From rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu Mon May 1 08:59:30 2023 From: rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu (Rob Robins) Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 12:59:30 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For service in the move of the Florida Museum fluid collections and daily use beyond the move, we purchased ten carts with pneumatic tires. Both types had to be assembled -- easy to do, especially assembly line style. This model from ULINE has performed very well: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-2505GR/Utility-Carts/Uline-Utility-Cart-with-Pneumatic-Wheels-45-x-25-x-37-Gray [https://img.uline.com/is/image/uline/H-2505GR?$Mobile_Zoom$] Uline Utility Cart with Pneumatic Wheels - 45 x 25 x 37 Easy rolling wheels for smooth rides over rough surfaces. Sturdy structural foam. 8" pneumatic casters: 2 swivel, 2 rigid. 2 5/8" deep trays are 19" apart. Utility Cart Accessories available.ULINE offers over 41,000 boxes, plastic poly bags, mailing tubes, warehouse supplies and bubble wrap for your storage, packaging, or shipping supplies. www.uline.com The tires hold air nicely; stay inflated months at a time at good pressure. The other model we purchased is this one: https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/industrial-plastic-3-tray-black-shelf-service-utility-cart-44-x-25-1-2-8-pneumatic?PicGroupKey=3661 [https://images.globalindustrial.com/images/pdp/800346.jpg?t=1682837638000] Global Industrial™ Tray Top Utility Cart w/3 Shelves, 44"L x 25-1/2"W x 35-1/2"H, Black Global Industrial™ Tray Top Utility Cart w/3 Shelves, 44"L x 25-1/2"W x 35-1/2"H, Black. Ships in One Business Day. Buy it and Save at GlobalIndustrial.com www.globalindustrial.com One tire came with a faulty tube; the amount of effort I have put in to replace it is out of all proportion -- and I can't recommend the cart with pneumatic tires as a result. Also, the customer support from the vendor was, well, less than zero -- long online chats with multiple persons who could not so much as name the replacement tube or even wheel so that I might simply purchase a new one. Eventually after patching the faulty tube -- and having it fail -- and after much searching for replacement tubes or even tires, replacement tubes were purchased from....Amazon. Best wishes, Rob ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Anderson, Gretchen Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 5:36 PM To: Elizabeth Wommack ; Callomon, Paul ; Bentley, Andrew Charles ; Claire Smith ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! [External Email] A gardening cart! That is a great idea. Gretchen From: Elizabeth Wommack Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 5:34 PM To: Anderson, Gretchen ; Callomon,Paul ; Bentley, Andrew Charles ; Claire Smith ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! 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 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 ewommack@uwyo.edu pronouns: she, her, herself www.uwymv.org UWYMV Collection Use Policy [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wzeBAm3ZshQCDFzQ5wkSAIelZLntGMwLQ0l3OaxGfoFH4PEQ-tYzlg1s7X9ScKxz1dFEGIXS8] ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Anderson, Gretchen > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 2:39 PM To: Callomon,Paul >; Bentley, Andrew Charles >; Claire Smith >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! ? This message was sent from a non-UWYO address. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. 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 > On Behalf Of Callomon,Paul Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 1:00 PM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles >; Claire Smith >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! 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. 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 Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:41 PM To: Claire Smith >; 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 A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?> 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 A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l > 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? 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We stack our cases two high. To avoid bad accidents, we have a "rule". The upper cases can have metal drawers up to about a typical person's shoulder height. Above that, they have to be wood. We have a wide variety of wooden drawers acquired over the past century to accommodate a variety of slightly different cases. Some of the wooden drawers would work in the newest cases, some wouldn't. It took some sifting and shifting of drawers to find enough wooden drawers to fit all the new metal cases for the shelves above shoulder height without buying new wooden drawers. For drawers with unusually heavy loads, like those packed with glass vials holding mouse skulls, we use the metal drawers in a lower case, even if it puts some drawers out of our usual sorting order. If I were doing it again, I'd order 75-80% metal drawers, and about 20-25% wooden drawers. I'd also be absolutely certain that the wooden drawers would fit before making a big purchase, since you'll probably need to go through a different vendor for the wooden drawers. Dr. Kelly M. Cassidy, Curator, Conner Museum School of Biological Sciences Box 644236 Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4236 509-335-3515 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Zhuang, Mingna Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:24 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird collections? [EXTERNAL EMAIL] 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 website: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/ facebook, twitter, Instagram: @utepbc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cassidyk at wsu.edu Tue May 2 12:42:37 2023 From: cassidyk at wsu.edu (Cassidy, Kelly Michela) Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 16:42:37 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird collections? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A picture of a case with lower metal drawers and higher wooden drawers. The wooden drawers are a mix of various styles from prior years. We were lucky we had enough wooden drawers that fit to make it work, but it would have been better to have had fewer metal drawers and new, better-sized wooden drawers. We ended up with a lot of metal drawers in storage. Dr. Kelly M. Cassidy, Curator, Conner Museum School of Biological Sciences Box 644236 Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4236 509-335-3515 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Cassidy, Kelly Michela Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 8:47 AM To: Zhuang, Mingna ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird collections? We ran into a similar problem when we bought a bunch of new cases with metal drawers about 10 years ago. (From Delta Design, I think.) All of our drawers before that had been wood. I love the metal drawers. They don't absorb oil or odor and don't produce splinters. Fur and feathers don't catch on the slick painted metal. However, they are HEAVY!!! I don't know if I've ever weighed them. 15 lbs? 20 lbs? Heavy enough to do some damage if they fall on someone's head. They are also slicker and slide much more easily than a wooden drawer. An asset, unless you're pulling one out that's higher than your head and you misjudge the amount of force needed. We stack our cases two high. To avoid bad accidents, we have a "rule". The upper cases can have metal drawers up to about a typical person's shoulder height. Above that, they have to be wood. We have a wide variety of wooden drawers acquired over the past century to accommodate a variety of slightly different cases. Some of the wooden drawers would work in the newest cases, some wouldn't. It took some sifting and shifting of drawers to find enough wooden drawers to fit all the new metal cases for the shelves above shoulder height without buying new wooden drawers. For drawers with unusually heavy loads, like those packed with glass vials holding mouse skulls, we use the metal drawers in a lower case, even if it puts some drawers out of our usual sorting order. If I were doing it again, I'd order 75-80% metal drawers, and about 20-25% wooden drawers. I'd also be absolutely certain that the wooden drawers would fit before making a big purchase, since you'll probably need to go through a different vendor for the wooden drawers. Dr. Kelly M. Cassidy, Curator, Conner Museum School of Biological Sciences Box 644236 Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4236 509-335-3515 From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Zhuang, Mingna Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:24 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Heavy trays in Viking Cabinets for mammal and bird collections? [EXTERNAL EMAIL] 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 website: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/ facebook, twitter, Instagram: @utepbc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Application information appears below. https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25053&siteid=5248#jobDetails=1575310_5248 28-Apr-2023 Head of Computer Systems 81262BR University Job Title: Assistant Director, Peabody Digitization Bargaining Unit: None - Not included in the union (Yale Union Group) Time Type: Full time Duration Type: Regular Compensation Grade: Administration & Operations Compensation Grade Profile Senior Manager; Senior Program Leader (25) Wage Ranges: Click here to see our Wage Ranges Work Location: Central Campus Worksite Address: 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Searchable Job Family: Computing and Information Systems, Museum/Curatorial Total hours to be worked: 37.5 Position Focus: The Yale Peabody Museum (YPM) is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world. Fundamental to the Peabody's mission is the stewardship of the Museum's rich collections, which provide a remarkable record of the history of the earth, its life, and its cultures. With over half of its collections of more than 14 million specimens electronically catalogued, the Peabody Museum has a well-developed track record in specimen digitization and database efforts, and in contributing to national and international informatics initiatives. The Head of Computer Systems is responsible for supporting this collections digitization framework with the goal of ensuring global access to its collections. At the Yale Peabody Museum we are working on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion institutional priorities so that we can learn to better serve our communities, amplify marginalized voices and perspectives, and create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. The ideal candidate will be ready to share their experience with and interest in contributing to this work. Please address in your cover letter how Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion relate to your professional experience and goals. Overall Responsibilities: Lead YPM in its efforts to digitize its diverse collections. Develop priorities, strategies and plans for collections digitization and electronic access. Facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations at the museum, university, and broader levels. Advance the innovative use and synthesis of collections data in research and education. Serve as liaison and representative for YPM in external digital initiatives. Essential Duties 1. Provide technical and intellectual leadership for digitizing the museum's collections. 2. Administer and facilitate all aspects of the infrastructure for YPM's enterprise collections management system (CMS), in a multi-domain environment spanning biology, anthropology, paleontology, archives, and related disciplines. 3. Provide support for CMS initiatives in the curatorial Divisions of the museum, with focus on metadata capture and enhancement, digital imaging and asset acquisition and management, external dissemination of products to discovery portals and aggregators, and integration and interoperability with other systems. 4. Develop priorities, strategies and plans related to collections digitization, including managing, and working with external vendors of CMS and related products, and training for museum staff. 5. Track, implement and maintain integrity and compliance within the CMS environment to metadata protocols and standards from the museum community and related organizations. 6. Audit and conduct regular quality control assessments to update/improve the scope and usability of the CMS content and its compliance to standards and troubleshoot related data issues. 7. Serve as technical lead for YPM in Yale's Cultural Heritage Information Technology (CHIT) campus collaboration and insure appropriate representation of YPM in CHIT initiatives. 8. Collaborate with the YPM Head of Biodiversity Informatics Research to insure broad availability of digital collections data for research. 9. Participate in and present on YPM collections initiatives at university, national and international meetings. Required Education and Experience Master's degree in natural sciences or computer sciences and three or more years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Required Skill/Ability 1: Demonstrated ability at the intersections of natural history and other museological disciplines. Required Skill/Ability 2: Proven ability to lead, solve problems, think strategically, and engage a broad constituency. Demonstrated attention to detail, collaborative work habits, leadership skills, and proactive communication and outreach tendencies. 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After 3-4 weeks, we replaced them again. But maybe there are better air-filled tires then those I got from an DIY. With best wishes Dirk Am 01.05.2023 um 14:59 schrieb Rob Robins: For service in the move of the Florida Museum fluid collections and daily use beyond the move, we purchased ten carts with pneumatic tires. Both types had to be assembled -- easy to do, especially assembly line style. This model from ULINE has performed very well: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-2505GR/Utility-Carts/Uline-Utility-Cart-with-Pneumatic-Wheels-45-x-25-x-37-Gray [https://img.uline.com/is/image/uline/H-2505GR?$Mobile_Zoom$] Uline Utility Cart with Pneumatic Wheels - 45 x 25 x 37 Easy rolling wheels for smooth rides over rough surfaces. Sturdy structural foam. 8" pneumatic casters: 2 swivel, 2 rigid. 2 5/8" deep trays are 19" apart. Utility Cart Accessories available.ULINE offers over 41,000 boxes, plastic poly bags, mailing tubes, warehouse supplies and bubble wrap for your storage, packaging, or shipping supplies. www.uline.com The tires hold air nicely; stay inflated months at a time at good pressure. The other model we purchased is this one: https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/industrial-plastic-3-tray-black-shelf-service-utility-cart-44-x-25-1-2-8-pneumatic?PicGroupKey=3661 [https://images.globalindustrial.com/images/pdp/800346.jpg?t=1682837638000] Global Industrial™ Tray Top Utility Cart w/3 Shelves, 44"L x 25-1/2"W x 35-1/2"H, Black Global Industrial™ Tray Top Utility Cart w/3 Shelves, 44"L x 25-1/2"W x 35-1/2"H, Black. Ships in One Business Day. Buy it and Save at GlobalIndustrial.com www.globalindustrial.com One tire came with a faulty tube; the amount of effort I have put in to replace it is out of all proportion -- and I can't recommend the cart with pneumatic tires as a result. Also, the customer support from the vendor was, well, less than zero -- long online chats with multiple persons who could not so much as name the replacement tube or even wheel so that I might simply purchase a new one. Eventually after patching the faulty tube -- and having it fail -- and after much searching for replacement tubes or even tires, replacement tubes were purchased from....Amazon. Best wishes, Rob ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Anderson, Gretchen Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 5:36 PM To: Elizabeth Wommack ; Callomon, Paul ; Bentley, Andrew Charles ; Claire Smith ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! [External Email] A gardening cart! That is a great idea. Gretchen From: Elizabeth Wommack Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 5:34 PM To: Anderson, Gretchen ; Callomon,Paul ; Bentley, Andrew Charles ; Claire Smith ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! 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 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 ewommack@uwyo.edu pronouns: she, her, herself www.uwymv.org UWYMV Collection Use Policy [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wzeBAm3ZshQCDFzQ5wkSAIelZLntGMwLQ0l3OaxGfoFH4PEQ-tYzlg1s7X9ScKxz1dFEGIXS8] ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Anderson, Gretchen > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 2:39 PM To: Callomon,Paul >; Bentley, Andrew Charles >; Claire Smith >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! ? This message was sent from a non-UWYO address. