<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I recently attended a de-accessioning webinar. The take away was that you should probably leave the number on the object and on the labels/paperwork. If you are transferring the object, it will then be their choice. It lends provenance to the object and lets future researchers know where it came from. If you do remove the number, the accompanying information might be lost. You should never re-use the number and note it in your files that the item was de-accessioned and where it went, etc. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The webinar was through Connecting To Collections. It was free and here is the link:<br><span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.connectingtocollections.org_the-5Fdeaccessioning-5Fdilemma-5Flaws-5Fethics-5Fand-5Factions_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=GAVizraw7iZnc8D16yd7RSSDc0Mca268cH4cxI2udLY&s=_ANSi4Deedc9ds9YmXVn1PqjDRT7b2B5FiHWfewQ6DM&e=">http://www.connectingtocollections.org/the_deaccessioning_dilemma_laws_ethics_and_actions/</a></b></span></span><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I hope this helps!<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Patti<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Leslie L Skibinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lls94@cornell.edu" target="_blank">lls94@cornell.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What does your institutional policy say about “removing” your institutions catalog or accession numbers from specimens when you deaccession something? Do you remove or gesso over the number? Do you draw a line through it? Do you do nothing
to the number?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have different procedures if you are disposing of the material in different ways (i.e. transfer to another institution vs destruction, etc.)?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are transferring it to another institution and you have obliterated the number on the object, do you also take the number off the label? If you do, how do you ensure the information on the label/the label itself stays with the specimen?
Do you remove the label and lose provenance or do you keep the label with the specimen?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any insights, examples or literature citations would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leslie L. Skibinski<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Collection Manager<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paleontological Research Institution<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1259 Trumansburg Road<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ithaca, New York 14850<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ph. <a href="tel:%28607%29%20273-6623%C2%A0%20ext.%2028" value="+16072736623" target="_blank">(607) 273-6623 ext. 28</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: <a href="tel:%28607%29%20273-6620" value="+16072736620" target="_blank">(607) 273-6620</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
Nhcoll-l mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a><br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
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=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=GAVizraw7iZnc8D16yd7RSSDc0Mca268cH4cxI2udLY&s=otZOAvak3NjboEClIHDtfsg0PD1U53Pi4DqbWcTDiAM&e=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a> for membership information.<br>
Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<div style="MARGIN:4px 4px 1px;FONT:10pt Tahoma">
<div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="3">Patti Wood Finkle</font></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span>Director of Museums <br></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">~Tate Geological Museum<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">~Werner Wildlife Museum<br></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Casper College<br></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">307-268-3026</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Correspondence sent to or from this email address is subject to the Wyoming Public Records Act and may be disclosed to third parties</span>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>