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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There is such a resource available.&nbsp; Not sure that it contains all the information that you are looking for but go to
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.grbio.org&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KpeQynvTSo8nnGyg6O9yMz_p9ojR9EfLyjiZ5dRNjKI&s=w1fmCsMiTt101nAfTIZk1TjwOaK3bcseTR8heHcovLU&e=">www.grbio.org</a> and search by name or geographic area.&nbsp; This is a work in progress and they are actively soliciting feedback on content as well as individuals or groups who would be willing to provide additional information
 on existing collections and collections that may not have made the list.&nbsp; It is hoped that this will become the authoritative global list of collections and SPNHC will be working with GRBio to assist in providing such information with the help of our membership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We are in the process of providing a link to this resource under our web resources section of the website and will hopefully find a more permanent home for such
 content in the near future with the advent of our Best Practices wiki infrastructure being finalized now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hope that helps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Dyche Hall<br>
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>
USA<br>
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Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>
Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu_&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KpeQynvTSo8nnGyg6O9yMz_p9ojR9EfLyjiZ5dRNjKI&s=CGg64kbwbSskfUZpjv7BSuWiQ4QWO7VxQ3U0RUkV8iY&e=">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">SPNHC President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b>Vratislav Ricardo Bejsak-Coloredo-Mansfeld</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:bayshark@exemail.com.au">bayshark@exemail.com.au</a>&gt;<br>
Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:58 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] SPNHC collection list<br>
To: Liath Appleton &lt;<a href="mailto:liathappleton@gmail.com">liathappleton@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:navy">&nbsp;Dear colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:navy">&nbsp;Could be handy to have list of Natural History Collection on
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http://www.spnhc.org/</a> Including private collections &nbsp;with information about type of the collection.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:navy">Name of the collection - Abbreviation – type – coverage - address – website – contact – note….</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:navy">&nbsp;Type – private, university, museum
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NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of<br>
Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose<br>
mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of<br>
natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to<br>
society. See <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.spnhc.org&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KpeQynvTSo8nnGyg6O9yMz_p9ojR9EfLyjiZ5dRNjKI&s=u93cmzC4pxQAJKKQxvV7XgNVetXFfuYY1FxaMCSbVuU&e=" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a> for membership information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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