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. 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 > On Behalf Of Callomon,Paul Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 1:00 PM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles >; Claire Smith >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! 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. 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 Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:41 PM To: Claire Smith >; 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 A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?> 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 A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l > 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 claire.smith at reading.ac.uk www.twitter.com/wetconservatrix 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. 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Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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What is important is to get a cart with quality tires. We used a bicycle tire pump to adjust the tire pressure when the load weight changed. The problem with solid wheels is that they transmit vibrations directly through the cart to the containers, which plays havoc with seals and causes excessive movement of specimens within the containers--quality pneumatic wheels will greatly reduce this. It is important to do regular checks of the pressure in pneumatic wheels and adjust as necessary, but this is a small price to pay for much smoother ride for the specimen containers. Going back to the *original question* that provoked this discussion, I suspect that what was meant by "self-leveling trolly" is not a cart with an adjustable bed, but rather one that maintains the bed level while moving up or down a slope. I have seen such cats in the past (although never in a museum), but they were large and expensive, and I cannot find a current source for one now. This raises the question of* how steep the ramp is* that the carts will need to move up and down, and what are the concerns about using the ramp? Is it the weight of the load to be pushed up and down, or how the tilt of the cart will affect the container seals? If the containers are properly sealed you should be able to move them up a slope without a problem, unless the angle is very steep. Or is there some other concern? --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 3:23?PM Dirk Neumann wrote: > Hi all, > > can echo bad results with air filled tires: we replaced the hard rubber > wheels at our cart with air-filled tires, but it turned out that these are > less favourable when die cart is fully loaded with heavy jars (and the cart > eventually stays loaded for 2-3 days): even though well pressured, the > tires slightly deformed and started bouncing when the cart was moved. > > After 3-4 weeks, we replaced them again. But maybe there are better > air-filled tires then those I got from an DIY. > > With best wishes > Dirk > > > > Am 01.05.2023 um 14:59 schrieb Rob Robins: > > For service in the move of the Florida Museum fluid collections and daily > use beyond the move, we purchased ten carts with pneumatic tires. Both > types had to be assembled -- easy to do, especially assembly line style. > > This model from ULINE has performed very well: > > > https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-2505GR/Utility-Carts/Uline-Utility-Cart-with-Pneumatic-Wheels-45-x-25-x-37-Gray > > > > Uline Utility Cart with Pneumatic Wheels - 45 x 25 x 37 > > Easy rolling wheels for smooth rides over rough surfaces. Sturdy > structural foam. 8" pneumatic casters: 2 swivel, 2 rigid. 2 5/8" deep trays > are 19" apart. Utility Cart Accessories available.ULINE offers over 41,000 > boxes, plastic poly bags, mailing tubes, warehouse supplies and bubble wrap > for your storage, packaging, or shipping supplies. > www.uline.com > > The tires hold air nicely; stay inflated months at a time at good pressure. > > > The other model we purchased is this one: > > > > https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/industrial-plastic-3-tray-black-shelf-service-utility-cart-44-x-25-1-2-8-pneumatic?PicGroupKey=3661 > > > Global Industrial™ Tray Top Utility Cart w/3 Shelves, 44"L x > 25-1/2"W x 35-1/2"H, Black > > Global Industrial™ Tray Top Utility Cart w/3 Shelves, 44"L x > 25-1/2"W x 35-1/2"H, Black. Ships in One Business Day. Buy it and > Save at GlobalIndustrial.com > www.globalindustrial.com > One tire came with a faulty tube; the amount of effort I have put in to > replace it is out of all proportion -- and I can't recommend the cart with > pneumatic tires as a result. Also, the customer support from the vendor > was, well, less than zero -- long online chats with multiple persons who > could not so much as name the replacement tube or even wheel so that I > might simply purchase a new one. > > Eventually after patching the faulty tube -- and having it fail -- and > after much searching for replacement tubes or even tires, replacement tubes > were purchased from....Amazon. > > Best wishes, > > Rob > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Anderson, Gretchen > > *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2023 5:36 PM > *To:* Elizabeth Wommack ; > Callomon, Paul ; Bentley, Andrew > Charles ; Claire Smith > ; > nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a > unicorn?! > > *[External Email]* > > A gardening cart! That is a great idea. > > > Gretchen > > > > *From:* Elizabeth Wommack > *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2023 5:34 PM > *To:* Anderson, Gretchen > ; Callomon,Paul > ; Bentley, Andrew Charles > ; Claire Smith > ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a unicorn?! > > > > 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 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 > ewommack@ uwyo.edu > > pronouns: she, her, herself > > www.uwymv.org > > UWYMV Collection Use Policy > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of > Anderson, Gretchen > *Sent:* Thursday, April 27, 2023 2:39 PM > *To:* Callomon,Paul ; Bentley, Andrew Charles < > abentley at ku.edu>; Claire Smith ; > nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Self-levelling trolley - am I looking for a > unicorn?! > > > > ? This message was sent from a non-UWYO address. Please exercise caution > when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. > > > > 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 *On Behalf Of * > Callomon,Paul > *Sent:* Thursday, April 27, 2023 1:00 PM > *To:* Bentley, Andrew Charles ; 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?! > > > > 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. > > 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 Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170* > > > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of *Bentley, > Andrew Charles > *Sent:* Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:41 PM > *To:* Claire Smith ; 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 > > > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?> > 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 > > > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?> > V V V > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *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 > claire.smith at reading.ac.uk > www.twitter.com/wetconservatrix > > > > > > > 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. 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In consultation with the Curator, other Collection Managers and Senior Lead, Pack, Prep and Move, the collection manager plans and conducts collections management projects and activities related to the discipline. The incumbent is expected to keep current with information related to best practices in collection management and support the packing and documenting of collections for safe transit to a new, purpose-built Collections and Research Building in Colwood. ACCOUNTABILITIES 1. Manages natural history specimens in the bird and mammal collections, and performs collections management functions. 2. Plans and carries out collections management projects to enhance understanding, access, utility and integrity of the collection. 3. Contributes to the Royal BC Museum learning and community engagement activities and performs related duties. JOB REQUIREMENTS Candidates are initially assessed on the Education and Experience criteria. Those who meet these criteria will be invited to demonstrate their skills, abilities and behavioral competencies through various assessment methods. Experience, Education and Training Requirements * Minimum of a bachelor's degree in one of the biological sciences OR * A certificate or diploma in Museum Studies and three or more years recent and relevant experience in vertebrate collections * Three years of related and progressively responsible work experience in natural history museum collections preparation, documentation, care, and supervision * Proven experience rehousing and preserving collections in the archival maintenance of dry and wet preserved vertebrate specimen collections Knowledge, Skills and Abilities * Knowledge of vertebrate biodiversity, and a working knowledge of the natural history of British Columbia * Knowledge of bird and mammal diversity in western North America * Extensive information gathering skills * Ability to direct and collaborate with volunteers, students and contractors * Ability to synthesize ideas and information * Have a valid driver's license * Able to lift 18 kg to waist level in a straight lift as per ergonomic guidelines ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Anna Chinn (She/Her) Collection Manager, Birds and Mammals | Collections Care and Conservation ROYAL BC MUSEUM Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations) 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2 achinn at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca | royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Join us on:Facebook | Twitter | Flickr | Instagram | Website It's back! 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I would appreciate any feedback about must-haves or lessons learnt from your fluid stores. I would also love to know if anyone has thoughts about how a store could have public access? Thanks Sarah Sarah Marden Curator The Box Plymouth City Council Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AX T +441752304245 E sarah.marden at plymouth.gov.uk theboxplymouth.com IMPORTANT: This e-mail (including any attachments to it) is strictly confidential and intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged, confidential or sensitive information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy or distribute it to any other person or take any action in reliance. If you have received it in error, please notify your system manager and the sender as soon as possible and then delete it from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 is available in several counties, with nine (9) counties added just yesterday. Please refer to the map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov. 1. The counties and deadlines for Requests for Public Assistance are as follows: * Calaveras, Los Angeles, Monterrey, and Tulare Counties (TODAY May 3rd) * Tuolumne, Sierra, Trinity, San Benito, Mariposa, Merced, Alpine, Fresno, Kern, and Kings Counties (Sunday May 14th) * Glenn, Inyo, Amador, Butte, Del Norte, Modoc, Madera, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz Counties (Thursday, June 1st) 1. Cultural institutions impacted by these events are eligible to apply for federal Public Assistance recovery funding. Please refer to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services website for further details on how and where to apply. Find the FEMA Grant's Portal website here: Home | Grants Portal (fema.gov) for Private Non-Profit applications for federal assistance. Finally, please continue to reach out to your members and constituents and share the following resources: * Cultural institutions and arts organizations affected by the storms and tornadoes can call the National Heritage Responders hotline: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals administered by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, are available 24/7 to provide advice and guidance. * Members of the public who have questions about saving family heirlooms can email the National Heritage Responders at NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org * HENTF's Save Your Family Treasures guidance is available at Save Your Family Treasures | FEMA.gov. 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The book is available from these sources: *In the UK and Europe:* https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/preservation-and-management-of-fluid-preserved-biological-collections/?id=440 *In the UK and Europe:* https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/preservation-and-management-of-fluid-preserved-biological-collections/?id=440 Public access to fluid preserved collections is a bit tricky due to the fire and exposure risks from the preservatives. However, a very good model for how to do this is the Museum f?r Naturkunde in Berlin, which has a portion of their collection available for public viewing. I noticed when I was there that the exhibit is very popular with visitors (it is a spectacular way to exhibit fluid preserved specimens). You can see it here: https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/exhibitions/wet-collection --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 9:37?AM Marden, Sarah wrote: > OFFICIAL > > Hello > > > > Apologies if this has been asked before. I?ve been asked to write a > proposal of what I would want from a new store for our collection of 4,000+ > spirit preserved specimens in a UK regional museum. Our current facility is > earmarked for demolition and was always a temporary solution so has never > met our needs. We are talking about the design of a new building to > incorporate a store and workspace. > > > > I would appreciate any feedback about must-haves or lessons learnt from > your fluid stores. > > > > I would also love to know if anyone has thoughts about how a store could > have public access? > > > > Thanks > > Sarah > > > > > *Sarah Marden *Curator > The Box > > Plymouth City Council > > Tavistock Place > Plymouth > PL4 8AX > > *T *+441752304245 > *E sarah.marden at plymouth.gov.uk * > > theboxplymouth.com > > > IMPORTANT: This e-mail (including any attachments to it) is strictly > confidential and intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it > is addressed. It may contain privileged, confidential or sensitive > information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy or > distribute it to any other person or take any action in reliance. 