9&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbowdoin.edu%2Farctic-museum<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-a15d1e7d102e036c&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bowdoin.edu%2Farctic-museum%2F>







From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:31 AM
To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>, nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
Hi Matthew,

I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.

https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4c1a47e0eb5089e8&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseumpests.net%2Fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%2F

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html

Dee

Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada

(506) 643-2341



From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:22:08 +0000
From: "Anderson, Gretchen" <AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org>
To: Michael Quigley <mquigley at bowdoin.edu>, Dee Stubbs-Lee
        <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>, Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>,
        "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
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Hi Mathew,

Freezing is one of the safest and most straightforward methods to deal with an infestation.  Both Dee and Mike have stated this very clearly.  Dee's advice on resources will explain and justify wrapping the specimens.

Using a double wrap of plastic, removing as much air as possible reduces changes in the equal moisture content of the skins, eliminating shrinking and swelling of the skins and reducing the risk to the specimen. After you freeze you should do the following:


  1.  Thaw, and examine the specimen(s), removing all frass and insect bodies. If you do not do this, and you find another dead beetle you will not know if it is an old or new infestation.
  2.  Make sure that the space the specimens go into is clean and pest free.  Do ongoing monitoring.

If you are interested in learning more about IPM, start with the links that Dee provided. If you want more information I teach some classes on the subject through https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-2e88bab44c22005f&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.museumstudy.com%2F.

Good luck!

Gretchen Anderson
Conservator
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
(Preferred  pronouns: she/her)
AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org<mailto:AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org>
Mobile: 412-420-9083



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Hi Matthew,

As part of our museum move, as a precaution, we recently froze all of our exhibited taxidermy before moving them into the new building.  We treated 7 small specimens, mostly birds, in a chest freezer and 13 large mammals in a rented reefer unit, both at -30C.  The specimens are various ages and conditions.  No damage was noted.  I have also routinely frozen taxidermy in the past with no problems using the guidelines Dee linked to.  I think as long as your birds are not in a high humidity environment before going into the bags, you don't need to worry about moisture.

Mike

Mike Quigley (he/him)
Assistant Curator
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Bowdoin College
9500 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011
United States
207-725-3305

mquigley at bowdoin.edu<mailto:mquigley at bowdoin.edu>
https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-7ffcdb7abf2c0ec9&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbowdoin.edu%2Farctic-museum<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-7eac4aafe717e1ff&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.bowdoin.edu%252farctic-museum%252f%26c%3DE%2C1%2CTszLDm90nWwkivK6qneVX7UpCk0bhp8fArBerSymK-eWuoqb0e1quTnzqnsFmlis07V2A6dahMlX2stL88mqu0khu6Azq-WjIrdNQCgGkH8%2C%26typo%3D1>







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Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:31 AM
To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com<mailto:m.becker at musnathist.com>>, nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
Hi Matthew,

I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.

https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4c1a47e0eb5089e8&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseumpests.net%2Fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%2F<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-5b16a51ac7db5435&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fmuseumpests.net%252fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%252f%26c%3DE%2C1%2CfhaKHBzxgc09IFWDbF49GGeqDxyINxfjh6N4puB8mZ5kuy1Kj4FeKYlr439LhGDT3zYA45um8FVr46Umi1TaSK4_yFSPSlzEeJcfVv0toGbRM8Cg%26typo%3D1>

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-982b49bd2450901a&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.canada.ca%252fen%252fconservation-institute%252fservices%252fconservation-preservation-publications%252fcanadian-conservation-institute-notes%252fcontrolling-insects-low-temperature.html%26c%3DE%2C1%2C15sWnfSf8vA5hSEyltixjqz57C1ZZwN9SY9-768-cBby-0lNTucxPOdm6cTdvLvLbU4WsVMTipXL_d0Pr5nkwbdpbjg2hrzLT77enxn4IMYxkA%2C%2C%26typo%3D1>

Dee

Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada

(506) 643-2341



From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?

Hello all,

I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.

In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.

Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.

Many thanks,

Matthew Becker

Collections Curator

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park

1000 Elmwood Ave

Providence, RI 02907

401.680.7248



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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:30:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>
To: "Anderson, Gretchen" <AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org>, Michael Quigley
        <mquigley at bowdoin.edu>, Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>,
        "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation (resolved!)
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This has been very helpful information! Thank you all for the quick response. Much appreciated.

-Matt

>     On 04/11/2023 12:22 PM Anderson, Gretchen <andersong at carnegiemnh.org> wrote:
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>     Hi Mathew,
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>     Freezing is one of the safest and most straightforward methods to deal with an infestation.  Both Dee and Mike have stated this very clearly.  Dee?s advice on resources will explain and justify wrapping the specimens.
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>     Using a double wrap of plastic, removing as much air as possible reduces changes in the equal moisture content of the skins, eliminating shrinking and swelling of the skins and reducing the risk to the specimen. After you freeze you should do the following:
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>        1. Thaw, and examine the specimen(s), removing all frass and insect bodies. If you do not do this, and you find another dead beetle you will not know if it is an old or new infestation.
>        2. Make sure that the space the specimens go into is clean and pest free.  Do ongoing monitoring.
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>     If you are interested in learning more about IPM, start with the links that Dee provided. If you want more information I teach some classes on the subject through https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-2e88bab44c22005f&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.museumstudy.com%2F.
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>     Good luck!
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>     Gretchen Anderson
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>     Conservator
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>     Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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>     (Preferred  pronouns: she/her)
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>     AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org mailto:AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org
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>     From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Michael Quigley
>     Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:18 AM
>     To: Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca>; Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>     Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
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>     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.
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>     Hi Matthew,
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>     As part of our museum move, as a precaution, we recently froze all of our exhibited taxidermy before moving them into the new building.  We treated 7 small specimens, mostly birds, in a chest freezer and 13 large mammals in a rented reefer unit, both at -30C.  The specimens are various ages and conditions.  No damage was noted.  I have also routinely frozen taxidermy in the past with no problems using the guidelines Dee linked to.  I think as long as your birds are not in a high humidity environment before going into the bags, you don?t need to worry about moisture.
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>     Mike
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>     Mike Quigley (he/him)
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>     Assistant Curator
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>     Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
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>     Bowdoin College
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>     9500 College Station
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>     Brunswick, ME 04011
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>     United States
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>     207-725-3305
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>     mquigley at bowdoin.edu mailto:mquigley at bowdoin.edu
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>     From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu > on behalf of Dee Stubbs-Lee <Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca mailto:Dee.Stubbs-Lee at nbm-mnb.ca >
>     Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:31 AM
>     To: Matthew Becker <m.becker at musnathist.com mailto:m.becker at musnathist.com >, nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >
>     Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
>
>     Hi Matthew,
>
>
>
>     I have frozen small taxidermy specimens of all ages many times with no issues. The bagging actually serves two purposes: it helps to contain any live pests and prevent their spreading, and it helps to protect the specimens during the freezing process. You may find the following two resources helpful as background reading. Do be careful handling any frozen specimens as they are more vulnerable to physical damage while frozen because many materials are more brittle while frozen.
>
>
>
>     https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4c1a47e0eb5089e8&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseumpests.net%2Fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%2F https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-5b16a51ac7db5435&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fmuseumpests.net%252fsolutions-low-temperature-treatment%252f%26c%3DE%2C1%2CfhaKHBzxgc09IFWDbF49GGeqDxyINxfjh6N4puB8mZ5kuy1Kj4FeKYlr439LhGDT3zYA45um8FVr46Umi1TaSK4_yFSPSlzEeJcfVv0toGbRM8Cg%26typo%3D1
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>     https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/controlling-insects-low-temperature.html https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-982b49bd2450901a&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.canada.ca%252fen%252fconservation-institute%252fservices%252fconservation-preservation-publications%252fcanadian-conservation-institute-notes%252fcontrolling-insects-low-temperature.html%26c%3DE%2C1%2C15sWnfSf8vA5hSEyltixjqz57C1ZZwN9SY9-768-cBby-0lNTucxPOdm6cTdvLvLbU4WsVMTipXL_d0Pr5nkwbdpbjg2hrzLT77enxn4IMYxkA%2C%2C%26typo%3D1
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>     Dee
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>     Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, FIIC, CAPC
>
>     Conservator / Restauratrice
>
>     New Brunswick Museum
>
>     277 Douglas Avenue
>
>     Saint John, New Brunswick
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>     E2K 1E5
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>     Canada
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>     (506) 643-2341
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>     From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Becker
>     Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:10 AM
>     To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>     Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Freezer Fumigation: is wrapping necessary?
>
>
>     Hello all,
>
>
>     I recently discovered a dead dermestid beetle near some extinct bird taxidermy we had on display and we are looking to fumigate these specimens to be safe. We have a large walk-in fumigation freezer that we have used in the past with success, but I'm feeling a little more nervous than usual given the importance of the specimens.
>
>
>     In the past, I had been trained to wrap specimens in airtight bags before putting them in the freezer. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I was told it was help to prevent condensation but I'm almost more afraid of trapping moisture inside the bag. I'm wondering if I can get away with putting them in an airtight storage container or even leave them exposed to avoid handling them more than I have to.
>
>
>     Please let me know if you have any advice with fumigating delicate bird taxidermy. I currently have them in a fume hood with a pest strip in the meantime.
>
>
>     Many thanks,
>
>     Matthew Becker
>
>     Collections Curator
>
>     Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
>
>     Roger Williams Park
>
>     1000 Elmwood Ave
>
>     Providence, RI 02907
>
>     401.680.7248
>
>
>
>
>     The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender.
>


Matthew Becker
Collections Curator
Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Roger Williams Park
1000 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02907
401.680.7248
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:01:25 +0000
From: Austin Mast <amast at fsu.edu>
To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Still time to register: ?Major Motivations Across
        Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity? April 14, 3?4 PM ET
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The WeDigBio Board <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-660f2842f5405a10&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwedigbio.org%2Fteam-members> is pleased to announce a 1-hour symposium entitled ?WeDigBio?s Why Dig Bio?Major Motivations Across Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity? on April 14 from 3?4 PM ET.  Three thought leaders reflect on major motivations to create digital information about biodiversity at international, national, and personal scales.

3:00 PM ET Welcome!
3:05 Linking Community Science to Global Biodiversity Policy by Joe Miller (GBIF <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-e3177fe4fc6834ab&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gbif.org%2F>)
3:20 Digitisation Down-Under! How crowdsourcing supports our biodiverse Australian collections by Ciaran Mathewson (DIGIVOL <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-6b5ba1ab3759f9fa&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdigivol.ala.org.au%2F>)
3:35 Virtual Voyaging for Science by Siobhan Leachman (independent researcher <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siobhan_Leachman>)
3:50 Panel Discussion

Register to join us for the event at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-major-motivations-across-scale-for-digitizing-biodiversity-tickets-598571923737 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-the-critical-roles-of-libraries-in-understanding-earths-biota-tickets-302947633527>

The 4-day WeDigBio event runs during Citizen Science Month from April 13?16 and occurs again from October 12?15.  To learn more about WeDigBio, visit wedigbio.org <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-a1294049024bad02&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwedigbio.org%2F>; to learn more about Citizen Science Month, visit https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-0de4d6ed3f87c776&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fscistarter.org%2Fcitizensciencemonth.  We?re here to help you make participation in WeDigBio and Citizen Science Month a regular part of your organization?s outreach activities?just reach out to us at wedigbio at gmail.com <mailto:wedigbio at gmail.com>.

