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<div><font face="Arial">Dear Colleagues,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Dr. Siler and myself wanted to thank everyone who participated in our December 2013 survey entitled "Quantifying Curator Success in Life Science Natural History Collections” or shared it with colleagues. The publication from this research
is now available online at:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Citation:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Watters, J.L. and C.D. Siler. 2014. Preliminary quantifications of curator success in life science natural history collections. CLS Journal for Museum Studies 8(1): 21-33.</font></div>
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<p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic;">Abstract</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">In an era when budgets are tight for families, businesses, universities, and governments, it is sometimes difficult to see the value
in museums and their curators. Museums provide a necessary service to scientists and the public by housing specimens in a long-term stable environment, providing specimens and data for research, training new generations of scientists, bridging the gap between
research, education, and public outreach, and working to develop new technologies to track speciation, biodiversity, and environmental change, just to name a few. The curators who conduct research in museums are integral to our overall understanding of the
life sciences, yet their livelihood is being challenged. In an effort to quantify the incredible resource represented by a museum curator, we conducted a survey, sent to email list-serves and online groups, asking natural history curators to respond with details
on museum and university affiliation, time in position, collections overseen, grant and publication success, teaching breadth, and student mentoring involvement. Our research indicates that curators have a great deal of scientific and monetary value to add
to museums, affiliated universities, and our general education system through contributions from research publications, grants, and teaching, and student mentorship. </span></font></p>
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<div><font face="Arial">Please share with anyone you believe may be interested in the results of the study (museum staff, administrators, funding agencies, etc.).</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Thanks,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Jessa Watters and Dr. Cameron Siler</font></div>
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