From sergio.montagud at gmail.com Fri Mar 1 07:39:04 2024 From: sergio.montagud at gmail.com (Sergio Montagud) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 12:39:04 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Boxes for egg collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, I have been looking for plastic boxes to use for the conservation of bird eggs. I aim to individually store each egg and require square boxes to optimize space. The challenge I face is that the plastic boxes we currently use for storing various materials in our collections are rectangular, and I have been unable to find a supplier offering square ones. Do any of you have suggestions for a company that sells this type of square boxes? Alternatively, does anyone have alternative ideas for preserving an egg collection? Thank you, Sergio -- ******************************** Sergio Montagud Alario Museu [UV] Hist?ria Natural Universitat de Val?ncia e-mail: sergio.montagud at uv.es ******************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu Fri Mar 1 08:42:13 2024 From: gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu (Nelson,Gil) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 13:42:13 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Collections Action Center Survey Message-ID: In 2020 an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released its report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. Recommendation 8-1 of the report included establishment of a national Action Center for biological collections, which was codified into law by the U.S. Congress as part of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. In 2023 a series of webinars and national workshops was convened to envision the action center. The recommendations of these workshops are itemized in the attached white paper Envisioning a Natural History Collections Action Center. A list of the participants in these workshops is included as the final pages of the white paper. Here we ask you to register your support of the findings presented. The results of this survey as well as the white paper will be provided to the National Science Foundation. On behalf of the organizers, many thanks! Gil Gil Nelson PhD, Director Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu [FM_logo_horizontal_CMYK] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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However, when relaying my tales of woe to colleagues, I've been told that folks routinely have issues with leaky spigots on Nalgene carboys. Is this a common problem with Nalgene brand carboys? Has anyone used spigots from different manufacturers? Plumbers tape or additional o-rings to stop leaks? Thanks, Sarah Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D. (she/her) Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection Office 804.684.7104 | Collection 804.684.7285 skhuber at vims.edu | http://www.vims.edu/research/facilities/fishcollection/index.php PO Box 1346 | 1370 Greate Rd., Gloucester Pt., VA 23062 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or responding to requests for information. When in doubt, contact IT helpdesk. Dear all, I have been looking for plastic boxes to use for the conservation of bird eggs. I aim to individually store each egg and require square boxes to optimize space. The challenge I face is that the plastic boxes we currently use for storing various materials in our collections are rectangular, and I have been unable to find a supplier offering square ones. Do any of you have suggestions for a company that sells this type of square boxes? Alternatively, does anyone have alternative ideas for preserving an egg collection? 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Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Sarah K. Huber Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 10:27 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Nalgene carboy spigots External. Does anyone have any tricks for seating spigots on Nalgene carboys (15L)? I have a brand new carboy and three brand new spigots, and every single one leaks at the base of the spigot. I?ve followed the instructions, and tried screwing the lock nut down at varying degrees of tightness. I?ve had several other people try to seat the spigot. At this point I?m wondering if the carboy boss is misshapen. However, when relaying my tales of woe to colleagues, I?ve been told that folks routinely have issues with leaky spigots on Nalgene carboys. Is this a common problem with Nalgene brand carboys? Has anyone used spigots from different manufacturers? Plumbers tape or additional o-rings to stop leaks? Thanks, Sarah Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D. (she/her) Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection Office 804.684.7104 | Collection 804.684.7285 skhuber at vims.edu | http://www.vims.edu/research/facilities/fishcollection/index.php PO Box 1346 | 1370 Greate Rd., Gloucester Pt., VA 23062 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu Fri Mar 1 12:51:09 2024 From: gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu (Nelson,Gil) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 17:51:09 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Collections Action Center Survey In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I fear I left out the link to the survey in my previous email. Here it is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJVjAZTn6d2GL_11aq4_gIQbQM35vKJvS8VsqnprbSBZ_I4Q/viewform?usp=sharing Apologies and thanks much for your support. Best, Gil Gil Nelson PhD, Director Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu [FM_logo_horizontal_CMYK] Courtesy Professor Department of Biological Sciences Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium Florida State University gnelson at bio.fsu.edu ________________________________ From: Nelson,Gil Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 8:42 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu ; IDIGBIO-L at LISTS.UFL.EDU ; IDIGBIO-STAFF-L at LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: Collections Action Center Survey In 2020 an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released its report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. Recommendation 8-1 of the report included establishment of a national Action Center for biological collections, which was codified into law by the U.S. Congress as part of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. In 2023 a series of webinars and national workshops was convened to envision the action center. The recommendations of these workshops are itemized in the attached white paper Envisioning a Natural History Collections Action Center. A list of the participants in these workshops is included as the final pages of the white paper. Here we ask you to register your support of the findings presented. The results of this survey as well as the white paper will be provided to the National Science Foundation. On behalf of the organizers, many thanks! 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The challenge I face is that the plastic boxes we currently use for storing various materials in our collections are rectangular, and I have been unable to find a supplier offering square ones. Do any of you have suggestions for a company that sells this type of square boxes? Alternatively, does anyone have alternative ideas for preserving an egg collection? Thank you, Sergio -- ******************************** Sergio Montagud Alario Museu [UV] Hist?ria Natural Universitat de Val?ncia e-mail: sergio.montagud at uv.es ******************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gregory.watkins-colwell at yale.edu Tue Mar 5 11:31:52 2024 From: gregory.watkins-colwell at yale.edu (Watkins-Colwell, Gregory) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 16:31:52 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Call for Abstracts!!!!!! Message-ID: ? The SPNHC-TDWG 2024 Call for Abstracts is out! Everything is you need to know is now on the conference site. https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2024/call-for-abstracts/ At this time, we invite you to submit abstracts for 15-minute oral presentations, poster presentations, and lightning talks. Content may be presented in-person or pre-recorded. We are working on providing the technology to support remote participation for presenters. Accepted abstracts will be published via Oxford Abstracts (OA). Final approval for publication requires payment of any conference registration fees by the presenter. Authors additionally will have the option to publish an extended version of their abstract in Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS), where slides and video recordings can be associated (details to be announced in May). Please visit the conference website for more information and to see details in the Submission Guidelines for OA Abstracts. https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2024/call-for-abstracts/ **************** Gregory J. 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Watkins-Colwell Sr. Collection Manager, Herpetology and Ichthyology Division of Vertebrate Zoology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7789-9806 YALE PEABODY MUSEUM Main Office: 203-432-3791; West Campus: 203-737-7568; Fax 203-432-9277 Package shipping address: Greg Watkins-Colwell Division of Vertebrate Zoology YALE PEABODY MUSEUM 170?210 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 USA 203-432-3791 ****************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amast at fsu.edu Wed Mar 6 13:54:33 2024 From: amast at fsu.edu (Austin Mast) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:54:33 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Registration Open for Spring 2024 Strategic Planning for Herbaria Course Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, iDigBio and the Society of Herbarium Curators are pleased to announce an 8-week "Strategic Planning for Herbaria? online course. Take this opportunity to introduce new purpose and excitement into your organization. Prepare to relate your herbarium?s compelling vision to stakeholders and discuss long-term goals and strategies with administrators. The ?Strategic Planning for Herbaria? online course will meet 8 times on Tuesdays from 3:00?4:00 PM Eastern Time during the period March 26 to May 21, 2024 (see the summary syllabus for exact dates). We anticipate that the course will require approximately 5 hours of work per week, including the 1 hour in-class. The goal is to produce a short (5?10 pages) strategic plan for each represented herbarium. Each plan will address vision, mission, values, stakeholders, strategies, goals, objectives, evaluation, and sustainability, among other things. The process is at least as valuable as the product, and you might find that the exercises benefit your herbarium in unexpected ways. The course will be capped to ensure adequate opportunities to participate in discussions. We are looking for creative, committed participants who can help us to continue building momentum for this as an annual event. If multiple individuals from a herbarium are interested in participating in the course, we ask that one formally apply and the others participate in the out-of-class exercises and brainstorming sessions. There is no charge for participation in the course. We invite anyone affiliated with a herbarium from anywhere in the world to apply to participate, but we do note that the course is taught in English. Please note that the course is focused on strategic planning, and not on teaching collecting, curation, or data mobilization skills. Class meetings will be recorded to benefit class participants who wish to review content asynchronously. A summary syllabus for the course is available here . To apply, please complete this short Google Form by March 14, 2023. Admission decisions will be made shortly thereafter. Admissions are based on a mix of considerations, including diversity of career stages and herbaria, urgency for the herbarium, the herbarium?s concrete plans to leverage the strategic planning in the near future (e.g., for funding), and sustained interest in the class as evidenced by application again this year after an unsuccessful application in the previous year. While this course offering is focused specifically on herbaria, we plan to continue offering a version of the course with a scope broadened to include all types of biodiversity collections later this year. If you are interested in this topic but are involved in, e.g., an insect, fossil, or fish collection, please watch for that opportunity to be announced this fall. With best regards, Austin Mast (Director of iDigBio?s Digitization, Workforce Development, and Participatory Science Domain) and David Jennings (iDigBio?s Project Manager) Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? 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Natural history collections feature in many institutions globally and are an essential tool of research and communication in the goal of preserving our planet, from resourcing minerals for sustainable technologies to promoting biodiversity and natural sources of medicine. Natural history collections have never been more important, but there are very few conservation courses globally which focus on this material, and, with budget cuts, many museum staff are faced with managing mixed collections containing unfamiliar materials. A handbook has not been published for over 25 years on natural history conservation, and even these early editions did not cover all aspects of the discipline. This is the ideal time to capture and share more recent advances and developments in the field, as a single reference text. The book will be divided into seven parts which aim to contain practical advice and techniques for conserving a range of natural history materials: 1. Preventive conservation 2. Dry stored zoological material 3. Fluid stored zoological material 4. Entomology 5. Botany and Fungi 6. Geology 7. Miscellaneous material (e.g. slides and models) The reviewing period would be September to November 2024. If you think that you will be able to contribute to this new and exciting endeavour as a reviewer of one or more chapters, we would love to hear from you! Best wishes to all, Lu, Lucie and Simon (eds) Simon Moore couteaufin at btinternet.com Lucie Mascord naturalhistoryconservation at gmail.com Lu Allington-Jones l.allington-jones at nhm.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lls94 at cornell.edu Thu Mar 7 16:10:14 2024 From: lls94 at cornell.edu (Leslie L Skibinski) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 21:10:14 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Smelly Coral Message-ID: I am passing this question along for someone else. A collection manager has a donation of Alaskan Coral that was collected in 2017 and they would like to catalog it. The problem is that it is very stinky. What should they do to reduce the smell without impacting the specimens research value? Thanks --Leslie Leslie L. Skibinski Collection Manager Paleontological Research Institution 1259 Trumansburg Road Ithaca, New York 14850 Phone: (607) 273-6623 ext. 128 Fax: (607) 273-6620 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abraczi1 at msu.edu Thu Mar 7 17:14:32 2024 From: abraczi1 at msu.edu (Abraczinskas, Laura) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:14:32 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for specimens Message-ID: Dear NHColl list members, I am seeking advice about sealing specimens within polyethylene bag "tubing" for temporary storage during a collections move. This is an example of the "tubing", which is a roll of open-ended polyethylene bags that contents are sealed within by use of a heat sealing machine. (We have a tabletop impulse sealer). https://www.uline.com/BL_200/Cleanroom-Poly-Tubing The Michigan State University Museum is preparing for a temporary move of the dry vertebrate collections before a building-wide HVAC renovation project begins! Specimens will be temporarily stored off site for about 18 months. Specimens will not be stored in their usual cabinets but packed into boxes or other containers and secured at an art storage facility with climate control. We are wondering about use of this product for bird and mammal skins or taxidermy mounts, or other dry specimens. The vendor has asked that we bag and seal anything that may contain arsenic before it is housed at their facility. We are thinking this might be good for pest management too, during the temporary storage. Does anyone have thoughts about this idea? If a go, would 4 mil polyethylene be recommended, rather than 2 mil? If the Uline product is not appropriate, is there another recommended source? Thanks so much! Laura Laura Abraczinskas Pronouns: She, Her, Hers Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections Michigan State University Museum 409 West Circle Drive East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA (517) 355-1290 (Office) Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg-Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Thu Mar 7 19:17:38 2024 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 00:17:38 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <17B53939-6E1F-4B8C-AD02-CEEDD42F8A0E@ku.edu> Laura We have used this poly sheeting to store a number of our large gar heads in our dry collection long term and have not noticed any ill effects. Depending on the humidity and temperature of the storage space you may get some condensation on the inside of the bags if not packaged in a dry environment. Not sure that 2ml or 4ml would make much difference in that regard. 