And do consider also catching the Consortium of California Herbaria?s ?A Whirlwind Tour of California Herbaria!? on April 13 from 3?5 PM ET/noon?2 PT.  Register for that event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-whirlwind-tour-of-california-herbaria-tickets-601795415287

With best regards,

Austin Mast, on behalf of the WeDigBio Board

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

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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:58:41 +0000
From: Austin Mast <amast at fsu.edu>
To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Correct link for ?Major Motivations Across Scale
        for Digitizing Biodiversity? on April 14, 3?4 PM ET
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My apologies!  I don?t know how I did it, but the link shown in the original email is correct as written, but links out to the EventBrite page for last April?s WeDigBio symposium.  This should work for the ?Major Motivations? symposium that was announced a few hours ago: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-major-motivations-across-scale-for-digitizing-biodiversity-tickets-598571923737 If it still does not work properly, I encourage you to search EventBrite for the event.

We hope that you can join us!

With best regards,

Austin Mast

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

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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:05:30 -0500
From: Deborah Paul <dlpaul at illinois.edu>
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] People Data for Inclusion by Connecting Scientists
        and Specimens: Workshop with Stipends at BOTANY 2023
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**Hi NHCOLL peeps,

You've got people data in your collections databases, yes? And you
probably know a lot about some of them (that may or may not be written
down) and maybe very little about others? This workshop opportunity
focuses on botany collectors and collections and revealing hidden
figures. The model itself works for any collection type and can help you
know more about what makes your collections/collectors unique and helps
you discover data use and expertise while fostering reach and impact of
your own vouchered collections if they are published to GBIF. Intrigued?
... Please also share with your colleagues and students who might not be
here on the listserv.
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RE: People Data for Inclusion by Connecting Scientists and Specimens:
Workshop with Stipends at BOTANY 2023

**


          At the Botany2023 conference in Boise, Idaho an NSF-sponsored
          workshop and symposium, "Supporting inclusive and sustainable
          research infrastructure for systematics (SISRIS) by connecting
          scientists and their specimens" will be held. More details and
          application for July 23 workshop participation (in-person and
          online seats) here: https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4e5bbde1cc335233&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F3jmaztfa
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Do you make or use herbarium specimens as part of your research? Are you
interested in learning how to better document your botanical expertise
and contributions to collections-based research by using the latest
web-based informatics tools? Are you curious as to how these tools may
also be used to advance research, improve collections management as well
as build a more inclusive historical record by revealing hidden figures
in botany? If so, please consider applying to attend the half-day SISRIS
workshop at Botany2023 Sunday July 23. We encourage individuals from all
career-stages and institution types to apply. Stipends for participation
are available to defray the cost of attending, including dependent-care,
sponsored by the US National Science Foundation. Attendance capped at 30
in-person and 10 online participants. For further details and
application link: https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4e5bbde1cc335233&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F3jmaztfa
<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-4e5bbde1cc335233&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F3jmaztfa>


Email for questions: SISRIS2023 at gmail.com

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--
- Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison
- Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois
-- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Chair 2021-2022
-- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:19:27 +0000
From: "Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace)" <Tonya.Haff at csiro.au>
To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Separating different species in drums
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Hello all,

I think this has been discussed before, but I am wondering what kinds of solutions people have when several species need to be placed into the same spirit receptacle. In our case, I am talking about mid-sized terrestrial vertebrates....we have a drum shortage because of a factory fire and we're a bit desperate. The specimens all have registration tags attached to them, so it's not a matter of not getting the specimens mixed up permanently, it's simply an issue of ease of finding the species and the specimen in a mixed drum. One solution I think I have heard people talking about is placing specimens into mesh fabric bags to keep them separate...the kind that holds delicates like bras for the wash springs to mind, but I am not sure about their archival nature, and I don't want to create a future problem.  I guess I could use zip loc bags with holes in them for fluid flow, but again I am not sure that's a great long-term solution. I suppose I could even sew some archival fabric bags wit
 h a sinch top, but if there is a ready-made solution I would prefer that. I also wonder whether there is an easy way to label or find the separate bags - I kind of imagine a fishing float with registration numbers engraved in it or something like that....but again that's probably not archival in ethanol. Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Tonya

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Dr. Tonya M. Haff
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:09:49 +0200
From: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
To: <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Separating different species in drums
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Hi Tonya,

I think it depends a bit on the size of the drums and how delicate and bulky the specimens are. Also, some meshes can be rather sturdy and rigid, while others might get entangled or could abrade specimens. When bagging them up, Zip-lockes should be punched allow some exchange with the surrounding fluid, otherwise specimens are trapped in their "own soup" (which usually is considerably less total fluid compared to body volume) with lipids and oils potentially causing issues which are more difficult to monitor in drums.

Personally, if specimens are tagged, I would prefer to place them carefully into the drums without further separation and would try to use as small drums as possible for this mixed storage to avoid compression of specimens at the sitting at the bottom. If you want to stack them inside the drums (and depending on the size of the specimens), it might be worth checking deep stainless steel strainers for industrial kitchens. They could be padded at the bottom and would provide a stable cage preventing damage when moving specimens in and out.

Hope this is useful
Cheers,
Dirk


Am 13.04.2023 um 03:19 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
Hello all,

I think this has been discussed before, but I am wondering what kinds of solutions people have when several species need to be placed into the same spirit receptacle. In our case, I am talking about mid-sized terrestrial vertebrates?.we have a drum shortage because of a factory fire and we?re a bit desperate. The specimens all have registration tags attached to them, so it?s not a matter of not getting the specimens mixed up permanently, it?s simply an issue of ease of finding the species and the specimen in a mixed drum. One solution I think I have heard people talking about is placing specimens into mesh fabric bags to keep them separate?the kind that holds delicates like bras for the wash springs to mind, but I am not sure about their archival nature, and I don?t want to create a future problem.  I guess I could use zip loc bags with holes in them for fluid flow, but again I am not sure that?s a great long-term solution. I suppose I could even sew some archival fabric bags with a
 sinch top, but if there is a ready-made solution I would prefer that. I also wonder whether there is an easy way to label or find the separate bags ? I kind of imagine a fishing float with registration numbers engraved in it or something like that?.but again that?s probably not archival in ethanol. Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Tonya

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Dr. Tonya M. Haff
Collection Manager
Australian National Wildlife Collection
CSIRO
+61(0)419569109
https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/collections/anwc




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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:58:17 -0700
From: Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith <makirchn at berkeley.edu>
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Listserv new members
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Hello all,

I have been subscribed to this listserv for about a decade now, but I?ve recently begun a new curatorial position and would like to start receiving these emails at my work email. I also have a colleague here who would like to connect as well, but neither of us seem to be able to subscribe. We?ve both put in our emails a few times now and never get a confirmation email reply.

Wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem and if there may be a work around?

Thank you.

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Doctoral Candidate
University of California, Berkeley
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:33:08 +0000
From: "Palmer, Lisa" <PALMERL at si.edu>
To: "Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Cc: Nana Kaneko <nana.kaneko at fema.dhs.gov>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration DR-4701
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fyi

From: Caruso, Sarah <sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2023 5:20 PM
Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration DR-4701

External Email - Exercise Caution
Dear HENTF members,

A recent event has activated HENTF, necessitating your engagement. Please reach out to your members and constituents to help gather reports of damage and identify any unmet needs.



  1.  On March 31 - April 1, 2023, severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes occurred the state of Tennessee, causing severe damages which led to a major disaster declaration on April 7. Public Assistance<https://www.fema.gov/assistance/public/process> (which applies to eligible private nonprofits and government agencies) is available in 10 counties: Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Macon, McNairy, Rutherford, Tipton, and Wayne (please see map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov<https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4701/designated-areas>).



     *   Were any cultural institutions or arts organizations affected? If so, how? Are they interested in applying for federal Public Assistance recovery funding?
     *   Cultural institutions and arts organizations can call the National Heritage Responders hotline: 202.661.8068
     *   Members of the public who have questions about saving family heirlooms can email the National Heritage Responders at NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org<mailto:NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org>
     *   HENTF's Save Your Family Treasures guidance is available at https://www.fema.gov/assistance/save-family-treasures



Please convey any damage reports or questions to me at sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov<mailto:sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>.

With thanks,


Sarah Caruso
Save Your Family Treasures Project Manager (Detail)
Heritage Emergency National Task Force
Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation
Resilience
Mobile: (202) 718-2011
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:40:50 -0400
From: Aly Baumgartner <kabaum at umich.edu>
To: Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith <makirchn at berkeley.edu>
Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Listserv new members
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Hi Mackenzie,

I recently had a similar problem with trying to get on assorted listservs
after starting a new position last week. For me the problem was simply that
every single confirmation email was going to my spam folder. I hope that
the problem is as simple as that for you! Otherwise, unfortunately I don't
know a workaround.

Good luck!
Aly

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 7:59?PM Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith <
makirchn at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have been subscribed to this listserv for about a decade now, but I?ve
> recently begun a new curatorial position and would like to start receiving
> these emails at my work email. I also have a colleague here who would like
> to connect as well, but neither of us seem to be able to subscribe. We?ve
> both put in our emails a few times now and never get a confirmation email
> reply.
>
> Wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem and if there may be a
> work around?
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Mackenzie Kirchner-Smith
> Doctoral Candidate
> University of California, Berkeley
> Department of Integrative Biology
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:22:39 -0700
From: Moe Flannery <mflannery at calacademy.org>
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] SPNHC 2023 ? Final Hours to secure your Early Bird
        discount!
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Early Bird Registration ends in a matter of hours and will NOT be extended. If
you plan on attending in person, *be sure to complete your **registration
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order to ensure the lower rates and secure your spot on field trips, in
workshops, at Trivia Night, and other events that have a capacity limit.*



Please note: PayPal has a guest (non login) option for credit card
payments. Click on "Payment Options/PayPal" and select "pay with a credit
card." If you have any issues while registering, please email us at
SPNHC2023questions at calacademy.org to lock in the early bird pricing.

Also, be sure to book your accommodations before April 27th. We have
reserved a block of rooms at the conference venue, the Hilton Union Square
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:56:07 +0000
From: "Flemming,Adania" <aflemming at flmnh.ufl.edu>
To: "Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Get Involved | 15-21st October | BlackInNHMs week
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Hello everyone,

We would like to announce the 3rd Annual BlackInNHMs week will take place on Sunday 15th October to Saturday 21st October 2023. We need your support because diversifying our spaces is crucial to the sustainability and relevance of natural history museums.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we are a grassroots organization of dedicated professionals (curators, professors, collections managers, graduate students and communication specialists) building the infrastructure from the ground up to engage and create a community for Black folks who are in, were in, or interested in being in NHMs. We are asking that everyone including natural history museums and collections actively support this initiative in whatever way you can (volunteer, participate etc.). We want the voices, opinions, and stories of Black people to be heard, reflected and respected in Natural history museums. And we want you to help us make it happen. Learn more about us here: https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-91631f598b42452b&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackinnhms.org%2F

In addition to supporting our non-profit generally, we have identified 3 ways to help as we plan our upcoming 2023 annual event (Oct 15-21):

  *   1. Fundraising (individual donations or helping with fundraising infrastructure)
  *   2. Helping plan our annual event (before, during and after)
  *   3. Networking and Promotion (help to promote BINHMs, share information to networks and other spaces)

If you can support BlackinNHMs in any of these ways please complete this 2-minute survey (https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-df2f1cd887efa17f&q=1&e=7a8ac823-8f8c-49a4-b6ba-3eed779127a8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fufl.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_dpamD4wNwpvw4ES). We will follow up with you thereafter.