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URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Fri May 5 03:06:42 2023 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 09:06:42 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Designing a new fluid store In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: .. to add to John's post: there is a standard for the planning of depot buildings which seems to be very useful: DIN EN 16893:2018-04 This norm also is applicable in the UK, we are currently revising the contents for our new building infrastructure project. The UK equivalent is EN 16893 / BS EN 16893:2018 (link to norm as referenced on the Collections Trust Website). If I read this correctly, this norm is to be applied by architects, engineers and responsible planners in charge for the design and construction of new archives, libraries and museums. Compared to the continent, collections in the UK (if I am not entirely wrong) are considered (and ranked) rather as cultural Heritage then "research collections", thus the norm would fit even more closely for collection infrastructures in the UK. For fluid storage, as John already pointed out, fire prevention is an issue. However, this also is addressed in this norm as an general topic, i.e. we need to check an understand, inasmuch this can be applicable for fluid preserved collections. Hope this helps, Dirk Am 04.05.2023 um 16:42 schrieb John E Simmons: If you have not already done so, you should check the extensive recommendations in this book, published in 2022: Preservation and Management of Fluid ? Preserved Biological Collections, by Dirk Neumann, Julian Carter, John E. Simmons and Oliver Crimmen; ISBN: 979-8-218-01102-4. The book is available from these sources: In the UK and Europe: https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/preservation-and-management-of-fluid-preserved-biological-collections/?id=440 In the UK and Europe: https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/preservation-and-management-of-fluid-preserved-biological-collections/?id=440 Public access to fluid preserved collections is a bit tricky due to the fire and exposure risks from the preservatives. However, a very good model for how to do this is the Museum f?r Naturkunde in Berlin, which has a portion of their collection available for public viewing. I noticed when I was there that the exhibit is very popular with visitors (it is a spectacular way to exhibit fluid preserved specimens). You can see it here: https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/exhibitions/wet-collection --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 9:37?AM Marden, Sarah > wrote: OFFICIAL Hello Apologies if this has been asked before. I?ve been asked to write a proposal of what I would want from a new store for our collection of 4,000+ spirit preserved specimens in a UK regional museum. Our current facility is earmarked for demolition and was always a temporary solution so has never met our needs. We are talking about the design of a new building to incorporate a store and workspace. I would appreciate any feedback about must-haves or lessons learnt from your fluid stores. I would also love to know if anyone has thoughts about how a store could have public access? Thanks Sarah Sarah Marden Curator The Box Plymouth City Council Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AX T +441752304245 E sarah.marden at plymouth.gov.uk theboxplymouth.com IMPORTANT: This e-mail (including any attachments to it) is strictly confidential and intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged, confidential or sensitive information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy or distribute it to any other person or take any action in reliance. If you have received it in error, please notify your system manager and the sender as soon as possible and then delete it from your system. _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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For an example of our final logo from last year, see the end of this letter. For more information about the NHE DemoCamp, you can visit our website that is updated regularly by the SPNHC Education Committee and includes links to registration and other event details. Registration for presenters and participants usually opens early-to mid-April every year. Presenter registration closes mid- to late-May, but participants registration stays open through the event dates. Please see here for our promotional materials, including flyers and example text to send. We have also attached our general logo, and included a template email and social media post below for easy sharing! Thank you, SPNHC Education Committee Below: Social Media text, Email text, generic event logo, sample logo banner from last year Social Media text: You're invited to the @SPNHC Natural History Education DemoCamp! Registration for presenters & attendees are open. This free virtual event is designed to showcase engaging educational materials focusing on the natural world. Learn more & register at this link: https://spnhc.org/education-democamp/ Email Text: The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Education Sessional Committee is hosting a virtual Natural History Education DemoCamp . The goal is to share, discover, and discuss educational materials that have a framework in natural history. This is building upon our previous iterations of the 'education share fair' that were hosted at the annual meeting. Where: Zoom, of course! When: 14th-15th of June, the amount of time blocks will be dependent on the number of presenters. Cost: Free! Presenter registration is open until May 22nd and general attendee registration is here:DemoCamp Day 1 (June 14) DemoCamp Day 2 (June 15) and will be open will be open up until the event. 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Message-ID: Tuesday May 16 at 10 pm Continental Europe, 9 pm U.K., 4 pm Eastern, 3 pm Central, 2 pm Mountain, 1 pm Pacific, Noon Alaska, 11 am Hawaii Join John Simmons author of Things Great and Small: Collection Management Policies to talk about what is a collections management policy (CMP), and why should all collecting institutions have one? This introductory webinar will explain how written collection management policies can improve the management of both small and large collections, the basic steps to follow when preparing policies, and the core issues that should be addressed. A list of useful resources for preparing a CMP will be provided. Email Webinar at MuseumStudy.com if you would like to register for the webinar. -- Brad Bredehoft (he/him/his) CEO Museum Study, LLC www.MuseumStudy.com From Jeff.Stephenson at dmns.org Fri May 5 16:39:20 2023 From: Jeff.Stephenson at dmns.org (Jeff Stephenson) Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 20:39:20 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] June On-Line Courses from Museum Study, Oxford University Message-ID: Hello, Please see below for a compendium of on-line courses in Museum Studies and Collections Management. This list is provided by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Professional Development Committee as a monthly service for nhcoll subscribers. Please contact the course providers or instructors for more information or questions. As a reminder, nhcoll is not open for advertising by individuals; however, if you would like to have your courses appear in this compendium, please feel free to submit your offerings to jeff.stephenson at dmns.org, and we'll see that you get in. Thank you >From Museum Study LLC Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective course begins June 5 on MuseumStudy.com Do you want to create an exhibit that utilizes your community? If so, Creating Exhibitions through the Collective is for you. This class will be focused on community co-curation. We will investigate how community involvement during all stages of the exhibit development process can lead to more interpretation that is credible, community empowerment, and advocacy. Tips and strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for this type of engagement. Join Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake for this 4 week online professional development course. For more information visit our website and view the instructor's video introduction: https://www.museumstudy.com/creating-exhibitions-through-the-collective Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 2 online course begins June 5 on MuseumStudy.com This course builds on the foundation instructor Robert Waller established in Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1. We will explore challenges to quantifying risks and strategies for estimating rates of, and expected impacts of, sporadic incidents (type 2 risks) employing examples based on participant situations. Means of determining or estimating rates of progressive changes (type 3 risks) are provided and practiced. Finally, methods for presenting comprehensive, (semi-) quantitative risk profiles are demonstrated and employed by participants. Prerequisite: Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 or a Protect Heritage workshop in the last 5 years. For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/assessing-risk-to-cultural-property-2 -- Brad Bredehoft (he/him/his) CEO Museum Study, LLC www.MuseumStudy.com >From Oxford Museum of Natural History There is still a chance to book a place on the Taxidermy Day School at Oxford University Museum of Natural History Learn to prepare your own taxidermy bird under the expert tuition of professional taxidermist Derek Frampton (UK Guild of Taxidermists). Taxidermy is an artform that has long been used to preserve animal specimens by applying their skin to a life-sized mount. When done correctly, taxidermy can produce marvellously life-like specimens such as those found in the Museum. During this day long masterclass, our expert tutor will show you how to prepare your own taxidermy bird to take home. Only 5 places available. Suitable for visitors aged 16+. Booking is essential, to book please go to https://tickets.ox.ac.uk/WebStore/shop/ViewItems.aspx?CG=oumnhevents&C=mnhtaxds. Tickets cost ?200 per person and include a bird specimen, materials, and lunch. About the tutor: Derek Frampton is a professional taxidermist belonging to the UK Guild of Taxidermists. He has worked to produce taxidermy specimens of a huge variety of mammals and birds for numerous museums, as well as for film and television. For more information, please visit our accessibility webpage at https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/access, or contact Chris Jarvis (chris.jarvis at oum.ox.ac.uk). Best wishes, Jackie Jacqueline Chapman-Gray Conservator, Life Collections Oxford University Museum of Natural History Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW | 01865 272972| jacqueline.chapman-gray at oum.ox.ac.uk | www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk Follow us on Twitter @morethanadodo and read our blog www.morethanadodo.com [award_winner_resized] JEFF STEPHENSON EDUCATION COLLECTIONS MANAGER AND MUSEUM SCIENCE LIAISON [DMNS 2 Line RGB small.jpg] jeff.stephenson at dmns.org W 303.370.8319 F 303.331.6492 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205 preserve, present, inspire, explore www.dmns.org Bugs: They're bigger, they're better, they're buggier than ever! It's all about precision flight, swarm intelligence and mind control in the world of "Bugs," the exhibition. Marvel at their adaptive genius and see if you can match their brilliance. Bugs: Son m?s grandes, mejores y m?s incre?bles que nunca. En la exhibici?n "Bugs" todo gira en torno al vuelo de precisi?n, la inteligencia en grupo y el control mental. ?Descubre lo genios que son! The Denver Museum of Nature & Science salutes the citizens of metro Denver for helping fund arts, culture and science through their support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2894 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks in advance, Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dboyd10 at lsu.edu Thu May 11 12:34:42 2023 From: dboyd10 at lsu.edu (David Boyd) Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:34:42 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Paraformaldehyde for whole specimen fixation Message-ID: Hello all, Our lab wants to explore the use of paraformaldehyde as a whole-specimen fixative, to be carried as a dry powder to locations where formalin cannot be obtained. Simmons' Herpetological Collecting and Collections Management describes two major disadvantages of solid paraformaldehyde: 1) it is extremely alkaline in solution, to the point that it may cause specimens to clear, and 2) it does not dissolve readily and requires some effort and boiling water to form a solution of appropriate concentration for fixing specimens. The same work also details a 1989 protocol by Ehmann to mitigate these issues through addition of anhydrous sodium bicarbonate, a wetting agent, and citric acid powder. Can anybody vouch for Ehmann's method or offer other tips or tricks for buffering and dissolving paraformaldehyde to ensure quality (fish) specimens? I doubt there is enough demand for any supplier to offer premixed, neutrally-buffered powders-but if you know of one, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Dave David A. 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Monaghan, c/o National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND Mr Nigel T. Monaghan National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Merrion Street Dublin D02 F627 Ireland ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:50:00 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit External Sender: This is an external email which originated outside of NMI. Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or responding to requests for information. When in doubt, contact IT helpdesk. Hi all I am interested in anyone who may be able to share policies from your organization that govern ?internal loan? of specimens for exhibit purposes in your institution. We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. Thanks in advance, Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V [Ireland] ________________________________ The information in this email and any files transmitted with it is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please let the sender know and delete all copies from your computer systems. 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Furthermore, the loan conditions are identical to those for external loans to researchers. Attached is a PDF of a recent internal loan to me for an exhibit. Take care, John ? John P. Friel, Ph.D. | He/Him/His | ALMNH Director / Museum Studies Program Advisor & Internship Coordinator [Divider line] Alabama Museum of Natural History The University of Alabama 119 Smith Hall Box 870340 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-2136 | Mobile 205-344-3050 | Fax 205-348-9292 jpfriel at ua.edu | https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/ [Divider line] [The University of Alabama box A with stacked words logo] From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Bentley, Andrew Charles Date: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 10:50 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit Hi all I am interested in anyone who may be able to share policies from your organization that govern ?internal loan? of specimens for exhibit purposes in your institution. We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. Thanks in advance, Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 181 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Sent from my iPhone > On 11 May 2023, at 17:34, David Boyd wrote: > > ? > Hello all, > > Our lab wants to explore the use of paraformaldehyde as a whole-specimen fixative, to be carried as a dry powder to locations where formalin cannot be obtained. Simmons? Herpetological Collecting and Collections Management describes two major disadvantages of solid paraformaldehyde: 1) it is extremely alkaline in solution, to the point that it may cause specimens to clear, and 2) it does not dissolve readily and requires some effort and boiling water to form a solution of appropriate concentration for fixing specimens. The same work also details a 1989 protocol by Ehmann to mitigate these issues through addition of anhydrous sodium bicarbonate, a wetting agent, and citric acid powder. > > Can anybody vouch for Ehmann?s method or offer other tips or tricks for buffering and dissolving paraformaldehyde to ensure quality (fish) specimens? I doubt there is enough demand for any supplier to offer premixed, neutrally-buffered powders?but if you know of one, please let me know. > > Thanks in advance, > Dave > > David A. Boyd, MSc > Collections Manager, Ichthyology and Herpetology > Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science > 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 > (225) 681-0456 > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 (775) 687-4810 x229 [State Museum-CC-For Email] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Monaghan, Nigel Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:01 AM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit WARNING - This email originated from outside the State of Nevada. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Andy We ban 'internal loan' as a concept within our museum on the basis that the collections do not belong to departments or curators but to the institution as a whole. Discussion takes place between curators to agree suitable exhibits, conservators advise, and we simply update 'current location' in the database. Nigel Mr Nigel T. Monaghan, c/o National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND Mr Nigel T. Monaghan National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Merrion Street Dublin D02 F627 Ireland ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Bentley, Andrew Charles > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:50:00 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit External Sender: This is an external email which originated outside of NMI. Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or responding to requests for information. When in doubt, contact IT helpdesk. Hi all I am interested in anyone who may be able to share policies from your organization that govern "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit purposes in your institution. We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. Thanks in advance, Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V [Ireland] ________________________________ The information in this email and any files transmitted with it is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please let the sender know and delete all copies from your computer systems. We do not guarantee that this material is free from viruses or any other defects although we have taken due care to minimise the risk. 