4ml may be a little more durable to puncture by spiny or rough objects so may be worth the investment. We use the same material we use for packing loans so that we only have to order one kind and have a large stock of it. We use the 4ml. Andy Sent from my iPad On Mar 7, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Abraczinskas, Laura wrote: ? Dear NHColl list members, I am seeking advice about sealing specimens within polyethylene bag ?tubing? for temporary storage during a collections move. This is an example of the ?tubing?, which is a roll of open-ended polyethylene bags that contents are sealed within by use of a heat sealing machine. (We have a tabletop impulse sealer). https://www.uline.com/BL_200/Cleanroom-Poly-Tubing The Michigan State University Museum is preparing for a temporary move of the dry vertebrate collections before a building-wide HVAC renovation project begins! Specimens will be temporarily stored off site for about 18 months. Specimens will not be stored in their usual cabinets but packed into boxes or other containers and secured at an art storage facility with climate control. We are wondering about use of this product for bird and mammal skins or taxidermy mounts, or other dry specimens. The vendor has asked that we bag and seal anything that may contain arsenic before it is housed at their facility. We are thinking this might be good for pest management too, during the temporary storage. Does anyone have thoughts about this idea? If a go, would 4 mil polyethylene be recommended, rather than 2 mil? If the Uline product is not appropriate, is there another recommended source? Thanks so much! Laura Laura Abraczinskas Pronouns: She, Her, Hers Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections Michigan State University Museum 409 West Circle Drive East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA (517) 355-1290 (Office) Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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Best, Laura Laura Abraczinskas Pronouns: She, Her, Hers Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections Michigan State University Museum 409 West Circle Drive East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA (517) 355-1290 (Office) Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. From: Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2024 7:18 PM To: Abraczinskas, Laura Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for specimens Laura We have used this poly sheeting to store a number of our large gar heads in our dry collection long term and have not noticed any ill effects. Depending on the humidity and temperature of the storage space you may get some condensation on the inside of the bags if not packaged in a dry environment. Not sure that 2ml or 4ml would make much difference in that regard. 4ml may be a little more durable to puncture by spiny or rough objects so may be worth the investment. We use the same material we use for packing loans so that we only have to order one kind and have a large stock of it. We use the 4ml. Andy Sent from my iPad On Mar 7, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Abraczinskas, Laura > wrote: ? Dear NHColl list members, I am seeking advice about sealing specimens within polyethylene bag ?tubing? for temporary storage during a collections move. This is an example of the ?tubing?, which is a roll of open-ended polyethylene bags that contents are sealed within by use of a heat sealing machine. (We have a tabletop impulse sealer). https://www.uline.com/BL_200/Cleanroom-Poly-Tubing The Michigan State University Museum is preparing for a temporary move of the dry vertebrate collections before a building-wide HVAC renovation project begins! Specimens will be temporarily stored off site for about 18 months. Specimens will not be stored in their usual cabinets but packed into boxes or other containers and secured at an art storage facility with climate control. We are wondering about use of this product for bird and mammal skins or taxidermy mounts, or other dry specimens. The vendor has asked that we bag and seal anything that may contain arsenic before it is housed at their facility. We are thinking this might be good for pest management too, during the temporary storage. Does anyone have thoughts about this idea? If a go, would 4 mil polyethylene be recommended, rather than 2 mil? If the Uline product is not appropriate, is there another recommended source? Thanks so much! Laura Laura Abraczinskas Pronouns: She, Her, Hers Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections Michigan State University Museum 409 West Circle Drive East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA (517) 355-1290 (Office) Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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For anyone handling these collections, wear nitrile or latex gloves and wash your hands immediately after removing gloves (after you're done working). Vacuum work areas with HEPA vacuums. I understand why you're needing to place them in the tubes, I just don't want folks worried that it must be done across collections. And now, taking this chance to plug an upcoming panel at the next meeting of the American Institute for Conservation in May. The panel is Arsenic in Collections and will feature case studies from institutions who are successfully managing/working with collections that have arsenic as an intrinsic component. Friday, May 24th at 10:30. Best, Fran On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 7:32?PM Abraczinskas, Laura wrote: > Greetings Andy, > > Thank you so much! I appreciate the information. It seems a useful > product, for a variety of reasons, and a better option than zip bags or > pre-sized polyethylene bags. > > Best, > > Laura > > > > Laura Abraczinskas > > Pronouns: She, Her, Hers > > Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections > > Michigan State University Museum > > 409 West Circle Drive > > East Lansing, Michigan 48824 > > USA > > > > (517) 355-1290 (Office) > > > > *Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and > contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, > Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the > 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.* > > > > *From:* Bentley, Andrew Charles > *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2024 7:18 PM > *To:* Abraczinskas, Laura > *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for > specimens > > > > Laura > > > > We have used this poly sheeting to store a number of our large gar heads > in our dry collection long term and have not noticed any ill effects. > Depending on the humidity and temperature of the storage space you may get > some condensation on the inside of the bags if not packaged in a dry > environment. > > > > Not sure that 2ml or 4ml would make much difference in that regard. 4ml > may be a little more durable to puncture by spiny or rough objects so may > be worth the investment. We use the same material we use for packing loans > so that we only have to order one kind and have a large stock of it. We > use the 4ml. > > > > Andy > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Mar 7, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Abraczinskas, Laura wrote: > > ? > > Dear NHColl list members, > > I am seeking advice about sealing specimens within polyethylene bag > ?tubing? for temporary storage during a collections move. This is an > example of the ?tubing?, which is a roll of open-ended polyethylene bags > that contents are sealed within by use of a heat sealing machine. (We have > a tabletop impulse sealer). > > https://www.uline.com/BL_200/Cleanroom-Poly-Tubing > > > > > The Michigan State University Museum is preparing for a temporary move of > the dry vertebrate collections before a building-wide HVAC renovation > project begins! Specimens will be temporarily stored off site for about 18 > months. Specimens will not be stored in their usual cabinets but packed > into boxes or other containers and secured at an art storage facility with > climate control. > > > > We are wondering about use of this product for bird and mammal skins or > taxidermy mounts, or other dry specimens. The vendor has asked that we bag > and seal anything that may contain arsenic before it is housed at their > facility. > > > > We are thinking this might be good for pest management too, during the > temporary storage. > > > > Does anyone have thoughts about this idea? If a go, would 4 mil > polyethylene be recommended, rather than 2 mil? > > If the Uline product is not appropriate, is there another recommended > source? > > > > Thanks so much! > > Laura > > > > Laura Abraczinskas > > Pronouns: She, Her, Hers > > Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections > > Michigan State University Museum > > 409 West Circle Drive > > East Lansing, Michigan 48824 > > USA > > > > (517) 355-1290 (Office) > > > > *Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and > contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, > Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the > 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.* > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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URL: From simmons.johne at gmail.com Thu Mar 7 23:16:38 2024 From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 23:16:38 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for specimens In-Reply-To: References: <17B53939-6E1F-4B8C-AD02-CEEDD42F8A0E@ku.edu> Message-ID: Laura, The main differences in 2 mil vs 4 mil are (1) the 2 mil is more flexible but (2) the 4 mil is tougher to penetrate (thus less likely to be damaged by a claw or beak). You might want to email a few suppliers and ask if they could send you samples of the various thicknesses. Years ago, when I was still at KU, I had a sample packet that had small pieces of the various thicknesses of plastic that was very useful for selecting the thickness needed for different tasks. There are online guides (such as https://www.discountvisqueen.com/plastic-sheeting-thickness.php) but nothing beats holding the plastic between your fingers to see how thick and flexible it is. Good luck with this project!!! --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 11:05?PM Fran Ritchie wrote: > Hi Laura! > > I agree with Andy - I've seen some NPS sites that placed their study skins > in the polyethylene tubes. They've been in controlled museum storage for > several years now and although I've never performed a specific survey, I > haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary. Not sure the thickness, > though. > > As an aside, these were placed in bags also with the intention to protect > staff, but this is not necessary if you're wearing PPE and practicing good > hygiene. For anyone handling these collections, wear nitrile or latex > gloves and wash your hands immediately after removing gloves (after you're > done working). Vacuum work areas with HEPA vacuums. I understand why you're > needing to place them in the tubes, I just don't want folks worried that it > must be done across collections. > > And now, taking this chance to plug an upcoming panel at the next meeting > of the American Institute for Conservation in May. The panel is Arsenic in > Collections and will feature case studies from institutions who are > successfully managing/working with collections that have arsenic as an > intrinsic component. Friday, May 24th at 10:30. > > Best, > Fran > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 7:32?PM Abraczinskas, Laura > wrote: > >> Greetings Andy, >> >> Thank you so much! I appreciate the information. It seems a useful >> product, for a variety of reasons, and a better option than zip bags or >> pre-sized polyethylene bags. >> >> Best, >> >> Laura >> >> >> >> Laura Abraczinskas >> >> Pronouns: She, Her, Hers >> >> Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections >> >> Michigan State University Museum >> >> 409 West Circle Drive >> >> East Lansing, Michigan 48824 >> >> USA >> >> >> >> (517) 355-1290 (Office) >> >> >> >> *Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and >> contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, >> Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the >> 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.* >> >> >> >> *From:* Bentley, Andrew Charles >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2024 7:18 PM >> *To:* Abraczinskas, Laura >> *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for >> specimens >> >> >> >> Laura >> >> >> >> We have used this poly sheeting to store a number of our large gar heads >> in our dry collection long term and have not noticed any ill effects. >> Depending on the humidity and temperature of the storage space you may get >> some condensation on the inside of the bags if not packaged in a dry >> environment. >> >> >> >> Not sure that 2ml or 4ml would make much difference in that regard. 4ml >> may be a little more durable to puncture by spiny or rough objects so may >> be worth the investment. We use the same material we use for packing loans >> so that we only have to order one kind and have a large stock of it. We >> use the 4ml. >> >> >> >> Andy >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> >> On Mar 7, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Abraczinskas, Laura wrote: >> >> ? >> >> Dear NHColl list members, >> >> I am seeking advice about sealing specimens within polyethylene bag >> ?tubing? for temporary storage during a collections move. This is an >> example of the ?tubing?, which is a roll of open-ended polyethylene bags >> that contents are sealed within by use of a heat sealing machine. (We have >> a tabletop impulse sealer). >> >> https://www.uline.com/BL_200/Cleanroom-Poly-Tubing >> >> >> >> >> The Michigan State University Museum is preparing for a temporary move of >> the dry vertebrate collections before a building-wide HVAC renovation >> project begins! Specimens will be temporarily stored off site for about 18 >> months. Specimens will not be stored in their usual cabinets but packed >> into boxes or other containers and secured at an art storage facility with >> climate control. >> >> >> >> We are wondering about use of this product for bird and mammal skins or >> taxidermy mounts, or other dry specimens. The vendor has asked that we bag >> and seal anything that may contain arsenic before it is housed at their >> facility. >> >> >> >> We are thinking this might be good for pest management too, during the >> temporary storage. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have thoughts about this idea? If a go, would 4 mil >> polyethylene be recommended, rather than 2 mil? >> >> If the Uline product is not appropriate, is there another recommended >> source? >> >> >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> Laura >> >> >> >> Laura Abraczinskas >> >> Pronouns: She, Her, Hers >> >> Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections >> >> Michigan State University Museum >> >> 409 West Circle Drive >> >> East Lansing, Michigan 48824 >> >> USA >> >> >> >> (517) 355-1290 (Office) >> >> >> >> *Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and >> contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, >> Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the >> 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.* >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Another option we are currently exploring to salvage a mineral collection from an "unsuited storage situation" - for putting it mildly - that contains hazardous objects is to box them in transparent Euro-boxes that are normed (60x40 cm) and standardised to fit on Euro-Paletts (120x80 cm). When bagging-up a lot of shark fins in PE foil (guess this was 2mm), I was adding self-tailored silica-bags. John and Julianne were adding silica into transparent PE-boxes for rH-susceptical minerals, maybe John or Julianne can add a source for these cards. Would also support monitoring. My two cents. Hope this helps - and with all best wishes for your project! Dirk [cid:part1.osXRTj1s.r2vdpYda at leibniz-lib.de] [cid:part2.Mbt0k4s3.98434piO at leibniz-lib.de] Am 08.03.2024 um 01:32 schrieb Abraczinskas, Laura: Greetings Andy, Thank you so much! I appreciate the information. It seems a useful product, for a variety of reasons, and a better option than zip bags or pre-sized polyethylene bags. Best, Laura Laura Abraczinskas Pronouns: She, Her, Hers Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections Michigan State University Museum 409 West Circle Drive East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA (517) 355-1290 (Office) Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. From: Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2024 7:18 PM To: Abraczinskas, Laura Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] question about polyethylene bag "tubing" for specimens Laura We have used this poly sheeting to store a number of our large gar heads in our dry collection long term and have not noticed any ill effects. Depending on the humidity and temperature of the storage space you may get some condensation on the inside of the bags if not packaged in a dry environment. Not sure that 2ml or 4ml would make much difference in that regard. 