From shoobs.1 at osu.edu Mon Oct 2 11:56:40 2023 From: shoobs.1 at osu.edu (Shoobs, Nate) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 15:56:40 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Longevity / qualities of Brother/Dymo label tapes? Message-ID: Hi all, Question for the community: does anyone know whether Dymo/Brother tape labelers that use LetraTag or TZe tapes are ok for any sort of long term storage? I had previously assumed the printing technology they use (a type of thermal transfer, like receipt printing) ruled them out for any sort of museum labeling. But there are some p-touch labels on boxes in our backlog collection that have been in place for over 15 years with no visible fading. Additionally, some materials I store at -80 have been labeled with a p-touch and have held up for over 2 years. I?d assume the adhesive is probably the first thing that would fail. But does anyone know if the lettering itself is good long term? Best, Nate - Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From p.viscardi at gmail.com Tue Oct 3 10:30:06 2023 From: p.viscardi at gmail.com (Paolo Viscardi) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:30:06 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Call for natural history conservation service providers Message-ID: Hello all, You may have heard, we have a major redevelopment project about to kick off in Dublin, and as part of that we need people to provide a range of conservation services over the next few years. This will take the form of a series of contracts of work and we are hoping to build a framework of service providers we can call on to do the necessary work. We have broken the types of work down into various lots and we invite people / companies to apply for any and all of the work lots that they are qualified and competent to undertake. The lots are as follows: Lot 1: Complex and/or large natural history mount deinstallation, conservation and reinstallation (e.g. dismantling an elephant skeleton and taking down and repairing a suspended taxidermy basking shark) Lot 2: Standard natural history mount conservation (e.g. cleaning and repair of historic taxidermy and skeletons) Lot 3: Dry invertebrate specimen conservation (e.g. repairing damaged insect specimens and conserving a large gelatin prepared octopus) Lot 4: Fluid specimen conservation (e.g. changing preserving fluids from formalin to IMS and repairing damaged fluid specimens) Lot 5: Blaschka model conservation (e.g. cleaning soot from and reconstructing partially dismantled model sponge walls comprised of glass and animal glue) Due to the scale of the upcoming conservation project (maximum total of 5 million Euro) we have strict governance and procurement responsibilities to meet in the setting up of the framework of service suppliers. As such, the initial process is managed through the European Dynamics (previously called eTenders) platform: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2461183 under reference number 2461183 and title ?Five Multi?Party Frameworks for the Provision of Specialist Natural History Conservation Services to the National Museum of Ireland?. We appreciate that this system will be unfamiliar to many people, so we encourage you to take a look at the guidance available on the Economic Operator (EO) guide here: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/viewInfo.do?isPopup=true§ion=userManual and if you encounter any issues you can contact the online technical support: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/PrepareContactUsAction.do If you have good experience in natural history conservation, we are keen to work with you! Many thanks, Paolo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From abentley at ku.edu Tue Oct 3 11:08:45 2023 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:08:45 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Importing mammal tissues into US In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dave Is this USFWS? What are they contesting? The preservation technique used or the species information or some other issues? This will help narrow down the sort of advice to provide. 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 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of David Cannatella Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 10:53 AM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Importing mammal tissues into US If anyone could give me advice on importing vole tissues into the US for DNA analysis, I'd appreciate it. We've imported lots of herp tissues without problem, but our local customs agents seem to believe that the rules are different for mammals. Reply off-list if you prefer (catfish at utexas.edu) Best, Dave -- David Cannatella Chair, Department of Integrative Biology Patterson Labs, 2415 Speedway University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 www.cannatellalab.org 512.453.1620 cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From USNH at si.edu Tue Oct 3 14:13:02 2023 From: USNH at si.edu (USNH) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 18:13:02 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] US Exchange moratorium In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The United States National Herbarium is imposing an indefinite moratorium on the unsolicited receipt of legacy exchange material as we continue to update the herbarium to the current organizational system developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). The physical rearrangement of the entire collection requires significant staff resources beyond what our current staffing can provide under the present conditions. We will continue to accept gifts for determination, as well as duplicate sets for deposit of recently collected material. However, we are unable to process large exchanges until the reorganization project is complete and until further notice. US National Herbarium SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Facebook | Twitter | Instagram -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Thu Oct 5 06:41:21 2023 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 11:41:21 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Shipping a taxidermy migratory bird to Canada Message-ID: <90DE1058-9CF9-4935-B8C8-40659745B10E@btinternet.com> I?m asking on behalf of a trainee taxidermy conservator who needs to ship a conserved turnstone specimen back to Vancouver on Tuesday Can someone please advise her the best way of doing this? She will join the group once she?s back home With all good wishes, Simon Moore. Sent from my iPhone From roberta.salmaso at comune.verona.it Thu Oct 5 09:04:52 2023 From: roberta.salmaso at comune.verona.it (Roberta Salmaso) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 15:04:52 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Shipping a taxidermy migratory bird to Canada In-Reply-To: <90DE1058-9CF9-4935-B8C8-40659745B10E@btinternet.com> References: <90DE1058-9CF9-4935-B8C8-40659745B10E@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <983487613.48419541.1696511092278.JavaMail.zimbra@comune.verona.it> Hi Simon, check here: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/wildlife-trade/non-commercial/museum-exhibition. I recently sent insects specimens using the attached form. Worked smoothly. Roberta ----- Messaggio originale ----- > Da: "Simon Moore" > A: "NHCOLL-new" > Inviato: Gioved?, 5 ottobre 2023 12:41:21 > Oggetto: [Nhcoll-l] Shipping a taxidermy migratory bird to Canada > I?m asking on behalf of a trainee taxidermy conservator who needs to ship a > conserved turnstone specimen back to Vancouver on Tuesday > Can someone please advise her the best way of doing this? > She will join the group once she?s back home > > With all good wishes, Simon Moore. > Sent from my iPhone > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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As part of the role you'll help deliver training and supervision to interns and volunteers, as well as help develop web resources for a citizen science work programme. Application information here: https://www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/working-with-us/vacancies/ Closing date: 17:00 (BST) on Monday 16 October 2023 With best wishes Elspeth Dr Elspeth M Haston Deputy Herbarium Curator Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, United Kingdom @emhaston | Google Scholar | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-2848 Search our Herbarium collections online at http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC007983) | Support Us This notice applies to this email and to any other email subsequently sent by anyone at RBGE and appearing in the same chain of email correspondence. References below to "this email" should be read accordingly. 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URL: From dlpaul at illinois.edu Tue Oct 10 03:12:37 2023 From: dlpaul at illinois.edu (Deborah Paul) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 18:12:37 +1100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Opportunity to Register for TaxonWorks Together 2023 - Oct 24-26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All, Just 2 weeks now to TaxonWorks Together 2023 (Oct 24 - 26). Do you (or your stakeholder communities) create, curate, manage, share, and/or use taxonomic and related data? Then please join us to share and learn -- please peruse the program https://together.taxonworks.org/. Speakers include Emily Hartop, Sergei Tarasov, Amanda Whitmire, Rudolf Meier, Campbell Webb, Arnald Marcer, Nicky Nicolson, John Wieczorek, Nelson Rios, Jennifer Hammock, Ely Wallis, Tommy McElrath, and more. You are cordially invited to kindly add your insights with our "*3 minutes 1 Slide*" and our *Unconference Opportunities*. Please share this opportunity with your colleagues and join to help build your community network connections and collaborations. Thanks! (registration required, it's free). Topics likely of broad interest to Taxacom members - Extended specimen ideas, implementing RCC-5 for connecting taxon concepts (What's RCC-5? Join us to find out more), research workflows - Bringing (biodiversity informatics) actionable practices and tools to you - Perspectives on taxon pages from the Atlas of Living Australia, the Smithsonian, and from the Species File Group - The future of species description: technology, inventories, large-scale integrative taxonomy All are welcome, please share with your students, your collaborators and colleagues. Currently over 130 folks registered from across the planet. See you there! 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They will be responsible for the oversight and management of the Biology Natural History Collection, a repository of biological specimens for teaching and research, including a large avian collection with contributions from Stuart and Mary Houston. Applicants addressing fundamental questions on bird physiology, behaviour, evolution, population biology, and interactions with the environment are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a vigorous, independent, nationally- and internationally-recognized, externally funded research program. The Department is dedicated to an interactive and experience-based approach to the education of students. The successful candidate will participate in both the undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, including courses in ornithology and ecology. The Department of Biology is a diverse department with vibrant graduate and undergraduate programs. The successful candidate is expected to build on the Department?s distinctive strength in ornithological research. The Houston Professor will complement existing faculty members with expertise in avian biology, have access to aviaries and research facilities at the Facility for Applied Avian Research, and will benefit from existing collaborations with Ducks Unlimited Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Birds Canada. The Department believes equity, diversity, and inclusion strengthen the community and enhance excellence, innovation and creativity. We are dedicated to recruiting individuals who will enrich our work and learning environments. The College of Arts & Science offers a dynamic combination of programs in the Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the College, and over 300 faculty members, including 9 Canada Research Chairs. The College emphasizes student and faculty research, interdisciplinary programs, community outreach and international opportunities. The University of Saskatchewan?s main campus is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the M?tis. Saskatoon is a city with a diverse and thriving economic base, a vibrant arts community, and a full range of leisure opportunities. USask has a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and scholarly activities and offers a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs to a student population of over 27,000. *Qualifications*: Applicants must have a Ph.D. and relevant post-doctoral experience with an established record of research excellence. They should have demonstrated research impact through quality publications in peer-reviewed journals or equivalent research outputs. *Salary*: Salary bands for the 2022-2023 academic year: Assistant professor $99,945 to $120,099 *Benefits*: The position includes a comprehensive benefits package which includes a dental, health and extended vision care plan; pension plan, life insurance (compulsory and voluntary), academic long-term disability, sick leave, travel insurance, death benefits, an employee assistance program, a professional expense allowance, and a flexible health and wellness spending program. *Application Procedure*: Interested candidates must submit via email: a cover letter outlining qualifications for the position; a detailed curriculum vitae; a statement of research focus; a statement of teaching philosophy, and a list of three references who may be contacted later to provide letters of support. Dr. Christopher Todd, Head Department of Biology College of Arts and Science University of Saskatchewan 112 Science Place Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2 Canada Telephone: (306) 966-4400 Fax: (306) 966-4461 Email: biology.head at usask.ca All qualified candidates, Canadian or other nationalities, are encouraged to apply. Due to federal immigration requirements, we also ask candidates to indicate whether they are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or are otherwise already authorized to work at this position for the duration of the appointment, with an explanation if this last category is indicated. