<div dir="ltr"><div>Recollect everything that doesn't already have modern specimens, so it is digitized as part of the preparation process, has highly precise geocoordinates, and DNA-quality tissues saved. I like the vision of museums as active biodiversity inventory processing centers.<br><br></div>-Derek<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Sublett, Clayton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cas100@shsu.edu" target="_blank">cas100@shsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi all,</p>
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<p>Our collection is working on a strategic plan, and, as much as possible, I would like to work in goals of the natural history collections community. Does anyone know if there is a strategic vision for natural history collections/museums? The Organization
for Biological Field Stations handed out a strategic vision at their 2013 meeting, and I was hoping something like this existed for collections. Beyond the push to database, digitize, and make collection data available online, I'm not sure about the goals
of the community. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<p>Best,</p>
<p>Clayton</p>
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