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The reason we have a policy for doing internal loan invoices for use of collection objects on campus is to keep track of the objects. Over the years, too many objects used in offices or reception areas have simply disappeared during renovations, retirement of administrators, and so forth. All of the internal loans are for no more than 12 months and are renewable, and that means we check the objects once each year to make sure they are still in place and in good condition. We adhere to the same standards for office display as museum display, which means we also check light levels (and sometimes temperature and humidity) in the areas where the objects are to be exhibited before the loan is approved. Having the signature of the borrower (e.g., the office occupant) on the loan form, renewed each year, makes a very good check on where the object is. Given the size and complexity of the collection-holding divisions and the exhibitions at the Biodiversity Institute, I think internal loan invoices is a must for you. That signature on the loan invoice holds the borrower accountable for the object, and the documentation is good insurance against loss or misplacement of the object. Our internal loan form is essentially the same as for an external loan, including the conditions on the invoice. As our mutual friend Sally Shelton says, "Exhibition is just another form of storage." --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 11:50?AM Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: > Hi all > > > > I am interested in anyone who may be able to share policies from your > organization that govern ?internal loan? of specimens for exhibit purposes > in your institution. We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit > which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those > specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Andy > > > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > V V V > Andy Bentley > Ichthyology Collection Manager > University of Kansas > Biodiversity Institute > > Dyche Hall > 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard > Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 > USA > > Tel: (785) 864-3863 > Fax: (785) 864-5335 > Email: abentley at ku.edu > > ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 > > http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > V V V > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? Best, Catherine Catherine M. Early, PhD *she/her/hers* Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology cearly at smm.org https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make lives better, and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and equity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu Thu May 11 15:37:00 2023 From: cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu (Opitz, Cindy E) Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 19:37:00 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit In-Reply-To: References: <22CA0DEE-1294-439A-AA03-74CAB0031F72@ku.edu> Message-ID: We loan materials from the collection department to the exhibition department and education department. Having a loan form for these uses of specimens helps with tracking specimen locations as well as specimen use. Cindy Opitz (she/her) Director of Research Collections Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program The University of Iowa 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Office: 319.335.0481 cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D98416.0B602EA0] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Monaghan, Nigel Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 12:01 PM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit Andy We ban 'internal loan' as a concept within our museum on the basis that the collections do not belong to departments or curators but to the institution as a whole. Discussion takes place between curators to agree suitable exhibits, conservators advise, and we simply update 'current location' in the database. Nigel Mr Nigel T. Monaghan, c/o National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND Mr Nigel T. Monaghan National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Merrion Street Dublin D02 F627 Ireland ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Bentley, Andrew Charles > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:50:00 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit External Sender: This is an external email which originated outside of NMI. Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or responding to requests for information. When in doubt, contact IT helpdesk. Hi all I am interested in anyone who may be able to share policies from your organization that govern "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit purposes in your institution. We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. 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That's how we often print labels for our specimens. (We use EMu for our collections database, but we like to modify our printed labels in ways that are far too idiosyncratic to be easily generated by EMu and Crystal Reports.) Best, Tom Thomas J. Trombone | Data Manager | Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th Street | New York, NY 10024-5192 (212) 313-7783 | trombone at amnh.org | http://www.amnh.org/our-research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Catherine Early (she/her) Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:35 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags EXTERNAL SENDER Hi all, We are preparing for a digitization project where we will associate field data with specimens that do not currently have data tags, just field numbers. Because the field notes are idiosyncratic and not in a standardized format, we (staff) will be entering the specimen's data directly into our database rather than photographing standard format data tags that can be easily transcribed by volunteers into a database. After the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data tags to attach to each specimen. I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? Best, Catherine [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wD9JXWFLGfFGcjNPg9ybTqLuzHoh9SsWwN0epasNsoagFJsUsqboDVGj5yunC50y06p5F7S5Y] Catherine M. Early, PhD she/her/hers Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology cearly at smm.org https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make lives better, and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and equity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alisonhh at umich.edu Thu May 11 15:52:41 2023 From: alisonhh at umich.edu (Alison H. Harrington) Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 15:52:41 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Catherine, To second Tom, I had the same question and reached out to some other herbarium colleagues. The overwhelming answer I got was also to use the MailMerge function in Microsoft. There are some decent tutorials on it and it is pretty flexible in terms of formatting. We use Specify as the database of record and although it has a label generation function, that function seems to have broken before I started my position and I've never used it. Mailmerge has a couple of minor quirks but it is a broadly used tool so there are many answered questions online. best, Alison -- *Alison H. Harrington, PhD* *Research Collections Manager | Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes* University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) | Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive #1042 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at UM (CZEUM) | czeum.herb.lsa.umich.edu alisonhh at umich.edu | 734.936.8028 On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:46?PM Thomas J Trombone wrote: > Hi Catherine, > > > > Do you have access to Microsoft Office, and if so, have you considered > using the mail merge functionality in Word to link a template document to > an Excel spreadsheet containing your specimen data? That?s how we often > print labels for our specimens. (We use EMu for our collections database, > but we like to modify our printed labels in ways that are far too > idiosyncratic to be easily generated by EMu and Crystal Reports.) > > > > Best, > > Tom > > > > Thomas J. Trombone | Data Manager | Department of Ornithology > > American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th Street | New > York, NY 10024-5192 > > (212) 313-7783 | trombone at amnh.org | > http://www.amnh.org/our-research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Catherine > Early (she/her) > *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:35 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags > > > > *EXTERNAL SENDER* > > > > Hi all, > > > > We are preparing for a digitization project where we will associate field > data with specimens that do not currently have data tags, just field > numbers. Because the field notes are idiosyncratic and not in a > standardized format, we (staff) will be entering the specimen's data > directly into our database rather than photographing standard format data > tags that can be easily transcribed by volunteers into a database. After > the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data > tags to attach to each specimen. > > > > I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen > database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any > time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template > with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would > have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once > that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make > sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? > > > > Best, > > Catherine > > > > *Catherine M. Early, PhD* > > *she/her/hers* > > Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology > > cearly at smm.org > > https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home > > > > > > We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make > lives better, > and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and > equity. > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After > the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data > tags to attach to each specimen. > > I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen > database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any > time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template > with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would > have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once > that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make > sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? > > Best, > Catherine > > > Catherine M. Early, PhD > > *she/her/hers* > > Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology > > cearly at smm.org > > https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home > > > > > We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make > lives better, > and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and > equity. > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katelin.d.pearson24 at gmail.com Thu May 11 15:58:12 2023 From: katelin.d.pearson24 at gmail.com (Katelin Pearson) Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 12:58:12 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Catherine, Have you considered using a Symbiota portal? You can import data via a CSV file, and they have pretty customizable label-printing functions, depending on what exactly you want: https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/editor/label/ You might reach out to someone at the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas ( https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/atlas/) to see if they'd create a collection profile for you. If not, you could always make a collection in the Consortium of Small Vertebrate Collections portal ( https://csvcoll.org/portal/). Best, ~Katie On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 12:53?PM Alison H. Harrington wrote: > Hi Catherine, > > To second Tom, I had the same question and reached out to some other > herbarium colleagues. The overwhelming answer I got was also to use the > MailMerge function in Microsoft. There are some decent tutorials on it and > it is pretty flexible in terms of formatting. We use Specify as the > database of record and although it has a label generation function, that > function seems to have broken before I started my position and I've never > used it. > > Mailmerge has a couple of minor quirks but it is a broadly used tool so > there are many answered questions online. > > best, > Alison > > -- > *Alison H. Harrington, PhD* > *Research Collections Manager | Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes* > University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) | Research Museums Center > 3600 Varsity Drive #1042 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 > Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at UM (CZEUM) | czeum.herb.lsa.umich.edu > alisonhh at umich.edu | 734.936.8028 > > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:46?PM Thomas J Trombone > wrote: > >> Hi Catherine, >> >> >> >> Do you have access to Microsoft Office, and if so, have you considered >> using the mail merge functionality in Word to link a template document to >> an Excel spreadsheet containing your specimen data? That?s how we often >> print labels for our specimens. (We use EMu for our collections database, >> but we like to modify our printed labels in ways that are far too >> idiosyncratic to be easily generated by EMu and Crystal Reports.) >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> Thomas J. Trombone | Data Manager | Department of Ornithology >> >> American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th Street | >> New York, NY 10024-5192 >> >> (212) 313-7783 | trombone at amnh.org | >> http://www.amnh.org/our-research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology >> >> >> >> *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Catherine >> Early (she/her) >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:35 PM >> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags >> >> >> >> *EXTERNAL SENDER* >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> We are preparing for a digitization project where we will associate field >> data with specimens that do not currently have data tags, just field >> numbers. Because the field notes are idiosyncratic and not in a >> standardized format, we (staff) will be entering the specimen's data >> directly into our database rather than photographing standard format data >> tags that can be easily transcribed by volunteers into a database. After >> the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data >> tags to attach to each specimen. >> >> >> >> I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen >> database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any >> time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template >> with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would >> have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once >> that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make >> sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Catherine >> >> >> >> *Catherine M. Early, PhD* >> >> *she/her/hers* >> >> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology >> >> cearly at smm.org >> >> https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home >> >> >> >> >> >> We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make >> lives better, >> and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and >> equity. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> society. 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Thanks, Carla On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:13?AM Dirk Neumann wrote: > Dear NHColl community, > > one of its members made the SPNHC Legs & Regs Committee aware of the > following change of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2) Requirements of the > European Union: > > Required key information *for all shipments* *to the EU *allow import *effective > from 1 March 2023* > > - the *EORI number* *of the RECIPIENT - *this is the* customs > identifications number of the Recipient *in the EU / Schengen Area > (termed > - the *correct customs tariff Code* (HS) of the Harmonized System - > minimum are the first six digits classifying goods; our codes are: > - 9705 10 00 - man-made *archaeological, ethnographic or historical > museum artefacts* > - 9705 21 00 - human specimens and parts thereof, i.e. specimens in > / samples from *anthropological collections* > - 9705 22 00* - **zoological or botanical s*pecimens and/or parts > of * extinct or endangered species, *e.g. *specimens / samples > falling under CITES *or under national conservation laws > - *9705 29 00 - all other zoological, botanical, mineralogical, > anatomical or palaeontological specimens that are not categorised as > 'extinct' or 'endangered'* > - full and accurate goods description, i.e. > - What is it? - *preserved museum objects* > - What is it made of ? - *dried preserved insects / formalin fixed > fish / ethanol preserved tissue samples of frogs / macerated dry preserved > sheep bones / marine worms embedded on microslides*, etc. > - What is it intended for?