4ml may be a little more durable to puncture by spiny or rough objects so may be worth the investment. We use the same material we use for packing loans so that we only have to order one kind and have a large stock of it. We use the 4ml. Andy Sent from my iPad On Mar 7, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Abraczinskas, Laura > wrote: ? Dear NHColl list members, I am seeking advice about sealing specimens within polyethylene bag ?tubing? for temporary storage during a collections move. This is an example of the ?tubing?, which is a roll of open-ended polyethylene bags that contents are sealed within by use of a heat sealing machine. (We have a tabletop impulse sealer). https://www.uline.com/BL_200/Cleanroom-Poly-Tubing The Michigan State University Museum is preparing for a temporary move of the dry vertebrate collections before a building-wide HVAC renovation project begins! Specimens will be temporarily stored off site for about 18 months. Specimens will not be stored in their usual cabinets but packed into boxes or other containers and secured at an art storage facility with climate control. We are wondering about use of this product for bird and mammal skins or taxidermy mounts, or other dry specimens. The vendor has asked that we bag and seal anything that may contain arsenic before it is housed at their facility. We are thinking this might be good for pest management too, during the temporary storage. Does anyone have thoughts about this idea? If a go, would 4 mil polyethylene be recommended, rather than 2 mil? If the Uline product is not appropriate, is there another recommended source? Thanks so much! Laura Laura Abraczinskas Pronouns: She, Her, Hers Collections Manager, Vertebrate Collections Michigan State University Museum 409 West Circle Drive East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA (517) 355-1290 (Office) Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg?Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 7 Mar 2024, at 21:10, Leslie L Skibinski wrote: > > I am passing this question along for someone else. A collection manager has a donation of Alaskan Coral that was collected in 2017 and they would like to catalog it. The problem is that it is very stinky. What should they do to reduce the smell without impacting the specimens research value? > Thanks > --Leslie > Leslie L. 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From lancemcbrayer at georgiasouthern.edu Fri Mar 8 10:42:00 2024 From: lancemcbrayer at georgiasouthern.edu (Lance McBrayer) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:42:00 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections Message-ID: Greetings I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was *supposed to* emit little to no UV radiation. I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? Any advice forward is welcomed... Thanks lm -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 *Webpage * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The lifespan of plastic lids is highly variable, depending on how they are used, the temperature they are exposed to, light exposure (both visible and UV), and the composition of the batch of plastic used to make the lids. Even a normally "good" plastic such as polyethylene may have undesirable components in it. The one thing that probably does not affect the lifespan of the lids in any significant way is exposure to ethanol. So, first check what the mold mark (if any) says. Let me know if there are not any mold marks. If the lighting is LED, the chance of it producing UV is slim, but the emergency lights may be the culprit as you suspect. The best thing to do is check them with a UV meter (you can purchase a good one for around $200, perhaps less if you shop around. For example, this model is available from a number of sellers (I did not attempt ot find the lowest price--this link is just to show you what it looks like): https://sperdirect.com/products/uv-light-meter-uva-uvb?currency=USD&variant=35844887183517&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=73545bd6da0d&gclid=CjwKCAiAi6uvBhADEiwAWiyRdkHLwdavqvr0uJVZTX3dFYrsVsKxD6N89Yn8uEpzWIin29DS-5JBsRoC77AQAvD_BwE&gad_source=1 If you have no budget for a UV meter, check with your university's health and safety office, or see if a local museum might have one you can borrow. I think every museum should have a good UV meter and a good visible light meter for monitoring collection storage and exhibition areas. Concerning the safety lights, this is a growing problem in museums I have worked with. The problem comes from the standards used by the safety folks vs what is good for the collection. There is no reason to have lights burning 24/7 in a collection storage area and there is plenty of information in the literature about why this is bad. What you can do is ask to have the lights changed for motion-activated safety lights, that only come on when someone enters the room, and you can insist on having the safety lights UV-filtered (the UV filtering does not affect the brightness of the lights). You will need to make a good case for the importance of the collection as well as the importance of keeping it in the dark most of the time, and you will have to cajole and persuade the people in charge (arguing will get you nowhere). --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 10:42?AM Lance McBrayer < lancemcbrayer at georgiasouthern.edu> wrote: > Greetings > I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of > our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if > the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 > specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is > widespread, particularly on the top shelf. > > These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept > in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F > range. > > The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was *supposed to* emit > little to no UV radiation. > > I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less > common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. > I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I > bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. > > Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: > 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on > specimens in 70% ethanol? > 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? > There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on > having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room > and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time > to revisit...? > > Any advice forward is welcomed... > Thanks > lm > > -- > Lance McBrayer > Professor & Curator of Herpetology > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > TEL: 912.478.0545 > *Webpage > * > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rw at protectheritage.com Fri Mar 8 12:12:23 2024 From: rw at protectheritage.com (Robert Waller) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:12:23 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John offers lots of good advice here but let me add a little to it. These common plastics (like PE or PP or PVC) are all subject to light induced oxidation, not just UV light but visible light as well. They will all contain antioxidants within their formulation to reduce photooxidation rates but some of those may be extracted into ethanol solutions over time. It is important, when new lighting is installed or lights changed, to ensure they are low in UV and John?s recommendation to just borrow a meter for a few hours to do that is great advice. Still, I expect that the main issue is the dose (combination of intensity and duration) of visible light received by lids. I suggest laying a light meter on the top of a selection of top shelf lids to obtain a range of lux (or foot candle) measurements, then do the same for lids on the lowest shelves. Note it is important to have the light sensor in a plane parallel to the lids and try to not block light with parts of your body. I suspect that the difference in light intensities will be on the order of at least 10 to 1, maybe even 100 to 1. It is fair to first assume that lid degradation is roughly linearly proportional to light dose. Therefore, where we see a light intensity difference of 500 lux top shelf to 50 lux bottom shelf, we might first assume that the lid degradation seen in 3 years on the top shelf would take 30 years on the bottom shelf. Unfortunately, your collection provides what is termed a ?natural experiment? for observing light damage rates. At the Canadian Museum of Nature, we encountered a similar problem with one bank of lights on emergency power and on 24/7 for emergency egress. It was challenging and costly but we were able to rewire the lights so all lights would be turned off when the rooms were unoccupied. To avoid having someone left in any room, or back part of a room, when the lights were turned off by someone else leaving, the room lights would blink repeatedly to signal the need for the remaining person to turn the lights on again. I think they had 30 minutes to accomplish turning the lights on again. It is not just damage to plastic lids, but unnecessary bleaching of fluid preserved specimens that was a concern to us. We were able to demonstrate that not just colours, but even patterns could be lost to light exposure over time, and that this needless (i.e., not use-related risk) was a substantial risk (expected loss of value) to our collections over time. You may want to contact Luci Cipera, Conservator at CMN for more information and a link to the CMN?s excellent facility manager, Martin Leclerc, who worked hard with us to resolve the issue. Best, Rob Waller From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of John E Simmons Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 11:22 AM To: Lance McBrayer Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections Lance, All plastic deteriorates over time, so what you are experiencing may not be due to UV exposure. Even if the storage room is UV free, however, the plastic lids may have been exposed to UV before you got them, and there are several other factors that could cause rapid deterioration of the plastic. The first thing to do is confirm what kind of plastic they are made from. There will probably be a mold mark inside the lids that says something like PE or PP or PVC. These are three different types of plastic that are commonly used for lids, and each has its own deterioration patterns. The lifespan of plastic lids is highly variable, depending on how they are used, the temperature they are exposed to, light exposure (both visible and UV), and the composition of the batch of plastic used to make the lids. Even a normally "good" plastic such as polyethylene may have undesirable components in it. The one thing that probably does not affect the lifespan of the lids in any significant way is exposure to ethanol. So, first check what the mold mark (if any) says. Let me know if there are not any mold marks. If the lighting is LED, the chance of it producing UV is slim, but the emergency lights may be the culprit as you suspect. The best thing to do is check them with a UV meter (you can purchase a good one for around $200, perhaps less if you shop around. For example, this model is available from a number of sellers (I did not attempt ot find the lowest price--this link is just to show you what it looks like): https://sperdirect.com/products/uv-light-meter-uva-uvb?currency=USD&variant=35844887183517&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=73545bd6da0d&gclid=CjwKCAiAi6uvBhADEiwAWiyRdkHLwdavqvr0uJVZTX3dFYrsVsKxD6N89Yn8uEpzWIin29DS-5JBsRoC77AQAvD_BwE&gad_source=1 If you have no budget for a UV meter, check with your university's health and safety office, or see if a local museum might have one you can borrow. I think every museum should have a good UV meter and a good visible light meter for monitoring collection storage and exhibition areas. Concerning the safety lights, this is a growing problem in museums I have worked with. The problem comes from the standards used by the safety folks vs what is good for the collection. There is no reason to have lights burning 24/7 in a collection storage area and there is plenty of information in the literature about why this is bad. What you can do is ask to have the lights changed for motion-activated safety lights, that only come on when someone enters the room, and you can insist on having the safety lights UV-filtered (the UV filtering does not affect the brightness of the lights). You will need to make a good case for the importance of the collection as well as the importance of keeping it in the dark most of the time, and you will have to cajole and persuade the people in charge (arguing will get you nowhere). --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 10:42?AM Lance McBrayer > wrote: Greetings I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was supposed to emit little to no UV radiation. I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? Any advice forward is welcomed... Thanks lm -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 Webpage _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 8 Mar 2024, at 17:12, Robert Waller wrote: > > John offers lots of good advice here but let me add a little to it. These common plastics (like PE or PP or PVC) are all subject to light induced oxidation, not just UV light but visible light as well. They will all contain antioxidants within their formulation to reduce photooxidation rates but some of those may be extracted into ethanol solutions over time. It is important, when new lighting is installed or lights changed, to ensure they are low in UV and John?s recommendation to just borrow a meter for a few hours to do that is great advice. Still, I expect that the main issue is the dose (combination of intensity and duration) of visible light received by lids. I suggest laying a light meter on the top of a selection of top shelf lids to obtain a range of lux (or foot candle) measurements, then do the same for lids on the lowest shelves. Note it is important to have the light sensor in a plane parallel to the lids and try to not block light with parts of your body. I suspect that the difference in light intensities will be on the order of at least 10 to 1, maybe even 100 to 1. It is fair to first assume that lid degradation is roughly linearly proportional to light dose. Therefore, where we see a light intensity difference of 500 lux top shelf to 50 lux bottom shelf, we might first assume that the lid degradation seen in 3 years on the top shelf would take 30 years on the bottom shelf. Unfortunately, your collection provides what is termed a ?natural experiment? for observing light damage rates. > At the Canadian Museum of Nature, we encountered a similar problem with one bank of lights on emergency power and on 24/7 for emergency egress. It was challenging and costly but we were able to rewire the lights so all lights would be turned off when the rooms were unoccupied. To avoid having someone left in any room, or back part of a room, when the lights were turned off by someone else leaving, the room lights would blink repeatedly to signal the need for the remaining person to turn the lights on again. I think they had 30 minutes to accomplish turning the lights on again. It is not just damage to plastic lids, but unnecessary bleaching of fluid preserved specimens that was a concern to us. We were able to demonstrate that not just colours, but even patterns could be lost to light exposure over time, and that this needless (i.e., not use-related risk) was a substantial risk (expected loss of value) to our collections over time. You may want to contact Luci Cipera, Conservator at CMN for more information and a link to the CMN?s excellent facility manager, Martin Leclerc, who worked hard with us to resolve the issue. > Best, > Rob Waller > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of John E Simmons > Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 11:22 AM > To: Lance McBrayer > Cc: NHCOLL-new > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections > Lance, > All plastic deteriorates over time, so what you are experiencing may not be due to UV exposure. Even if the storage room is UV free, however, the plastic lids may have been exposed to UV before you got them, and there are several other factors that could cause rapid deterioration of the plastic. > The first thing to do is confirm what kind of plastic they are made from. There will probably be a mold mark inside the lids that says something like PE or PP or PVC. These are three different types of plastic that are commonly used for lids, and each has its own deterioration patterns. > The lifespan of plastic lids is highly variable, depending on how they are used, the temperature they are exposed to, light exposure (both visible and UV), and the composition of the batch of plastic used to make the lids. Even a normally "good" plastic such as polyethylene may have undesirable components in it. The one thing that probably does not affect the lifespan of the lids in any significant way is exposure to ethanol. So, first check what the mold mark (if any) says. Let me know if there are not any mold marks. > If the lighting is LED, the chance of it producing UV is slim, but the emergency lights may be the culprit as you suspect. The best thing to do is check them with a UV meter (you can purchase a good one for around $200, perhaps less if you shop around. For example, this model is available from a number of sellers (I did not attempt ot find the lowest price--this link is just to show you what it looks like): > https://sperdirect.com/products/uv-light-meter-uva-uvb?currency=USD&variant=35844887183517&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=73545bd6da0d&gclid=CjwKCAiAi6uvBhADEiwAWiyRdkHLwdavqvr0uJVZTX3dFYrsVsKxD6N89Yn8uEpzWIin29DS-5JBsRoC77AQAvD_BwE&gad_source=1 > If you have no budget for a UV meter, check with your university's health and safety office, or see if a local museum might have one you can borrow. I think every museum should have a good UV meter and a good visible light meter for monitoring collection storage and exhibition areas. > Concerning the safety lights, this is a growing problem in museums I have worked with. The problem comes from the standards used by the safety folks vs what is good