Please share widely!

Thank you,
Black In Natural History Museums Board,
Adania Flemming, Alnycea Blackwell, Brianna Mims, Hadeel Saad, Hank Bart, Janet Buckner, Jessica Ware, Leanne Melbourne, and Nicole Cannarozzi



Regards,
Adania Flemming M.S.
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Department of Biology
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University of Florida
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From mabarca at calacademy.org  Mon Apr 17 13:36:46 2023
From: mabarca at calacademy.org (Maricela Abarca)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:36:46 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Join a SPNHC tradition: Pub Quiz! (+ an insider tip)
Message-ID: <CALSGDVa+wZBMPt58p2xiWUxnDLgdq+xunTTFA1qRKq2wSjGwUw@mail.gmail.com>

Kick off a week of presentations
<https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/e/spnhc2023/program>, workshops
<https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/events/workshops>, symposia
<https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/ibss/ibss/spnhc_2023_symposia-3.pdf>,
and more <https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/events> with an evening of
fun facts that you can then use to impress your colleagues with throughout
the week's events!

Add trivia night to your conference registration
<https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023/registration> to experience San
Francisco's take on the annual SPNHC pub quiz! Already registered for the
conference but would like to add trivia now? Email
spnhc2023questions at calacademy.org to secure your spot.

[image: spnhcTriviaInstagram.png]

Brush up on your San Francisco history and California natural history to
get ahead in this friendly, four-round competition featuring music and
image rounds. Just for reading this message, you'll have a leg up on the
competition with this preview of one of the questions: "These ice cream
sandwiches, initially featuring vanilla ice cream and oatmeal cookies
dipped in chocolate, were invented at San Francisco?s Playland at the Beach
in 1928."

You're now one step closer to the prize we'll be awarding for first place.
But don't fret, there will also be prizes for last place and best team
name, not to mention the opportunity to see familiar faces and meet new
collections colleagues!

We hope to see you there!
Maricela,
SPNHC 2023 Local Organizing Committee

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Pronouns: she/her

California Academy of Sciences

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From dssikes at alaska.edu  Mon Apr 17 19:15:07 2023
From: dssikes at alaska.edu (Derek Sikes)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:15:07 -0800
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Entomology Collection Manager - University of Alaska
 Museum
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Hello all,

We are searching for a full-time permanent Insects Collection Manager.
Please encourage any outstanding candidates you know to apply. Also, please
share and forward widely.

Position details and how to apply here:
https://careers.alaska.edu/en-us/job/524375/entomology-collections-manager

Thanks,
Derek Sikes

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University of Alaska Museum (UAM), University of Alaska Fairbanks
1962 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK   99775-6960
dssikes at alaska.edu phone: 907-474-6278 he/him/his
University of Alaska Museum <https://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/>
-  search 393,654 digitized arthropod records
<https://arctos.database.museum/uam_ento>
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Interested in Alaskan Entomology? Join the Alaska Entomological
Society and / or sign up for the email listserv "Alaska Entomological
Network" at
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From p.viscardi at gmail.com  Tue Apr 18 06:29:00 2023
From: p.viscardi at gmail.com (Paolo Viscardi)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:29:00 +0100
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] NH Conservation job in Dublin
Message-ID: <CAKugtnvsX6D-CAcLonx2oVgEkBieePwAADLtGXApQr15vkYrNg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,

Apologies for cross-posting, but we have a new job for a Natural History
Conservator working with me and the NMI team on a major project here in
Dublin:
https://ie.indeed.com/cmp/Hays/jobs?q=natural+history+conservator&l=#cmp-skip-header-desktop


Please share with anyone you think might be interested and feel free to get
in touch with me if you have any questions about the role, the project, or
living in Dublin. If you're at the NatSCA Conference next week you can also
catch up with me there if you have any questions.

Summary of details:

Job Type: 5 year Fixed term
Salary: ?35,336.00 per year
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 03/05/2023
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From lls94 at cornell.edu  Tue Apr 18 12:27:10 2023
From: lls94 at cornell.edu (Leslie L Skibinski)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:27:10 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite
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Hello everyone,

We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with pyrite (FeS2).  Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very prone to pyrite disease.  Just in the short time we have had them, they have started to become less shiny (oxidize).

Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?  Are there ways of packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a stable low relative humidity?  Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica gel OK. Has anyone worked with a fabricator to design and produce a storage or exhibit case?  Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably cost effective?

Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

--Leslie

Leslie L. Skibinski
Collection Manager

Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York  14850
Phone:  (607) 273-6623  ext. 128
Fax:  (607) 273-6620

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From carrie at geology.wisc.edu  Tue Apr 18 12:38:46 2023
From: carrie at geology.wisc.edu (Carrie A. Eaton)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:38:46 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite
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Hi Leslie,
There was a really great GCG publication back in 2019 "Pyrite oxidation: where are we now?" Vol 11, No 1: https://www.geocurator.org/resources/51-geological-curator/the-geological-curator-volume-11

I mostly tackle known problematic specimens here using the preventative microclimate approach with whole loads of color-changing silica gel in a tray near the specimen or in a box-inside-the-box approach. Then I can just open a drawer and check quickly whether the silica needs replacing. I was also surprised (thanks to the paper in that volume by Nigel Larkin) how much cleaning and repair can do to a specimen that looks "lost"!

I believe Chris Tacker at NCMNS has presented on this in the past and could be a good resource.

Good luck!
All the best,
Carrie

Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator (she/hers)
UW Geology Museum
1215 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
608.262.4912
twitter @uwgeologymuseum
facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Leslie L Skibinski
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 11:27 AM
To: NHCOLL-L (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite

Hello everyone,

We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with pyrite (FeS2).  Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very prone to pyrite disease.  Just in the short time we have had them, they have started to become less shiny (oxidize).

Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?  Are there ways of packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a stable low relative humidity?  Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica gel OK. Has anyone worked with a fabricator to design and produce a storage or exhibit case?  Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably cost effective?

Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

--Leslie

Leslie L. Skibinski
Collection Manager

Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York  14850
Phone:  (607) 273-6623  ext. 128
Fax:  (607) 273-6620

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From pmayer at fieldmuseum.org  Tue Apr 18 12:59:40 2023
From: pmayer at fieldmuseum.org (Paul Mayer)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:59:40 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite
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Hi Leslie,

Here is an article by Chris Tacker at NCMNS that you might find useful.

https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2020/3159-pyrite-disease

Paul

__________________________
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 11:27?AM Leslie L Skibinski <lls94 at cornell.edu>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with
> pyrite (FeS2).  Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very
> prone to pyrite disease.  Just in the short time we have had them, they
> have started to become less shiny (oxidize).
>
>
>
> Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?  Are there ways of
> packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a
> stable low relative humidity?  Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica
> gel OK. Has anyone worked with a fabricator to design and produce a storage
> or exhibit case?  Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such
> as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably
> cost effective?
>
>
>
> Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> --Leslie
>
>
>
> Leslie L. Skibinski
>
> Collection Manager
>
>
>
> Paleontological Research Institution
>
> 1259 Trumansburg Road
>
> Ithaca, New York  14850
>
> Phone:  (607) 273-6623  ext. 128
>
> Fax:  (607) 273-6620
>
>
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From j.ashby at ucl.ac.uk  Tue Apr 18 13:19:55 2023
From: j.ashby at ucl.ac.uk (Ashby, Jack)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:19:55 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] NatSCA Conference 2023 - Two Days left to Book!
Message-ID: <DU2PR01MB840760CA9CF2E4095423EF41B99D9@DU2PR01MB8407.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Booking for the NatSCA 2023 Conference and AGM closes Thursday 20th April at 23.30PM BST

The Annual Conference & AGM of the Natural Sciences Collections Association will be held on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th April 2023. Stoke-on-Trent Museums will be hosting the conference at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, and online. The conference will include gallery and collection tours, presentations, poster sessions and the annual AGM.

So how do we actually do all this?
Hopeful futures and turning theory into practice for big issues in natural history collections

This is the ?How To?? conference for people working with natural history collections. The last few years have seen unprecedented changes in the expectations for what the museum sector can deliver. Global and local social and environmental issues have coincided to reinforce the needs of museums to consider their reinvention and relevance.

These have brought many opportunities for exciting developments, but as we work to take positive action for and with our audiences ? often centered on wellbeing ? the people working and volunteering in the sector have been placed under pressures that impact their own wellness, making clear we need to support each other and look after ourselves too.

Attendees can view the programme and register via Eventbrite through the NatSCA website, for online or in-person attendance:

https://www.natsca.org/natsca2023

We look forward to seeing you in Stoke-on-Trent!
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From rw at protectheritage.com  Tue Apr 18 13:22:54 2023
From: rw at protectheritage.com (Robert Waller)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:22:54 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite
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For practical advice you could consult:
The attached ICOM-CC 2005 paper: Practical application of the Revolutionary Preservation (RP) System(r) for marcasite. By Julia Day, and
https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Carrio_and_Stevenson_2003.pdf
Rob

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Leslie L Skibinski
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 12:27 PM
To: NHCOLL-L (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite

Hello everyone,

We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with pyrite (FeS2).  Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very prone to pyrite disease.  Just in the short time we have had them, they have started to become less shiny (oxidize).

Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?  Are there ways of packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a stable low relative humidity?  Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica gel OK. Has anyone worked with a fabricator to design and produce a storage or exhibit case?  Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably cost effective?

Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

--Leslie

Leslie L. Skibinski
Collection Manager

Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York  14850
Phone:  (607) 273-6623  ext. 128
Fax:  (607) 273-6620

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From rachael at amartconservation.com  Tue Apr 18 13:52:08 2023
From: rachael at amartconservation.com (Rachael Arenstein)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:52:08 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite
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There are also so good ideas for solutions that integrate scavenger and gel on the STASHc.com website in the Environment section.https://stashc.com/the-publication/environment?Like this article by?Amy Trafford and Lu Allington-Joneshttps://stashc.com/the-publication/environment/construction-of-anoxic-microenvironments-project-airless/Rachael Perkins ArensteinA.M. Art Conservation, LLCwww.AMArtConservation.comrachael at amartconservation.com917-796-1764Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com> Date: 4/18/23  1:24 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Leslie L Skibinski <lls94 at cornell.edu>, "NHCOLL-L (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu)" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite 

For practical advice you could consult:
The attached ICOM-CC 2005 paper:
Practical application of the Revolutionary Preservation (RP) System?
for marcasite. By Julia Day, and

https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Carrio_and_Stevenson_2003.pdf
Rob
?