* loaned/transferred/exchanged* for > Biodiversity/Taxonomic/Molecular/Phylogenetic/Anthropological/Archaeozoological/Palaeontological > *Research* > > This requires that all > > - *European researchers* submit their institutional EORI number to > the respective institutions *with their loan request* > - *All collection staff outside the EU* (and Norway, Switzerland and > Northern Ireland) *request the EORI* > * before sending specimens * > > > *Avoid* issuing/adding/sending *Commercial Invoices* - this implies you > are sending commercial goods that are traded as samples (which will be > taxed) > > Avoid issuing/adding/sending Manufactorer's Declarations - this implies > you are a commercial manufacturer and your shipment contains manufactured > (commercial) goods (that are or can be traded) > > > In Principle nothing new - All those following NHCOll closely or that have > participated at the SPNHC/CETAF/DNFS Shipping Workshops should be familiar. > > > With best wishes > > Dirk > > > Further information can be found here: > > The EU: link > > > https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html > > > https://www.ups.com/de/en/supplychain/insights/news-and-market-updates/import-control-system-2.page > ? > > (no the most useful compilation - note that Northern Ireland is covered > but not mentioned on the DHL Express website) > > > https://mydhl.express.dhl/us/en/help-and-support/customs-clearance-advice/customs-regulatory-updates/europe.html > > > -- > > ****** > > > > *Dirk Neumann* > > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > > > Postal address: > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > > of Biodiversity Change > > Dirk Neumann > > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > > 20146 Hamburg > +49 40 238 317 ? 628 > > *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de * > > www.leibniz-lib.de > > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -- Carla Cicero, Ph.D Staff Curator of Birds Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3160 TEL: (510) 642-7868 FAX: (510) 643-8238 http://mvz.berkeley.edu https://carlacicero.net http://vertnet.org https://arctosdb.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_collections http://americanornithology.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kabaum at umich.edu Thu May 11 16:38:06 2023 From: kabaum at umich.edu (Aly Baumgartner) Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:38:06 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Effective 1 March 2023: Important changes for specimen transfers to Europe, including Schengen Countries Norway, Switzerland and Northern Ireland In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good luck Carla, I'm also trying to sort this out. The most useful bit of information I've found regarding shipping to Norway and Switzerland is in the footnotes on the FedEx website: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html *"**Please note VAT registered businesses must obtain EORI numbers. Depending on applicable country or territory regulations, private individuals may need an EORI number to ship or receive packages. In Norway this is referred to as Organization number and Switzerland refer to this as Unique Identification number."* It is therefore my understanding that the VAT number is not the same as the Organization Number. If anyone has more information I would be happy to learn more as well! On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 4:28?PM Carla Cicero wrote: > Hi Dirk et al. - I'm trying to send some bird tissue samples to Norway and > want to confirm about the EORI number for shipments to that country. Your > email says that an EORI number is needed for Norway, but this site > > says Norway doesn't use an EORI number. My collaborator provided a VAT > number instead. Can you or someone else confirm if a EORI number is > required for shipments to Norway? > > Thanks, > Carla > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:13?AM Dirk Neumann > wrote: > >> Dear NHColl community, >> >> one of its members made the SPNHC Legs & Regs Committee aware of the >> following change of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2) Requirements of the >> European Union: >> >> Required key information *for all shipments* *to the EU *allow import *effective >> from 1 March 2023* >> >> - the *EORI number* *of the RECIPIENT - *this is the* customs >> identifications number of the Recipient *in the EU / Schengen Area >> (termed >> - the *correct customs tariff Code* (HS) of the Harmonized System - >> minimum are the first six digits classifying goods; our codes are: >> - 9705 10 00 - man-made *archaeological, ethnographic or >> historical museum artefacts* >> - 9705 21 00 - human specimens and parts thereof, i.e. specimens >> in / samples from *anthropological collections* >> - 9705 22 00* - **zoological or botanical s*pecimens and/or parts >> of * extinct or endangered species, *e.g. *specimens / samples >> falling under CITES *or under national conservation laws >> - *9705 29 00 - all other zoological, botanical, mineralogical, >> anatomical or palaeontological specimens that are not categorised as >> 'extinct' or 'endangered'* >> - full and accurate goods description, i.e. >> - What is it? - *preserved museum objects* >> - What is it made of ? - *dried preserved insects / formalin fixed >> fish / ethanol preserved tissue samples of frogs / macerated dry preserved >> sheep bones / marine worms embedded on microslides*, etc. >> - What is it intended for?* loaned/transferred/exchanged* for >> Biodiversity/Taxonomic/Molecular/Phylogenetic/Anthropological/Archaeozoological/Palaeontological >> *Research* >> >> This requires that all >> >> - *European researchers* submit their institutional EORI number to >> the respective institutions *with their loan request* >> - *All collection staff outside the EU* (and Norway, Switzerland and >> Northern Ireland) *request the EORI* >> * before sending specimens * >> >> >> *Avoid* issuing/adding/sending *Commercial Invoices* - this implies you >> are sending commercial goods that are traded as samples (which will be >> taxed) >> >> Avoid issuing/adding/sending Manufactorer's Declarations - this implies >> you are a commercial manufacturer and your shipment contains manufactured >> (commercial) goods (that are or can be traded) >> >> >> In Principle nothing new - All those following NHCOll closely or that >> have participated at the SPNHC/CETAF/DNFS Shipping Workshops should be >> familiar. >> >> >> With best wishes >> >> Dirk >> >> >> Further information can be found here: >> >> The EU: link >> >> >> https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html >> >> >> https://www.ups.com/de/en/supplychain/insights/news-and-market-updates/import-control-system-2.page >> ? >> >> (no the most useful compilation - note that Northern Ireland is covered >> but not mentioned on the DHL Express website) >> >> >> https://mydhl.express.dhl/us/en/help-and-support/customs-clearance-advice/customs-regulatory-updates/europe.html >> >> >> -- >> >> ****** >> >> >> >> *Dirk Neumann* >> >> Collection Manager, Hamburg >> >> >> >> Postal address: >> >> *Museum of Nature Hamburg* >> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis >> >> of Biodiversity Change >> >> Dirk Neumann >> >> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 >> >> 20146 Hamburg >> +49 40 238 317 ? 628 >> >> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de * >> >> www.leibniz-lib.de >> >> >> >> -- >> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >> >> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >> Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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At the Yale Peabody Museum, we've implemented the policy that every time an object/specimen is going on exhibit or coming back (both internally within YPM or on loan either to Yale or external) it gets a condition report. It is a great way to monitor the object, see if it needs work, check if it has specific requirements of lighting, temperature and relative humidity, or realize if it gets damaged during exhibition. This is very valuable information for documentation purposes but also for future research of the items in question. Best, Mariana Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC Secretary/Communications APOYOnline On Thu, May 11, 2023, 15:37 Opitz, Cindy E wrote: > We loan materials from the collection department to the exhibition > department and education department. Having a loan form for these uses of > specimens helps with tracking specimen locations as well as specimen use. > > > > *Cindy Opitz *(she/her) > Director of Research Collections > > Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum > > Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program > > The University of Iowa > 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 > Office: 319.335.0481 > > cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu > *mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu > * > > > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Monaghan, > Nigel > *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2023 12:01 PM > *To:* Bentley, Andrew Charles ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Policies regarding "internal loan" > of specimens for exhibit > > > > Andy > > > > We ban ?internal loan? as a concept within our museum on the basis that > the collections do not belong to departments or curators but to the > institution as a whole. Discussion takes place between curators to agree > suitable exhibits, conservators advise, and we simply update ?current > location? in the database. > > > > Nigel > > > > Mr Nigel T. Monaghan, > > c/o National Museum of Ireland, > > Merrion Street, > > Dublin 2, > > IRELAND > > > > > > Mr Nigel T. Monaghan > > National Museum of Ireland - Natural History > > Merrion Street > > Dublin D02 F627 > > Ireland > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of > Bentley, Andrew Charles > *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:50:00 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [External] [Nhcoll-l] Policies regarding "internal loan" of > specimens for exhibit > > > > *External Sender:* This is an external email which originated outside of > NMI. Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or > responding to requests for information. 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We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit > which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those > specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Andy > > > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > V V V > Andy Bentley > Ichthyology Collection Manager > University of Kansas > Biodiversity Institute > > Dyche Hall > 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard > Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 > USA > > Tel: (785) 864-3863 > Fax: (785) 864-5335 > Email: abentley at ku.edu > > ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 > > http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu > > A : A : A : > }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> > V V V > > > > [image: Ireland] > > ------------------------------ > > The information in this email and any files transmitted with it is > confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended solely for > the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. 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On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 1:38?PM Aly Baumgartner wrote: > Good luck Carla, I'm also trying to sort this out. > > The most useful bit of information I've found regarding shipping to Norway > and Switzerland is in the footnotes on the FedEx website: > https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html > > *"**Please note VAT registered businesses must obtain EORI numbers. > Depending on applicable country or territory regulations, private > individuals may need an EORI number to ship or receive packages. In Norway > this is referred to as Organization number and Switzerland refer to this as > Unique Identification number."* > > It is therefore my understanding that the VAT number is not the same as > the Organization Number. > > If anyone has more information I would be happy to learn more as well! > > > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 4:28?PM Carla Cicero wrote: > >> Hi Dirk et al. - I'm trying to send some bird tissue samples to Norway >> and want to confirm about the EORI number for shipments to that country. >> Your email says that an EORI number is needed for Norway, but this site >> >> says Norway doesn't use an EORI number. My collaborator provided a VAT >> number instead. Can you or someone else confirm if a EORI number is >> required for shipments to Norway? >> >> Thanks, >> Carla >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:13?AM Dirk Neumann >> wrote: >> >>> Dear NHColl community, >>> >>> one of its members made the SPNHC Legs & Regs Committee aware of the >>> following change of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2) Requirements of the >>> European Union: >>> >>> Required key information *for all shipments* *to the EU *allow import *effective >>> from 1 March 2023* >>> >>> - the *EORI number* *of the RECIPIENT - *this is the* customs >>> identifications number of the Recipient *in the EU / Schengen Area >>> (termed >>> - the *correct customs tariff Code* (HS) of the Harmonized System - >>> minimum are the first six digits classifying goods; our codes are: >>> - 9705 10 00 - man-made *archaeological, ethnographic or >>> historical museum artefacts* >>> - 9705 21 00 - human specimens and parts thereof, i.e. specimens >>> in / samples from *anthropological collections* >>> - 9705 22 00* - **zoological or botanical s*pecimens and/or parts >>> of * extinct or endangered species, *e.g. *specimens / samples >>> falling under CITES *or under national conservation laws >>> - *9705 29 00 - all other zoological, botanical, mineralogical, >>> anatomical or palaeontological specimens that are not categorised as >>> 'extinct' or 'endangered'* >>> - full and accurate goods description, i.e. >>> - What is it? - *preserved museum objects* >>> - What is it made of ? - *dried preserved insects / formalin >>> fixed fish / ethanol preserved tissue samples of frogs / macerated dry >>> preserved sheep bones / marine worms embedded on microslides*, >>> etc. >>> - What is it intended for?* loaned/transferred/exchanged* for >>> Biodiversity/Taxonomic/Molecular/Phylogenetic/Anthropological/Archaeozoological/Palaeontological >>> *Research* >>> >>> This requires that all >>> >>> - *European researchers* submit their institutional EORI number to >>> the respective institutions *with their loan request* >>> - *All collection staff outside the EU* (and Norway, Switzerland and >>> Northern Ireland) *request the EORI* >>> * before sending specimens * >>> >>> >>> *Avoid* issuing/adding/sending *Commercial Invoices* - this implies you >>> are sending commercial goods that are traded as samples (which will be >>> taxed) >>> >>> Avoid issuing/adding/sending Manufactorer's Declarations - this implies >>> you are a commercial manufacturer and your shipment contains manufactured >>> (commercial) goods (that are or can be traded) >>> >>> >>> In Principle nothing new - All those following NHCOll closely or that >>> have participated at the SPNHC/CETAF/DNFS Shipping Workshops should be >>> familiar. >>> >>> >>> With best wishes >>> >>> Dirk >>> >>> >>> Further information can be found here: >>> >>> The EU: link >>> >>> >>> https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html >>> >>> >>> https://www.ups.com/de/en/supplychain/insights/news-and-market-updates/import-control-system-2.page >>> ? >>> >>> (no the most useful compilation - note that Northern Ireland is covered >>> but not mentioned on the DHL Express website) >>> >>> >>> https://mydhl.express.dhl/us/en/help-and-support/customs-clearance-advice/customs-regulatory-updates/europe.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ****** >>> >>> >>> >>> *Dirk Neumann* >>> >>> Collection Manager, Hamburg >>> >>> >>> >>> Postal address: >>> >>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg* >>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis >>> >>> of Biodiversity Change >>> >>> Dirk Neumann >>> >>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 >>> >>> 20146 Hamburg >>> +49 40 238 317 ? 628 >>> >>> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de * >>> >>> www.leibniz-lib.de >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >>> >>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >>> >>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Cathy Catharine Hawks Conservator Collections Program MRC 170 Rm M85-J National Museum of Natural History 10th Street & Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20560 w 202.633.0835 or 4041 c 703 200 4370 hawksc at si.edu SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Facebook | Twitter | Instagram From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Mariana Di Giacomo Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 6:39 PM To: Opitz, Cindy E Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit External Email - Exercise Caution Hi Andy, I'm not going to comment on the collections management/registrarial side of things because I'm not the appropriate person to do so and you already have great responses, but I'll say a small thing from the conservation standpoint. At the Yale Peabody Museum, we've implemented the policy that every time an object/specimen is going on exhibit or coming back (both internally within YPM or on loan either to Yale or external) it gets a condition report. It is a great way to monitor the object, see if it needs work, check if it has specific requirements of lighting, temperature and relative humidity, or realize if it gets damaged during exhibition. This is very valuable information for documentation purposes but also for future research of the items in question. Best, Mariana Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC Secretary/Communications APOYOnline On Thu, May 11, 2023, 15:37 Opitz, Cindy E > wrote: We loan materials from the collection department to the exhibition department and education department. Having a loan form for these uses of specimens helps with tracking specimen locations as well as specimen use. Cindy Opitz (she/her) Director of Research Collections Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program The University of Iowa 11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Office: 319.335.0481 cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu mnh.uiowa.edu, oldcap.uiowa.