for the collection. There is no reason to have lights burning 24/7 in a collection storage area and there is plenty of information in the literature about why this is bad. What you can do is ask to have the lights changed for motion-activated safety lights, that only come on when someone enters the room, and you can insist on having the safety lights UV-filtered (the UV filtering does not affect the brightness of the lights). You will need to make a good case for the importance of the collection as well as the importance of keeping it in the dark most of the time, and you will have to cajole and persuade the people in charge (arguing will get you nowhere). > --John > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > and > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 10:42?AM Lance McBrayer wrote: > Greetings > I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. > These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. > The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was supposed to emit little to no UV radiation. > I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. > Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: > 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? > 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? > Any advice forward is welcomed... > Thanks > lm > -- Lance McBrayer > Professor & Curator of Herpetology > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > TEL: 912.478.0545 > Webpage > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. From abentley at ku.edu Fri Mar 8 13:18:47 2024 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 18:18:47 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey Lance Great info provided by both John and Rob. I would add from our experience with the same lids from Kols/O'Berk that we are not seeing systematic failures with these lids but random replacements over time. We have not noticed any greater number of failures on higher shelves but do have either LED or UV shielded fluorescent lights throughout our facility. I just undertook a full inventory of our collection to top off alcohol levels and check lids and would say that there was less than a 10-15% failure rate and it was limited almost exclusively to 8oz jar lids and mostly the unlipped variety (see below). One thing we have noticed is a higher rate of failure with a specific type of lid that was shipped from Kols some time back (the right hand kind in the attached image that does not have a outer lip to the lid) where the lid will crack along the edge when tightened). We have now started ensuring that we get the left hand kind whenever we order lids from Kols. They only seem to come in the 58mm size for 8oz jars so the damage is limited. The lids we have are stamped with MRP below the internal gasket material. In looking on the MRP Plastics website, these are polypropylene lids while the inserts are polyethylene (F217 - https://www.oberk.com/closures/continuous-thread-caps-(ct)/plastic-ct-closure/58400ov--58--400-bla-pp-rib-matte-cap-f217-lnr). F217 inserts are a type of polyethylene foam liner that can be used with metal, plastic, or glass. They are made of three layers: a thin foam core sandwiched between two layers of LDPE film. F217 liners are odor resistant and pulp dust free, and have good chemical resistance and a low transmission rate. They also have a low moisture transmission rate, meaning they prevent moisture from entering the bottle and affecting products. I would concur with John and Rob that you should check your light sources for UV emissions while also motivating for lights to be off at all times when the space is unoccupied - motion sensitive lights are a great idea. Hope that helps 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 Lance McBrayer Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 9:42 AM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections Greetings I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was supposed to emit little to no UV radiation. I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? Any advice forward is welcomed... Thanks lm -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 Webpage -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Kols lids.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 587671 bytes Desc: Kols lids.jpg URL: From lancemcbrayer at georgiasouthern.edu Fri Mar 8 14:21:57 2024 From: lancemcbrayer at georgiasouthern.edu (Lance McBrayer) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 14:21:57 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] RE: Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you EVERYONE for the excellent information and suggestions. These lids are old and could be part of the 'bad batch' mentioned, or they were likely exposed to some UV prior to the new facility. And yes - the light. That is a fantastic point I didn't even consider. It would have taken me months to run all this down in the literature....whew. What a relief to get your suggestions. I'm sort of on an island at my Uni as a curator in my position so ...this is an amazing, and super helpful, community. You all ROCK ! I have a clear path forward and truly appreciate your help, guidance, and taking the time to reply. thanks lm On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 1:18?PM Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: > Hey Lance > > > > Great info provided by both John and Rob. I would add from our experience > with the same lids from Kols/O?Berk that we are not seeing systematic > failures with these lids but random replacements over time. We have not > noticed any greater number of failures on higher shelves but do have either > LED or UV shielded fluorescent lights throughout our facility. I just > undertook a full inventory of our collection to top off alcohol levels and > check lids and would say that there was less than a 10-15% failure rate and > it was limited almost exclusively to 8oz jar lids and mostly the unlipped > variety (see below). > > > > One thing we have noticed is a higher rate of failure with a specific type > of lid that was shipped from Kols some time back (the right hand kind in > the attached image that does not have a outer lip to the lid) where the lid > will crack along the edge when tightened). We have now started ensuring > that we get the left hand kind whenever we order lids from Kols. They only > seem to come in the 58mm size for 8oz jars so the damage is limited. > > > > The lids we have are stamped with MRP below the internal gasket material. > In looking on the MRP Plastics website, these are polypropylene lids while > the inserts are polyethylene (F217 - > https://www.oberk.com/closures/continuous-thread-caps-(ct)/plastic-ct-closure/58400ov--58--400-bla-pp-rib-matte-cap-f217-lnr > ). > > > > *F217 inserts are a type of polyethylene foam liner that can be used with > metal, plastic, or glass. They are made of three layers: a thin foam core > sandwiched between two layers of LDPE film. F217 liners are odor resistant > and pulp dust free, and have good chemical resistance and a low > transmission rate. They also have a low moisture transmission rate, meaning > they prevent moisture from entering the bottle and affecting products.* > > > > I would concur with John and Rob that you should check your light sources > for UV emissions while also motivating for lights to be off at all times > when the space is unoccupied ? motion sensitive lights are a great idea. > > > > Hope that helps > > > > 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 *Lance > McBrayer > *Sent:* Friday, March 8, 2024 9:42 AM > *To:* NHCOLL-new > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections > > > > Greetings > > I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of > our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if > the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 > specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is > widespread, particularly on the top shelf. > > > > These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept > in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F > range. > > > > The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was *supposed to* emit > little to no UV radiation. > > > > I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less > common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. > I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I > bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. > > > > Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: > > 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on > specimens in 70% ethanol? > > 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? > There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on > having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room > and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time > to revisit...? > > > > Any advice forward is welcomed... > > Thanks > > lm > > > > -- > > Lance McBrayer > > Professor & Curator of Herpetology > > Department of Biology > > Georgia Southern University > > TEL: 912.478.0545 > > *Webpage > * > -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 *Webpage * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org Fri Mar 8 14:38:47 2024 From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:38:47 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections In-Reply-To: <69F57AA1-64BE-423A-AE44-7A738D45849E@btinternet.com> References: <69F57AA1-64BE-423A-AE44-7A738D45849E@btinternet.com> Message-ID: John and Rob have stated the challenge very eloquently and thoroughly. It is most important to understand that any light (UV, Visible and IR) will cause deterioration to many organic objects, including plastic. With LED lights we can eliminate the UV and the IR. Testing with a light meter is often the easiest way to do it. When you test - check both the UV and the visible levels. As already mentioned, damage because of light exposure is directly related by the length of the exposure (cumulative) and by how close the object (in this case - the lids) is to the lights. The closer the object is to the light the more intense the light is and the more damage there will be. Good Luck! Gretchen -----Original Message----- From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Simon Moore Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 12:19 PM To: robert Waller Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Oh yes, this is what (I suspect) prevented the Danish jar company from producing more of their otherwise very convenient-to-use jars! Some may disagree about this! These were PP lids and suffered from exactly the problems you describe. One of their formulations however, worked very well and I still have specimens in ethanol stored successfully in the jars since the early 1990s with hardly any evaporation or plastic degradation. Otherwise, John and Rob have covered the issue and I expect there will be others who will have their say. With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.natural-history-conservation.com&c=E,1,ryUxwOEkf0QEKiazAE5Gd_AsjIl1-vKamH3kHFtF-OhQSt1yleTVZdgTIaBXGyD1e-_ltwF6kDCcfb4-Pj4B-io9fsAnh_kbVMSHJN_xODadcZWhczA,&typo=1 > On 8 Mar 2024, at 17:12, Robert Waller wrote: > > John offers lots of good advice here but let me add a little to it. These common plastics (like PE or PP or PVC) are all subject to light induced oxidation, not just UV light but visible light as well. They will all contain antioxidants within their formulation to reduce photooxidation rates but some of those may be extracted into ethanol solutions over time. It is important, when new lighting is installed or lights changed, to ensure they are low in UV and John?s recommendation to just borrow a meter for a few hours to do that is great advice. Still, I expect that the main issue is the dose (combination of intensity and duration) of visible light received by lids. I suggest laying a light meter on the top of a selection of top shelf lids to obtain a range of lux (or foot candle) measurements, then do the same for lids on the lowest shelves. Note it is important to have the light sensor in a plane parallel to the lids and try to not block light with parts of your body. I suspect that the difference in light intensities will be on the order of at least 10 to 1, maybe even 100 to 1. It is fair to first assume that lid degradation is roughly linearly proportional to light dose. Therefore, where we see a light intensity difference of 500 lux top shelf to 50 lux bottom shelf, we might first assume that the lid degradation seen in 3 years on the top shelf would take 30 years on the bottom shelf. Unfortunately, your collection provides what is termed a ?natural experiment? for observing light damage rates. > At the Canadian Museum of Nature, we encountered a similar problem with one bank of lights on emergency power and on 24/7 for emergency egress. It was challenging and costly but we were able to rewire the lights so all lights would be turned off when the rooms were unoccupied. To avoid having someone left in any room, or back part of a room, when the lights were turned off by someone else leaving, the room lights would blink repeatedly to signal the need for the remaining person to turn the lights on again. I think they had 30 minutes to accomplish turning the lights on again. It is not just damage to plastic lids, but unnecessary bleaching of fluid preserved specimens that was a concern to us. We were able to demonstrate that not just colours, but even patterns could be lost to light exposure over time, and that this needless (i.e., not use-related risk) was a substantial risk (expected loss of value) to our collections over time. You may want to contact Luci Cipera, Conservator at CMN for more information and a link to the CMN?s excellent facility manager, Martin Leclerc, who worked hard with us to resolve the issue. > Best, > Rob Waller > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of John > E Simmons > Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 11:22 AM > To: Lance McBrayer > Cc: NHCOLL-new > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections > Lance, All plastic deteriorates over time, so what you are > experiencing may not be due to UV exposure. Even if the storage room is UV free, however, the plastic lids may have been exposed to UV before you got them, and there are several other factors that could cause rapid deterioration of the plastic. > The first thing to do is confirm what kind of plastic they are made from. There will probably be a mold mark inside the lids that says something like PE or PP or PVC. These are three different types of plastic that are commonly used for lids, and each has its own deterioration patterns. > The lifespan of plastic lids is highly variable, depending on how they are used, the temperature they are exposed to, light exposure (both visible and UV), and the composition of the batch of plastic used to make the lids. Even a normally "good" plastic such as polyethylene may have undesirable components in it. The one thing that probably does not affect the lifespan of the lids in any significant way is exposure to ethanol. So, first check what the mold mark (if any) says. Let me know if there are not any mold marks. > If the lighting is LED, the chance of it producing UV is slim, but the emergency lights may be the culprit as you suspect. The best thing to do is check them with a UV meter (you can purchase a good one for around $200, perhaps less if you shop around. For example, this model is available from a number of sellers (I did not attempt ot find the lowest price--this link is just to show you what it looks like): > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsperdirect.com%2fp > roducts%2fuv-light-meter-uva-uvb%3fcurrency%3dUSD%26variant%3d35844887 > 183517%26utm_medium%3dcpc%26utm_source%3dgoogle%26utm_campaign%3dGoogl > e%2520Shopping%26stkn%3d73545bd6da0d%26gclid%3dCjwKCAiAi6uvBhADEiwAWiy > RdkHLwdavqvr0uJVZTX3dFYrsVsKxD6N89Yn8uEpzWIin29DS-5JBsRoC77AQAvD_BwE%2 > 6gad_source%3d1&c=E,1,VEadjhYguAbbsEBTSHK-CmvBAHvY3xWh8vUIM1SMe8j4dCTg > 0RIRkHPNltzEfaPPQ6NH7PXjA0ksHuxw3WuschVB5f40q9jWMizXPsVMPadHVY6w&typo= > 1 If you have no budget for a UV meter, check with your university's > health and safety office, or see if a local museum might have one you can borrow. I think every museum should have a good UV meter and a good visible light meter for monitoring collection storage and exhibition areas. > Concerning the safety lights, this is a growing problem in museums I have worked with. The problem comes from the standards used by the safety folks vs what is good for the collection. There is no reason to have lights burning 24/7 in a collection storage area and there is plenty of information in the literature about why this is bad. What you can do is ask to have the lights changed for motion-activated safety lights, that only come on when someone enters the room, and you can insist on having the safety lights UV-filtered (the UV filtering does not affect the brightness of the lights). You will need to make a good case for the importance of the collection as well as the importance of keeping it in the dark most of the time, and you will have to cajole and persuade the people in charge (arguing will get you nowhere). > --John > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > Museologica > and > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia > Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 10:42?AM Lance McBrayer wrote: > Greetings > I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. > These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. > The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was supposed to emit little to no UV radiation. > I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. > Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: > 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? > 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? > Any advice forward is welcomed... > Thanks > lm > -- Lance McBrayer > Professor & Curator of Herpetology > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > TEL: 912.478.0545 > Webpage > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org Fri Mar 8 14:42:12 2024 From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:42:12 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [External] RE: Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oh I forgot to mention that if you can find out the specific brand of the lamps you might be able to determine the specific wavelengths in the LED Lights. Keep the questions coming! Gretchen Gretchen Anderson Conservator Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Preferred pronouns: she/her) AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org Mobile: 412-420-9083 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Lance McBrayer Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 2:22 PM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [External] RE: Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Thank you EVERYONE for the excellent information and suggestions. These lids are old and could be part of the 'bad batch' mentioned, or they were likely exposed to some UV prior to the new facility. And yes - the light. That is a fantastic point I didn't even consider. It would have taken me months to run all this down in the literature....whew. What a relief to get your suggestions. I'm sort of on an island at my Uni as a curator in my position so ...this is an amazing, and super helpful, community. You all ROCK ! I have a clear path forward and truly appreciate your help, guidance, and taking the time to reply. thanks lm On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 1:18?PM Bentley, Andrew Charles > wrote: Hey Lance Great info provided by both John and Rob. I would add from our experience with the same lids from Kols/O?Berk that we are not seeing systematic failures with these lids but random replacements over time. We have not noticed any greater number of failures on higher shelves but do have either LED or UV shielded fluorescent lights throughout our facility. I just undertook a full inventory of our collection to top off alcohol levels and check lids and would say that there was less than a 10-15% failure rate and it was limited almost exclusively to 8oz jar lids and mostly the unlipped variety (see below). One thing we have noticed is a higher rate of failure with a specific type of lid that was shipped from Kols some time back (the right hand kind in the attached image that does not have a outer lip to the lid) where the lid will crack along the edge when tightened). We have now started ensuring that we get the left hand kind whenever we order lids from Kols. They only seem to come in the 58mm size for 8oz jars so the damage is limited. The lids we have are stamped with MRP below the internal gasket material. In looking on the MRP Plastics website, these are polypropylene lids while the inserts are polyethylene (F217 - https://www.oberk.com/closures/continuous-thread-caps-(ct)/plastic-ct-closure/58400ov--58--400-bla-pp-rib-matte-cap-f217-lnr). F217 inserts are a type of polyethylene foam liner that can be used with metal, plastic, or glass. They are made of three layers: a thin foam core sandwiched between two layers of LDPE film. F217 liners are odor resistant and pulp dust free, and have good chemical resistance and a low transmission rate. They also have a low moisture transmission rate, meaning they prevent moisture from entering the bottle and affecting products. I would concur with John and Rob that you should check your light sources for UV emissions while also motivating for lights to be off at all times when the space is unoccupied ? motion sensitive lights are a great idea. Hope that helps 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 Lance McBrayer Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 9:42 AM To: NHCOLL-new > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections Greetings I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was supposed to emit little to no UV radiation. I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? Any advice forward is welcomed... Thanks lm -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 Webpage -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 Webpage The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maru.digi at gmail.com Fri Mar 8 15:02:35 2024 From: maru.digi at gmail.com (Mariana Di Giacomo) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 15:02:35 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Smelly Coral In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Leslie, If the coral is in good shape and was prepared properly, one option would be to use charcoal bags to sequester some of the smell. This method only works in a confined space (inside a cabinet, for example) but not on open shelving. We have done this successfully for IZ collections as well as for skins, and it is night and day. You can open the cabinet door without falling backwards. It is important for you to know that the charcoal bags will absorb some of the smell but they will need to get reconditioned after a while. The ones we use only need a few hours in the sun to get reactivated and back they go into the cabinets. Hope this helps. Best, Mariana Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 16:10 Leslie L Skibinski wrote: > I am passing this question along for someone else. A collection manager > has a donation of Alaskan Coral that was collected in 2017 and they would > like to catalog it. The problem is that it is very stinky. What should > they do to reduce the smell without impacting the specimens research value? > > > > Thanks > > > > --Leslie > > > > Leslie L. 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URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Sun Mar 10 07:13:27 2024 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:13:27 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: [External] RE: Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1c20c36c-46e1-43c6-8261-9a03054605ae@leibniz-lib.de> Hi all, if these lids are old, I suspect there might be another reason worth considering: plastics are ageing. This is a common phenomenon that can (and is) surely accelerated by UV, but there are other aspects worth considering as well. John and Rob already mentioned that that the post common plastics found in collections are PE, PP and PVC, worth adding probably is Bakelite, the typical black screw-on lids (the older from the 1960ies and 70ies usually come with a inner cork-liner with later on was replaced with a PE insert). Especially PVC and Bakelite are unstable over time, Bakelite because of its phenolic rings (Bakelite is a phenolic resin that results from the condensation of phenol with formaldehyde), polyvinyl chloride because it is monomers include very polar chloride. Besides the UV that attacks lids from the outside, inner vapour (especially if the storage room climate fluctuates) tend to condensate on the inside of the lid. The condensate is mostly water vapour, which, in the presence of formaldehyde gas may acidify. But also lipids and fats may play are role in the deterioration of plastics and can accelerate the process. Another reason in snap-on lids surely is the loss/deterioration of the softener that (originally) made the plastic lids more flexible and elastic. Stress cracks or embrittlement at the rims of the snap-on lids usually are a good indicator for a loss of elasticity. If you now observe that it is always the same type of plastic lids (while the other plastic lids in the collection may still be doing fine), it would be worth assessing if these specific lids or, within a specific batch of these lids starts failling. The dates, design and jar type where these labels have been added may be a good indicator for the initial filling of the respective jars. Simon mentioned already the famous Copenhagen jars. The came with PE and PVC lids, where produced in the late 1980ies/early 1990ies, and started failing around mid 2000 in various collections simultaneously. But not all, there were some PE lids from the 1980ies that still do fine. We compiled a lot of this and similar information in our SPNHC book on fluids preserved collections (link) If specific lids and the lids cannot be replaced, the entire jar should be replaced. The time and long time costs (additional monitoring and handling requirements) usually are way more expensive than replacing the entire jar. Maybe worth adding ... With best wishes Dirk Am 08.03.2024 um 20:21 schrieb Lance McBrayer: Thank you EVERYONE for the excellent information and suggestions. These lids are old and could be part of the 'bad batch' mentioned, or they were likely exposed to some UV prior to the new facility. And yes - the light. That is a fantastic point I didn't even consider. It would have taken me months to run all this down in the literature....whew. What a relief to get your suggestions. I'm sort of on an island at my Uni as a curator in my position so ...this is an amazing, and super helpful, community. You all ROCK ! I have a clear path forward and truly appreciate your help, guidance, and taking the time to reply. thanks lm On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 1:18?PM Bentley, Andrew Charles > wrote: Hey Lance Great info provided by both John and Rob. I would add from our experience with the same lids from Kols/O?Berk that we are not seeing systematic failures with these lids but random replacements over time. We have not noticed any greater number of failures on higher shelves but do have either LED or UV shielded fluorescent lights throughout our facility. I just undertook a full inventory of our collection to top off alcohol levels and check lids and would say that there was less than a 10-15% failure rate and it was limited almost exclusively to 8oz jar lids and mostly the unlipped variety (see below). One thing we have noticed is a higher rate of failure with a specific type of lid that was shipped from Kols some time back (the right hand kind in the attached image that does not have a outer lip to the lid) where the lid will crack along the edge when tightened). We have now started ensuring that we get the left hand kind whenever we order lids from Kols. They only seem to come in the 58mm size for 8oz jars so the damage is limited. The lids we have are stamped with MRP below the internal gasket material. In looking on the MRP Plastics website, these are polypropylene lids while the inserts are polyethylene (F217 - https://www.oberk.com/closures/continuous-thread-caps-(ct)/plastic-ct-closure/58400ov--58--400-bla-pp-rib-matte-cap-f217-lnr). F217 inserts are a type of polyethylene foam liner that can be used with metal, plastic, or glass. They are made of three layers: a thin foam core sandwiched between two layers of LDPE film. F217 liners are odor resistant and pulp dust free, and have good chemical resistance and a low transmission rate. They also have a low moisture transmission rate, meaning they prevent moisture from entering the bottle and affecting products. I would concur with John and Rob that you should check your light sources for UV emissions while also motivating for lights to be off at all times when the space is unoccupied ? motion sensitive lights are a great idea. Hope that helps 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 Lance McBrayer Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 9:42 AM To: NHCOLL-new > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Failure of plastic lids in ethanol collections Greetings I have noticed a systematic failure of plastic lids on the top shelves of our wet collection. The plastic is drying and cracking, or crumbling if the lid is pressed in the middle. Luckily I noticed this and only had 3 specimens dry out. But, I'm learning the problem is widespread, particularly on the top shelf. These lids were replaced in about 2010, and since 2013 been have been kept in a new storage facility with a consistent temp in the 60-69 degree F range. The facility has shock-proof LED lighting that was supposed to emit little to no UV radiation. I suspect the lighting is in fact emitting UV. The problem is much less common on the lower shelving racks where they are 'shaded' by jars above. I have also guessed there may be a known 'lifespan' for plastic lids. I bought the lids from O Berk like many collections do in the USA. Is anyone aware of this problem? That is: 1 - What have others experienced as the lifespan of plastic lids on specimens in 70% ethanol? 2 - Does anyone have suggestions as to how to remedy a UV light issue? There are no windows in the facility. BUT, the safety officer INSISTED on having 2 lights on in the room at all times in case some was in the room and the lights were turned off. I protested, but lost. I think it is time to revisit...? Any advice forward is welcomed... Thanks lm -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 Webpage -- Lance McBrayer Professor & Curator of Herpetology Department of Biology Georgia Southern University TEL: 912.478.0545 Webpage _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. 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I was wondering if anyone knew of museum training programs, volunteerships, or internships that offer room and board? Regards, Ben -- Benjamin Ehrman (he/him), MSc. Vertebrate Paleontologist and Paleoecologist, Danbury, CT, USA benjaminaehrman at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mazin at qumsiyeh.org Tue Mar 12 04:07:05 2024 From: mazin at qumsiyeh.org (Mazin Qumsiyeh) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:07:05 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum volunteer/intership program with residence In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I send to everyone because we actually have several opportunities like the one that Benjamine is asking for. Our Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University includes a museum of natural history, museum of ethnography, a botanic garden and more. We offer room and board to volunteers and interns. Please browse http://palestinenature.org Sincerely Mazin Qumsiyeh Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director Palestine Museum of Natural History Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability Bethlehem University Palestine http://palestinenature.org facebook pages Personal https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9 Institute https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 12:36?AM Benjamin Ehrman wrote: > Greetings, > > My name is Benjamin Ehrman. I earned my masters degree in biology > (specialization in evolutionary biology) last year and have a BA (summa cum > Laude) in environmental science (specialization in ecology). During my MSc. > program, I updated the specimens catalog for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum > of Natural History based on the results of my review of the Swift Current > Creek locality?s faunal list. > > I have an interest in pursuing a career in museum collections management, > curation, or as a technician. 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This move is being driven by the recognition that the support and resources we provide (particularly in the members only area of our website) isn't reaching large numbers of those who carry out crucial work with geological collections. The winner of the competition will receive a year?s membership, and the new logo will be unveiled at our 50th anniversary celebration event in May! For details of the competition, including Terms and Conditions, see attached or below. Please do get in touch if you have any questions. With best wishes, Emma On behalf of the GCG Committee Details: Logos need to be resizable, include the initials GCG, and have an element that reflects geology, such as fossils, minerals and/or rocks. Please send your design/s to comms at geocurator.org, with your full name, by Friday 22nd March 2024. The committee will choose three designs to be put to members? vote, in April. 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Click Here to Register for Part One - focus on media generation Agenda for Advances in Digital Media Virtual Showcase: Part 1 Hosted by iDigBio and the Florida Museum of Natural History Monday, March 25, 2024 (9:10 am - 3:40 pm ET) 9:10 Welcome Gil Nelson (iDigBio) 9:20 Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging David Blackburn (FLMNH) 9:30 COPIS: Computer Operated Photogrammetric Imaging System Nelson Rios (YPM) 9:40 Capturing in 360? Nicole James (FSU) 9:50 Novel 3D tools for Reconstructing Living Animals Duncan Irschick (UMass) 10:00 Questions Moderator: Gil Nelson 10:15 Photogrammetry of fluid natural history collections Zach Randall (FLMNH) 10:25 Taking the art out of photogrammetry: the UMORF methods for fast, consistent, 'all-sides' models Adam Rountrey (Michigan) 10:35 Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and NeRF-like approaches: Gaussian Splatting and Neuralangelo Alex Adkinson (FSU) 10:45 Questions 11:00 Using diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced CT (diceCT) for high throughput imaging of the anatomy of natural history specimens in three dimensions Jaimi Gray (FLMNH) 11:10 What comes next? Post oVert museum digitization, and the application of FAIR principles to our data Ed Stanley (FLMNH) 11:20 Haida Replication Project Jennifer (JJ) Hill (SI) 11:30 Specimen collection is essential to bridge modern imaging technologies with progress in evolutionary and developmental biology Matteo Fabbri (Field) 11:40 Baby bat bytes back: digitally reconstructing embryos from histological serial section images Jon Woodward (MCZ) 11:50 Questions/Discussion 12:10 Lunch Break 1:30 Digitizing Whale, Ichthyosaur, and Sea Cow Graveyards: How 3D Data Changed The Way I think About Research, Collections, and Diplomacy Nick Pyenson (SI NMNH) 1:40 NASA BioSCape: Hyperspectral Multi Scale Imagery to Understand Biodiversity and Invasive Alien Species in South Africa Kit Lewers (CU Boulder/iDigBio) 1:50 Interpreting the Transformation of Maya Landscapes from Above Whittaker Schroder (UF) 2:00 Questions 2:15 Utilizing AI for natural history collection media Arthur Porto (FLMNH) 2:25 Using Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) for Public Engagement Hyo Kang (UF) 2:40 Questions 2:55 Using Specimen Media and Machine Learning for Research and Engagement Mike Webster (Cornell's Macaulay Library) 3:05 Leveraging the emerging opportunities for digital media capture in the documentation of biodiversity Austin Mast (FSU) 3:20 Questions Click Here to Register for Part Two - focus on downstream use of digital media June 10, 2024 Hosted by iDigBio and the Yale Peabody Museum Stay tuned for more information - the list of presentations will be published soon! 