From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
On Behalf Of Leslie L Skibinski
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 12:27 PM
To: NHCOLL-L (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Storing and or displaying pyrite


?
Hello everyone,
?
We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with pyrite (FeS2).? Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very prone to pyrite disease.? Just in the short time we have had them, they have started to become
 less shiny (oxidize).
?
Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?? Are there ways of packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a stable low relative humidity?? Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica gel OK. Has anyone worked
 with a fabricator to design and produce a storage or exhibit case?? Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably cost effective?
?
Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
?
--Leslie
?
Leslie L. Skibinski
Collection Manager
?
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York? 14850
Phone:? (607) 273-6623? ext. 128
Fax:? (607) 273-6620
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From christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org  Tue Apr 18 15:49:13 2023
From: christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org (Tacker, Christopher)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:49:13 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External]  Storing and or displaying pyrite
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Hi,  Leslie,

I have an open source paper you might find to be of interest, a literature review of the process of pyrite oxidation and the growth of efflorescent minerals. I'm a mineralogist, so I've always thought that if you didn't understand the minerals involved in a geologic process, you'd never understand the process.

A review of ?pyrite disease? for paleontologists, with potential focused interventions. Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(3):a45.
https://doi.org/10.26879/1044
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2020/3159-pyrite-disease

To summarize for those without time to track it down.

  1.  Oxidation, reduction and hydration are reactions that involve movement of electrons. Pyrite is a semiconductor, so it moves electrons easily. In vacuum, for XPS spectroscopy, pyrite will pick up oxygen within minutes to seconds. The race against oxidation may be lost once the pyrite is exposed to air.
  2.  Oxygen and water work quickly to oxidize the pyrite surface. Together, they work even more quickly. The third major oxidant is Fe3+.
  3.  Movement of electrons, for pyrite surface oxidation, involves the oxidant, the entire body of the pyrite, and the pyrite surface. If it?s happenin? at the surface, all the other electrons come to the party. Electrons move though the body of the pyrite and across the surface, from Fe to Fe as well as from Fe to S.
  4.  Electron conductivity of pyrite covers four orders of magnitude. This is why some pyrites decay quickly and others don?t. Conductivity is enhanced by trace elements and vacancies in the pyrite. Trace element concentrations for pyrite also covers four orders of magnitude.
  5.  Efflorescent Fe2+ sulfate minerals will change hydration state quickly with changes of humidity. Fe3+ sulfates do not lose the water once it?s there. This is why humidity control alone is ineffectual. You must control oxygen as well. Dry nitrogen is probably cheapest. If you use expensive oxygen ?getters?, I think you need to show that they work faster and have a higher buffer capacity than your pyrite does. I would bet on the pyrite.
  6.  And BTW, Fe3+ sulfate minerals develop quickly from the initial Fe2+ sulfate minerals. In my experiments, with a wekk or so.
  7.  The pyrite and the sulfate minerals all gather a film of water as time progresses. This enhances the movement of electrons to the reaction site. It?s uncertain if the pyrite will lose that film under lower humidity conditions, but it is certain that the Fe3+ minerals will not.
  8.  Various coatings are ineffectual at preserving the pyrite or the fossil. They do not block oxygen or water or electron movement.
  9.  ?Neutralizing? acid is ineffectual. Strong acids don?t just hang around waiting for a base. They react, unfortunately, with nearly anything. My experiments on the reaction between sulfuric acid and apatite (a bone analog) went so fast that I couldn?t turn around and put the specimen on the spectrometer stage. You can watch the calcium sulfate crystals grow. Also, cleaning pyrite with carbonate minerals actually enhances the pyrite surface reactions.
  10. Macro does not equal micro. The actual humidity at the pyrite surface reflects the hydrous minerals present, not the ambient humidity of the air. The actual humidity depends on the film of water on the pyrite surface.

Cheers,
Chris


Chris Tacker  (he, him, his)
Research Curator, Geology |  Ph.D.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |  11 West Jones Street | Raleigh, NC  27601-1029
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Hello everyone,



We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with pyrite (FeS2).  Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very prone to pyrite disease.  Just in the short time we have had them, they have started to become less shiny (oxidize).



Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?  Are there ways of packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a stable low relative humidity?  Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica gel OK. Has anyone worked with a fabricator to design and produce a storage or exhibit case?  Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably cost effective?



Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



--Leslie



Leslie L. Skibinski

Collection Manager



Paleontological Research Institution

1259 Trumansburg Road

Ithaca, New York  14850

Phone:  (607) 273-6623  ext. 128

Fax:  (607) 273-6620


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From v.carrio at nms.ac.uk  Wed Apr 19 04:14:53 2023
From: v.carrio at nms.ac.uk (Vicen Carrio)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:14:53 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External]  Storing and or displaying pyrite
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Hi,

I would like to add to this discussion that once oxidation starts, there is no way to stop it. You can slow down the process by controlling the environmental conditions and doing some treatments, but the destruction of the specimen will be a reality.
You should always have good records of those specimens and, if you can, scan them.
The oxidation process of one specimen will contaminate the others by the emission of sulfuric acid, destroying or damaging labels and all paper materials associated which are near the specimens.

Please have a look to all the helpful bibliography sent previously.

Cheers,

Vicen


Ms Vicen Carri? ACR
Geological Conservator/ Preparator
National Museums Scotland
National Museums Collection Centre
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Tacker, Christopher
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 8:49 PM
To: Leslie L Skibinski <lls94 at cornell.edu>; Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Storing and or displaying pyrite

Hi,  Leslie,

I have an open source paper you might find to be of interest, a literature review of the process of pyrite oxidation and the growth of efflorescent minerals. I'm a mineralogist, so I've always thought that if you didn't understand the minerals involved in a geologic process, you'd never understand the process.

A review of "pyrite disease" for paleontologists, with potential focused interventions. Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(3):a45.
https://doi.org/10.26879/1044<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.26879%2f1044&c=E,1,Nw22Ize5CipGsm5qrdz1nqn2Gln3Kpqt7W1ZpS5lFtSyIq5uWBTwkEkzlnCu8Md_ZVqLmUQaIIFLdIWHfEE6BtVsZKxN1Dh3JQzpj_g64_PoFfG1TiY2dOsH&typo=1&ancr_add=1>
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To summarize for those without time to track it down.

  1.  Oxidation, reduction and hydration are reactions that involve movement of electrons. Pyrite is a semiconductor, so it moves electrons easily. In vacuum, for XPS spectroscopy, pyrite will pick up oxygen within minutes to seconds. The race against oxidation may be lost once the pyrite is exposed to air.
  2.  Oxygen and water work quickly to oxidize the pyrite surface. Together, they work even more quickly. The third major oxidant is Fe3+.
  3.  Movement of electrons, for pyrite surface oxidation, involves the oxidant, the entire body of the pyrite, and the pyrite surface. If it's happenin' at the surface, all the other electrons come to the party. Electrons move though the body of the pyrite and across the surface, from Fe to Fe as well as from Fe to S.
  4.  Electron conductivity of pyrite covers four orders of magnitude. This is why some pyrites decay quickly and others don't. Conductivity is enhanced by trace elements and vacancies in the pyrite. Trace element concentrations for pyrite also covers four orders of magnitude.
  5.  Efflorescent Fe2+ sulfate minerals will change hydration state quickly with changes of humidity. Fe3+ sulfates do not lose the water once it's there. This is why humidity control alone is ineffectual. You must control oxygen as well. Dry nitrogen is probably cheapest. If you use expensive oxygen "getters", I think you need to show that they work faster and have a higher buffer capacity than your pyrite does. I would bet on the pyrite.
  6.  And BTW, Fe3+ sulfate minerals develop quickly from the initial Fe2+ sulfate minerals. In my experiments, with a wekk or so.
  7.  The pyrite and the sulfate minerals all gather a film of water as time progresses. This enhances the movement of electrons to the reaction site. It's uncertain if the pyrite will lose that film under lower humidity conditions, but it is certain that the Fe3+ minerals will not.
  8.  Various coatings are ineffectual at preserving the pyrite or the fossil. They do not block oxygen or water or electron movement.
  9.  "Neutralizing" acid is ineffectual. Strong acids don't just hang around waiting for a base. They react, unfortunately, with nearly anything. My experiments on the reaction between sulfuric acid and apatite (a bone analog) went so fast that I couldn't turn around and put the specimen on the spectrometer stage. You can watch the calcium sulfate crystals grow. Also, cleaning pyrite with carbonate minerals actually enhances the pyrite surface reactions.
  10. Macro does not equal micro. The actual humidity at the pyrite surface reflects the hydrous minerals present, not the ambient humidity of the air. The actual humidity depends on the film of water on the pyrite surface.
Cheers,
Chris


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Hello everyone,



We have just gotten some fossils where the organism has been replaced with pyrite (FeS2).  Because of this, they are inherently unstable and very prone to pyrite disease.  Just in the short time we have had them, they have started to become less shiny (oxidize).



Has anyone had experience with storing pyrite?  Are there ways of packaging or storing the specimens that reduce oxygen and help maintain a stable low relative humidity?  Should we use a molecular sieve or is silica gel OK. Has anyone worked with a fabricator to design and produce a storage or exhibit case?  Would storing the specimens in an anoxic environment such as storing them in nitrogen or some inert gas be feasible and reasonably cost effective?



Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



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From shoobs.1 at osu.edu  Thu Apr 20 19:16:00 2023
From: shoobs.1 at osu.edu (Shoobs, Nate)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:16:00 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking
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Dear colleagues,
Question for you: how do you record whether a specimen has been cited in the literature, and what do you consider a citation of a specimen to be?

At OSUM, I?ve been taking a very liberal approach to specimen citations ? that is, even if the specimen is not cited by number in the body of a text, if data from that occurrence/record was used in a paper, the specimen record has the citation added, with info on the page, graph, or plate where the specimen is used/figured/, if possible.
I store all this info in one field, a standardized citation string that includes the doi and the page and figure number where applicable. For papers in BHL or other sites with stable URLs, I include the link to the page in the paper itself.

I?m curious how in-depth others on this list go when recording citation data for specimens. My goal is ?extending the specimens? for users of the collection, and also tracking citations for impact reasons.
Best,
Nate
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Curator of Mollusks
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From dssikes at alaska.edu  Thu Apr 20 20:00:34 2023
From: dssikes at alaska.edu (Derek Sikes)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:00:34 -0800
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking
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Nate,

We also take a liberal approach to deciding if a specimen is a voucher. For
example, if someone downloads data from GBIF that includes data from a UAM
specimen and then cites that data in their publication, we consider the
specimen cited.

