<div dir="ltr"><div>We are archiving about 40K microscope-slide preparations of parasites, as well as histological slides associated with the parasitology work. We are using the classic 100-slide boxes shelved on end (like books) such that the slides are horizontal with their cover-slips up.<br>
<br></div>The Burke herpetology collection is in Arctos, where it is common practice to build relationships between specimens and publications. In the typical Arctos paradigm, the slides would be "parts" of the more inclusive cataloged item, and the cataloged item could have "citations" (a relationship between a cataloged-item and a publication). Such relationships do much to demonstrate the importance of your collection!<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Katherine Maslenikov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pearsonk@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">pearsonk@u.washington.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All,<br>
<br>
I'm curious how other collections handle requests to archive<br>
histology slides. We typically archive any slides or preparations made<br>
from specimens in our collection, but I've had a request to donate a<br>
collection of slides used in fish maturity studies. There are no<br>
voucher specimens, but the slides support several publications. The<br>
publications do not state that the slides are deposited at our museum,<br>
so I don't know that anyone would ever come looking for them to verify<br>
any findings from those publications. Still, they seem a reasonable<br>
thing for us to archive, assuming they have all associated data.<br>
I'd love to hear what other folks are doing with such requests.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
-Katherine<br>
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--<br>
Katherine Maslenikov<br>
Collections Manager<br>
University of Washington Fish Collection<br>
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and<br>
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture<br>
Box 355100<br>
Seattle, WA 98195<br>
<a href="tel:%28206%29%20543-3816" value="+12065433816">(206) 543-3816</a><br>
<a href="mailto:pearsonk@uw.edu">pearsonk@uw.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://uwfishcollection.org" target="_blank">http://uwfishcollection.org</a><br>
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