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2023; however, applications will be accepted and evaluated until the position is filled. The anticipated start date is on or after July 1, 2024. The University is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion, and are proud to support career opportunities for Indigenous peoples to reflect the community we serve. We are dedicated to recruiting individuals who will enrich our work and learning environments. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. We are committed to providing accommodations to those with a disability or medical necessity. If you require an accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please notify us and we will work together on the accommodation request. We continue to grow our partnerships with Indigenous communities across the province, nationally, and internationally and value the unique perspective that Indigenous employees provide to strengthening these relationships. Verification of Indigenous Membership/Citizenship at the University of Saskatchewan is led and determined by the?deybwewin | taapwaywin | tapwewin: Indigenous Truth policy?and Standing Committee in accordance with the processes developed to enact the policy. *Successful candidates that assert Indigenous membership/citizenship will be asked to complete the verification process of Indigenous membership/citizenship with documentation. *The University of Saskatchewan?s main campus is situated on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the M?tis. We pay our respects to the First Nations and M?tis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship with one another. Together, we are uplifting Indigenization to a place of prominence at the University of Saskatchewan. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From collectionslitclub at gmail.com Tue Oct 10 17:39:07 2023 From: collectionslitclub at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Laura_Rinc=C3=B3n?=) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:39:07 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: October Collections Club meetup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry, this is the date: Tuesday, *October 24** at 5:00 p.m EDT.* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Laura Rinc?n Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 5:20?PM Subject: October Collections Club meetup To: Hello everybody! Hola a todos! This month, we are going to discuss the history of collections. If you have more articles or information about collection history, feel free to send it along! The conversation will last 40 minutes. This will be our October reading : *John Simmons. Chapter 1. What is a Collection? What is a Museum? from the book Museums. A History. 2016* See you on Wednesday, *October 24** at 5:00 p.m EDT.* This is our Zoom Link: https://amnh.zoom.us/j/3207248152 Meeting ID: 320 724 8152 Don't forget to bring your drinks and snacks! I'm looking forward to seeing you all. Best, -- *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou -- *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alan at msu.edu Wed Oct 11 19:51:23 2023 From: alan at msu.edu (Prather, Alan) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:51:23 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job Opportunity at Michigan State University Herbarium Message-ID: Please share broadly: The Michigan State University Herbarium is seeking to fill an open position to oversee operations of our dynamic herbarium. Please apply and become a part of an active herbarium in a vibrant department at a university that is nationally recognized in the plant sciences. We're looking for someone with experience in herbarium collection management and who can collaborate with educators, learners, and researchers to build connections between the herbarium and other units on campus. Review of applications will begin on 23 October and will continue until the position is filled. View the position here. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/516383/collection-coordinator-ii Please email alan at msu.edu if you have any questions about the position. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/516383/collection-coordinator-ii [Logo Description automatically generated]Alan Prather | Interim Director W.J. Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Arboretum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 61222 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Associate Curator assists with and conducts regional field and collection-based research, provides the relevant expertise in developing exhibits, and engages in educational activities which promote public and scholarly access to these collections. An ideal candidate would have strong expertise in terrestrial mammalogy. Information about the position can be found at https://www.sbnature.org/connect/careers/current-opportunities/ Krista A. Fahy, Ph.D. | Curator of Vertebrate Zoology 805-682-4711 ext. 155 | sbnature.org SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Museum 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-682-4711 | Fax 805-569-3170 Sea Center 211 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-2526 | Fax 805-962-3483 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The ongoing conversation regarding the forging of links between institutions and private collectors has inspired our topic ?Building bridges between collectors and museums?. Good relationships between collectors and museums are critical for us to curate ethical collections, not just for individual museums but also to the wider geoscience community. These relationships have not always been fully harmonious in the past, so our theme this year is to address current and potential issues through a series of talks and discussions, from both sides. While 'happy ending' tales of scientifically important specimens being offered to museums are our desired pathway, these are balanced by other stories of collections being hidden away by disgruntled collectors, discarded by disinterested families, or lost due to lack of knowledge. We have already invited a few speakers from a variety of backgrounds but we welcome talks and ideas from all, including individual collectors as well as curators, collections staff and volunteers, and look to finish with an open discussion about how we can improve these relationships in the future. Please see the attached flier for further details. Topics will include: * Many important specimens are held in private collections. How can museums gain an understanding of the scope of these collections and the needs of collectors? * How can museums gain the trust of collectors and start to find ways to work around the sometimes strict conditions imposed upon them? * How do collectors feel that museums can improve the way that they deal with such donations? * Lack of ?proof of legal ownership? or ?documentation of permission to collect? can be major sticking points for museums; however, such provenance was rarely required or given historically (or even more recently). How can we ensure that important historic specimens can be integrated into museum collections? Do we need a more flexible approach to the ?ownership? of geological specimens collected from casual sites that are not SSSI?s or other protected statuses? * What can we learn from previous experiences? * Can museums produce advice to help private collectors to document their collections and highlight or label specimens that might ideally end up in a museum in the future? In order to have all ages, career stages, and both 'amateur' and professional communities represented, the committee felt it was particularly important for the costs of this seminar to be kept to a minimum. The aim was to hold a hybrid conference, but the costs were regrettably prohibitive. Therefore, we hope you'll understand the decision to hold this meeting online. However, just to reassure those of you who would prefer an in-person event, we have two exciting 'in real life' events in October and December this year, and numerous in-person, hybrid, and online events planned for our 50th Anniversary in 2024. Watch this space! Talks will be 15 minutes, including time for questions. They can be pre-recorded if needed, but would ideally be given live to enable Q&A. There is also the possibility of giving a five minute 'lightning talk' if that interests you. If you would like to speak at the conference, or discuss an idea with us, please get in touch at events at geocurator.org The GCG AGM will be held in the afternoon on the 28th November. All are welcome to attend; however, please note that only paid up GCG members can vote. The GCG committee currently has four vacancies; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Communications Coordinator, Web Coordinator Assistant, and an open position as an Ordinary Member. 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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 Preserving Heritage Collections course begins Nov 6 on MuseumStudy.com Preserving our collections is part of our mission, but how do we actually do that without the unlimited resources necessary to execute industry standards? It is a challenge cultural heritage stewards face daily. First it is necessary to understand what can cause deterioration of our cultural heritage, the Agents of Deterioration, as covered in our free course Introduction to the Agents of Deterioration. Next we must learn how to strategize to preserve our collections with the resources available to us. Our new course Preserving Heritage Collections is the next step in collections care after our free Introduction to the Agents of Deterioration course. Conservator Gretchen Anderson will provide the strategy necessary to use knowledge of the Agents of Deterioration to preserve collections. Using the Canadian Conservation Institute's Framework for Preservation we will develop strategies that we can actually implement with our available resources. We will also learn when a solution is beyond our ability and then it is time to call in a subject matter or skilled specialist. Discover what resources are available to help us with preservation including knowledge and funding. Learn how to weave more sustainable practices into our daily and long-term strategies. If you are not already familiar with preservation principles you should take this course before taking any other collection care subject. These principles are also applied in Collection Management and Facilities Management courses ranging from Integrated Pest Management to Keeping Historic Houses & Museums Clean to Assessing Risk to Cultural Property. For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/preserving-heritage-collections -- Brad Bredehoft (he/him/his) CEO Museum Study, LLC www.MuseumStudy.com >From Northeast Document Conservation Center Greetings from the Northeast Document Conservation Center! Below are preservation-related opportunities in the upcoming months. Full descriptions and registration are available online. Webinars are available to registrants for three months after enrollment. Free preservation webinars are available on YouTube. Training 10/12 - "Ready-Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project in California: Disaster Planning for Tribal Cultural Heritage Organizations (FREE webinar) 10/17 - Managing an Environmental Monitoring Program (2-session webinar) 10/23 - "Ready-Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project in California: Getting Your Library Ready for Disaster (FREE webinar) 10/26 - Moving and Renovation: Collections Concerns (webinar) 10/31 - Writing Your PAG (Preservation Assistance Grant) (FREE webinar) 02/29/24- Preservation 101 (10-session webinar course) 06/06/24 - Writing a Disaster Plan (2-session) Additionally, a number of funding agencies make grants available for assessments, conservation treatment, digitization, audio preservation, and other preservation activities. NEDCC can help plan and carry out these grant-funded activities and can offer advice on planning proposals. Begin the conversation by contacting info at nedcc.org. Grant Deadlines 11/15/23 - IMLS Museums of America | Award supports surveys and assessments, conservation, and digitization. 11/15/23 - IMLS Museums Grants for African American History and Culture | Award supports digitization and preservation training. 11/15/23 - IMLS Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program | Award supports collection assessments, digitization, conservation, and audio reformatting. 11/15/23 - IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums | Award supports collection assessments, digitization, and conservation. 01/12/24 - NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions | Award supports preservation assessments. 01/12/24 - NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections | Award supports conservation. 