Here's an example of a specimen cited in 3 publications and with links to
genbank and BOLD records:

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:100072

-Derek

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:16?PM Shoobs, Nate <shoobs.1 at osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Question for you: how do you record whether a specimen has been cited in
> the literature, and what do you consider a citation of a specimen to be?
>
>
> At OSUM, I?ve been taking a very liberal approach to specimen citations ?
> that is, even if the specimen is not cited by number in the body of a text,
> if data from that occurrence/record was used in a paper, the specimen
> record has the citation added, with info on the page, graph, or plate where
> the specimen is used/figured/, if possible.
>
> I store all this info in one field, a standardized citation string that
> includes the doi and the page and figure number where applicable. For
> papers in BHL or other sites with stable URLs, I include the link to the
> page in the paper itself.
>
>
> I?m curious how in-depth others on this list go when recording citation
> data for specimens. My goal is ?extending the specimens? for users of the
> collection, and also tracking citations for impact reasons.
>
> Best,
>
> Nate
>
> --
>
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> Curator of Mollusks
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From HawksC at si.edu  Fri Apr 21 04:58:12 2023
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Dear Cathy and Juilee,

I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you that even though we are still experiencing technical difficulties with opening our abstract submission portal, we have decided to start promoting the Hazardous Heritage congress and call for papers now so that people have enough time to write their abstracts. It is likely that we are able to open the portal soon.

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From abentley at ku.edu  Fri Apr 21 10:13:02 2023
From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:13:02 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking
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Hi Nate

We have a couple of ways in which we are tracking citations associated with the collection.  If an object is referenced in a publication specifically by catalog number, then we are entering that citation into our Specify CMS to link it to the record in question.  We are doing the same for Genbank sequences mentioned in publications that utilize tissue samples from our tissue collection.  The Genbank sequence is entered into the DNA sequence table with a link to Genbank and the citation is entered into the citation table associated with the tissue record.  An example of this can be found here - https://ichthyology.specify.ku.edu/specify/bycatalog/KUIT/5085/.  There is a citation and DNA sequence link at the bottom of the page

However, now with open access to our data through our own web portal and through the major aggregators, we are finding much more use of data through downloads for niche modelling and the like as you mention.  GBIF does a great job of tracking this use from the GBIF platform through listing citations associated with downloads - https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8f79c802-a58c-447f-99aa-1d6a0790825a - see the citations link top right (although these need to be taken with a grain of salt given that a lot of them are not fish related and probably represent download of a larger dataset that as subsequently parsed or cleaned before use).  We are tracking these citations both within the CMS (without linking them to individual records) but also in a Google scholar profile for the collection - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FdXNWeMAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1.  The advantage of this is that you can get additional metrics associated with collection attribution and advocacy like H-index (although slightly skewed it still represents a relative idea of citations).

Hope that helps

Andy

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Shoobs, Nate
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 6:16 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking

Dear colleagues,
Question for you: how do you record whether a specimen has been cited in the literature, and what do you consider a citation of a specimen to be?

At OSUM, I've been taking a very liberal approach to specimen citations - that is, even if the specimen is not cited by number in the body of a text, if data from that occurrence/record was used in a paper, the specimen record has the citation added, with info on the page, graph, or plate where the specimen is used/figured/, if possible.
I store all this info in one field, a standardized citation string that includes the doi and the page and figure number where applicable. For papers in BHL or other sites with stable URLs, I include the link to the page in the paper itself.

I'm curious how in-depth others on this list go when recording citation data for specimens. My goal is 'extending the specimens' for users of the collection, and also tracking citations for impact reasons.
Best,
Nate
--
[The Ohio State University]
Nathaniel F. Shoobs
Curator of Mollusks
College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
614-688-1342 (Office)
mbd.osu.edu<http://mbd.osu.edu/>
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From dlpaul at illinois.edu  Fri Apr 21 14:55:40 2023
From: dlpaul at illinois.edu (Deborah Paul)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:55:40 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking
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Hi All,

RE: Vouchers and specimen citation tracking (Shoobs, Nate) (Derek Sikes)

On this topic, you both write about a more-or-less "liberal" approach to 
specimen citations, e.g. if the specimen is in the dataset for the 
research, not necessarily cited explicitly in the text of the 
publication. This makes sense to me as if one is doing niche modeling, 
for example, you many have thousands of data-points from specimens used 
in the analysis.

My question to Nate and Derek is how did you discover that your 
specimens are in that specific dataset?

Are you both using Bionomia and GBIF to do this discovery? If so, how 
would you ever hope to do this, w/o Bionomia?

Nate, as you store this information locally, with plans to extend the 
reach / scope of these data, does that mean you're also storing and 
sharing people identifiers for the people who collected / identified / 
georeferenced, etc said specimens?

Curious minds,
Debbie

- Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison
- Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois
-- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Chair 2021-2022
-- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment
-- Species File Group and Events https://speciesfilegroup.org


From eric.lazo-wasem at yale.edu  Fri Apr 21 17:11:36 2023
From: eric.lazo-wasem at yale.edu (Lazo-Wasem, Eric)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:11:36 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking
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Hi Nate,

Beginning in 1983 when I first arrived at Yale, I started tracking all cited specimens, not just the primary and secondary types, but also the tertiary types, using the term "Hypotype" for any specimens specifically cited in a paper; I was a master at writing 3 pt print with a technical pen in the "remarks" field of our ledgers.  As time and electronica databases developed, I now have copies of the articles published (often more than one) linked via a bibliographic module for quick reference of an attached PDF document.

I do not feel one can be "too liberal" with regards to citational history.  If a specimen has been used in a study but not specifically listed by number, but in a more general way e.g. "specimens used are deposited in the Invertebrate Collections......" I broaden my term to "voucher."  Some may feel that is overkill, but why not record that a suite of specimens has been used as the basis, in part, of someone's dissertation or some broad phylogeny paper whereby inidivual numbers are not used of recorded.

I think the link to "stable URL" is ok, but I had a 500 hi-quality images linked to an electronic version of the Keys to the Invertebrates of the Woods Hole Region disappear over night from the document "hotlinks" when a URL changed before anyone thought to check with me.  I have yet to find time to rebuild those links! Point is, perhaps keeping a pdf on a local drive is warranted; I currently use a relatively inexepensive external Western Digital 16 TB My Book Duo for local storage of documents and images, despite the assurances that those data migrating to the University cloud are safe.

Sounds like you are thinking  through the situation.

Regards, Eric

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Shoobs, Nate
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:16 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking

Dear colleagues,
Question for you: how do you record whether a specimen has been cited in the literature, and what do you consider a citation of a specimen to be?

At OSUM, I've been taking a very liberal approach to specimen citations - that is, even if the specimen is not cited by number in the body of a text, if data from that occurrence/record was used in a paper, the specimen record has the citation added, with info on the page, graph, or plate where the specimen is used/figured/, if possible.
I store all this info in one field, a standardized citation string that includes the doi and the page and figure number where applicable. For papers in BHL or other sites with stable URLs, I include the link to the page in the paper itself.

I'm curious how in-depth others on this list go when recording citation data for specimens. My goal is 'extending the specimens' for users of the collection, and also tracking citations for impact reasons.
Best,
Nate
--
[The Ohio State University]
Nathaniel F. Shoobs
Curator of Mollusks
College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
614-688-1342 (Office)
mbd.osu.edu<http://mbd.osu.edu/>
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Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:20:18 -0700
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From jbest at brit.org  Sun Apr 23 13:41:37 2023
From: jbest at brit.org (Jason Best)
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:41:37 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [JOB] Closing soon: Seed Bank Conservation Botanist at
 Fort Worth Botanic Garden
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CLOSING SOON (4/30/2023) -- Seed Bank Conservation Botanist (Full Time, Permanent)

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Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Drive
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817-332-4441 ext. 230
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From HawksC at si.edu  Mon Apr 24 12:48:23 2023
From: HawksC at si.edu (Hawks, Catharine)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:48:23 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Exploring Hidden Hazards in Historic Houses &
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From: Cusack-McVeigh, H. <hmcusack at iupui.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2023 12:12 PM
To: Hawks, Catharine <HawksC at si.edu>; Kathryn Makos <kamakos at verizon.net>; David Goldsmith <dfgoldsmith at gmail.com>
Subject: Exploring Hidden Hazards in Historic Houses & Collections

External Email - Exercise Caution

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From TonerM at si.edu  Mon Apr 24 14:39:07 2023
From: TonerM at si.edu (Toner, Meghann S.)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:39:07 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Contracting Opportunity: Lichen Collection
 Reorganization Project
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Good Afternoon,


The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany is seeking an independent contractor to work on our Lichen Collection Reorganization Project. Attached is a pdf containing the Request for Quote (RFQ), Statement of Work (SOW) and relevant attachments.

Quotes are due by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Friday May 8th 2023 to Meghann Toner at usnh at si.edu<mailto:usnh at si.edu>.   All applicants should register as a federal contractor in the System for Award Management (SAM) concurrently to responding to the RFQ.

All the best,
Meghann


Meghann Toner
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From mte8 at cdc.gov  Tue Apr 25 16:12:40 2023
From: mte8 at cdc.gov (Revelez, Marcia (CDC/DDPHSS/CSELS/DLS))
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:12:40 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fellowship Opportunity: CDC Biorepository
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Thanks,
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Marcy Revelez
Lead and Collections Manager, CDC Biorepository
Office of Laboratory Science and Safety, Division of Laboratory Systems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Qualifications
The qualified candidate should have received a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields, or be currently pursuing one of the degrees with completion before May 31, 2023. Degree must have been received within the past five years.



Requirements
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From mzhuang at utep.edu  Thu Apr 27 12:24:07 2023
From: mzhuang at utep.edu (Zhuang, Mingna)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:24:07 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird
 collections?
Message-ID: <DM6PR05MB509972ADDD98DACBD391ABD6D66A9@DM6PR05MB5099.namprd05.prod.outlook.com>

Hi all,
Does anyone use Viking cabinets for their mammal and bird study skin collections? We were just sent a sample tray (23lbs for a slightly longer than standard Lane science style cabinet tray) and it's just so heavy. I really worry that if a student (or even me!) were to hold the tray, with specimens in them on a step stool that they would drop the tray or injure themselves. It would especially be an issue if they're trying to move the tray into/out of the cabinet when having to line up the tray edges. We were planning to get full size cabinets as our room for a taxidermy collections is really pressed for space. We were told that Spacesaver does not make lighter trays anymore so that they can accommodate more collections, but these heavy trays seem really unfeasible for researchers and staff that take whole trays out. I can see how these might be great for geology/paleo, but not sure if they really work for lighter collections that have lots of tray removal/reorganization.

If you are using these trays in full size cabinets, are you changing your protocols with regards to specimen removal? Another thing we've thought of is to get the Viking cabinets and then buy our trays somewhere else to get lighter ones.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!


Vicky (Mingna) Zhuang PhD.
Biodiversity Collections Manager
UTEP Biodiversity Collections
B209 Biology Building
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
phone: 915-747-5479
email: mzhuang at utep.edu<mailto:mzhuang at utep.edu>
website: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/
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From claire.smith at reading.ac.uk  Thu Apr 27 12:33:01 2023
From: claire.smith at reading.ac.uk (Claire Smith)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:33:01 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!
Message-ID: <CWXP265MB154360A890DA2E4AF6061846C16A9@CWXP265MB1543.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi Everyone,

We are in the process of moving our fluid collection to a new location, a university building is being refurbished for us.
Entry to the building is currently via a sloping fire exit ramp, which is not ideal.