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D98416.0B602EA0] From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Monaghan, Nigel Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 12:01 PM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles >; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit Andy We ban 'internal loan' as a concept within our museum on the basis that the collections do not belong to departments or curators but to the institution as a whole. Discussion takes place between curators to agree suitable exhibits, conservators advise, and we simply update 'current location' in the database. Nigel Mr Nigel T. Monaghan, c/o National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND Mr Nigel T. Monaghan National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Merrion Street Dublin D02 F627 Ireland ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Bentley, Andrew Charles > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:50:00 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Policies regarding "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit External Sender: This is an external email which originated outside of NMI. Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or responding to requests for information. When in doubt, contact IT helpdesk. Hi all I am interested in anyone who may be able to share policies from your organization that govern "internal loan" of specimens for exhibit purposes in your institution. We are increasingly seeing more material on exhibit which is a positive step but need to formalize our process of making those specimens available and the conditions associated with their display. 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Many thanks, Kind regards Andrew From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list On Behalf Of Lu Allington-Jones Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2023 12:32 PM To: NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: ALLANOL/EXTERNAL - SPPC 2023 - Call for abstracts Hi everyone, This is a 1 month reminder for the call for abstracts for the 2023 Symposium on Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation which will be held on 6th September 2023 at the University of Lincoln, UK #SPPC2023 will take place at the Minerva Building, Lincoln UK, in conjunction with the Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. Platform presentations will take place in the morning, with time during tea break and lunch for delegates to view posters. Abstracts will be considered on any topic of earth science conservation or preparation - including all work undertaken to prepare palaeontological, mineralogical or other geological material for research, teaching, storage, display, etc. We are planning to have a virtual element for people who cannot attend in person. Presentations from previous years can be viewed at https://www.geocurator.org/events/102-sppc/previous-years-of-sppc. For further details of #SPPC2023 as they become available, please check https://www.svpca.org/. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words plus one image, and submitted to sppc at geocurator.org before 5pm, 15th June 2023. Please state if the abstract is for a poster or platform presentation. 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Thanks, Carole Carole Baldwin Curator of Fishes & Chair Department of Vertebrate Zoology w 202.633.1205 c 571.228.5352 baldwinc at si.edu SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ________________________________ From: Mayo, Michelle > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 9:34 AM To: Parenti, Lynne >; Baldwin, Carole > Cc: Johnson, Rebecca N. >; Wiswall, Wendy >; Wong, Chun-Hsi >; Coates, Cicely >; Johnson, Jolene > Subject: USAJOB posting Supvry Mus Spec (Zool), GS-1016-12 Org Only Good morning all, The announcement for the GS-12 Supervisory Museum Specialist (Fishes Collections Manager) will open tomorrow, 5/16/23, and will close on 5/30/23. Link to the announcement on USAJOBS is provided below: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/725741300 Please ensure employees in your department are aware. 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If not, you could always make a collection in > the Consortium of Small Vertebrate Collections portal ( > https://csvcoll.org/portal/). > > Best, > ~Katie > > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 12:53?PM Alison H. Harrington > wrote: > >> Hi Catherine, >> >> To second Tom, I had the same question and reached out to some other >> herbarium colleagues. The overwhelming answer I got was also to use the >> MailMerge function in Microsoft. There are some decent tutorials on it and >> it is pretty flexible in terms of formatting. We use Specify as the >> database of record and although it has a label generation function, that >> function seems to have broken before I started my position and I've never >> used it. >> >> Mailmerge has a couple of minor quirks but it is a broadly used tool so >> there are many answered questions online. >> >> best, >> Alison >> >> -- >> *Alison H. Harrington, PhD* >> *Research Collections Manager | Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes* >> University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) | Research Museums Center >> 3600 Varsity Drive #1042 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 >> >> Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at UM (CZEUM) | czeum.herb.lsa.umich.edu >> alisonhh at umich.edu | 734.936.8028 >> >> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:46?PM Thomas J Trombone >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Catherine, >>> >>> >>> >>> Do you have access to Microsoft Office, and if so, have you considered >>> using the mail merge functionality in Word to link a template document to >>> an Excel spreadsheet containing your specimen data? That?s how we often >>> print labels for our specimens. (We use EMu for our collections database, >>> but we like to modify our printed labels in ways that are far too >>> idiosyncratic to be easily generated by EMu and Crystal Reports.) >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> Thomas J. Trombone | Data Manager | Department of Ornithology >>> >>> American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th Street | >>> New York, NY 10024-5192 >>> >>> (212) 313-7783 | trombone at amnh.org | >>> http://www.amnh.org/our-research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Catherine >>> Early (she/her) >>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:35 PM >>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags >>> >>> >>> >>> *EXTERNAL SENDER* >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> We are preparing for a digitization project where we will associate >>> field data with specimens that do not currently have data tags, just field >>> numbers. Because the field notes are idiosyncratic and not in a >>> standardized format, we (staff) will be entering the specimen's data >>> directly into our database rather than photographing standard format data >>> tags that can be easily transcribed by volunteers into a database. After >>> the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data >>> tags to attach to each specimen. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen >>> database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any >>> time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template >>> with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would >>> have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once >>> that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make >>> sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Catherine >>> >>> >>> >>> *Catherine M. Early, PhD* >>> >>> *she/her/hers* >>> >>> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology >>> >>> cearly at smm.org >>> >>> https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make >>> lives better, >>> and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and >>> equity. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >> > > > -- > Katie D. Pearson > Project & Data Manager > Symbiota Support Hub, iDigBio > Arizona State University > -- Best, Catherine Catherine M. 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This position will serve as application administrator for the museum?s collections databases (EMu, Arctos, Symbiota/SCAN, digital asset management system), working to configure, maintain, test, and integrate systems while serving as the collections team liaison to the IT department. This position will provide user support to the collections team and other museum users of these systems, including troubleshooting, training, supporting collections staff in data normalization, creating custom reports/ imports/exports, and acting as liaison to outside software vendors. Continued digitization of the collections is a museum priority and this position will play an integral part in planning and implementing digitization projects. We?re looking for a highly motivated team-player, passionate about museum collections and who understands the importance of providing access to collections metadata and digital assets. 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I?m at the C*Sci 2023 conference now to May 23, SPNHC during the week of May 29, and Digital Data for Biodiversity Research during the week of June 5, in case you are also attending one of those and would like to meet to talk about this opportunity in person. Thanks! Austin iDigBio Citizen Science Manager Job Ad Department of Biological Science | Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA We invite applications for a part-time position managing the citizen science activities of iDigBio?s domain focused on Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science. iDigBio (www.idigbio.org ) is in its 12th year as the National Science Foundation?s National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections. Biodiversity collections curate insects on pins, fish in jars, fossils in drawers, plants on sheets, and many other types of specimens. There are estimated to be over a billion biodiversity specimens in US collections, and ?digitization? of them involves the digital representation of the specimens in databases, digital media, datasets, maps, etc. These digital data are critical to understanding the historical distribution and diversity of Earth?s biota, conserving and utilizing the current biota, and planning for a prosperous and sustainable future. A major deliverable to be supported by this position is the twice-annual, four-day Worldwide Engagement for Biodiversity Collections (WeDigBio) event. WeDigBio (www.wedigbio.org ) is a global data creation campaign now in its 8th year. Local event hosts, the WeDigBio board, WeDigBio working groups, and other volunteers create and manage resources that layer meaning on the core data creation activities through research talks, behind-the-scenes tours, lesson plans, games, and more. In recent years, the WeDigBio board has organized an online symposium during events (e.g., the 2023 symposium entitled ?WeDigBio?s Why Dig Bio?Major Motivations Across Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity?), and collections have organized online tours (e.g., the 2023 ?Whirlwind Tour of California Herbaria?). This position will manage existing resources and, importantly, co-develop new resources, such as an event that brings the excitement of a science festival to a virtual space and career advice opportunities with major figures in the field. The position will also contribute to reporting activities to the National Science Foundation and to delivery of the course ?Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections? offered through the Digitization Academy (www.digitizationacademy.org ). Other activities could involve the co-development of workshop/conference events, protocols/standards/best practices, reports/papers, and newsletter/website content that advance public participation in the digitization of biodiversity. Job Requirements: We are looking for an applicant who has demonstrated success with, and passion for, citizen science (circumscribed widely to include ?participatory science?, ?community science?, and similar) and who has demonstrated strengths in the following proficiencies in research, outreach, and/or educational settings: (1) teamwork, (2) self-motivation, (3) written communication, (4) oral communication, (5) creativity and innovation, (6) critical thinking, (7) problem-solving, (8) organization, (9) attention to detail, and (10) management. Design skills are desirable but not required. Details: The position is part-time (up to 50%) with an hourly rate of $25?$35 commensurate with experience. We seek to hire someone in the position who can start on or before September 1, 2023, but please talk to us if interested but would not be available until later. We will begin considering applicants on June 20 and will continue until the position has been filled. The position can be performed remotely or on campus. A background check will be required, and applicants must be eligible for employment in the United States. Florida State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Application Process: Qualified applicants should send a cover letter briefly describing career goals and demonstrations of the proficiencies mentioned above, a resume, and the contact information for three references as a single pdf document to Austin Mast at amast at fsu.edu with the email subject as Citizen Science Position. Direct any questions to Austin via email. Note: iDigBio has traditionally recognized its activities in this area as ?Citizen Science?, but it is possible that the preferred term will change in the near future. This term is intended to be an umbrella term encompassing what has also been described with the terms ?Community Science?, ?Co-Created Science?, ?Participatory Science?, and more. What are being referenced are activities that broaden and, especially, deepen science engagement across historical boundaries to deliver high-value knowledge (in this case around biodiversity) to have positive impacts on the world. Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? Florida State University ? Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 ? U.S.A. ? (850) 645-1500 ? Director ? Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication ? College of Communication and Information ? Florida State University ? amast at fsu.edu ? he/him -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This introductory webinar will introduce the concept of museum law and provide an overview of the most significant national (US) and international laws and regulations that apply to collecting for art, history, and natural history collections, and how these may impact the acquisition and accessioning of collection objects. A resource list will be provided. Email Webinar at MuseumStudy.com if you would like to register for the webinar -- Brad Bredehoft (he/him/his) CEO Museum Study, LLC www.MuseumStudy.com From PALMERL at si.edu Thu May 25 07:20:06 2023 From: PALMERL at si.edu (Palmer, Lisa) Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 11:20:06 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration 4712 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: fyi From: Caruso, Sarah Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 5:32 PM Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration 4712 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 1st -3rd, 2023, severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes occurred the state of Tennessee, causing severe damages which led to a major disaster declaration on May 17th. Public Assistance (which applies to eligible private nonprofits and government agencies) is available in 45 counties. Please see map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov. * Were any cultural institutions or arts organizations affected? If so, how? 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Rowsey, Ph.D.* (he/his) Vertebrate Collections Manager Portal Manager, Consortium of Small Vertebrate Collections Arizona State University Natural History Collections 734 W Alameda Dr. Tempe, AZ 85282 (480)727-5870 *I acknowledge that I reside and work on the ancestral territories of the Akimel O'odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa) Indian Communities and am grateful for their care of the Salt River Valley that enables me to live and work here.