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Booking for the GCG winter seminar is now open : www.geocurator.org/agm50 Please email events at geocurator.org if you are interested in giving a talk, presenters will also be able to attend for free! Many thanks, Kind regards Andrew From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Andrew Haycock Sent: Friday, October 13, 2023 10:48 AM To: (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) Subject: ALLANOL/EXTERNAL - [Nhcoll-l] FW: GCG notice of Winter Seminar and 50thAGM Apologies for cross-posting, Please see details (below and attached) for our forthcoming Geological Curators Group (GCG) Winter Seminar on 28th November 2023. Only ?10 (GBP) for non-GCG members. Please email events at geocurator.org if you are interested in giving a talk, presenters will also be able to attend for free! Many thanks, Kind regards Andrew From: Cindy Howells > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:56 AM To: Cindy Howells > Subject: GCG notice of Winter Seminar and 50thAGM Dear GCG members, We are delighted to bring you news of our Winter Seminar and AGM. The ongoing conversation regarding the forging of links between institutions and private collectors has inspired our topic ?Building bridges between collectors and museums?. Good relationships between collectors and museums are critical for us to curate ethical collections, not just for individual museums but also to the wider geoscience community. These relationships have not always been fully harmonious in the past, so our theme this year is to address current and potential issues through a series of talks and discussions, from both sides. While 'happy ending' tales of scientifically important specimens being offered to museums are our desired pathway, these are balanced by other stories of collections being hidden away by disgruntled collectors, discarded by disinterested families, or lost due to lack of knowledge. We have already invited a few speakers from a variety of backgrounds but we welcome talks and ideas from all, including individual collectors as well as curators, collections staff and volunteers, and look to finish with an open discussion about how we can improve these relationships in the future. Please see the attached flier for further details. Topics will include: * Many important specimens are held in private collections. How can museums gain an understanding of the scope of these collections and the needs of collectors? * How can museums gain the trust of collectors and start to find ways to work around the sometimes strict conditions imposed upon them? * How do collectors feel that museums can improve the way that they deal with such donations? * Lack of ?proof of legal ownership? or ?documentation of permission to collect? can be major sticking points for museums; however, such provenance was rarely required or given historically (or even more recently). How can we ensure that important historic specimens can be integrated into museum collections? Do we need a more flexible approach to the ?ownership? of geological specimens collected from casual sites that are not SSSI?s or other protected statuses? * What can we learn from previous experiences? * Can museums produce advice to help private collectors to document their collections and highlight or label specimens that might ideally end up in a museum in the future? In order to have all ages, career stages, and both 'amateur' and professional communities represented, the committee felt it was particularly important for the costs of this seminar to be kept to a minimum. The aim was to hold a hybrid conference, but the costs were regrettably prohibitive. Therefore, we hope you'll understand the decision to hold this meeting online. However, just to reassure those of you who would prefer an in-person event, we have two exciting 'in real life' events in October and December this year, and numerous in-person, hybrid, and online events planned for our 50th Anniversary in 2024. Watch this space! Talks will be 15 minutes, including time for questions. They can be pre-recorded if needed, but would ideally be given live to enable Q&A. There is also the possibility of giving a five minute 'lightning talk' if that interests you. If you would like to speak at the conference, or discuss an idea with us, please get in touch at events at geocurator.org The GCG AGM will be held in the afternoon on the 28th November. All are welcome to attend; however, please note that only paid up GCG members can vote. The GCG committee currently has four vacancies; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Communications Coordinator, Web Coordinator Assistant, and an open position as an Ordinary Member. The role descriptions can be found here. If you would like to join our merry band of volunteers, please get in touch. With very best wishes, Cindy (on behalf of the GCG committee) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For interest, Many thanks, Kind regards Andrew From: The Geological Curators Group mailing list On Behalf Of Emma Nicholls Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 1:54 PM To: GEO-CURATORS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: ALLANOL/EXTERNAL - Is it your time to be part of the GCG team? Dear all, The Geological Curators Group is looking for: * Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator * Communications Coordinator to oversee our digital activity * Web Coordinator Assistant to help run the website behind the scenes If you're interested in helping us take GCG forward into a bright and beautiful future, please visit our website, follow the links above to specific roles, or contact me (chair at geocurator.org) or our Secretary Lu Allington-Jones (secretary at geocurator.org). To apply for a role, please send a paragraph (max 200 words) outlining your interest and what you feel you would bring to the role, to secretary at geocurator.org by 28th October 2023. Please do forward this to anyone who may be interested. Thanks! With best wishes, Emma Chair of the Geological Curators Group --- Dr Emma Nicholls she/her Collections Manager ? Earth Collections (Vertebrate Palaeontology) Oxford University Museum of Natural History Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK | +44 (0)1865 272953 ? @morethanadodo ? www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the GEO-CURATORS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=GEO-CURATORS&A=1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shoobs.1 at osu.edu Tue Oct 17 09:21:23 2023 From: shoobs.1 at osu.edu (Shoobs, Nate) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:21:23 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tridacna mount for display? Message-ID: Hey all, I have a Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas) in our collection that is stored on an old metal hospital cart, precariously balanced on a small piece of shag carpet. It is about 4'x3'x3.5' and extremely heavy. I don't have a good estimate on the weight, but it definitely takes 2 people to lift. We're doing some construction in the museum and moving it recently has made me want to kill two birds with one stone and make a more permanent display mount for the specimen that is sturdier has a smaller footprint than the rickety old hospital cart, so I can put it in a more public area and get it out of our collection area where it currently sits. For those of you that have giant clams on public display: how are they supported or mounted/ how is the base constructed? I've seen clams in other museums mountwd both 'angel wing' style, with the valves open and facing the viewer, and 'normal', with the valves connected and closed, with the bottom valve supporting the top valve. But I never looked at how they were supported in either case. This clam does have data (not very good data, but a name, a date, and a vague place), and it is catalogued in the collection. I don't want to do anything too destructive to it. Feel free to respond direct to me off-list with pictures! - Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rkhawkins at ou.edu Tue Oct 17 09:41:56 2023 From: rkhawkins at ou.edu (Hawkins, Rebecca K.) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:41:56 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Message-ID: Hello all, Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. Thank you. Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) Curatorial Associate Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From HUDDLESTONC at si.edu Tue Oct 17 10:55:42 2023 From: HUDDLESTONC at si.edu (Huddleston, Chris) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:55:42 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That sounds like plenty. Here?s a paper. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3626508/ Chris Huddleston Biorepository Manager Collections Program Museum Support Center 4210 Silver Hill Road Suitland, MD 20746 huddlestonc at si.edu SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) complies with all U.S. export and sanctions laws, as well as fish, wildlife and other regulations applicable to the importation and exportation of specimens and research materials. Please consider the country of origin and nature of any specimen, sample, object or material shipped to NMNH, and if applicable, ensure that it is properly licensed and otherwise compliant with U.S. law prior to shipment. Learn about the Nagoya Protocol here: https://learnnagoya.com/ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Hawkins, Rebecca K. Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 10:39 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens External Email - Exercise Caution Hello all, Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. Thank you. Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) Curatorial Associate Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu Tue Oct 17 11:27:46 2023 From: madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu (Mullon, Madeleine) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:27:46 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Rebecca, If I recall correctly, the tissue found to have the greatest genomic DNA load was spleen. However, seeing as it's impractical to locate the spleen on many small mammals, we opt for liver and muscle here at MCZ. Our current standard practice is to take 1 vial of liver and 1 vial of skeletal muscle for storage in our cryogenic collection. Our thinking is that the liver is more rich in DNA yield, and the muscle is more stable in long-term cold storage. This works for most of our specimens, which tend to be local species that are plentiful. If the specimen we are prepping is of particular interest or rarity, we will often take extra if the animal is large enough to do so. If the specimen is too decomposed, we may skip liver (since it autolyzes so quickly) and instead take 2 muscle samples. We don't typically save other tissue samples unless they have been specifically requested (heart tissue, skin samples in RNALater, etc.). There was a good article out of Texas Tech about the cold preservation of different tissue types, and the time interval at which the genetic material degrades at different temperatures. Skeletal muscle is most stable over time, though not as high in yield as spleen or liver, which both tend to autolyze quickly. Here: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab009 This is a different paper I found while I was looking for the aforementioned one, more to do with preservation of RNA in liver and spleen: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167391 Best, Madeleine Mullon She/they MCZ Mammalogy [https://huctw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huctw_email_sig_2012_white.jpg?download=1] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Hawkins, Rebecca K. Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:42 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Hello all, Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. Thank you. Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) Curatorial Associate Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cwthomp at umich.edu Tue Oct 17 11:42:24 2023 From: cwthomp at umich.edu (Cody Thompson) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:42:24 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Rebecca! My response would be to take them all. You only get one opportunity to sample that species from a particular locality and point in time. Of course, this assumes you have ample growth space in your tissue collection. Take care, Cody Cody W. Thompson, PhD Mammal Collections Manager & Associate Research Scientist University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Office: (734) 615-2810 Fax: (734) 763-4080 Email: cwthomp at umich.edu Website: codythompson.org *Please click here to support the UMMZ Mammal Division, its collections, and research mission!!!