<div dir="ltr">Hi Crystal,<div><br></div><div>here are some references that may be of use, from a variety of perspectives - the first is recent and of particular value, especially if you chase some of the references cited:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/4/300.full.pdf">http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/4/300.full.pdf</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mammalsociety.org/uploads/Schmidly%202005.pdf">http://www.mammalsociety.org/uploads/Schmidly%202005.pdf</a><br></div><div><a href="http://eec.islandwood.org/files/stanr/Pyle.pdf">http://eec.islandwood.org/files/stanr/Pyle.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Paolo</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 November 2014 at 16:10, Crystal Boyd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Crystal.Boyd@colorado.edu" target="_blank">Crystal.Boyd@colorado.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi, folks. Do you know where to find a list of papers about "why collections matter"? One of my colleagues needs evidence to show administrators that collections space should be expanding, not shrinking, during a future remodel of the building.<br><br>There are two reports on <a href="http://www.spnhc.org/10/why-collections-matter" target="_blank">this page from SPNHC</a>, but my colleague is looking for peer-reviewed papers. Any suggestions for the latest resource?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Crystal<br></div>
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