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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">My view on this is – we expect that any museum uses well-trained people that have a vested interest in doing things according to the accepted standards of whatever type of taxonomic group they work on. Museums
also have a responsibility for documenting the chain of custody and permit process. Yes, there are many tasks that can be done by marginally-trained people, but they are done under the supervision of a curator or collection manager. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I would ask the bean-counters if they would have MacDonald’s cater a state dinner.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mark F. O'Brien, Collection Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Insect Division, Museum of Zoology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Desjardins, R.B.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] outsourcing specimen prep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Upper management at my institute would like to being outsourcing all specimen preparation: study skins of vertebrates, spirits for herps and fish, paleo and geo, inverts, everything (except plants, maybe) to save money. I was curious
if any other institutes has done this or has experience with anything like this? Personally, I think it is a bad idea (and it seems most folks here agree) but I would love to know if anyone is trying this.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Becky Desjardins<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NCB Naturalis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leiden, Netherlands<o:p></o:p></p>
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