The contractors have told us that we need a "self-levelling trolley".

Have any of you heard of such a thing? Have you used one? Could you recommend one?
Would it be safe for transporting fluid specimens?

Yours in confusion,
Claire

*******
Claire Smith (she/her)
PhD Candidate: Colour retention in fluid-preserved museum specimens
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cole Museum of Zoology (Wednesdays)
c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk<mailto:c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk>
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From abentley at ku.edu  Thu Apr 27 12:41:10 2023
From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:41:10 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!
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Claire

I think you are looking for something like this: https://www.southworthproducts.com/en/products/portable-lift-tables/dandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables.

I have never used one before but just looking at it I would not think it would be safe for transporting fluid materials unless you could find one with a lip that would prevent materials from falling off.  Depending on the grade of your ramp, I would not think it would be too unsafe to use a regular low level cart and place all jars into crates or boxes and secure them to the cart.

If you really need one of these, there are lots of different suppliers who make these in various sizes  but none are cheap.

Hope that helps

Andy

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 Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
 University of Kansas
 Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
 Dyche Hall
 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
 Lawrence, KS, 66045-7593
 USA

 Tel: (785) 864-3863
 Fax: (785) 864-5335
 Email: ABentley at ku.edu<https://mail.ku.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=dc73cada03f64a4395985d76c0587253&URL=http%3a%2f%2fABentley%40ku.edu>

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Claire Smith
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:33 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!

Hi Everyone,

We are in the process of moving our fluid collection to a new location, a university building is being refurbished for us.
Entry to the building is currently via a sloping fire exit ramp, which is not ideal.

The contractors have told us that we need a "self-levelling trolley".

Have any of you heard of such a thing? Have you used one? Could you recommend one?
Would it be safe for transporting fluid specimens?

Yours in confusion,
Claire

*******
Claire Smith (she/her)
PhD Candidate: Colour retention in fluid-preserved museum specimens
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cole Museum of Zoology (Wednesdays)
c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk<mailto:c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk>
claire.smith at reading.ac.uk<mailto:claire.smith at reading.ac.uk>
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From prc44 at drexel.edu  Thu Apr 27 12:55:43 2023
From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:55:43 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird
 collections?
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Our current Malacology cabinets have aluminum drawers - 3 lbs each, more than rigid enough for 20-30 lbs of content, and very easy to handle. Steel Fixture Inc. in Topeka, KS, make them for us. See:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267271211_A_grand_scale_rehousing_the_mollusk_collection_at_the_Academy_of_Natural_Sciences


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<mailto:prc44 at drexel.edu> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170





From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Zhuang, Mingna
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:24 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird collections?


External.
Hi all,
Does anyone use Viking cabinets for their mammal and bird study skin collections? We were just sent a sample tray (23lbs for a slightly longer than standard Lane science style cabinet tray) and it's just so heavy. I really worry that if a student (or even me!) were to hold the tray, with specimens in them on a step stool that they would drop the tray or injure themselves. It would especially be an issue if they're trying to move the tray into/out of the cabinet when having to line up the tray edges. We were planning to get full size cabinets as our room for a taxidermy collections is really pressed for space. We were told that Spacesaver does not make lighter trays anymore so that they can accommodate more collections, but these heavy trays seem really unfeasible for researchers and staff that take whole trays out. I can see how these might be great for geology/paleo, but not sure if they really work for lighter collections that have lots of tray removal/reorganization.

If you are using these trays in full size cabinets, are you changing your protocols with regards to specimen removal? Another thing we've thought of is to get the Viking cabinets and then buy our trays somewhere else to get lighter ones.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!


Vicky (Mingna) Zhuang PhD.
Biodiversity Collections Manager
UTEP Biodiversity Collections
B209 Biology Building
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
phone: 915-747-5479
email: mzhuang at utep.edu<mailto:mzhuang at utep.edu>
website: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/
facebook<https://www.facebook.com/utepbc>, twitter<https://twitter.com/utepbc>, Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/utepbc/>: @utepbc


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From prc44 at drexel.edu  Thu Apr 27 12:59:37 2023
From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:59:37 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!
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References: <CWXP265MB154360A890DA2E4AF6061846C16A9@CWXP265MB1543.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
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I've seen wagons with rigid metal sides (like a child's Radio Flyer truck) and large balloon tires for use on uneven surfaces and sand. They could be used to move drums and tanks of fluid. You may be able to rent them from a site equipment rental place.
e. g. https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Wagon-Truck-with-Flow-Through-12X312?gucid=N%3AN%3APS%3APaid%3AGGL%3ACSM-2295%3A4P7A1P%3A20501231&gclid=CjwKCAjwuqiiBhBtEiwATgvixICPgT6Drn4xiM5zSyyOPqGPMtk5LzLDd_d8SOKdqcyvr7Bq5Dkh1hoCKqIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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<mailto:prc44 at drexel.edu> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:41 PM
To: Claire Smith <claire.smith at reading.ac.uk>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!


External.
Claire

I think you are looking for something like this: https://www.southworthproducts.com/en/products/portable-lift-tables/dandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables.

I have never used one before but just looking at it I would not think it would be safe for transporting fluid materials unless you could find one with a lip that would prevent materials from falling off.  Depending on the grade of your ramp, I would not think it would be too unsafe to use a regular low level cart and place all jars into crates or boxes and secure them to the cart.

If you really need one of these, there are lots of different suppliers who make these in various sizes  but none are cheap.

Hope that helps

Andy

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   V              V              V
 Andy Bentley
 Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
 University of Kansas
 Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
 Dyche Hall
 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
 Lawrence, KS, 66045-7593
 USA

 Tel: (785) 864-3863
 Fax: (785) 864-5335
 Email: ABentley at ku.edu<https://mail.ku.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=dc73cada03f64a4395985d76c0587253&URL=http%3a%2f%2fABentley%40ku.edu>

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> On Behalf Of Claire Smith
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:33 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!

Hi Everyone,

We are in the process of moving our fluid collection to a new location, a university building is being refurbished for us.
Entry to the building is currently via a sloping fire exit ramp, which is not ideal.

The contractors have told us that we need a "self-levelling trolley".

Have any of you heard of such a thing? Have you used one? Could you recommend one?
Would it be safe for transporting fluid specimens?

Yours in confusion,
Claire

*******
Claire Smith (she/her)
PhD Candidate: Colour retention in fluid-preserved museum specimens
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cole Museum of Zoology (Wednesdays)
c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk<mailto:c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk>
claire.smith at reading.ac.uk<mailto:claire.smith at reading.ac.uk>
www.twitter.com/wetconservatrix<http://www.twitter.com/wetconservatrix>

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From lls94 at cornell.edu  Thu Apr 27 13:26:44 2023
From: lls94 at cornell.edu (Leslie L Skibinski)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:26:44 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Thank You for all the information on Pyrite Storage
Message-ID: <BY1PR04MB8654E8789B834C254490A70EAB6A9@BY1PR04MB8654.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

Hello all,

Thanks for all the wonderful information on Pyrite storage.  You have given us a lot to think about and some new directions to explore.  The papers and links were very helpful.

--Leslie

Leslie L. Skibinski
Collection Manager

Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York  14850
Phone:  (607) 273-6623  ext. 128
Fax:  (607) 273-6620

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From DDyer at ohiohistory.org  Thu Apr 27 16:09:59 2023
From: DDyer at ohiohistory.org (David Dyer)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:09:59 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Moving an insect collection
Message-ID: <DS7PR19MB76528FB7E9EE75A50600662DA36A9@DS7PR19MB7652.namprd19.prod.outlook.com>

Hi Everyone,

Within the next year we will be moving our entire natural history collection to a new collections facility. This will include 24 cabinets of pinned insects in Cornell drawers. Can anyone advise on the best way to move the drawers to mitigate damage to specimens from jostling while on the truck and while loading? We're only moving about 0.5 miles but the road is a bit bumpy in places. We're planning to use a truck with pneumatic air suspension but are wondering about the best method to actually pack the drawers. In boxes? Wrapped in moving blankets?
Thanks!

Dave

David L. Dyer | Curator of Natural History
Ohio History Connection | 800 East 17th Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43211
p. 614-298-2055 | f. 614-298-2089 | ddyer at ohiohistory.org<mailto:ddyer at ohiohistory.org>

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From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org  Thu Apr 27 16:39:37 2023
From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:39:37 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!
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Claire,
I agree with both Andy and Paul. The balloon /pneumatic tires are a good idea.  They would absorb vibrations on the floor.  At Science Museum of Minnesota we used heavy milk carton crates, padded with ethafoam to move many of our fluid collections in gallon jars. As I remember (it was a few years ago) we used our regular carts with lips on them to move the smaller jars, often packed in boxes with dividers.

How steep is the ramp?  That might determine if you need to get more complicated.

Gretchen Anderson
(She/her)
Conservator
Carnegie Museum of Minnesota


From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Callomon,Paul
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 1:00 PM
To: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>; Claire Smith <claire.smith at reading.ac.uk>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!

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I've seen wagons with rigid metal sides (like a child's Radio Flyer truck) and large balloon tires for use on uneven surfaces and sand. They could be used to move drums and tanks of fluid. You may be able to rent them from a site equipment rental place.
e. g. https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Wagon-Truck-with-Flow-Through-12X312?gucid=N%3AN%3APS%3APaid%3AGGL%3ACSM-2295%3A4P7A1P%3A20501231&gclid=CjwKCAjwuqiiBhBtEiwATgvixICPgT6Drn4xiM5zSyyOPqGPMtk5LzLDd_d8SOKdqcyvr7Bq5Dkh1hoCKqIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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<mailto:prc44 at drexel.edu> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:41 PM
To: Claire Smith <claire.smith at reading.ac.uk<mailto:claire.smith at reading.ac.uk>>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!


External.
Claire

I think you are looking for something like this: https://www.southworthproducts.com/en/products/portable-lift-tables/dandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.southworthproducts.com%2fen%2fproducts%2fportable-lift-tables%2fdandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables&c=E,1,szJ1KhTGeJMYNpFuPma7jTBptwDaMN_HzgHEPpqKEPWcdVJukI9q_z8BxsxsDABcowbh_DHr6UizjFjQVU0s0EchdXPFWOhiO9JS1EqoQW6A60k1&typo=1>.

I have never used one before but just looking at it I would not think it would be safe for transporting fluid materials unless you could find one with a lip that would prevent materials from falling off.  Depending on the grade of your ramp, I would not think it would be too unsafe to use a regular low level cart and place all jars into crates or boxes and secure them to the cart.

If you really need one of these, there are lots of different suppliers who make these in various sizes  but none are cheap.

Hope that helps

Andy

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   V              V              V
 Andy Bentley
 Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
 University of Kansas
 Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
 Dyche Hall
 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
 Lawrence, KS, 66045-7593
 USA

 Tel: (785) 864-3863
 Fax: (785) 864-5335
 Email: ABentley at ku.edu<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmail.ku.edu%2fowa%2fredir.aspx%3fC%3ddc73cada03f64a4395985d76c0587253%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fABentley%2540ku.edu&c=E,1,lr0mafdrjtziReb1ES8xBD8uxqS0QkjjdDUKW7w4HybEUq4Ayaa91blQJaDxLzjOWlmHnWks2mIYGknXKQkBvs55W6-SYF-Sh1VNAJtif_CsYw,,&typo=1>

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> On Behalf Of Claire Smith
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:33 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?!

