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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Information on collection size of herbaria (plants and fungi) is available here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sweetgum.nybg.org_science_ih_&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=WLyxuhDa3p_sPnVzxcNSlcYAGhCPIbl833Q8r5CICqs&s=wE8qUrVOXkWm2VJ_RT0xC9DCowQ2GQlOmFhNMHpc-Kg&e=">http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can search institutions individually, or you can download the whole database.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century","serif";color:#002060">Dr. Barbara M. Thiers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century","serif";color:#002060">Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
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<i>Index Herbariorum</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century","serif";color:#002060">Bronx, NY 10458-5126<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century","serif";color:#002060">Download Index Herbariorum questionnaire:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sciweb.nybg.org_science2_IH-5FQuestionnaire-5F2009-5Fexample.doc&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=WLyxuhDa3p_sPnVzxcNSlcYAGhCPIbl833Q8r5CICqs&s=HTHfHDvKe4QFyoZD1DTMHQZEpQbwQ_GiCAfTYBoVN7Q&e="><span style="color:blue">Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century","serif";color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2015 9:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Christopher Kemp; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Question about collection sizes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is all information that can be gleaned from one of the many aggregators of data like GBIF, iDigBio, Vertnet etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For GBIF, go here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gbif.org_publisher_search&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=wFETMieFVshcnl_orLd8G27DE7D9YQ6cjyK1A7ql9ZE&s=yeSB0TdXSv_sq_XtuFjjjPJqHtd4boX_bta3SpgYDb4&e=">
http://www.gbif.org/publisher/search</a> and search by institution e.g. University of Kansas. Navigate to the bottom of the page to see all collections at that institution and listed there is the number of specimens. NOTE – this is the number of specimens
being shared and not necessarily the total number (e.g. our entomology collection has 4.5 million specimens but only just over 1 million are digitized and shared) but it will give you some figures to go on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Both iDigBio and Vertnet have similar pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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:"Arial","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"><span style="color:blue">abentley@ku.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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=wFETMieFVshcnl_orLd8G27DE7D9YQ6cjyK1A7ql9ZE&s=XwJZQQbamXKJgdCbujt0u60YslG88e68kVhOyuDqZ98&e="><span style="color:blue">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Kemp<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2015 8:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Question about collection sizes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Just gathering some data about collection sizes. I know many of you are curators, so I'd be really interested to know how many specimens (approx) you oversee in your specialty, wherever you are. Especially include
anything that makes it superlative in some way. It would be really nice in my book to provide some specific figures, along the lines of: The ichthyology collection at X contains more than X specimens; or At the X Museum of Natural History, the entomology collection
includes the largest single collection of mosquitoes, containing more than X specimens, and some as old as X; or something like that. Some specifics. Information that would boggle the minds of readers who only think about what is on display when they visit
museums. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">You know what I mean? Hope some of you are willing to play along.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--ck<o:p></o:p></p>
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