* On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 11:28?AM Mullon, Madeleine < madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi Rebecca, > > > > If I recall correctly, the tissue found to have the greatest genomic DNA > load was spleen. However, seeing as it?s impractical to locate the spleen > on many small mammals, we opt for liver and muscle here at MCZ. Our current > standard practice is to take 1 vial of liver and 1 vial of skeletal muscle > for storage in our cryogenic collection. Our thinking is that the liver is > more rich in DNA yield, and the muscle is more stable in long-term cold > storage. This works for most of our specimens, which tend to be local > species that are plentiful. If the specimen we are prepping is of > particular interest or rarity, we will often take extra if the animal is > large enough to do so. If the specimen is too decomposed, we may skip liver > (since it autolyzes so quickly) and instead take 2 muscle samples. We don?t > typically save other tissue samples unless they have been specifically > requested (heart tissue, skin samples in RNALater, etc.). > > > > There was a good article out of Texas Tech about the cold preservation of > different tissue types, and the time interval at which the genetic material > degrades at different temperatures. Skeletal muscle is most stable over > time, though not as high in yield as spleen or liver, which both tend to > autolyze quickly. Here: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab009 > > > > > This is a different paper I found while I was looking for the > aforementioned one, more to do with preservation of RNA in liver and > spleen: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167391 > > > > > Best, > > > > Madeleine Mullon > > She/they > > MCZ Mammalogy > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Hawkins, > Rebecca K. > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:42 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens > > > > Hello all, > > > > Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful > tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to > reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are > stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for > storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. > Thank you. > > > > Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) > > Curatorial Associate > > Sam Noble Museum > > 2401 Chautauqua Ave. > > Norman, OK 73072 > _______________________________________________ > 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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Sample Collection - Panama Picante Project part preservative container storage Heart, lung none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Lung (subsample for screening in Japan) RNALater cryovial Ambient for a day then liquid nitrogen or -80C Whole lung (fixed for lung modeling) formalin Scintillation vial Ambient Kidney, spleen none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Liver none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Tissue subsamples for Gorgas none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Large intestine w/feces none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Blood (dry) Nubuto envelope Ambient to -20C Blood (smear) Methanol slide Ambient to -20C Oral swab (viral) DNA/RNA shield cryovial Liquid nitrogen Anal swab (viral) DNA/RNA shield cryovial Liquid nitrogen Wing swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Oral swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Anal swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Ectoparasites 95% EtOH Cryovial or scintillation vial Ambient to -20C Endoparasites 70% EtOH scintillation vial Ambient to -20C Embryos (small) none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Embryos (large) 95% EtOH 20mL scintillation vial Ambient to -20C ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan L. Dunnum Ph.D. (he, him, his) Senior Collection Manager Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9262 Fax (505) 277-1351 Chair, Systematic Collections Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Latin American Fellowship Committee, ASM MSB Mammals website: http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/index.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSBDivisionofMammals Shipping Address: Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals University of New Mexico CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204 Albuquerque, NM 87131 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Mullon, Madeleine Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:27 AM To: Hawkins, Rebecca K. ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Some people who received this message don't often get email from madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL] Hi Rebecca, If I recall correctly, the tissue found to have the greatest genomic DNA load was spleen. However, seeing as it?s impractical to locate the spleen on many small mammals, we opt for liver and muscle here at MCZ. Our current standard practice is to take 1 vial of liver and 1 vial of skeletal muscle for storage in our cryogenic collection. Our thinking is that the liver is more rich in DNA yield, and the muscle is more stable in long-term cold storage. This works for most of our specimens, which tend to be local species that are plentiful. If the specimen we are prepping is of particular interest or rarity, we will often take extra if the animal is large enough to do so. If the specimen is too decomposed, we may skip liver (since it autolyzes so quickly) and instead take 2 muscle samples. We don?t typically save other tissue samples unless they have been specifically requested (heart tissue, skin samples in RNALater, etc.). There was a good article out of Texas Tech about the cold preservation of different tissue types, and the time interval at which the genetic material degrades at different temperatures. Skeletal muscle is most stable over time, though not as high in yield as spleen or liver, which both tend to autolyze quickly. Here: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab009 This is a different paper I found while I was looking for the aforementioned one, more to do with preservation of RNA in liver and spleen: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167391 Best, Madeleine Mullon She/they MCZ Mammalogy [https://huctw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huctw_email_sig_2012_white.jpg?download=1] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Hawkins, Rebecca K. Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:42 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Hello all, Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. Thank you. Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) Curatorial Associate Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From crfreiwa at olemiss.edu Tue Oct 17 11:50:36 2023 From: crfreiwa at olemiss.edu (Carolyn R Freiwald) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:50:36 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all: Bioarchaeologist here...do you all consider tooth/bone or hair for potential isotope sampling? Those do preserve without special care, but just curious. We have a similar type of list for burials but face the challenge of asking for exports for future sampling when we also are required to produce data within a set timeframe. Carolyn Dr. Carolyn Freiwald Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Mississippi 544 Lamar University MS 38677 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Jonathan Dunnum Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 10:47 AM To: Mullon, Madeleine ; Hawkins, Rebecca K. ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens [EXTERNAL] Hi All, Cody beat me to it. I would suggest that as we move forward and grow collections into resources available to a much wider range of users (e.g., pathobiology, global health) that we as a community are not maximizing the breadth of sampling and utility of our specimens. The gold standard is a true "holistic specimen". Below is an example of what we took on a recent trip. Sample Collection - Panama Picante Project part preservative container storage Heart, lung none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Lung (subsample for screening in Japan) RNALater cryovial Ambient for a day then liquid nitrogen or -80C Whole lung (fixed for lung modeling) formalin Scintillation vial Ambient Kidney, spleen none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Liver none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Tissue subsamples for Gorgas none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Large intestine w/feces none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Blood (dry) Nubuto envelope Ambient to -20C Blood (smear) Methanol slide Ambient to -20C Oral swab (viral) DNA/RNA shield cryovial Liquid nitrogen Anal swab (viral) DNA/RNA shield cryovial Liquid nitrogen Wing swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Oral swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Anal swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Ectoparasites 95% EtOH Cryovial or scintillation vial Ambient to -20C Endoparasites 70% EtOH scintillation vial Ambient to -20C Embryos (small) none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Embryos (large) 95% EtOH 20mL scintillation vial Ambient to -20C ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan L. Dunnum Ph.D. (he, him, his) Senior Collection Manager Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9262 Fax (505) 277-1351 Chair, Systematic Collections Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Latin American Fellowship Committee, ASM MSB Mammals website: http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/index.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSBDivisionofMammals Shipping Address: Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals University of New Mexico CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204 Albuquerque, NM 87131 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Mullon, Madeleine Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:27 AM To: Hawkins, Rebecca K. ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Some people who received this message don't often get email from madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL] Hi Rebecca, If I recall correctly, the tissue found to have the greatest genomic DNA load was spleen. However, seeing as it?s impractical to locate the spleen on many small mammals, we opt for liver and muscle here at MCZ. Our current standard practice is to take 1 vial of liver and 1 vial of skeletal muscle for storage in our cryogenic collection. Our thinking is that the liver is more rich in DNA yield, and the muscle is more stable in long-term cold storage. This works for most of our specimens, which tend to be local species that are plentiful. If the specimen we are prepping is of particular interest or rarity, we will often take extra if the animal is large enough to do so. If the specimen is too decomposed, we may skip liver (since it autolyzes so quickly) and instead take 2 muscle samples. We don?t typically save other tissue samples unless they have been specifically requested (heart tissue, skin samples in RNALater, etc.). There was a good article out of Texas Tech about the cold preservation of different tissue types, and the time interval at which the genetic material degrades at different temperatures. Skeletal muscle is most stable over time, though not as high in yield as spleen or liver, which both tend to autolyze quickly. Here: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab009 This is a different paper I found while I was looking for the aforementioned one, more to do with preservation of RNA in liver and spleen: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167391 Best, Madeleine Mullon She/they MCZ Mammalogy [https://huctw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huctw_email_sig_2012_white.jpg?download=1] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Hawkins, Rebecca K. Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:42 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Hello all, Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. Thank you. Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) Curatorial Associate Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jldunnum at unm.edu Tue Oct 17 11:55:34 2023 From: jldunnum at unm.edu (Jonathan Dunnum) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:55:34 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Caroline, Absolutely, we do lots of loans of skeletal and hair samples for isotopic work ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan L. Dunnum Ph.D. (he, him, his) Senior Collection Manager Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9262 Fax (505) 277-1351 Chair, Systematic Collections Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Latin American Fellowship Committee, ASM MSB Mammals website: http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/index.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSBDivisionofMammals Shipping Address: Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals University of New Mexico CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204 Albuquerque, NM 87131 ________________________________ From: Carolyn R Freiwald Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:50 AM To: Jonathan Dunnum ; Mullon, Madeleine ; Hawkins, Rebecca K. ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: Best tissues to take for mammal specimens You don't often get email from crfreiwa at olemiss.edu. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL] Dear all: Bioarchaeologist here...do you all consider tooth/bone or hair for potential isotope sampling? Those do preserve without special care, but just curious. We have a similar type of list for burials but face the challenge of asking for exports for future sampling when we also are required to produce data within a set timeframe. Carolyn Dr. Carolyn Freiwald Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Mississippi 544 Lamar University MS 38677 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Jonathan Dunnum Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 10:47 AM To: Mullon, Madeleine ; Hawkins, Rebecca K. ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens [EXTERNAL] Hi All, Cody beat me to it. I would suggest that as we move forward and grow collections into resources available to a much wider range of users (e.g., pathobiology, global health) that we as a community are not maximizing the breadth of sampling and utility of our specimens. The gold standard is a true "holistic specimen". Below is an example of what we took on a recent trip. Sample Collection - Panama Picante Project part preservative container storage Heart, lung none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Lung (subsample for screening in Japan) RNALater cryovial Ambient for a day then liquid nitrogen or -80C Whole lung (fixed for lung modeling) formalin Scintillation vial Ambient Kidney, spleen none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Liver none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Tissue subsamples for Gorgas none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Large intestine w/feces none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Blood (dry) Nubuto envelope Ambient to -20C Blood (smear) Methanol slide Ambient to -20C Oral swab (viral) DNA/RNA shield cryovial Liquid nitrogen Anal swab (viral) DNA/RNA shield cryovial Liquid nitrogen Wing swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Oral swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Anal swab (fungal) none cryovial Ambient to -20C Ectoparasites 95% EtOH Cryovial or scintillation vial Ambient to -20C Endoparasites 70% EtOH scintillation vial Ambient to -20C Embryos (small) none cryovial Liquid nitrogen Embryos (large) 95% EtOH 20mL scintillation vial Ambient to -20C ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan L. Dunnum Ph.D. (he, him, his) Senior Collection Manager Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9262 Fax (505) 277-1351 Chair, Systematic Collections Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Latin American Fellowship Committee, ASM MSB Mammals website: http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/index.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSBDivisionofMammals Shipping Address: Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals University of New Mexico CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204 Albuquerque, NM 87131 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Mullon, Madeleine Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:27 AM To: Hawkins, Rebecca K. ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Some people who received this message don't often get email from madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL] Hi Rebecca, If I recall correctly, the tissue found to have the greatest genomic DNA load was spleen. However, seeing as it?s impractical to locate the spleen on many small mammals, we opt for liver and muscle here at MCZ. Our current standard practice is to take 1 vial of liver and 1 vial of skeletal muscle for storage in our cryogenic collection. Our thinking is that the liver is more rich in DNA yield, and the muscle is more stable in long-term cold storage. This works for most of our specimens, which tend to be local species that are plentiful. If the specimen we are prepping is of particular interest or rarity, we will often take extra if the animal is large enough to do so. If the specimen is too decomposed, we may skip liver (since it autolyzes so quickly) and instead take 2 muscle samples. We don?t typically save other tissue samples unless they have been specifically requested (heart tissue, skin samples in RNALater, etc.). There was a good article out of Texas Tech about the cold preservation of different tissue types, and the time interval at which the genetic material degrades at different temperatures. Skeletal muscle is most stable over time, though not as high in yield as spleen or liver, which both tend to autolyze quickly. Here: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab009 This is a different paper I found while I was looking for the aforementioned one, more to do with preservation of RNA in liver and spleen: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167391 Best, Madeleine Mullon She/they MCZ Mammalogy [https://huctw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huctw_email_sig_2012_white.jpg?download=1] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Hawkins, Rebecca K. Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:42 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Best tissues to take for mammal specimens Hello all, Does anyone know of primary literature or have advice on the most useful tissue samples to take when preparing mammal specimens? We are looking to reevaluate what tissue samples we currently take and which tissues are stored together. We currently take three tissue tubes per specimen for storage in liquid nitrogen: 1) heart and kidney, 2) liver, and 3) muscle. Thank you. Rebecca Hawkins (she/her) Curatorial Associate Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From esbrito at illinois.edu Tue Oct 17 17:21:11 2023 From: esbrito at illinois.edu (Santoyo Brito, Enrique) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 21:21:11 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Zebra thermal transfer printers Message-ID: Hey there, I wanted to know if you have any experience with Zebra thermal transfer printers. I'm considering purchasing a ZebraTT111 (We have supplies from our old Datamax that fit that printer, and it is within our budget). However, the provider discouraged me from buying a ZT111 because it's an entry-level printer and he does not have any experience with printing on Preservation Tags with that model. Additionally, the provider mentioned that the printer has difficulty maintaining good traction with the glossy tag stock. Therefore, he recommended that I get a ZT230 instead, which is the lowest level he has experience with when it comes to entry-level printers. The ZT230 fits our needs as well. Our old Datamax used to print at 300 DPI (continuous polyester tag/resin ribbon), and we don't need a much higher DPI since we print wet-specimen labels. Any information concerning similar printers or advice will be appreciated. Gracias! Enrique Enrique Santoyo-Brito, Ph.D. Fluid Collections Manager Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute 1816 S. 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These are the dimensions below Fossil cabinets: 64 Lane Science (or of like) Model 301: D: 31 15/16" (without handle), W 29", H: 36 7/8" https://lanescience.com/geology-paleontology-specimen-cabinet/ The fossil cabinets also have trays and I also have several hundred trays to get rid of, so if you're interested in those as well, please let me know. ~30 Taxidermy cabinets: D: 28 1/32" (without handle),W: 46 ?", H 42 1/16" https://lanescience.com/zoology-and-ornithology-specimen-cabinet/ I don't have any trays available for the taxidermy cabinets, so that is the caveat. I can have at least some of these held until January/February at minimum (and possibly later depending on how many), but I need to know if you're interested by November 15th . We will not be able to provide any shipping or transport/labor. Please let me know at my contact info below: Thank you! 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 shoobs.1 at osu.edu Wed Oct 18 15:03:09 2023 From: shoobs.1 at osu.edu (Shoobs, Nate) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:03:09 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] fossil and zoology/ornithology cabinets to give away from El Paso, TX In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi there. We may be interested here at OSU Mollusk Division. I think I could maybe take all 64 of the geology cabinets. We?re still in wood cabinets here! I have family in El Paso, and I could probably make the trip out myself to help coordinate transferring them to OSU. Best, Nate -- [The Ohio State University] Nathaniel F. Shoobs Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Zhuang, Mingna Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:56 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] fossil and zoology/ornithology cabinets to give away from El Paso, TX Hi everyone! We?re renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. I?d be happier if we could give these to a good home, instead of sending them to surplus. These Hi everyone! We?re renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. I?d be happier if we could give these to a good home, instead of sending them to surplus. These are the dimensions below Fossil cabinets: 64 Lane Science (or of like) Model 301: D: 31 15/16? (without handle), W 29?, H: 36 7/8? https://lanescience.com/geology-paleontology-specimen-cabinet/ The fossil cabinets also have trays and I also have several hundred trays to get rid of, so if you?re interested in those as well, please let me know. ~30 Taxidermy cabinets: D: 28 1/32? (without handle),W: 46 ??, H 42 1/16? https://lanescience.com/zoology-and-ornithology-specimen-cabinet/ I don?t have any trays available for the taxidermy cabinets, so that is the caveat. I can have at least some of these held until January/February at minimum (and possibly later depending on how many), but I need to know if you?re interested by November 15th . We will not be able to provide any shipping or transport/labor. Please let me know at my contact info below: Thank you! 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3608 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From karen.lloyd at colorado.edu Wed Oct 18 15:18:37 2023 From: karen.lloyd at colorado.edu (Karen Lloyd D'Onofrio) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:18:37 -0600 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Unsubscribe In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Karen Lloyd D?Onofrio Ph.D Publican Historian | Relationship Builder | Leader of Change Berthoud, Colorado Sent from iPhone On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 1:03 PM, Shoobs, Nate wrote: > Hi there. > > We may be interested here at OSU Mollusk Division. I think I could maybe > take all 64 of the geology cabinets. We?re still in wood cabinets here! > > I have family in El Paso, and I could probably make the trip out myself to > help coordinate transferring them to OSU. > > Best, > > Nate > > > > -- > > [image: The Ohio State University] > *Nathaniel F. Shoobs* > Curator of Mollusks > College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal > Biology > Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 > 614-688-1342 (Office) > mbd.osu.edu > > > > *From: *Nhcoll-l on behalf of Zhuang, > Mingna > *Date: *Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:56 AM > *To: *nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject: *[Nhcoll-l] fossil and zoology/ornithology cabinets to give > away from El Paso, TX > > Hi everyone! We?re renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and > so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. 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Best, Nate -- [The Ohio State University] Nathaniel F. Shoobs Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Zhuang, Mingna > Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:56 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] fossil and zoology/ornithology cabinets to give away from El Paso, TX Hi everyone! We're renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. I'd be happier if we could give these to a good home, instead of sending them to surplus. These Hi everyone! We're renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. I'd be happier if we could give these to a good home, instead of sending them to surplus. These are the dimensions below Fossil cabinets: 64 Lane Science (or of like) Model 301: D: 31 15/16" (without handle), W 29", H: 36 7/8" https://lanescience.com/geology-paleontology-specimen-cabinet/ The fossil cabinets also have trays and I also have several hundred trays to get rid of, so if you're interested in those as well, please let me know. ~30 Taxidermy cabinets: D: 28 1/32" (without handle),W: 46 ?", H 42 1/16" https://lanescience.com/zoology-and-ornithology-specimen-cabinet/ I don't have any trays available for the taxidermy cabinets, so that is the caveat. I can have at least some of these held until January/February at minimum (and possibly later depending on how many), but I need to know if you're interested by November 15th . We will not be able to provide any shipping or transport/labor. Please let me know at my contact info below: Thank you! 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 _______________________________________________ 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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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 From: Shoobs, Nate Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 1:03 PM To: Zhuang, Mingna ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Cc: Daly, Meg Subject: Re: fossil and zoology/ornithology cabinets to give away from El Paso, TX EXTERNAL EMAIL: This e-mail is from a sender outside of the UTEP system. Please forward suspicious emails to security at utep.edu or call 915.747.6324 Hi there. We may be interested here at OSU Mollusk Division. I think I could maybe take all 64 of the geology cabinets. We're still in wood cabinets here! I have family in El Paso, and I could probably make the trip out myself to help coordinate transferring them to OSU. Best, Nate -- [The Ohio State University] Nathaniel F. Shoobs Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Zhuang, Mingna > Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:56 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] fossil and zoology/ornithology cabinets to give away from El Paso, TX Hi everyone! We're renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. I'd be happier if we could give these to a good home, instead of sending them to surplus. These Hi everyone! We're renovating our fossil and study skins/skeleton room and so we have a lot of cabinets that we need to get rid of. I'd be happier if we could give these to a good home, instead of sending them to surplus. These are the dimensions below Fossil cabinets: 64 Lane Science (or of like) Model 301: D: 31 15/16" (without handle), W 29", H: 36 7/8" https://lanescience.com/geology-paleontology-specimen-cabinet/ The fossil cabinets also have trays and I also have several hundred trays to get rid of, so if you're interested in those as well, please let me know. ~30 Taxidermy cabinets: D: 28 1/32" (without handle),W: 46 ?", H 42 1/16" https://lanescience.com/zoology-and-ornithology-specimen-cabinet/ I don't have any trays available for the taxidermy cabinets, so that is the caveat. I can have at least some of these held until January/February at minimum (and possibly later depending on how many), but I need to know if you're interested by November 15th . We will not be able to provide any shipping or transport/labor. Please let me know at my contact info below: Thank you! 