Hi Everyone,

We are in the process of moving our fluid collection to a new location, a university building is being refurbished for us.
Entry to the building is currently via a sloping fire exit ramp, which is not ideal.

The contractors have told us that we need a "self-levelling trolley".

Have any of you heard of such a thing? Have you used one? Could you recommend one?
Would it be safe for transporting fluid specimens?

Yours in confusion,
Claire

*******
Claire Smith (she/her)
PhD Candidate: Colour retention in fluid-preserved museum specimens
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cole Museum of Zoology (Wednesdays)
c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk<mailto:c.e.smith at pgr.reading.ac.uk>
claire.smith at reading.ac.uk<mailto:claire.smith at reading.ac.uk>
www.twitter.com/wetconservatrix<http://www.twitter.com/wetconservatrix>




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From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:50:26 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Moving an insect collection
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Hi Dave,

I was involved in a move some 20 years ago (my time does fly). Like yours it was a short maybe a mile.  After the move we wrote a book on how we did it - Moving the Mountain.  It is available as a free download at https://new.smm.org/collections/moving. I am having trouble remembering the specifics of what we did with the pinned insects, but it should be described in the pdf.

There is also a course on moving museum collections at Museum Study LLC  https://www.museumstudy.com/moving-museum-collections.

If I remember more specifics I will let you know.

Gretchen

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Hi Everyone,

Within the next year we will be moving our entire natural history collection to a new collections facility. This will include 24 cabinets of pinned insects in Cornell drawers. Can anyone advise on the best way to move the drawers to mitigate damage to specimens from jostling while on the truck and while loading? We're only moving about 0.5 miles but the road is a bit bumpy in places. We're planning to use a truck with pneumatic air suspension but are wondering about the best method to actually pack the drawers. In boxes? Wrapped in moving blankets?
Thanks!

Dave

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From simmons.johne at gmail.com  Thu Apr 27 17:00:12 2023
From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:00:12 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Moving an insect collection
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You might want to check with the entomology staff at the Nebraska State
Museum in Lincoln, which many years ago moved a large beetle collection
from the Smithsonian to Lincoln.

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On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 4:10?PM David Dyer <DDyer at ohiohistory.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
>
>
> Within the next year we will be moving our entire natural history
> collection to a new collections facility. This will include 24 cabinets of
> pinned insects in Cornell drawers. Can anyone advise on the best way to
> move the drawers to mitigate damage to specimens from jostling while on the
> truck and while loading? We?re only moving about 0.5 miles but the road is
> a bit bumpy in places. We?re planning to use a truck with pneumatic air
> suspension but are wondering about the best method to actually pack the
> drawers. In boxes? Wrapped in moving blankets?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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From dyanega at gmail.com  Thu Apr 27 17:32:22 2023
From: dyanega at gmail.com (Douglas Yanega)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:32:22 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Moving an insect collection
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A lot depends on how many drawers you feel compelled to take on each trip.

 From extensive personal experience, the best moving experiences have 
been those where it involved many smaller loads in a passenger vehicle, 
just moving drawers and *not* cabinets. This is vastly easier when the 
distance is short. Under those circumstances, a lot of small-volume 
trips is possible, and, I would say, very desirable compared to the 
alternative.

You can fit a surprising number of drawers into the seats of a car, and 
the seats' cushioning is generally sufficiently squishy. A researcher 
who works in our collection drives back and forth from California to 
Tennessee, every year for many years now, with about 20 drawers in his 
car, and has never had any issues, even though the trip takes him four 
days each way. Other than precautions against drawers sliding sideways, 
he doesn't really do anything special.

If you can drive cross-country that way, a half mile trip should be 
pretty easy, unless the "bumpy" part is spine-shattering.

Peace,

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From mzhuang at utep.edu  Thu Apr 27 18:49:32 2023
From: mzhuang at utep.edu (Zhuang, Mingna)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:49:32 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird
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Thank you Paul! This is what I would expect. It seems many of the compactorr companies have moved to steel gauge drawers and no longer do aluminum in house. I'll check out Steel Fixture.

Thanks for the paper as well! We will be moving our malacology collections soon. Good to keep in mind.


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Our current Malacology cabinets have aluminum drawers - 3 lbs each, more than rigid enough for 20-30 lbs of content, and very easy to handle. Steel Fixture Inc. in Topeka, KS, make them for us. See:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267271211_A_grand_scale_rehousing_the_mollusk_collection_at_the_Academy_of_Natural_Sciences


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External.
Hi all,
Does anyone use Viking cabinets for their mammal and bird study skin collections? We were just sent a sample tray (23lbs for a slightly longer than standard Lane science style cabinet tray) and it's just so heavy. I really worry that if a student (or even me!) were to hold the tray, with specimens in them on a step stool that they would drop the tray or injure themselves. It would especially be an issue if they're trying to move the tray into/out of the cabinet when having to line up the tray edges. We were planning to get full size cabinets as our room for a taxidermy collections is really pressed for space. We were told that Spacesaver does not make lighter trays anymore so that they can accommodate more collections, but these heavy trays seem really unfeasible for researchers and staff that take whole trays out. I can see how these might be great for geology/paleo, but not sure if they really work for lighter collections that have lots of tray removal/reorganization.

If you are using these trays in full size cabinets, are you changing your protocols with regards to specimen removal? Another thing we've thought of is to get the Viking cabinets and then buy our trays somewhere else to get lighter ones.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!


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From ophis at unr.edu  Wed Apr 26 16:45:18 2023
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:45:18 +0000
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Hello NHCOLL-L?

I need to transfer some older fish specimens into new containers.  Many are in buckets or old 3 gallon glass jars with leaky lids.  They will not fit in 1 gallon jars, and I?m not sure I can put them all in tanks.  Are there good 2 or 3 gallon glass jars still available?  Please advise,

Thanks much!

Chris

P.S.  I am also getting push back from EH&S that my tanks of large fish and herps need to be in secondary containers.  I don?t see how this is feasible (or reasonable).  If anyone has been able to push back on this, I would love to hear strategies and language that worked.

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From cearly at smm.org  Fri Apr 28 13:12:04 2023
From: cearly at smm.org (Catherine Early (she/her))
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:12:04 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] funding digitization of federal collections?
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Hi all,

This is a question for folks who deal with US collections. I have a vague
understanding that NSF will not award funds to curate "federal
collections," including collections of specimens from federal lands that
are held in non-federal institutions (whether on permanent loan, as a
repository, or fully accessioned) because this is considered
"double-dipping." Is this accurate? Does it apply to specimens from ANY
federal lands or only on certain federal lands, e.g. does it apply to those
managed by the National Park Service but not those managed by the US
Department of Agriculture? And how strict is it? For example, if I receive
funding to digitize a collection of 20,000 specimens and as we start
digitizing, we realize that 200 of them were collected from federal lands,
can we not digitize those 200 even though they're in the collection for
which we received funding to digitize? I've reached out to an NSF program
officer for clarification but figured it was worth crowd-sourcing the
answer, too. Thanks!

Best,
Catherine


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From catfish at utexas.edu  Fri Apr 28 14:18:19 2023
From: catfish at utexas.edu (David Cannatella)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:18:19 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] funding digitization of federal collections?
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Catherine,
I was at NSF as a program officer for two years, and worked with Reed
Beaman, the permanent program officer who manages the collections grants
program. Good idea to check directly with him. When I was there, I
often found that community-based information was incorrect.

Best,
Dave

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 12:12?PM Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is a question for folks who deal with US collections. I have a vague
> understanding that NSF will not award funds to curate "federal
> collections," including collections of specimens from federal lands that
> are held in non-federal institutions (whether on permanent loan, as a
> repository, or fully accessioned) because this is considered
> "double-dipping." Is this accurate? Does it apply to specimens from ANY
> federal lands or only on certain federal lands, e.g. does it apply to those
> managed by the National Park Service but not those managed by the US
> Department of Agriculture? And how strict is it? For example, if I receive
> funding to digitize a collection of 20,000 specimens and as we start
> digitizing, we realize that 200 of them were collected from federal lands,
> can we not digitize those 200 even though they're in the collection for
> which we received funding to digitize? I've reached out to an NSF program
> officer for clarification but figured it was worth crowd-sourcing the
> answer, too. Thanks!
>
> Best,
> Catherine
>
>
> Catherine M. Early, PhD
>
> *she/her/hers*
>
> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology
>
> cearly at smm.org
>
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From abentley at ku.edu  Fri Apr 28 15:03:36 2023
From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:03:36 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 2 or 3 gallon jars?
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Chris

As far as I am aware there is no one who produces glass jars larger than a 1 gallon jar on a commercial basis any longer unless you have the budget to afford the borosilicate jars that are used in European collections.  The closest I have found out there are these 2.5 gallon "barrels" - https://www.katom.com/075-85679.html produced by Anchor Hocking.  Not sure what the lid size is (maybe 120mm) or whether you can find replacements as you will want to get rid of the metal lids they come with.  At almost $30 per jar, they are not cheap but may do the job.  There are other vendors who supply similar.

Some collections have also been toying with using these polycarbonate pails from University Products - https://www.universityproducts.com/polycarbonate-storage-pails-for-wet-collections.html - but they do not have gaskets, do not seal well and are prone to failure when used with alcohol.

We have been using stainless steel tanks from Delta in all of our vertebrate collections for many years now and have never had pushback from our fire marshal about their use in our collection storage facility.  I would be interested in knowing what the justification or worry is with requiring secondary containment of these tanks.  They are much less likely to fail than a large glass jug!!

Hope that helps

Andy

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Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 3:45 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 2 or 3 gallon jars?

Hello NHCOLL-L-

I need to transfer some older fish specimens into new containers.  Many are in buckets or old 3 gallon glass jars with leaky lids.  They will not fit in 1 gallon jars, and I'm not sure I can put them all in tanks.  Are there good 2 or 3 gallon glass jars still available?  Please advise,

Thanks much!

Chris

P.S.  I am also getting push back from EH&S that my tanks of large fish and herps need to be in secondary containers.  I don't see how this is feasible (or reasonable).  If anyone has been able to push back on this, I would love to hear strategies and language that worked.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chris R. Feldman, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology,
Associate Director of Museum of Natural History,
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia St. (MS 0314)
Reno, Nevada 89557
phone: 775-784-4053<tel:(775)%20784-4053>
FAX: 775-784-1302<tel:(775)%20784-1302>
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From: ewommack at uwyo.edu (Elizabeth Wommack)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:33:55 +0000
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Hi Gretchen,

Some of our ichthyology labs had a big gardening cart with the large tiers which they took into the field. They let me borrow it once for moving material between buildings and it was lovely. The directional handle was really fine control as well.
I think our chemistry stock room has one they use now to make deliveries. If you want I can try and get a picture of the brand.