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The first showcase (25 March) will focus on the media data creation. Topics will include advances in imaging techniques, equipment, software, workflows, and more. The second (10 June) will focus on downstream use of media data. Topics of interest will include: media access, media archiving, and data standards important to improve the interoperability of data for A.I., AR/VR, and other uses. Click Here to Register for Part One - focus on media generation Agenda for Advances in Digital Media Virtual Showcase: Part 1 Hosted by iDigBio and the Florida Museum of Natural History Monday, March 25, 2024 (9:10 am - 3:40 pm ET) 9:10 Welcome Gil Nelson (iDigBio) 9:20 Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging David Blackburn (FLMNH) 9:30 COPIS: Computer Operated Photogrammetric Imaging System Nelson Rios (YPM) 9:40 Capturing in 360? Nicole James (FSU) 9:50 Novel 3D tools for Reconstructing Living Animals Duncan Irschick (UMass) 10:00 Questions Moderator: Gil Nelson 10:15 Photogrammetry of fluid natural history collections Zach Randall (FLMNH) 10:25 Taking the art out of photogrammetry: the UMORF methods for fast, consistent, 'all-sides' models Adam Rountrey (Michigan) 10:35 Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and NeRF-like approaches: Gaussian Splatting and Neuralangelo Alex Adkinson (FSU) 10:45 Questions 11:00 Using diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced CT (diceCT) for high throughput imaging of the anatomy of natural history specimens in three dimensions Jaimi Gray (FLMNH) 11:10 What comes next? Post oVert museum digitization, and the application of FAIR principles to our data Ed Stanley (FLMNH) 11:20 Haida Replication Project Jennifer (JJ) Hill (SI) 11:30 Specimen collection is essential to bridge modern imaging technologies with progress in evolutionary and developmental biology Matteo Fabbri (Field) 11:40 Baby bat bytes back: digitally reconstructing embryos from histological serial section images Jon Woodward (MCZ) 11:50 Questions/Discussion 12:10 Lunch Break 1:30 Digitizing Whale, Ichthyosaur, and Sea Cow Graveyards: How 3D Data Changed The Way I think About Research, Collections, and Diplomacy Nick Pyenson (SI NMNH) 1:40 NASA BioSCape: Hyperspectral Multi Scale Imagery to Understand Biodiversity and Invasive Alien Species in South Africa Kit Lewers (CU Boulder/iDigBio) 1:50 Interpreting the Transformation of Maya Landscapes from Above Whittaker Schroder (UF) 2:00 Questions 2:15 Utilizing AI for natural history collection media Arthur Porto (FLMNH) 2:25 Using Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) for Public Engagement Hyo Kang (UF) 2:40 Questions 2:55 Using Specimen Media and Machine Learning for Research and Engagement Mike Webster (Cornell's Macaulay Library) 3:05 Leveraging the emerging opportunities for digital media capture in the documentation of biodiversity Austin Mast (FSU) 3:20 Questions Click Here to Register for Part Two - focus on downstream use of digital media June 10, 2024 Hosted by iDigBio and the Yale Peabody Museum Stay tuned for more information - the list of presentations will be published soon! 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Hovmand seems to be in Denmark but sells worldwide; they seem to have distribution partners in New Zealand and Indonesia, so basically "round the corner" down under. https://hovmand.com/en_gb/application/crates-and-boxes Then there are different platform ladders, but often these are very clumsy and difficult to operate if your isles in the collection are too narrow. Maybe this is useful? cheers, Dirk Am 14.03.2024 um 01:27 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace): Hello again everyone, I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Tonya _______________________________________________ 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. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels on springs, and a platform and railing: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled about and turned around in your space. Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) < Tonya.Haff at csiro.au> wrote: > Hello again everyone, > > > > I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be > willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study > skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder > coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform > on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower > them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we > could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full > collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, > or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Tonya > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Mike Mike Quigley (he/him) Assistant Curator Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Bowdoin College 9500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 United States 207-725-3305 mquigley at bowdoin.edu bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of John E Simmons Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 10:08?AM To: Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders Tonya, When the fluid preserved specimen facility at the University of Kansas was built, we were required (by the university safety office) to purchase safety ladders to access the upper shelves. Although we thought these would be a problem, they actually worked very well and are still in use more than 25 years later. The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels on springs, and a platform and railing: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled about and turned around in your space. Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > wrote: Hello again everyone, I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Tonya _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Thu Mar 14 10:51:02 2024 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:51:02 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have used rolling steps with handrails (as John describes) for decades. The presence of a handrail is important, as our university has strict regulations and training requirements governing ladders, but these steps are exempt. The brand we use most is Cotterman: https://www.cotterman.com/ Home - Cotterman Quality ladders made in the USA since 1925 with locations in Michigan, Georgia, Texas and California waiting to serve you. www.cotterman.com With time, the springs get tired and the rubber feet wear down, but both are replaceable and spares are sold by the makers and, among others, Grainger: www.grainger.com Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Michael Quigley Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 10:44 AM To: John E Simmons ; Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders External. We used one of these for third tier archaeology cabinets at AMNH. https://www.crown.com/en-us/forklifts/man-up-order-pickers/wav-wave-work-assist-vehicle.html It could be a little bit jerky if you weren?t careful, but it was a big improvement to carrying or handing trays and objects up and down the platform ladder. Of course, you need to make sure you have turning space at the end of the aisle. I don?t know whether they?re still using it there. Looks like there are plenty of dealers in Australia. Mike Mike Quigley (he/him) Assistant Curator Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Bowdoin College 9500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 United States 207-725-3305 mquigley at bowdoin.edu bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of John E Simmons Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 10:08?AM To: Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders Tonya, When the fluid preserved specimen facility at the University of Kansas was built, we were required (by the university safety office) to purchase safety ladders to access the upper shelves. Although we thought these would be a problem, they actually worked very well and are still in use more than 25 years later. The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels on springs, and a platform and railing: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled about and turned around in your space. Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > wrote: Hello again everyone, I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! 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Can you please send me links for actual products? Lennart Lennuk Head of collections Estonian Museum of Natural History 00372 5656 9916 Lennart.lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rceng at uw.edu Thu Mar 14 12:29:31 2024 From: rceng at uw.edu (Ron Eng) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:29:31 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We use the WAV machines at the Burke Museum in Seattle, WA. They are not perfect: they can accommodate only a single person; for pulling drawers, the configuration is awkward and the working tray is a bit small and. They are highly maneuverable. When we were planning our new building, the increase in collections space was accomplished by having high ceilings and the WAV machines were a compromise to make that workable for us. From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Michael Quigley Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 7:45 AM To: John E Simmons ; Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders We used one of these for third tier archaeology cabinets at AMNH. https://www.crown.com/en-us/forklifts/man-up-order-pickers/wav-wave-work-assist-vehicle.html It could be a little bit jerky if you weren?t careful, but it was a big improvement to carrying or handing trays and objects up and down the platform ladder. Of course, you need to make sure you have turning space at the end of the aisle. I don?t know whether they?re still using it there. Looks like there are plenty of dealers in Australia. Mike Mike Quigley (he/him) Assistant Curator Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Bowdoin College 9500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 United States 207-725-3305 mquigley at bowdoin.edu bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of John E Simmons > Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 10:08?AM To: Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders Tonya, When the fluid preserved specimen facility at the University of Kansas was built, we were required (by the university safety office) to purchase safety ladders to access the upper shelves. Although we thought these would be a problem, they actually worked very well and are still in use more than 25 years later. The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels on springs, and a platform and railing: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled about and turned around in your space. Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > wrote: Hello again everyone, I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! 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URL: From abentley at ku.edu Thu Mar 14 15:42:54 2024 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:42:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1825BB12-959E-4D71-8177-BDF4F63E3AA3@ku.edu> Tonya I am on vacation this week but will reply next week with some things to consider when purchasing ladders for collections. Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V On Mar 14, 2024, at 9:08?AM, John E Simmons wrote: ? Tonya, When the fluid preserved specimen facility at the University of Kansas was built, we were required (by the university safety office) to purchase safety ladders to access the upper shelves. Although we thought these would be a problem, they actually worked very well and are still in use more than 25 years later. The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels on springs, and a platform and railing: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled about and turned around in your space. Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > wrote: Hello again everyone, I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Tonya _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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URL: From abentley at ku.edu Fri Mar 15 13:53:46 2024 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:53:46 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum volunteer/intership program with residence In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ben Not sure about room and board but I would highly recommend that you check out the MUSE program at the University of Kansas - https://museumstudies.ku.edu/. I teach the natural history class for the course and there are ample opportunities to intern in the BI collections. Happy to chat if you need more details. 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 Benjamin Ehrman Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 5:36 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum volunteer/intership program with residence Greetings, My name is Benjamin Ehrman. I earned my masters degree in biology (specialization in evolutionary biology) last year and have a BA (summa cum Laude) in environmental science (specialization in ecology). During my MSc. program, I updated the specimens catalog for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History based on the results of my review of the Swift Current Creek locality?s faunal list. I have an interest in pursuing a career in museum collections management, curation, or as a technician. I was wondering if anyone knew of museum training programs, volunteerships, or internships that offer room and board? Regards, Ben -- Benjamin Ehrman (he/him), MSc. Vertebrate Paleontologist and Paleoecologist, Danbury, CT, USA benjaminaehrman at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Fri Mar 15 15:14:36 2024 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:14:36 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tonya At various times we have used two different types of rolling ladders in our collections - the original ladders we bought for our wet collection facility some time ago now and a more recent ladder we bought for our paleobotany space. Both have their pros and cons and we have learnt some lessons along the way: 1. Make sure that all four wheels can swivel. The more recent ladder we ordered only has one set of swivel wheels while the other set are fixed and it is much less maneuverable making cornering and moving into tight spaces more difficult. 2. Our wet collection ladders have weight induced stabilization (you step on it and springs in the wheels compress to stabilize it to the floor) while the newer one has a kick mechanism that achieves the same. I have found the kick mechanism to be vey finicky and unreliable and much prefer the weight-based solution although, as John mentions, it needs to be calibrated correctly (and recalibrated over time) to ensure that it works efficiently for all people weights. 3. The bigger and bulkier the ladder the more stable it is but the less maneuverable it is so there is a trade off in what application you need the ladder. If you are going to handling large, heavy trays or drawers you probably want something with a staging area at the top that will add weight to the ladder but will make handling those that much easier. This is similar to our newer ladder - https://www.uline.com/BL_3863/Rolling-Ladders?keywords=Rolling+Ladders This is similar to our wet collection ladders - https://www.stokeslightingandelectric.com/brand-louisville-ladder/louisville-ladder-gsw2402/sku-V7778-gsw2402 Hope that helps 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 John E Simmons Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 9:08 AM To: Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders Tonya, When the fluid preserved specimen facility at the University of Kansas was built, we were required (by the university safety office) to purchase safety ladders to access the upper shelves. Although we thought these would be a problem, they actually worked very well and are still in use more than 25 years later. The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels on springs, and a platform and railing: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled about and turned around in your space. Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > wrote: Hello again everyone, I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full collection halls. Any thoughts or recommendations on something like this, or alternatives I should look into, would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Tonya _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arountre at umich.edu Fri Mar 15 15:51:31 2024 From: arountre at umich.edu (Adam Rountrey) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:51:31 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Tonya, I think the kind of ladder you described in your message is sometimes called a "lift table ladder". We looked at some of these for getting down specimens and trays from our upper levels: https://www.cotterman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cotterman-ltl-3000.pdf However, we ended up going with a motorized "stock picker" for safety, speed, maneuverability, and height. The main disadvantage (other than cost) is that training is required for users (U-M has a permitting process). I normally use the Big Joe J1 Joey with the extra-large load platform and find it works quite well. The Crown WAV is a smaller option we use occasionally. Good luck! -Adam On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 3:15?PM Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote: > Tonya > > > > At various times we have used two different types of rolling ladders in > our collections - the original ladders we bought for our wet collection > facility some time ago now and a more recent ladder we bought for our > paleobotany space. Both have their pros and cons and we have learnt some > lessons along the way: > > > > 1. Make sure that all four wheels can swivel. The more recent ladder > we ordered only has one set of swivel wheels while the other set are fixed > and it is much less maneuverable making cornering and moving into tight > spaces more difficult. > 2. Our wet collection ladders have weight induced stabilization (you > step on it and springs in the wheels compress to stabilize it to the floor) > while the newer one has a kick mechanism that achieves the same. I have > found the kick mechanism to be vey finicky and unreliable and much prefer > the weight-based solution although, as John mentions, it needs to be > calibrated correctly (and recalibrated over time) to ensure that it works > efficiently for all people weights. > 3. The bigger and bulkier the ladder the more stable it is but the > less maneuverable it is so there is a trade off in what application you > need the ladder. If you are going to handling large, heavy trays or > drawers you probably want something with a staging area at the top that > will add weight to the ladder but will make handling those that much easier. > > > > This is similar to our newer ladder - > https://www.uline.com/BL_3863/Rolling-Ladders?keywords=Rolling+Ladders > > This is similar to our wet collection ladders - > https://www.stokeslightingandelectric.com/brand-louisville-ladder/louisville-ladder-gsw2402/sku-V7778-gsw2402 > > > > Hope that helps > > > > 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 *John > E Simmons > *Sent:* Thursday, March 14, 2024 9:08 AM > *To:* Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) > *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Museum platform ladders > > > > Tonya, > > When the fluid preserved specimen facility at the University of Kansas was > built, we were required (by the university safety office) to purchase > safety ladders to access the upper shelves. Although we thought these would > be a problem, they actually worked very well and are still in use more than > 25 years later. > > > > The style we purchased are similar these--rolling ladders, with the wheels > on springs, and a platform and railing: > > > https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3132-24/Ladders/7-Step-Safety-Angle-Rolling-Ladder-Assembled-with-24-Top-Step?pricode=WA9521&gadtype=pla&id=H-3132-24&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZparSypH65kAU7w_vJjYfk1Ro-0LTxtfU-tfUQQYnbnynPmuOpXU-pUaAnCGEALw_wcB > > > > As Dirk mentioned, the most important thing is to match the ladder to the > width of the aisles and the width of the area where the ladders are to be > turned around. Even the narrow 25 inch wide ladders (such as are in use at > KU) cannot be turned around within the aisle, but this is not a > problem--just as with compactors, you quickly adjust your work habits to > accommodate moving the ladders and opening and closing aisles. The ladders > need a fairly wide space to be turned around, so make sure the ladders you > purchase will fit your space. We cut a shape of the base of a ladder out of > cardboard and used that to make sure the ladders could be easily wheeled > about and turned around in your space. > > > > Another important factor is to adjust the springs so that the weight of > the lightest person using the ladders will cause them to settle on the > floor. If they are adjusted for heavier people only, the ladders can slide. > > > > We also found that having the railing around the platform is very useful > for moving boxes or, in your case, heavy trays. > > > > If you have any questions about using safety ladders in your collection > space, you might want to check with Andy Bentley at the University of > Kansas, who has now used the ladders longer than I did while there. > > > > --John > > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > > Museologica > *and* > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:27?PM Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) < > Tonya.Haff at csiro.au> wrote: > > Hello again everyone, > > > > I am wondering if any of you have ladder recommendations that you would be > willing to share. We are moving to new taller cabinetry for our study > skins. The trays are also quite heavy, as they are large and made of powder > coat steel. I think I would like some ladders that have a moveable platform > on them, in order to be able to retrieve trays from height and then lower > them down mechanically. Ideally, they would also be manoeuvrable so that we > could easily get them down aisles and around corners in very full > collection halls. 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A doctorate in entomology (or related subject), experience in insect collecting methodology, collection curation, and a record of collections-based research is desired. Broader interests in how insect biodiversity is being affected by changing environments and human interactions are desirable. Must be a good communicator and enthusiastic interpreter of general entomology to the public. Further description of collection and database links can be found at: https://www.sbnature.org/collections-research/invertebrates/entomology/ Wage Band is Curators: $67,000 - $73,000. Please submit (1) letter of interest; (2) current CV with list of publications, and up to three PDFs; (3) names of three references to Human Resources. For the detailed job description and to submit an application, please visit: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/2319989/SB-Museum-of-Natural-History/Curator-of-Entomology Other questions to Dr. Henry W. 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For the tl;dr crowd - please contribute your vocabularies to this Google Doc (it will hopefully be pretty self-explanatory!). We've discussed and solicited input from the Paleo Data Working Group and would now greatly appreciate hearing from all who manage federal specimens in non-federal repositories. We are in the very preliminary stages of exploring this, so we're open to your feedback and suggestions. You can add your comments to the Google doc linked above. If you work for an institution that won't allow Drive access then please feel free to email them to myself and the other Federal Collections committee co-chairs Janaki Krishna (jkrishna at nhmu.utah.edu) and Greg Liggett (gliggett at blm.gov). The why: Generally, federal status of specimens is not being shared with aggregators, but including this information could benefit researchers and the agencies ultimately responsible for management of the resources. The SPNHC Federal Collections Committee considered how federal status might be indicated in aggregator records (e.g., using the Darwin Core metadata standard), and investigated the potential use of the DwC:ownerInstitutionCode term which, in fact, was intended to convey this type of information. Current usage of the term is highly heterogeneous, and there is no standardized vocabulary for indicating management by a specific federal agency. The committee is planning to work with federal agencies, NFRs, and Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) to develop a recommended vocabulary that can be used with the DwC:ownerInstitutionCode term to indicate management by federal agencies in a human and machine-readable way. Following development and initial adoption, the committee will petition aggregators to make the ownerInstitutionCode term queryable. 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I bet that this group could provide some great talks on the opportunities to advance biodiversity science, conservation, policymaking, etc., with what is sometimes called citizen science, community science, or more-and-more participatory sciences. If this is the kind of thing that interests you, read the call from the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (what was previously known as the Citizen Science Association) below. Please share with others in your organizations who might be interested. This is a collaboration with a sister organization in South America, so presentations can be in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Note April 5 deadline. Thanks! With best regards, Austin Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? Florida State University ? Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 ? U.S.A. ? (850) 645-1500 ? Director ? Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication ? College of Communication and Information ? Florida State University ? amast at fsu.edu ? he/him ???? Contribute to a biodiversity-focused programming strand at this year?s virtual Conference for Advancing Participatory Sciences (June 3-6). This dedicated event will accelerate global collaborations and actions in this space. Citizen science, community science, and other forms of participatory sciences are proven strategies for mobilizing both locally and globally relevant biodiversity data and insights across boundaries and at unprecedented scale. These projects have untapped potential to, among other things, do the following: Address spatial and temporal gaps in complementary datasets, such as those based on biodiversity specimens and remote sensing. Improve the management of ecosystems and natural resources to advance human health and the bioeconomy. Inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of multilateral environmental agreements. Stem biodiversity loss via behaviour change. In the use of participatory sciences, how can we improve the relevance of biodiversity data for downstream use by reverse engineering success? How can large-scale efforts better reflect local values and knowledge (and vice versa)? What motivations, models, and methods can catalyze partnerships for better knowledge and decisions at all scales? How do the geographical and cultural contexts within the Americas influence the flow of biodiversity data? What parallels in other domains of participatory science (e.g., water quality) can inform approaches in this one? Add your voice to this conversation by proposing a presentation by the deadline (APRIL 5th) . The submission process is easy, and invites research into practices as well as emerging ideas. We welcome insights into data models, policy decisions, local relevance, and other perspectives advancing this work. We invite contributions from both the Global South and Global North, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. 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Eaton Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 10:14 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] federal specimens in non-federal museums and collections Hi all, As a co-chair of the SPNHC Federal Collections sessional committee, I ask for your participation in a brief information gathering project. We are collecting the vocabularies that natural history collections use in denoting the ownership of federal specimens housed in their collections. For more information on the objective of this effort, I've included a snippet of our 2023 SVP poster on the matter below. For the tl;dr crowd - please contribute your vocabularies to this Google Doc (it will hopefully be pretty self-explanatory!). We've discussed and solicited input from the Paleo Data Working Group and would now greatly appreciate hearing from all who manage federal specimens in non-federal repositories. We are in the very preliminary stages of exploring this, so we're open to your feedback and suggestions. You can add your comments to the Google doc linked above. If you work for an institution that won't allow Drive access then please feel free to email them to myself and the other Federal Collections committee co-chairs Janaki Krishna (jkrishna at nhmu.utah.edu) and Greg Liggett (gliggett at blm.gov). The why: Generally, federal status of specimens is not being shared with aggregators, but including this information could benefit researchers and the agencies ultimately responsible for management of the resources. The SPNHC Federal Collections Committee considered how federal status might be indicated in aggregator records (e.g., using the Darwin Core metadata standard), and investigated the potential use of the DwC:ownerInstitutionCode term which, in fact, was intended to convey this type of information. Current usage of the term is highly heterogeneous, and there is no standardized vocabulary for indicating management by a specific federal agency. The committee is planning to work with federal agencies, NFRs, and Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) to develop a recommended vocabulary that can be used with the DwC:ownerInstitutionCode term to indicate management by federal agencies in a human and machine-readable way. Following development and initial adoption, the committee will petition aggregators to make the ownerInstitutionCode term queryable. And here is a pdf version of our 2023 SVP Poster "CASE STUDIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL PALEONTOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE" (now with fully functional QR code!) many thanks, Carrie Eaton Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator (she/hers) UW Geology Museum 1215 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.4912 www.geologymuseum.org instagram @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We want to keep specific locality data off of the aggregators, but instead have to keep all data from particular counties that are known to be on NPS land. BLM specimens can be even trickier. The agencies also have little to go on when searching for their own specimens. They don't have our numbers (sometimes they don't even have theirs), and we don't always have theirs, and it was so long ago that neither of us have a clue as to what to look for. The MOUs have often been lost and it takes some sleuthing between both us and them to figure out what is what. We have created a jurisdiction drop down list in our Specify database locality table that includes Federal, International, and a couple of others, and we update data whenever we find things, but it is a very long process, and definitely not even close to being accurate currently. It would be nice to be able to add data from these specimens to the aggregators without giving out sensitive information, and kudos to you for trying to come up with standards. ---Liath Liath Appleton Collections Manager Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Lab Jackson School Museum of Earth History University of Texas at Austin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 4:15?PM Carrie A. Eaton wrote: > Hi all, > > My sincere apologies that some of you were not able to edit the Google > document > > I sent out earlier today. I have double checked the permissions and we > should be good to go for edits now. On behalf of the whole SPNHC Federal > Collections committee, thank you so much for your input! > all the best, > > Carrie > > > > Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator (she/hers) > > UW Geology Museum > > 1215 West Dayton Street > > Madison, WI 53706 > > 608.262.4912 > > *www.geologymuseum.org * > > > *instagram @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum > * > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l * On Behalf Of *Carrie > A. Eaton > *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2024 10:14 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] federal specimens in non-federal museums and > collections > > > > Hi all, > > As a co-chair of the SPNHC Federal Collections sessional committee, I ask > for your participation in a brief information gathering project. We are > collecting the vocabularies that natural history collections use in > denoting the ownership of federal specimens housed in their collections. > For more information on the objective of this effort, I?ve included a > snippet of our 2023 SVP poster on the matter below. For the tl;dr crowd ? > please contribute your vocabularies to this Google Doc > > (it will hopefully be pretty self-explanatory!). > > We?ve discussed and solicited input from the Paleo Data Working Group and > would now greatly appreciate hearing from *all* who manage federal > specimens in non-federal repositories. We are in the very preliminary > stages of exploring this, so we?re open to your feedback and suggestions. > You can add your comments to the Google doc linked above. If you work for > an institution that won?t allow Drive access then please feel free to email > them to myself and the other Federal Collections committee co-chairs Janaki > Krishna (jkrishna at nhmu.utah.edu) and Greg Liggett (gliggett at blm.gov). > > *The why*: > Generally, federal status of specimens is not being shared with > aggregators, but including this information could benefit researchers and > the agencies ultimately responsible for management of the resources. The > SPNHC Federal Collections Committee considered how federal status might be > indicated in aggregator records (e.g., using the Darwin Core metadata > standard), and investigated the potential use of the > DwC:ownerInstitutionCode term which, in fact, was intended to convey this > type of information. Current usage of the term is highly heterogeneous, > and there is no standardized vocabulary for indicating management by a > specific federal agency. The committee is planning to work with federal > agencies, NFRs, and Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) to develop a > recommended vocabulary that can be used with the DwC:ownerInstitutionCode > term to indicate management by federal agencies in a human and > machine-readable way. Following development and initial adoption, the > committee will petition aggregators to make the ownerInstitutionCode term > queryable. > > And here is a pdf version of our 2023 SVP Poster ?CASE STUDIES IN THE > MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL PALEONTOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR > THE FUTURE > ? > *(now with fully functional QR code!)