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... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3608 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From p.viscardi at gmail.com Fri Oct 20 07:52:05 2023 From: p.viscardi at gmail.com (Paolo Viscardi) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:52:05 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Call for natural history conservation service providers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting I just wanted to send a reminder that our call for tenders for conservation services at the National Museum of Ireland closes on 1st November 2023. Many thanks to all who have expressed an interest, we are looking forward to seeing your tenders! We have had some feedback that the system isn't easy to use, which we are aware of, but unfortunately we have no control over it as it's part of the Irish government's procurement process. However, I am attaching some guidance documents that may help with using the system. Best wishes to all, Paolo On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 at 15:30, Paolo Viscardi wrote: > Hello all, > > You may have heard, we have a major redevelopment project about to kick > off in Dublin, and as part of that we need people to provide a range of > conservation services over the next few years. > > This will take the form of a series of contracts of work and we are hoping > to build a framework of service providers we can call on to do the > necessary work. We have broken the types of work down into various lots and > we invite people / companies to apply for any and all of the work lots that > they are qualified and competent to undertake. The lots are as follows: > > Lot 1: Complex and/or large natural history mount deinstallation, > conservation and reinstallation (e.g. dismantling an elephant skeleton and > taking down and repairing a suspended taxidermy basking shark) > > Lot 2: Standard natural history mount conservation (e.g. cleaning and > repair of historic taxidermy and skeletons) > > Lot 3: Dry invertebrate specimen conservation (e.g. repairing damaged > insect specimens and conserving a large gelatin prepared octopus) > > Lot 4: Fluid specimen conservation (e.g. changing preserving fluids from > formalin to IMS and repairing damaged fluid specimens) > > Lot 5: Blaschka model conservation (e.g. cleaning soot from and > reconstructing partially dismantled model sponge walls comprised of glass > and animal glue) > > Due to the scale of the upcoming conservation project (maximum total of 5 > million Euro) we have strict governance and procurement responsibilities to > meet in the setting up of the framework of service suppliers. 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Typical Duties/Job Duties Operational management of research and teaching collections in the ASNHC, to include the Mammalogy, Ornithology, Herpetology, and Frozen Tissue collections, and the Herbarium. ASNHC duties are varied, but typical job functions include (but are not limited to): * Collection, preparation, cataloging, and maintenance of specimens * Maintaining collections databases (Arctos and Symbiota) * Record keeping, such as tracking loan activity and managing permits associated with specimens * Supervision of student workers, visiting researchers, and volunteers in the collection * Participation in outreach activities such as conducting tours of the collection and assisting with the annual newsletter * Assisting curators with courses and expeditions where field collection of specimens will occur Knowledge, Skills and Abilities We seek a detail-oriented, organized, and deadline-driven problem solver in Knowledge of: * Accepted museum standards and practices for collection care, collections management, specimen conservation and preparation, and registration methods * IPM protocols and procedures, including general knowledge of museum pests * Georeferencing and specimen-based electronic database protocols * Imaging systems The ideal candidate should have the ability to: * Manage a dermestid beetle facility * Communicate effectively and build rapport with students, faculty and staff * Work independently (with minimal supervision) and collaboratively with interdepartmental teams and initiatives * Use established occupational health and safety practices * Prepare written communications and reports, and proofread work accurately * Manage an annual budget The preferred candidate should be skilled in: * The curation of natural history collections * Microsoft Office * Database management software (Skilled in Arctos and Symbiota, preferred) * Giving presentations to a group (oral and written communication) Minimum Qualifications B.S. degree in Museum Science, Biology, Zoology, Botany or related field and two years experience working in Museum Collection Management or related field. Preferred Qualifications M.S. degree in Museum Science, Biology, Zoology, Botany or related field. Physical Requirements Position requires: * Frequent walking, standing, bending, climbing stairs, and carrying and lifting (up to 30 lbs.) * Reaching, kneeling, crouching * Visual and hearing acuity * Basic manual dexterity with both hands * Regular exposure to dust, chemicals, fumes, and sharp instruments while performing work indoors * Occasional exposure to inclement weather conditions while performing work outdoors EEO Statement Angelo State University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting and ensuring equal employment opportunity for all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Angelo State University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to employment opportunities for qualified individuals with disabilities. We are committed to ensuring that a qualified individual with a disability has the same rights and privileges in employment as non-disabled employees. If an accommodation is requested for the job application process, please contact our office at (325) 942-2168 or email us at hr at angelo.edu. Remote No Posting Detail Information https://employment.angelo.edu/postings/5018 Posting Number S747P Open Date 10/09/2023 Close Date Desired Start Date 01/08/2024 Review Start Date 10/23/2023 Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants Please detail your work experience in natural history collections in the cover letter. [ASU] Robert C. 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Peruse the program and register to get your Zoom link https://together.taxonworks.org/ and join for the sessions that pique your interest. Speakers include Emily Hartop, Scott Loarie, Sergei Tarasov, Amanda Whitmire, Rudolf Meier, Campbell Webb, Arnald Marcer, Nicky Nicolson, John Wieczorek, Nelson Rios, Jennifer Hammock, Ely Wallis, Tommy McElrath, Johan Liljeblad, and more. You are cordially invited to add your insights with our "*3 minutes 1 Slide*" and our *Unconference Opportunities*. Please share this opportunity with your colleagues and join to help build your community network connections and collaborations. Thanks! (registration required, it's free). *Topics likely of broad interest * - a Conversation with iNaturalist - Extended specimen ideas - Bringing biodiversity informatics actionable practices and tools to you - Perspectives on taxon pages from the Atlas of Living Australia, the Smithsonian, and from the Species File Group - The future of species description: technology, inventories, large-scale integrative taxonomy All are welcome, please share with your students, your collaborators and colleagues. See you there! Debbie, for the Species File Group (cross-posting certainly happening here) -- - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment -- Species File Group and Eventshttps://speciesfilegroup.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Efrat On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 1:35?AM Deborah Paul wrote: > Greetings Everyone, > > RE: TaxonWorks Together 2023 - You're Invited - Oct 24-26 > You've saved the dates, yes? We're excited to open registration for > TaxonWorks Together 2023. > Join us for 3 days of activities centered around building the TaxonWorks > community, highlighting what's new, what's > changed, and what is on the horizon. Some activities will be highly guided, > some information style, and some unconference style. > > Zoom space may be limited, please don't wait! Questions welcome. > Please see agenda development details https://together.taxonworks.org/ > Scroll down to "How" and click to register. > > In anticipation, > Debbie, for the Species File Group > (apologies in advance for cross-posting, starting now :-) > > -- > - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison > - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois > -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 > -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment > -- Species File Group and Events https://speciesfilegroup.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Efrat - ???? - ????? Efrat Gavish-Regev, Ph.D. Scientific Collection Manager, Arachnida & other terrestrial arthropods, The National Natural History Collections*,* The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 9190401, Israel Spiderlab Office phone: ++972-2-6584304 Laboratory phone: ++972-2-6584582 Efrat.Gavish-Regev at mail.huji.ac.il -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Sun Oct 22 21:52:16 2023 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 01:52:16 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] =?utf-8?q?Master=E2=80=99s_d=C3=A9gree_in_curation_of?= =?utf-8?q?_scientific_collection?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Violette If you are looking further afield I would encourage you to check out the University of Kansas Museum Studies program - https://museumstudies.ku.edu/. I teach the Natural History Curation and collection management course in the program and would be happy to answer any questions you may have after reading the materials above. 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 From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Violette Date: Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 7:49?AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Master?s d?gree in curation of scientific collection Hi, I'm currently in my 3rd year of a bachelor?s degree in Biology of organisms and population in France. I'd like to go into the conservation of scientific collections and collections management. 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We're excited to open registration > for TaxonWorks Together 2023. > Join us for 3 days of activities centered around building the > TaxonWorks > > community, highlighting what's new, what's changed, and what is on > the horizon. Some activities will be highly guided, some > information style, and some unconference style. > > Zoom space may be limited, please don't wait! 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URL: From Melissa.Bechhoefer at dmns.org Mon Oct 23 11:17:24 2023 From: Melissa.Bechhoefer at dmns.org (Melissa Bechhoefer) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:17:24 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Hiring: Anthro Collections Manager @ DMNS Message-ID: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) seeks an Anthropology Collections Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator to serve as an integral part of the Integrative Collections Branch as a part of the larger Science Division. The Anthropology Collections currently hold approximately 500,000 artifacts in the disciplines of Archaeology and Ethnology; the collections are largely from North America, but represent civilizations and cultures from across the world. This position supports the efforts to preserve the collections on a long-term basis, increase access and grow scientific output, manage and expand collections, and to help inspire diverse communities? understanding of, and involvement in, anthropology and the natural world. This position manages the Anthropology Collections by leading the collections team, as well as supporting the NAGPRA activities of the Museum. As part of the Integrative Collections Branch, this collaborative position seeks to implement best practices in collections care and access, including improving both physical and digital care of and access to collections. This position works closely with curatorial and conservation staff, indigenous source communities, and collections staff from all disciplines. The position reports to the Director of Integrative Collections. Job Class: Full Time Hiring Range: $58,000-$63,000 Work Schedule: Typical schedule M-F business hours, some evenings and weekends required as needed Direct Reports: 1-4 Essential Duties * Implements professional collections management for anthropology collections, including knowledge and application of preventive conservation measures, and laws, regulations, and ethics pertaining to archaeological and ethnological collections (especially NAGPRA). * Facilitates the accession, deaccession, loan, documentation, registration, and preparation of collections. * Organizes and systematically stores artifacts and associated