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
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Claire,

I agree with both Andy and Paul. The balloon /pneumatic tires are a good idea.  They would absorb vibrations on the floor.  At Science Museum of Minnesota we used heavy milk carton crates, padded with ethafoam to move many of our fluid collections in gallon jars. As I remember (it was a few years ago) we used our regular carts with lips on them to move the smaller jars, often packed in boxes with dividers.



How steep is the ramp?  That might determine if you need to get more complicated.



Gretchen Anderson

(She/her)

Conservator

Carnegie Museum of Minnesota





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I?ve seen wagons with rigid metal sides (like a child?s Radio Flyer truck) and large balloon tires for use on uneven surfaces and sand. They could be used to move drums and tanks of fluid. You may be able to rent them from a site equipment rental place.

e. g. https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Wagon-Truck-with-Flow-Through-12X312?gucid=N%3AN%3APS%3APaid%3AGGL%3ACSM-2295%3A4P7A1P%3A20501231&gclid=CjwKCAjwuqiiBhBtEiwATgvixICPgT6Drn4xiM5zSyyOPqGPMtk5LzLDd_d8SOKdqcyvr7Bq5Dkh1hoCKqIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds



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External.

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I think you are looking for something like this: https://www.southworthproducts.com/en/products/portable-lift-tables/dandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.southworthproducts.com%2fen%2fproducts%2fportable-lift-tables%2fdandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables&c=E,1,szJ1KhTGeJMYNpFuPma7jTBptwDaMN_HzgHEPpqKEPWcdVJukI9q_z8BxsxsDABcowbh_DHr6UizjFjQVU0s0EchdXPFWOhiO9JS1EqoQW6A60k1&typo=1>.



I have never used one before but just looking at it I would not think it would be safe for transporting fluid materials unless you could find one with a lip that would prevent materials from falling off.  Depending on the grade of your ramp, I would not think it would be too unsafe to use a regular low level cart and place all jars into crates or boxes and secure them to the cart.



If you really need one of these, there are lots of different suppliers who make these in various sizes  but none are cheap.



Hope that helps



Andy



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Hi Everyone,



We are in the process of moving our fluid collection to a new location, a university building is being refurbished for us.

Entry to the building is currently via a sloping fire exit ramp, which is not ideal.



The contractors have told us that we need a ?self-levelling trolley?.



Have any of you heard of such a thing? Have you used one? Could you recommend one?

Would it be safe for transporting fluid specimens?



Yours in confusion,
Claire



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PhD Candidate: Colour retention in fluid-preserved museum specimens

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A gardening cart!  That is a great idea.

Gretchen

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Hi Gretchen,

Some of our ichthyology labs had a big gardening cart with the large tiers which they took into the field. They let me borrow it once for moving material between buildings and it was lovely. The directional handle was really fine control as well.
I think our chemistry stock room has one they use now to make deliveries. If you want I can try and get a picture of the brand.

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
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Claire,

I agree with both Andy and Paul. The balloon /pneumatic tires are a good idea.  They would absorb vibrations on the floor.  At Science Museum of Minnesota we used heavy milk carton crates, padded with ethafoam to move many of our fluid collections in gallon jars. As I remember (it was a few years ago) we used our regular carts with lips on them to move the smaller jars, often packed in boxes with dividers.



How steep is the ramp?  That might determine if you need to get more complicated.



Gretchen Anderson

(She/her)

Conservator

Carnegie Museum of Minnesota





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I?ve seen wagons with rigid metal sides (like a child?s Radio Flyer truck) and large balloon tires for use on uneven surfaces and sand. They could be used to move drums and tanks of fluid. You may be able to rent them from a site equipment rental place.

e. g. https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Wagon-Truck-with-Flow-Through-12X312?gucid=N%3AN%3APS%3APaid%3AGGL%3ACSM-2295%3A4P7A1P%3A20501231&gclid=CjwKCAjwuqiiBhBtEiwATgvixICPgT6Drn4xiM5zSyyOPqGPMtk5LzLDd_d8SOKdqcyvr7Bq5Dkh1hoCKqIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds



Paul Callomon

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External.

Claire



I think you are looking for something like this: https://www.southworthproducts.com/en/products/portable-lift-tables/dandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.southworthproducts.com%2fen%2fproducts%2fportable-lift-tables%2fdandy-levelers-self-leveling-portable-lift-tables&c=E,1,szJ1KhTGeJMYNpFuPma7jTBptwDaMN_HzgHEPpqKEPWcdVJukI9q_z8BxsxsDABcowbh_DHr6UizjFjQVU0s0EchdXPFWOhiO9JS1EqoQW6A60k1&typo=1>.



I have never used one before but just looking at it I would not think it would be safe for transporting fluid materials unless you could find one with a lip that would prevent materials from falling off.  Depending on the grade of your ramp, I would not think it would be too unsafe to use a regular low level cart and place all jars into crates or boxes and secure them to the cart.



If you really need one of these, there are lots of different suppliers who make these in various sizes  but none are cheap.



Hope that helps



Andy



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 Dyche Hall
 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
 Lawrence, KS, 66045-7593
 USA

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Hi Everyone,



We are in the process of moving our fluid collection to a new location, a university building is being refurbished for us.

Entry to the building is currently via a sloping fire exit ramp, which is not ideal.



The contractors have told us that we need a ?self-levelling trolley?.



Have any of you heard of such a thing? Have you used one? Could you recommend one?

Would it be safe for transporting fluid specimens?



Yours in confusion,
Claire



*******

Claire Smith (she/her)

PhD Candidate: Colour retention in fluid-preserved museum specimens

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cole Museum of Zoology (Wednesdays)
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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:38:15 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird
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Each company has their own style of runner that the drawers slot into.  Check to make sure that the runner will work with your cabinets.

Gretchen

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Thank you Paul! This is what I would expect. It seems many of the compactorr companies have moved to steel gauge drawers and no longer do aluminum in house. I'll check out Steel Fixture.

Thanks for the paper as well! We will be moving our malacology collections soon. Good to keep in mind.


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Our current Malacology cabinets have aluminum drawers - 3 lbs each, more than rigid enough for 20-30 lbs of content, and very easy to handle. Steel Fixture Inc. in Topeka, KS, make them for us. See:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267271211_A_grand_scale_rehousing_the_mollusk_collection_at_the_Academy_of_Natural_Sciences


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Hi all,
Does anyone use Viking cabinets for their mammal and bird study skin collections? We were just sent a sample tray (23lbs for a slightly longer than standard Lane science style cabinet tray) and it's just so heavy. I really worry that if a student (or even me!) were to hold the tray, with specimens in them on a step stool that they would drop the tray or injure themselves. It would especially be an issue if they're trying to move the tray into/out of the cabinet when having to line up the tray edges. We were planning to get full size cabinets as our room for a taxidermy collections is really pressed for space. We were told that Spacesaver does not make lighter trays anymore so that they can accommodate more collections, but these heavy trays seem really unfeasible for researchers and staff that take whole trays out. I can see how these might be great for geology/paleo, but not sure if they really work for lighter collections that have lots of tray removal/reorganization.

If you are using these trays in full size cabinets, are you changing your protocols with regards to specimen removal? Another thing we've thought of is to get the Viking cabinets and then buy our trays somewhere else to get lighter ones.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!


Vicky (Mingna) Zhuang PhD.
Biodiversity Collections Manager
UTEP Biodiversity Collections
B209 Biology Building
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W University Avenue
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From prc44 at drexel.edu  Sun Apr 30 12:12:15 2023
From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul)
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 16:12:15 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Save the MNHN collections!
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A call to action for the collections community. Tsukuba, Suitland, Reading - and now Dijon.

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
prc44 at drexel.edu<mailto:prc44 at drexel.edu> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170




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From: molluscalist-request at listserv.dfn.de <molluscalist-request at listserv.dfn.de> on behalf of Nicolas PUILLANDRE <nicolas.puillandre at mnhn.fr>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2023 12:02 PM
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Subject: Save the MNHN collections!


External.

Dear All,
You may have heard about the project to delocalise part of the MNHN collections from Paris to Dijon (300 km away!). If like us, for the reasons detailed in the attached document, you do not agree with this decision, please sign the petition:
https://chng.it/sKR4pLZSdJ
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
All the best,
Nico
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From cngarcia at stanford.edu  Sun Apr 30 13:06:50 2023
From: cngarcia at stanford.edu (Christine Nicole Garcia)
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 17:06:50 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Assistant Collection Manager - Stanford Geoscience
 Specimen Collection
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Hello all,

We are seeking a full-time Assistant Collection Manger at the Stanford Geoscience Specimen Collection. Please see Assistant Collection Manager I or II, Stanford Geoscience Specimen Collection<https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/assistant-collection-manager-i-or-ii-21380> for details on the position and how to apply. Thank you in advance for sharing this announcement with any outstanding candidates in your communities.

Position overview:

Stanford Libraries and the Doerr School of Sustainability Geoscience Specimen Collection are seeking a full-time Assistant Collection Manager (3-year term) to perform a variety of tasks and functions in support of the long-term preservation, enhancement, and access to a significant collection of rock, mineral, fossil, and other geological specimens housed in the Doerr School of Sustainability. The Libraries values<https://library.stanford.edu/our-values> are rooted in a commitment of mutual respect, the idea that every member of the staff has something to contribute, and that learning is constant.  We are seeking a team member who is ready to share their skills and perspectives.


About the Geoscience Specimen Collections:

The Geoscience Specimen Collections include a wide variety of rock, mineral, fossil, soil, water, and other geological samples, and associated field notes, maps, publications, and other metadata. The collections date back to the founding of Stanford University and have continued to grow through the research of Stanford?s faculty, students, and staff, and are global in scope. The collections are housed within the Doerr School of Sustainability<https://sustainability.stanford.edu/about-school> and serve as important and irreplaceable research infrastructure that support the school?s education and research mission to generate knowledge, innovate, and drive impact for a sustainable future.


About the Position:

The Assistant Collection Manager reports to the Geoscience Specimen Collection Curator and Manager and will work closely with faculty and collections staff to complete a detailed inventory and relocation of the collections into a new facility. The Assistant Collection Manager will be responsible for overseeing aspects of this work including but not limited to packing, rehousing, and relocating collections, digitizing specimen data and metadata, developing workflows and protocols, assisting with supervision of student workers, and providing collections access to staff, students, and researchers.


This position is based at Stanford University?s main campus. Work will be conducted on-site Monday through Friday during standard business hours unless otherwise arranged in advance. Work may also be conducted one to two days per week at an off-site storage facility. This position is a three-year fixed term position with the possibility of extension.

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Assistant Collection Manager I or II in University Libraries, Stanford, California, United States<https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/assistant-collection-manager-i-or-ii-21380>
Stanford Libraries and the Doerr School of Sustainability Geoscience Specimen Collection are seeking a full-time Assistant Collection Manager (3-year....
careersearch.stanford.edu


Christine N. Garcia
Geoscience Specimen Collection Curator and Manager
Doerr School of Sustainability
Stanford University

T. 650.512.6566
cngarcia at stanford.edu<mailto:cngarcia at stanford.edu>

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