* > > many thanks, > > Carrie Eaton > > Carrie Eaton, Museum Curator (she/hers) > > UW Geology Museum > > 1215 West Dayton Street > > Madison, WI 53706 > > 608.262.4912 > > *www.geologymuseum.org > * > > > *instagram @uwgeologymuseum facebook.com/uwgeologymuseum > * > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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These collections have underpinned scientific research into evolution, extinction and natural history, but their human social stories have yet to be explored. Together with the team of supervisors, the successful candidate will develop a project to interrogate the history of these collections or some parts of them with respect to colonialism and Indigenous, local and indentured practices and contexts. This region is of massive importance to the European colonial story. It has some of the world's most celebrated animals and plants, from tigers to dodos and rhododendrons and tea. Such specimens in our collections represent how colonial histories and environmental histories became tied to the same processes, and how natural history practices reinforced and were reinforced by the workings of empire. This project will shed light on the entwined human and environmental costs of the colonial project. This project will be jointly supervised by Professor Sujit Sivasundaram and Jack Ashby together with Dr. Charu Singh and Professor Sam Brockington. The student will undertake research at both the University Museum of Zoology and the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge, while also having access to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and the University's Herbarium. They will become part of the wider cohort of CDP-funded students across the UK. Funding for each studentship will be for four years' duration with the expectation that this will include development activities, as applicable to meet the student's needs, and the thesis will be submitted within the funding period. The project can be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis. We welcome applications from both International and UK (home) students. We want to encourage the widest range of potential students to apply for this CDP studentship. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented among doctoral students in these research areas. As this project focuses on South Asia and the Mascarene Islands, candidates applying from countries in South Asia and the Indian Ocean are especially encouraged. This is especially so, given the project's formal aim to generate dialogue on its key research questions between the global South and Europe. More details, including how to apply, can be found here: https://www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/studentships/zoology-museum-the-university-of-cambridge/ The deadline for applications is 12th May. All the best Jack Assistant Director University Museum of Zoology Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ +44 (0)1223 761344 http://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ Twitter: @JackDAshby Twitter: @ZoologyMuseum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simmons.johne at gmail.com Fri Mar 29 10:11:05 2024 From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:11:05 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Care and Management of Natural History Collections Message-ID: There are only 3 slots available for the live online course ?Care and Management of Natural History Collections?. Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th of April, from 16:00 to 20:30 (Madrid time zone). Total course hours: 40; 27 hours of live sessions, plus 13 hours of pre-recorded lectures to watch asynchronously. Instructors: John E. Simmons (Museologica, USA) and Dr. Greg McDonald (Bureau of Land Management, USA) Course Overview: Using a combination of lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and readings, this course will teach participants how to better care for and manage all natural history collections (including botany, geosciences, and zoology). The importance of the collections storage environment is emphasized, as well as the identification and selection of inert materials, testing locally available materials, adapting collections care standards to particular environmental conditions, and good management through sound policies and collection planning. Rather than the traditional discipline-based approach, the course teaches collections care based on collection material and preparation type?dry preparations, wet preparations, and documentation (including paper-based and electronic media). The course will benefit individuals who already have experience in caring for natural history collections, as well as those who intend to work with natural history collections. More information and registrations: https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/museums-and-collections/care-management-natural-history-collections/ Best regards, Juan Vicente Bert? 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Assistant Research Scientist, Vertebrate Curator Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. We serve the state, the nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge. Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. Illinois is especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the Illinois community. The Prairie Research Institute (PRI), a research and service institute of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign centrally located between Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis, houses five State Scientific Surveys covering a wide range of expertise including biology, water resources, climate, geology, sustainable technology, and archaeology. PRI?s mission is to provide objective, integrated scientific research and service that allow citizens and decision-makers to make choices that ensure sustainable economic development, enduring environmental quality, and cultural resource preservation for the people, businesses, and across Illinois, the nation, and the world. Learn more at https://go.illinois.edu/PRIjobs. Why Work at the Prairie Research Institute? Highlights of Employee Benefits The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) which investigates and documents the biological resources of Illinois and other areas and acquires and provides natural history information that can be used to promote the common understanding, conservation, and management of these resources is seeking a Vertebrate Curator to administer research activities of the Survey by developing, planning, and conducting an independent program of basic and applied research in collection-based Ichthyology or Herpetology. Oversee curation of the Survey?s vertebrate collections and incorporate current technologies and best practices for collection curation, identification, and scientific discovery. This is an in-person position based in Champaign, Illinois. Duties & Responsibilities * Serve as Principal Investigator (PI) leading an independent research program. * Identify relevant research needs and project opportunities. * Develop and contribute to proposals for external funding and secure funding to support independent research, including innovative applications of advanced technologies to collection-based research. * Publish the results of original research in peer-reviewed scientific journals and other comparable publication records. * Prepare internal reports, reports to sponsoring agencies, and scientific reports for distribution to stakeholders. * Curate, build upon and manage collections within the Survey, particularly the Ichthyology or Herpetology collections. * Assist with the identification and accessioning of specimens collected as part of the Illinois Department of Transportation Surveys and Assessments. * Facilitate integration of internal and external research activities with collection curation and management. * Develop external proposals for funding collection improvement, digitization, management, and growth. * Serve as a member of the INHS Collections Committee. * Develop and manage budgets for external grants. * Serve on institutional committees. * Contribute to the areas of education, outreach, and other services to the Survey, PRI, the University of Illinois, and the State of Illinois. * Facilitate outreach activities with the campus and community highlighting PRI collections. * Actively participate in professional societies and associations that enhance the reputation of the Survey and PRI * Provide timely, authoritative information on the results of research to the public, other scientists, industry, and/or governmental agencies. * Represent the Survey and PRI at various meetings and symposia. * Respond to requests for information from contract sponsors, staff, agencies, industries, and the public. * Serve on graduate advisory committees. * Advise, supervise, and mentor undergraduate and graduate students. * Serve as a guest lecturer on campus. * Perform other duties as needed to further the mission and goals of the Survey, PRI, and the University of Illinois. * Keep abreast of developments in this discipline. Minimum Qualifications Ph.D. in biology, organismal biology, evolutionary biology, ecology, or related field. Alternate degree fields may be considered depending on the nature and depth of experience as it relates to this position. Experience in curation, management, outreach, and research. A track record of collection-based research and publications on the systematics, identification, biodiversity, population biology, and/or evolution of herps (non-avian reptiles and amphibians) or freshwater fishes. Expertise in one or more major groups of freshwater fishes or herps (non-avian reptiles and amphibians). Valid Driver?s License. Preferred Qualifications Taxonomic expertise complementary to existing INHS staff and compatible with INHS collection holdings. Familiarity with current best practices for vertebrate collection curation/preservation. Post-doctoral or other professional experience. Experience or engagement with usage, management, and/or sharing of large datasets, and use of advanced technologies for data acquisition, management, and analysis. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Effective communication, personal relations, collaboration, organization, teamwork, and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to perform effectively in a diverse and fast-paced work environment consisting of multiple and changing priorities with stringent deadlines, under minimal supervision. Attention to detail, sound judgment, and strong conflict resolution skills. Proficiency in commonly employed software and databases. Environmental Demands May require working in adverse field conditions (heat, humidity, biting insects, etc.), travel (including driving to and from research sites) throughout the state of Illinois working irregular hours and overnights; and lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds. Some of the work of this position takes place in an office setting. The work is sedentary and involves remaining in a stationary position for extended periods of time working at a computer, using a keyboard and mouse, and using repetitive hand motions. Overnight travel may be necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of this position. Appointment Information This is a 100% full-time Academic Professional position. The starting salary is $84,000 and is commensurate with education, experience, and skill. The start date is negotiable. Application Procedures & Deadline Information Applications must be received by 6:00 pm (CST) on April 19, 2024. Apply for this position at https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/9807?c=illinois by using the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of the posting. Applications not submitted through this website will not be considered. Application materials must include a 1) cover letter that clearly outlines your qualifications and experience as it relates to this position, 2) a CV or resume, and 3) names and contact information (including email addresses) for three professional references. Incomplete applications will not be considered. For further information about this specific position, please contact Amber Hall at amberh at illinois.edu. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137. The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, COVID-19 vaccination requirements, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify. Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted through the reasonable accommodations portal, or by contacting the Accessibility & Accommodations Division of the Office for Access and Equity at 217-333-0885, or by emailing accessibility at illinois.edu. -------------------------------------------------- Alison Stodola (she, her), Aquatic Biologist Curator of Malacology | Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute | University of Illinois 1816 S. Oak Street | Champaign, IL 61820 alprice at illinois.edu | 217-300-0969 (office) INHS Mollusk Collection -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please Register Now to be considered! Deadline to apply April 5th. Conference Registration is required prior to applying. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions! DD8 Planning Team Jillian Goodwin iDigBio Conference Manager Florida Museum of Natural History 508-887-6043 www.idigbio.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Copy of Digital Data 2024 THEME Announcement.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 130156 bytes Desc: Copy of Digital Data 2024 THEME Announcement.jpeg URL: From efrathab at gmail.com Sat Mar 30 13:38:30 2024 From: efrathab at gmail.com (Efrat Haberman) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 20:38:30 +0300 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Care and Management of Natural History Collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, I would like to recommend this wonderful course. I participated in it about two years ago and it contributed a lot to my understanding of Natural History Collections . I came to the course with several years of experience in managing a museum collection (History and Art) and the course helped me understand how to manage this type of collection. Efrat Efrat Haberman, Head of registration Muza - Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 5:11?PM John E Simmons wrote: > There are only 3 slots available for the live online course ?Care and > Management of Natural History Collections?. > > Dates and schedule: > Online live sessions on 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th of April, > from 16:00 to 20:30 (Madrid time zone). Total course hours: 40; 27 hours of > live sessions, plus 13 hours of pre-recorded lectures to watch > asynchronously. > > Instructors: > John E. Simmons (Museologica, USA) and Dr. Greg McDonald (Bureau of Land > Management, USA) > > Course Overview: > Using a combination of lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and > readings, this course will teach participants how to better care for and > manage all natural history collections (including botany, geosciences, and > zoology). The importance of the collections storage environment is > emphasized, as well as the identification and selection of inert materials, > testing locally available materials, adapting collections care standards to > particular environmental conditions, and good management through sound > policies and collection planning. Rather than the traditional > discipline-based approach, the course teaches collections care based on > collection material and preparation type?dry preparations, wet > preparations, and documentation (including paper-based and electronic > media). > > The course will benefit individuals who already have experience in caring > for natural history collections, as well as those who intend to work with > natural history collections. > > More information and registrations: > > https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/museums-and-collections/care-management-natural-history-collections/ > > Best regards, > Juan Vicente Bert? 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