data for ease of access and long-term preservation. * Facilitates internal and external access and use of collections for purposes of research, education, loan, and exhibit?this includes both physical and digital access. * Facilitates tribal consultations, publications, documentation, and other requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). * Provides administration of and expertise on collections databases and reports (EMu and Crystal Reports), ensuring timely and accurate information. * Supervises professional staff, interns, students, and volunteers. For more information and to apply: http://app.jobvite.com/m?35ti2nwK [https://app.jobvite.com/logo/DMNSLogoColor1200x628_1673474593731.jpg] Denver Museum of Nature & Science is looking for Anthropology Collections Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator. Denver Museum of Nature & Science is looking for Anthropology Collections Manager and NAGPRA Coordinator. Learn more or Jobvite a friend. app.jobvite.com Melissa Bechhoefer Director of Integrative Collections [cid:d6798834-1c29-412c-8d14-539d9279ea47] mailto:melissa.bechhoefer at dmns.org Work 303.370.6401 Denver Museum of Nature & Science 2001 Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80205 www.dmns.org [FacebookIcon (1)] [TwitterLogo] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 6:12?PM Deborah Paul wrote: > Hello Efrat, > > On 10/22/2023 1:46 PM, Efrat Gavish-Regev wrote: > > Dear Deborah > due to the situation in Israel, I will not be able to participate in this > event > Are you planning to record it? > > Yes, the sessions will be recorded and posted to our TaxonWorks YouTube > account. > > In hopes for peace, > Debbie > > Thanks > Efrat > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 1:35?AM Deborah Paul wrote: > >> Greetings Everyone, >> >> RE: TaxonWorks Together 2023 - You're Invited - Oct 24-26 >> You've saved the dates, yes? We're excited to open registration for >> TaxonWorks Together 2023. >> Join us for 3 days of activities centered around building the TaxonWorks >> >> community, highlighting what's new, what's changed, and what is on the >> horizon. Some activities will be highly guided, some information style, and >> some unconference style. >> >> Zoom space may be limited, please don't wait! Questions welcome. >> Please see agenda development details https://together.taxonworks.org/ >> >> Scroll down to "How" and click to register. >> >> In anticipation, >> Debbie, for the Species File Group >> (apologies in advance for cross-posting, starting now :-) >> > > -- > - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison > - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois > -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 > -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment > -- Species File Group and Events https://speciesfilegroup.org > > -- Efrat - ???? - ????? Efrat Gavish-Regev, Ph.D. Scientific Collection Manager, Arachnida & other terrestrial arthropods, The National Natural History Collections*,* The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. 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If you have any questions relating to programs, please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. Best, Laura A. Rinc?n R. | Museum Studies professional Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 Email: lrincon-rodriguez at amnh.org Twitter: @LauRincon222 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 9:52?PM Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: > Violette > > > > If you are looking further afield I would encourage you to check out the > University of Kansas Museum Studies program - > https://museumstudies.ku.edu/. > > > > I teach the Natural History Curation and collection management course in > the program and would be happy to answer any questions you may have after > reading the materials above. > > > > 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 > > > > > > *From: *Nhcoll-l on behalf of > Violette > *Date: *Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 7:49?AM > *To: *nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject: *[Nhcoll-l] Master?s d?gree in curation of scientific collection > > Hi, I'm currently in my 3rd year of a bachelor?s degree in Biology of > organisms and population in France. I'd like to go into the conservation of > scientific collections and collections management. I'd like to know if you > know of any master?s degree that would allow me to do this, in the world of > science and natural history! Mainly in England, Ireland, Scotland and/or > Belgium (but it could be further afield, thanks!). > > > > By the way, I'd be delighted to talk to people who work in this field to > hear their stories and get their advice! Thank you all ! > > > > Best regards.. > > Violette Fonrose > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From collectionslitclub at gmail.com Mon Oct 23 16:41:55 2023 From: collectionslitclub at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Laura_Rinc=C3=B3n?=) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:41:55 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] October Collections Club meetup - Tomorrow Message-ID: Hola a todos! Hi everyone! See you tomorrow in our October reading : *John Simmons. Chapter 1. What is a Collection? What is a Museum? from the book Museums. A History. 2016* *October 24** at 5:00 p.m EDT.* This is our Zoom Link: https://amnh.zoom.us/j/3207248152 Meeting ID: 320 724 8152 Best, -- *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Tue Oct 24 15:43:09 2023 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:43:09 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: David O. Duggins In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Folks, I'm trying to find David O. Duggins, formerly of the Friday Harbor marine lab. Walketh he still this realm, can anyone put me in touch? Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From collectionslitclub at gmail.com Tue Oct 24 17:10:09 2023 From: collectionslitclub at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Laura_Rinc=C3=B3n?=) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:10:09 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] October Collections Club meetup - Tomorrow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello everybody! I?ve rescheduled for tomorrow October 25, same time, same link. Thank you, Laura On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 4:41?PM Laura Rinc?n wrote: > Hola a todos! Hi everyone! > > See you tomorrow in our October reading > > : *John Simmons. Chapter 1. What is a Collection? What is a Museum? from > the book Museums. A History. 2016* > > *October 24** at 5:00 p.m EDT.* This is our Zoom Link: > https://amnh.zoom.us/j/3207248152 > > Meeting ID: 320 724 8152 > > Best, > -- > > *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* > > Museum Specialist > > Division of Invertebrate Zoology > > American Museum of Natural History > > Central Park West at 79th Street > > New York, NY 10024 > > https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ > > > > ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget > what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya > Angelou > -- *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? 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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 prc44 at drexel.edu Wed Oct 25 12:56:02 2023 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:56:02 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] childhood collecting and taxonomy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You might take a look at The Sound of the Sea: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sound-of-the-sea-seashells-and-the-fate-of-the-oceans-cynthia-barnett/15252500?ean=9780393651447&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cynthiabarnett.net%2F&source=IndieBound&title=The+Sound+of+the+Sea%3A+Seashells+and+the+Fate+of+the+Oceans In a brief mention, I touch on childhood encapture. 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 Catherine Early (she/her) Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:39 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] childhood collecting and taxonomy External. Hi all, I've heard at least one taxonomist say that privately collecting organisms as a child was an important entree to becoming a taxonomist as an adult, and that hyper-restrictive collecting laws may stymy development of future taxonomists. As an example of a hyper-restrictive collecting law, in the state of Minnesota, individuals over the age of 16 cannot collect shells of freshwater mussels that are already dead unless they possess a fishing license. This is a long shot, but is there any museum education literature to support this connection between collecting as a child and becoming a taxonomist as an adult? Thanks! 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... 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Thanks, Tiffany Tiffany Adrain (pronouns: she/her/hers) Collections Manager, Paleontology Repository Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences University of Iowa 115 Trowbridge Hall Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 phone: 319 335 1822 fax: 319 335 1821 email: tiffany-adrain at uiowa.edu website: https://clas.uiowa.edu/ees/ [cid:d7e2246d-1e88-4795-b211-0ea7aee2d179][cid:3c3a93e5-3b33-4d16-8354-3bc667267b59] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-a3xfdhmh.png Type: image/png Size: 1331 bytes Desc: Outlook-a3xfdhmh.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To give some perspective from another state ? the collecting laws surrounding mussels are even stricter here in Ohio, where it is not legal for any person, child or adult, to even touch the dead shell of a mussel, unless they have passed a state identification test administered here at the museum and hold a scientific collector?s permit. In fact, in OH, it is illegal for any person to touch or collect ANY native mollusk, alive or dead, without a permit. These laws are rarely, if ever, been enforced to criminalize amateur naturalists, especially not children. They have however been successfully used to prosecute poaching for the cultured pearl industry. In my opinion, requiring a fishing license for 16-18 year olds to collect shells is not an especially restrictive requirement. If someone in their late teens is a serious amateur naturalist, they?d probably already have one, no? In addition to funding conservation efforts in the state, holding a fishing license could encourage the teens to become interested in a broader range of freshwater taxa like fish and crayfish. I?d say requiring a formal application for a scientific collecting permit like we do in OH is restrictive and really discourages amateurs, and I?ve actually advocated recently for a change in OH?s policy to make the collection of dead shells of land and freshwater snails possible without a permit, in order to get better distributional information on species in the state from the public. I think in ALL cases, if a member of the public collects something already dead and submits it to a public natural history collection, it should be considered a good faith effort and not a crime. But unfortunately this is not the case at present in many places. Then again, these laws as far as I know are mainly (exclusively?) used to go after people who are poaching. -Nate -- [The Ohio State University] Nathaniel F. Shoobs Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Callomon,Paul Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 12:56 PM To: Catherine Early (she/her) , nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] childhood collecting and taxonomy You might take a look at The Sound of the Sea: https:?//bookshop.?org/p/books/the-sound-of-the-sea-seashells-and-the-fate-of-the-oceans-cynthia-barnett/15252500?ean=9780393651447&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.?cynthiabarnett.?net%2F&source=IndieBound&title=The+Sound+of+the+Sea%3A+Seashells+and+the+Fate+of+the+Oceans You might take a look at The Sound of the Sea: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sound-of-the-sea-seashells-and-the-fate-of-the-oceans-cynthia-barnett/15252500?ean=9780393651447&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cynthiabarnett.net%2F&source=IndieBound&title=The+Sound+of+the+Sea%3A+Seashells+and+the+Fate+of+the+Oceans In a brief mention, I touch on childhood encapture. 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 Catherine Early (she/her) Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:39 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] childhood collecting and taxonomy External. Hi all, I've heard at least one taxonomist say that privately collecting organisms as a child was an important entree to becoming a taxonomist as an adult, and that hyper-restrictive collecting laws may stymy development of future taxonomists. As an example of a hyper-restrictive collecting law, in the state of Minnesota, individuals over the age of 16 cannot collect shells of freshwater mussels that are already dead unless they possess a fishing license. 