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org Thu May 25 15:55:41 2023 From: christopher.tacker at naturalsciences.org (Tacker, Christopher) Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 19:55:41 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] Identifying and removing sealant/varnish from fragile bone fragments In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Dakota, You can probably ID the sealant using Attenuated Total Reflectance infrared spectroscopy. The bone or fragment is held against a diamond for analysis. Or if you have just the sealant, you place the powder on the diamond. This is only good if you have an idea what was used originally so you can compare several samples with your unknown. The place to look at ASU for ATR IR is Materials Science, or maybe chemistry. Feel free to contact me directly if you need to. Cheers, Chris Tacker Chris Tacker, Ph.D., P.G. Research Curator of Geology North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 11 West Jones St. | Raleigh, NC 27601 Emails to and from this address are subject to NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dakota Rowsey Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2023 1:39:00 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [External] [Nhcoll-l] Identifying and removing sealant/varnish from fragile bone fragments CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless verified. Report suspicious emails with the Report Message button located on your Outlook menu bar on the Home tab. Hello, I am looking to safely remove varnish from an approximately 1 sq cm bone fragment without compromising the integrity of the bone itself. The fragment was collected in the 60s and has likely been unused since that time, so I suspect the varnish/sealant was applied shortly after the fragment was collected. I'm most interested in just dissolving the sealant but if doing so without compromising the bone requires identifying what kind of sealant was used, tips on identifying that would be appreciated. Sincerely, Dakota -- Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. (he/his) Vertebrate Collections Manager Portal Manager, Consortium of Small Vertebrate Collections Arizona State University Natural History Collections 734 W Alameda Dr. Tempe, AZ 85282 (480)727-5870 I acknowledge that I reside and work on the ancestral territories of the Akimel O'odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa) Indian Communities and am grateful for their care of the Salt River Valley that enables me to live and work here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Belinda.Bauer at tmag.tas.gov.au Thu May 25 19:25:16 2023 From: Belinda.Bauer at tmag.tas.gov.au (Bauer, Belinda) Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 23:25:16 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Bird eggs in ethanol Message-ID: Hello, I have a collection of frozen bird eggs that I need to catalogue and move out of the freezer. Many are from listed/ threatened species and important to keep but are damaged or crushed and not suitable for blowing. All still have some sort of contents, even a few that look to have small embryos. I was wondering if I could preserve these sorts of specimens in ethanol? I couldn't find any resources online about if ethanol has any long term implications on the shell, but I assume it would be ok. Do any other collections have bird eggs prepared in this way? Can I just inject a small amount of fluid into eggs that have hairline cracks to ensure fluid penetration? Kind regards Belinda Belinda Bauer | Collection Manager - Vertebrate Zoology Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Department of State Growth 19 Davey Street, Hobart TAS 7000 | GPO Box 1164, Hobart TAS 7001 Ph. (03) 6165 6899 | Mob 0438 170 831 Please Note: My current work pattern is Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simmons.johne at gmail.com Thu May 25 21:40:34 2023 From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons) Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 21:40:34 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Bird eggs in ethanol In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Belinda, Yes, you can preserve the eggs in ethanol as you have described. I have preserved bird eggs as well as reptile eggs this way and it works fine. My recommendation is to thaw the eggs in 70% ethanol so that preservation can begin as soon as the tissue is unfrozen, as this prevent bacterial growth. As the eggs thaw, inject 70% ethanol into the eggs as you describe, taking care not to over-fill them. After 24 hr, you should check the concentration of the alcohol in case the fluid from the eggs dilutes it. THe only potential negative effect the ethanol might have on the shell as it is possible it could dissolve some of the pigments, so take color photos of the eggs with a color standard in the frame as a reference. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 7:25?PM Bauer, Belinda < Belinda.Bauer at tmag.tas.gov.au> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have a collection of frozen bird eggs that I need to catalogue and move > out of the freezer. > > > > Many are from listed/ threatened species and important to keep but are > damaged or crushed and not suitable for blowing. > > All still have some sort of contents, even a few that look to have small > embryos. > > > > I was wondering if I could preserve these sorts of specimens in ethanol? > > I couldn?t find any resources online about if ethanol has any long term > implications on the shell, but I assume it would be ok. > > > > Do any other collections have bird eggs prepared in this way? Can I just > inject a small amount of fluid into eggs that have hairline cracks to > ensure fluid penetration? > > > > Kind regards > > Belinda > > > > *Belinda Bauer* | Collection Manager - Vertebrate Zoology > > > > Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Department of State Growth > > 19 Davey Street, Hobart TAS 7000 | GPO Box 1164, Hobart TAS 7001 > > Ph. (03) 6165 6899 | Mob 0438 170 831 > > > > Please Note: My current work pattern is Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays > > > > ------------------------------ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER > The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected > by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or > persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are > warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is > unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please > immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of > the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the > transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any > unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission. > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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After 24 hr, you should check the concentration of the alcohol in case the fluid from the eggs dilutes it. > > THe only potential negative effect the ethanol might have on the shell as it is possible it could dissolve some of the pigments, so take color photos of the eggs with a color standard in the frame as a reference. > > --John > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > and > Associate Curator of Collections > Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery > Penn State University > and > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > > > On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 7:25?PM Bauer, Belinda wrote: > Hello, > I have a collection of frozen bird eggs that I need to catalogue and move out of the freezer. > Many are from listed/ threatened species and important to keep but are damaged or crushed and not suitable for blowing. > All still have some sort of contents, even a few that look to have small embryos. > I was wondering if I could preserve these sorts of specimens in ethanol? > I couldn?t find any resources online about if ethanol has any long term implications on the shell, but I assume it would be ok. > Do any other collections have bird eggs prepared in this way? Can I just inject a small amount of fluid into eggs that have hairline cracks to ensure fluid penetration? > Kind regards > Belinda Belinda Bauer | Collection Manager - Vertebrate Zoology > Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Department of State Growth > 19 Davey Street, Hobart TAS 7000 | GPO Box 1164, Hobart TAS 7001 > Ph. (03) 6165 6899 | Mob 0438 170 831 > Please Note: My current work pattern is Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER > The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission. > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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From RMarchese at nedcc.org Fri May 26 15:04:55 2023 From: RMarchese at nedcc.org (Ryn Marchese) Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 19:04:55 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] California State-Funded Emergency Preparedness Assessments: Summer Info Sessions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you heard about the no-cost emergency preparedness assessments funded by the State of California? This summer, the "Ready?Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project team invites California-based cultural heritage organizations to join them for information sessions tailored to small organizations, tribal organizations, and organizations seeking to update their current disaster preparedness plan. These half-hour sessions summarize the state-funded project and explore ways to engage in emergency preparedness consultations. Secure your spot by registering in advance at nedcc.org/CAready. - Disaster Preparedness for Small Organizations: June 8th at 9:30-10:00 a.m. (PST) - Disaster Preparedness for Tribal Organizations: July 6th at 5:00-5:30 p.m. (PST) - Updating Your Disaster Plan: July 26th at 9:30-10:00 a.m. (PST) If you have additional questions, reach out to the team at CAready at nedcc.org. Ryn Marchese Marketing and Social Media Coordinator NEDCC | Northeast Document Conservation Center 100 Brickstone Square Andover, MA 01810 Andover Office: 978.470.1010 www.nedcc.org [cid:2d53344f-fecb-47ad-bdc6-fc57c9f805a2] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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By the time my internship was concluded in 2015, and based on the knowledge acquired, I developed an integral management plan for biological collections, which was suitable to apply to an investment fund at MNHNCL for 3 years, and finally awarded. In this project I had to coordinate a team of professionals to improve conservation and documentation of the specimens stored in this Department. Then, the museum made a call for the position of permanent Collections Manager of the Invertebrate Zoology Department and after my application, I was the selected one (2018). Since then, I have been working on collecting samples, documentation, preservation, storage and monitoring the Collections of Echinoderms, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Poriferans, Cnidarians, among others." Yu-Li Huang National Museum of Natural Science Taiwan "I am the assistant curator of the Mycology Division at the museum who has been working in the museum for 6 years. I was the collection manager of the mycological herbarium between 2017 and 2022. Currently, I am teaching and supervising the new collection manager about the general management of the fungal specimens and the herbarium environment. One of my major duties in the recent few years was to migrate our collection data from an outdated system to a newly designed museum collection system. The new system now incorporates data of all fungal specimens and the related photos, living cultures and DNA barcode. Additionally, I study the ecology of endophytic fungi in Taiwan as a part of my research. One of my recent projects is to study the fungal endophyte communities in the plant specimens in the herbarium, which I will be presenting in the SPNHC meeting this year." Thank you, Elise ______________________________ Elise V. LeCompte Registrar and Coord., Mus. Health and Safety Florida Museum of Natural History 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 TEL: 352-273-1925 FAX: 352-392-3698 Email: lecompte at flmnh.ufl.edu http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/ ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of nhcoll-l-request at mailman.yale.edu Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2023 7:20 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 132, Issue 13 [External Email] Send Nhcoll-l mailing list submissions to nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to nhcoll-l-request at mailman.yale.edu You can reach the person managing the list at nhcoll-l-owner at mailman.yale.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Nhcoll-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: software to automate database entries into tags (Catherine Early (she/her)) 2. Smithsonian seeks contractor (Huddleston, Chris) 3. Science Data Administrator position at Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Melissa Bechhoefer) 4. Search for part-time iDigBio Citizen Science Manager (Austin Mast) 5. Name Change: Slater Museum of Nat Hist now Puget Sound Museum of Natural History (Peter Wimberger) 6. Join Museum Study and John Simmons for the free webinar It?s the Law! An Introduction to Legal Issues for Collecting Objects (Brad Bredehoft) 7. FW: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration 4712 (Palmer, Lisa) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 10:37:42 -0500 From: "Catherine Early (she/her)" To: Katelin Pearson Cc: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I got the answers I needed, thanks to all who responded! Best, Catherine On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 2:58 PM Katelin Pearson < katelin.d.pearson24 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Catherine, > > Have you considered using a Symbiota portal? You can import data via a CSV > file, and they have pretty customizable label-printing functions, depending > on what exactly you want: > https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/editor/label/ > > You might reach out to someone at the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas ( > https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/atlas/) to see if they'd create a > collection profile for you. If not, you could always make a collection in > the Consortium of Small Vertebrate Collections portal ( > https://csvcoll.org/portal/). > > Best, > ~Katie > > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 12:53?PM Alison H. Harrington > wrote: > >> Hi Catherine, >> >> To second Tom, I had the same question and reached out to some other >> herbarium colleagues. The overwhelming answer I got was also to use the >> MailMerge function in Microsoft. There are some decent tutorials on it and >> it is pretty flexible in terms of formatting. We use Specify as the >> database of record and although it has a label generation function, that >> function seems to have broken before I started my position and I've never >> used it. >> >> Mailmerge has a couple of minor quirks but it is a broadly used tool so >> there are many answered questions online. >> >> best, >> Alison >> >> -- >> *Alison H. Harrington, PhD* >> *Research Collections Manager | Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes* >> University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) | Research Museums Center >> 3600 Varsity Drive #1042 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 >> > >> Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at UM (CZEUM) | czeum.herb.lsa.umich.edu >> alisonhh at umich.edu | 734.936.8028 >> >> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:46?PM Thomas J Trombone >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Catherine, >>> >>> >>> >>> Do you have access to Microsoft Office, and if so, have you considered >>> using the mail merge functionality in Word to link a template document to >>> an Excel spreadsheet containing your specimen data? That?s how we often >>> print labels for our specimens. (We use EMu for our collections database, >>> but we like to modify our printed labels in ways that are far too >>> idiosyncratic to be easily generated by EMu and Crystal Reports.) >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> Thomas J. Trombone | Data Manager | Department of Ornithology >>> >>> American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th Street | >>> New York, NY 10024-5192 >>> >>> (212) 313-7783 | trombone at amnh.org | >>> http://www.amnh.org/our-research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Catherine >>> Early (she/her) >>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:35 PM >>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] software to automate database entries into tags >>> >>> >>> >>> *EXTERNAL SENDER* >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> We are preparing for a digitization project where we will associate >>> field data with specimens that do not currently have data tags, just field >>> numbers. Because the field notes are idiosyncratic and not in a >>> standardized format, we (staff) will be entering the specimen's data >>> directly into our database rather than photographing standard format data >>> tags that can be easily transcribed by volunteers into a database. After >>> the data have been entered in the database, we would like to print data >>> tags to attach to each specimen. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm looking for a software program that can take a CSV from a specimen >>> database (we use Re:discovery and do not have the resources to switch any >>> time soon) and automatically populate the fields of a data tag template >>> with the appropriate information from the CSV. Obviously the user would >>> have to map the fields of the CSV to the field of the data tag, but once >>> that is done, it would be a simple importing step then checking to make >>> sure it worked. Does this kind of program exist already? >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Catherine >>> >>> >>> >>> *Catherine M. Early, PhD* >>> >>> *she/her/hers* >>> >>> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology >>> >>> cearly at smm.org >>> >>> https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make >>> lives better, >>> and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and >>> equity. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> society. 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Proposals will be accepted until 4:00 PM EDT, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Proposals will be reviewed based on best value for the money. Send proposals to Chris Huddleston via e-mail at huddlestonc at si.edu. Follow the format set forth in section VIII of the attached RFQ "Information to be submitted with quotes." There are no benefits, tax, or social security withholdings associated with this contract?this is not an offer of employment at the Smithsonian. The selected contractor and any sub-contractors must pass a background investigation before work can begin. All offerors must have an active SAM.gov registration to be considered. Please follow the helpful attached Smithsonian advice for registration. 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This position will serve as application administrator for the museum?s collections databases (EMu, Arctos, Symbiota/SCAN, digital asset management system), working to configure, maintain, test, and integrate systems while serving as the collections team liaison to the IT department. This position will provide user support to the collections team and other museum users of these systems, including troubleshooting, training, supporting collections staff in data normalization, creating custom reports/ imports/exports, and acting as liaison to outside software vendors. Continued digitization of the collections is a museum priority and this position will play an integral part in planning and implementing digitization projects. We?re looking for a highly motivated team-player, passionate about museum collections and who understands the importance of providing access to collections metadata and digital assets. See full posting and application instructions here: https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf01/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=DMNS&cws=38&rid=2059 Hiring Science Data Administrator, - Denver, CO> View job details and apply now phf.tbe.taleo.net Melissa Bechhoefer Director of Integrative Collections [DMNS 2 Line RGB small.jpg]> mailto:melissa.bechhoefer at dmns.org Work 303.370.6401 Denver Museum of Nature & Science 2001 Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80205 http://www.dmns.org/ [FacebookIcon (1)] [TwitterLogo] > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 18:11:19 +0000 From: Austin Mast To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Search for part-time iDigBio Citizen Science Manager Message-ID: <35F4CD9E-EF3F-4F6A-A3ED-0549C7503C28 at fsu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, everyone. Please consider passing this on to great prospective hires, if you aren?t yourself interested. I?m at the C*Sci 2023 conference now to May 23, SPNHC during the week of May 29, and Digital Data for Biodiversity Research during the week of June 5, in case you are also attending one of those and would like to meet to talk about this opportunity in person. Thanks! Austin iDigBio Citizen Science Manager Job Ad Department of Biological Science | Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA We invite applications for a part-time position managing the citizen science activities of iDigBio?s domain focused on Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science. iDigBio (http://www.idigbio.org/ >) is in its 12th year as the National Science Foundation?s National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections. Biodiversity collections curate insects on pins, fish in jars, fossils in drawers, plants on sheets, and many other types of specimens. There are estimated to be over a billion biodiversity specimens in US collections, and ?digitization? of them involves the digital representation of the specimens in databases, digital media, datasets, maps, etc. These digital data are critical to understanding the historical distribution and diversity of Earth?s biota, conserving and utilizing the current biota, and planning for a prosperous and sustainable future. A major deliverable to be supported by this position is the twice-annual, four-day Worldwide Engagement for Biodiversity Collections (WeDigBio) event. WeDigBio (http://www.wedigbio.org/ >) is a global data creation campaign now in its 8th year. Local event hosts, the WeDigBio board, WeDigBio working groups, and other volunteers create and manage resources that layer meaning on the core data creation activities through research talks, behind-the-scenes tours, lesson plans, games, and more. In recent years, the WeDigBio board has organized an online symposium during events (e.g., the 2023 symposium entitled ?WeDigBio?s Why Dig Bio?Major Motivations Across Scale for Digitizing Biodiversity?), and collections have organized online tours (e.g., the 2023 ?Whirlwind Tour of California Herbaria?). This position will manage existing resources and, importantly, co-develop new resources, such as an event that brings the excitement of a science festival to a virtual space an d career advice opportunities with major figures in the field. The position will also contribute to reporting activities to the National Science Foundation and to delivery of the course ?Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections? offered through the Digitization Academy (http://www.digitizationacademy.org/ >). Other activities could involve the co-development of workshop/conference events, protocols/standards/best practices, reports/papers, and newsletter/website content that advance public participation in the digitization of biodiversity. Job Requirements: We are looking for an applicant who has demonstrated success with, and passion for, citizen science (circumscribed widely to include ?participatory science?, ?community science?, and similar) and who has demonstrated strengths in the following proficiencies in research, outreach, and/or educational settings: (1) teamwork, (2) self-motivation, (3) written communication, (4) oral communication, (5) creativity and innovation, (6) critical thinking, (7) problem-solving, (8) organization, (9) attention to detail, and (10) management. Design skills are desirable but not required. Details: The position is part-time (up to 50%) with an hourly rate of $25?$35 commensurate with experience. We seek to hire someone in the position who can start on or before September 1, 2023, but please talk to us if interested but would not be available until later. We will begin considering applicants on June 20 and will continue until the position has been filled. The position can be performed remotely or on campus. A background check will be required, and applicants must be eligible for employment in the United States. Florida State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Application Process: Qualified applicants should send a cover letter briefly describing career goals and demonstrations of the proficiencies mentioned above, a resume, and the contact information for three references as a single pdf document to Austin Mast at amast at fsu.edu with the email subject as Citizen Science Position. Direct any questions to Austin via email. Note: iDigBio has traditionally recognized its activities in this area as ?Citizen Science?, but it is possible that the preferred term will change in the near future. This term is intended to be an umbrella term encompassing what has also been described with the terms ?Community Science?, ?Co-Created Science?, ?Participatory Science?, and more. What are being referenced are activities that broaden and, especially, deepen science engagement across historical boundaries to deliver high-value knowledge (in this case around biodiversity) to have positive impacts on the world. Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? Florida State University ? Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 ? U.S.A. ? (850) 645-1500 ? Director ? Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication ? College of Communication and Information ? Florida State University ? amast at fsu.edu ? he/him -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The university determined that Slater's long history of teaching eugenics at Puget Sound did not align with the university's mission and values. Please be patient as we work to change the name on our various accounts and in biodiversity portals. Please direct questions or comments to me (phwimberger at pugetsound.edu), or see you at SPNHC! Thanks, Peter Wimberger *Director, Puget Sound Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 10:08:23 -0500 From: Brad Bredehoft To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Join Museum Study and John Simmons for the free webinar It?s the Law! An Introduction to Legal Issues for Collecting Objects Message-ID: <182279e6-c145-ff5b-7c0c-c4a362ec064a at museumstudy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Join Museum Study and John Simmons for the free webinar It?s the Law! An Introduction to Legal Issues for Collecting Objects Thursday June 1 at 10 pm Continental Europe, 9 pm U.K., 4 pm Eastern, 3 pm Central, 2 pm Mountain, 1 pm Pacific, Noon Alaska, 10 am Hawaii, Wednesday 8 am New Zealand, Wednesday 6 am Australian Eastern John Simmons will discuss what you need to know about the legal issues that affect collecting? This introductory webinar will introduce the concept of museum law and provide an overview of the most significant national (US) and international laws and regulations that apply to collecting for art, history, and natural history collections, and how these may impact the acquisition and accessioning of collection objects. A resource list will be provided. Email Webinar at MuseumStudy.com if you would like to register for the webinar -- Brad Bredehoft (he/him/his) CEO Museum Study, LLC http://www.museumstudy.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 11:20:06 +0000 From: "Palmer, Lisa" To: "Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Cc: Nana Kaneko Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration 4712 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" fyi From: Caruso, Sarah Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 5:32 PM Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: TN declaration 4712 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 1st -3rd, 2023, severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes occurred the state of Tennessee, causing severe damages which led to a major disaster declaration on May 17th. Public Assistance> (which applies to eligible private nonprofits and government agencies) is available in 45 counties. Please see map for further location and assistance details: Designated Areas | FEMA.gov>. * 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 * 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. 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URL: From amast at fsu.edu Mon May 29 12:39:56 2023 From: amast at fsu.edu (Austin Mast) Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 16:39:56 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Immersive Media for Biodiversity Collections course on 6/21/23 Message-ID: <432EF13C-872D-4F8D-B9E5-5D9107EB4E14@fsu.edu> Hi, everyone! It?s my pleasure to announce this next event in the Digitization Academy?s course line-up. Join me to hear perspectives from digital media artists, a documentary filmmaker, biodiversity collections professionals, and others, on opportunities at the intersection of biodiversity collections and immersive media in the 2-hour online event described below. With best regards, Austin 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 Introduction to Immersive Media for Biodiversity Collections Registration at https://forms.gle/nrmtrfHARjBMN43M6 This new course from iDigBio's Digitization Academy introduces the biodiversity collections community to emerging opportunities in immersive media, including augmented, mixed, and virtual reality and 360-degree photography/videography. We will introduce the types of immersive media, best-in-class examples of their utility, example hardware and software tools used to produce the experiences, and potential new directions in the space for the biodiversity collections community. Participants will gain an understanding of how immersive media approaches can be applied for research, education, and outreach. The course is open to everyone from the biodiversity collections and adjacent communities from around the world. The course will occur via Zoom on Wednesday, June 21, from 3?5 pm ET (=New York City time). The first hour will introduce the topic in a systematic way, and the second hour will involve panel presentations and Q&A. The event will be in English. We will send the Zoom link to those who have registered within a day or two of the event. We are fortunate to have the following panelists join us for presentations and Q&A: Andy Opel (Professor, School of Communication, Florida State University) "Witnessing Climate Change in Norway: Immersive Media and the Science of Changing Species." Lori Collins (Co-Director, Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information , University of South Florida) "The Use of VR and Virtual Tours for Heritage Preservation and with Museum and Library Collection Applications." Edward Stanley (Director, Digital Imaging Division, Florida Museum of Natural History) "Leveraging 3D Digitization Efforts to Build VR and AR Interactives." The course is co-led by Nicole James, MFA, and Alex Adkinson, MFA, with additional contributions from Alex Leeds and Austin Mast. Direct any questions about the opportunity to Austin Mast (amast at fsu.edu). The Digitization Academy is funded by iDigBio and Florida State University's Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication. iDigBio is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation [DBI-1115210 (2011-2018), DBI-1547229 (2016-2022), & DBI-2027654 (2021-2026)]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Florida State University ? amast at fsu.edu ? he/him Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization Apply at https://forms.gle/zCEcV1Hhb8oxm2oq7 We are pleased to announce the sixth offering of the foundational course from iDigBio's Digitization Academy . This free, online course is focused on introducing the creation of digital data about biodiversity specimens to those who are just beginning this activity. For more information on learning objectives, see the course tile at https://digitizationacademy.org/courses. This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collections management professionals, or curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types. Participants do not need prior knowledge of biodiversity informatics or specialized software. The course will occur from July 11?14 (Tuesday?Friday) between 11 am and 3 pm ET (=New York City time). Participants can expect to spend three hours per day in synchronous meetings and as much as two additional hours of preparation time per day outside class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment. The course will be delivered in English. We intend to offer the course in Spanish sometime soon. Those interested in participating from outside the US may apply. The course will be led by Austin Mast, with contributions from David Jennings, Fritz Pichardo Marcano, and a panel of representatives from collection management systems. Applications are due by 9 am ET on Monday, June 12. We plan to notify applicants of admission decisions by 5 pm ET on June 13. We expect to cap the course at about 20 participants and will make admission decisions based on the relevance of your training to your organization's future activities and a desire to engage a diversity of perspectives. Direct any questions about the opportunity to Austin Mast (amast at fsu.edu). 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