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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF670125"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu] on behalf of Callomon,Paul [prc44@drexel.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Prondzinski, Mary Beth; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Question on Office Collection Ethics<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Our rule has always been that you can keep a pre-existing collection when you start working here, but cannot then add to it if it is in your primary field. As collection manager in Malacology, for example, &nbsp;I
 cannot maintain an active shell collection, but can collect coins. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">Paul Callomon</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
<i>Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates</i></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
<i><a href="mailto:callomon@ansp.org" target="_blank">callomon@ansp.org</a> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Prondzinski, Mary Beth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2015 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Question on Office Collection Ethics</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings all:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, we are in the final throes of putting together our Collections Policy and we had some questions about the section on �Standards of Conduct Relating to Collections� where Faculty/Staff are concerned.&nbsp;
 In the case of personal collections:&nbsp; we have a clause that says personal collections cannot be maintained on Museum property without permission from the Executive Director, and no museum supplies, equipment or paid staff can be utilized by such.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, personal collections that are acquired during museum employ (or even before), are oftentimes used for comparative or teaching examples and may or may not be museum-worthy samples, or even in the person�s realm of study.&nbsp; &nbsp;The problem
 arises when the personal collection objects &nbsp;become mixed in with the museum�s collection objects:&nbsp; if the person should suddenly meet their demise, how does one who must sort through the remaining objects know what is museum collections, potential museum
 collections or personal collections? &nbsp;&nbsp;What sort of restriction or regulations can be implemented to prevent such confusion?&nbsp; How do others in academic/research institutions deal with this sort of situation?&nbsp; One of our staff has a huge personal collection
 of skeletal effigies, reminiscent of �Day of the Dead�, which co-mingles with the primitive human osteology research collection in his office.&nbsp; &nbsp;Another collects skulls, turtle carapaces, etc. that he finds in his travels, though his research is Vertebrate
 Paleo.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions on protocol?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your input�</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Mary Beth Prondzinski</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Museum Collections Technician</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Alabama Museum of Natural History</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">University of Alabama</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, #356</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Box 870340</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Tuscaloosa, AL 35487</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">(205) 348-5625</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Elephant&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><a href="mailto:mbprondzinski@ua.edu" target="_blank">mbprondzinski@ua.edu</a></span></p>
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