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Insects, shells, stamps, matchbooks, sure, but also things like bottle caps, seeds, comic books, baseball and football cards, car photos, coins, tobacco and liquor tax stamps, Star Wars paraphernalia, and more - plus LISTS of things, including a list of every prehistoric animal I could find. It would be fair to say I was pretty obsessive as a kid, though by high school I started to recognize that it WAS obsessive, and by the time I finished college had painfully weaned myself away from everything except insects. Now, I'm a Commissioner of the ICZN, I work on compiling a list of all the genus and species names ever published in zoology, and manage a collection of over 4 million insects. Anyone could have seen that coming a mile away. ;-) Peace, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sugal at ptd.net Wed Oct 25 14:42:06 2023 From: sugal at ptd.net (Susan Gallagher) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:42:06 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] childhood collecting and taxonomy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dr. Early, This is an interesting topic! Please share any replies or info received off-list. Not a taxonomist here, but a naturalist and environmental educator. Anecdotally--my interest in the natural world was instilled by a father with a collecting spirit. He inspired and encouraged my childhood collections of every kind of natural history item you can imagine. As an adult now working with kids, it irks me to no end when I have to tell them they're technically not allowed to take home a feather, or even a leaf or rock found in a state park. It does give a good opportunity to talk about "leave no trace" ethics and all that, but I remember how precious a small piece of quartz or a dead dragonfly was to me when I was young, and how those things instilled such curiosity. Having something to touch, even if I can't or don't collect it, still feels very important to me. So, somewhat tangential to your question, attached is a paper I found that suggests "biofacts", aka touchable things, can be an important tool for educators in encouraging a conservation mindset--one reason why I'm a big fan of the standard nature center "touch table". Susan -- *********************************************** Susan Gallagher, Chief Naturalist Carbon County Environmental Education Center 151 East White Bear Drive Summit Hill, PA 18250 sugal at ptd.net www.carboneec.org On 10/25/2023 12:38 PM, Catherine Early (she/her) wrote: > Hi all, > > I've heard at least one taxonomist say that privately collecting > organisms as a child was an important entree to becoming a taxonomist > as an adult, and that hyper-restrictive collecting laws may stymy > development of future taxonomists. As an example of a > hyper-restrictive collecting law, in the state of Minnesota, > individuals over the age of 16 cannot collect shells of freshwater > mussels that are already dead unless they possess a fishing license. > This is a long shot, but is there any museum education literature to > support this connection between collecting as a child and becoming a > taxonomist as an adult? Thanks! > > 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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Dear all, A quick reminder that the Geological Curators Group is looking for: * Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator * Communications Coordinator to oversee our digital activity * Web Coordinator Assistant to help run the website behind the scenes If you're interested in helping us take GCG forward into a bright and beautiful future, please visit our website or follow the specific links above. Please note that you don?t have to be based in the UK, especially for the web assistant role which can be done remotely. To apply for a role, please send a paragraph (max 200 words) outlining your interest and what you feel you would bring to the role, to secretary at geocurator.org by tomorrow, 28th October 2023. Please do forward this to anyone who may be interested. Thanks! With best wishes, Emma Chair of the Geological Curators Group --- Dr Emma Nicholls she/her Collections Manager ? 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The reason that I used this was because it sets quite quickly, depending on the amount of catalyst used and the ambient in the work area, it has excellent adhesion and can be cut to shape, if required, when it plasticises just before it sets hard. Then it can be shaped using a small grinding tool. I also use neutral pH PVA as an adhesive as it?s water reversible and can be diluted with water if required and it sets to a semi-tranpaurent finish and so is good for gap-fills and it can be painted over. The problem with this type of work is that you don?t know what knowledge or material there was when this turtle was either prepared or repaired, so there are often a few surprises of unsuitable materials! It also sounds like there are fat bodies under the skin and these need to be removed. You may either cut the skin and peel it back to reveal such a problem, scrape away the fatty tissue and then clean with acetone to remove all traces before re-adhering the skin flap. If you use cotton buds and acetone, this method is good but it will probably take for ever and you will use many cotton buds and a lot of time and even then the problem may recur. So, entire removal of fat bodies is better. Old putty can be removed using a chisel and mallet (gently!), depending on how much it has been used, or it can be ground away. The wax is possible and may have been added to seal the skin or shell even. Remove it by chipping away with a spatula. Gypsum also needs to be removed as it will not help. I would also suggest that you post this onto the nh-coll forum: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu to see if any better solutions may be presented. In the meantime I have added your details to the various courses for 2024 and I will be in touch once I have dates and venues set up. If you have any difficult areas, send me a photo and I will try to help. With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. www.natural-history-conservation.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ICON logo.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 22373 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: MA logo.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 19375 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- > On 30 Oct 2023, at 07:00, Roser Boutin wrote: > > Yes, I would be interested! The thing is my assistance would depend on work and other commitments, because I would have to travel from Spain to assist, but given the chance I would take it. > The thing is the turtle is a leatherback, and asking around we have figured out the preserved skins leak oil in perpetuity, and shrink. Because this one in particular is 100 years old (if the records are to be believed), the seams have busted and the gypsum mount is exposed. Some years ago somebody filled the gaps with some kind of putty or preparation layer (I think it's rabbit skin glue with some white pigment) and another conservator used epoxy resin to repair another area. The first was broken and fell off the skin in chunks, because of the oil and shrinking, and the second one is ripping the skin as it shrinks, because it's harder. > This is a specimen that's on permanent exhibition, so a repair is needed, but I have no clue about what way or if it's even wise to repair it. Have you ever encountered something similar, or know of a way to do so? > Also, the body is filled with some kind of wax where there's no gypsum, do you know for what reason the taxidermist or a curator would do that? > Sorry if this is a bit of a puzzle, my head is in a mess! > Thank you so much for your time, > Roser Boutin. > > > Missatge de Simon Moore del dia dv., 27 d?oct. 2023 a les 10:32: > Hi Roser, > > Yes, that?s fine to ask questions about your turtle project and hopefully I can help. > > I have put yr name down on my list of likely participants for the next taxidermy and possibly entomology specimen conservation courses. Do you also wish to attend the next fluid preservation course as well? > > > With all good wishes, Simon > > Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR > Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. > > www.natural-history-conservation.com > > > > > > On 27 Oct 2023, at 00:11, Roser Boutin wrote: > > > > Hi Simon! > > A while ago I asked for help from the SSAR because I'm doing my final project on the taxidermy mount of a Leatherback Turtle of the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona, and they gave me your contact info. I apologize if any of my words or phrasing is a little weird, but I'm studying Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage and I was wondering if you could answer some questions or doubts I had about a couple of things. > > Also, I have been looking through your training courses and I'm very interested! I would like to ask if there's some way to get notified of upcoming courses? > > Thank you, > > Roser. > From tflynn at ntbg.org Tue Oct 31 14:00:09 2023 From: tflynn at ntbg.org (Tim Flynn) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:09 -1000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] shipment of herbarium specimens to Denmark Message-ID: Can anyone advise me on what I will need to include/provide when shipping herbarium specimens to Denmark? I know that I will include a customs declaration and have requested the EORI of the receiving museum (C). Is anything else needed? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tim Tim Flynn | Husband, Father, Curator of the Herbarium | National Tropical Botanical Garden | 3530 Papalina Road | Kalaheo, HI, 96741 | 808-332-7324 x 205 | fax: 808-332-9765 tflynn at ntbg.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From collectionslitclub at gmail.com Tue Oct 31 14:29:16 2023 From: collectionslitclub at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Laura_Rinc=C3=B3n?=) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:29:16 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: FW: Conservation Curator Job - AM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sharing this job post here! See below the information. Laura R. *From:* molluscalist-request at listserv.dfn.de < molluscalist-request at listserv.dfn.de> *On Behalf Of *Jessica Goodheart *Sent:* Tuesday, October 31, 2023 2:05 PM *To:* molluscalist at listserv.dfn.de *Subject:* Conservation Curator Job - AM *EXTERNAL SENDER* Dear Colleagues, The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks a Curator in the area of Conservation Science (*https://careers.amnh.org/postings/3900 )*. This is a tenured position with rank negotiable depending on the candidate?s professional experience and accomplishments. The successful candidate for this position will be appointed as a Curator in one of the Divisions (Anthropology, Invertebrate Zoology, Paleontology, Physical Sciences, or Vertebrate Zoology) and as a Professor in the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the AMNH as well as hold the title Chief Conservation Scientist in the *Center for Biodiversity and Conservation* (CBC). ?We seek an experienced conservation scientist with demonstrated high-impact research, productivity, and grantsmanship, and significant promise of future cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and conservation practice. Research focus could be in any area related to biodiversity conservation, including patterns of global change, conservation strategies, climate change impacts and adaptation, biocultural conservation, or social-ecological systems. Those who utilize natural history collections for future-oriented research, and those leading work at the intersection of conservation, climate change, and human wellbeing are especially encouraged to apply. Best, Jessica Goodheart -- *Dr. Jessica Goodheart (she/her) * Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Assistant Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Email: jgoodheart at amnh.org *Due to my own efforts to strike a work-life balance, I sometimes send emails on weekends or evenings. Responses are never expected outside working hours.* -- *Laura A. Rinc?n R.* | *Museum Studies professional* Museum Specialist Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 https://collectionslitclub.wordpress.com/ ?I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel? Maya Angelou -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From meierga at miamioh.edu Tue Oct 31 15:53:00 2023 From: meierga at miamioh.edu (Meier, Gretchen) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:53:00 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] shipment of herbarium specimens to Denmark In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: MU uses eshipglobal.com and the website will walk you through the process with links to get the correct codes. The harmonized Code I use is 9705.29.0000, for some reason you have to use the full 9 digits, this is the code for natural history collections of various types. The ECCN code I use is EAR99 - which is 'other'. Even though Herbarium specimens are technically 'goods' they have no commercial value. I always add at least $1 per specimen so if they get lost, I can at least recoup the postage. You'll need to print 2 copies of the address form and three copies of the commercial invoice that go in a clear mailing pouch on the outside. Keep a copy for yourself. I always use FedEx Priority International, if that helps at all. Lastly, because I'm mostly returning loaned materials, I always put 'return to origin' in one of the first steps of the process. Gretchen On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 2:00?PM Tim Flynn wrote: > Can anyone advise me on what I will need to include/provide when shipping > herbarium specimens to Denmark? I know that I will include a customs > declaration and have requested the EORI of the receiving museum (C). Is > anything else needed? Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Tim > Tim Flynn | Husband, Father, Curator of the Herbarium | National Tropical > Botanical Garden | 3530 Papalina Road | Kalaheo, HI, 96741 | 808-332-7324 x > 205 | fax: 808-332-9765 > tflynn at ntbg.org > _______________________________________________ > 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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