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<div>This may be interesting to those folks looking at advocating for collections in various scenarios…</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list <<a href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>> on behalf of Henry Mcghie <<a href="mailto:henry.mcghie@MANCHESTER.AC.UK">henry.mcghie@MANCHESTER.AC.UK</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list <<a href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 9:34 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>" <<a href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>making the case for natural history collections and their wider benefit to society and the environment<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello- one of the things we have worked on in the North West is making a credible case for the value of natural history collections, in terms of the benefits they bring to people, society and the wider environment. This work was developed
into an advocacy document which we have had it developed into a PDF, reformatted for printing/viewing on screen.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The arguments are tailored towards those working with policy and strategy (NGOs, societies, schools, PHE, HE and FE etc etc) rather than primarily for public consumption, hence the emphasis on ‘need’ messages rather than ‘love’/’feel’ messages.
Although some of the content is specific to the North West, much of it is not; the PDF includes additional statistics not included in the hard copy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You’re welcome to make use of this and to distribute it further, and please do send it round your networks. The work was developed with funding from Museum Development North West as part of a package of activities to support NW museums,
collections and museum staff.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you want to discuss this further, or if this sparks off ideas for possible collaboration, then feel free to get in touch. Any feedback is welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yours,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Henry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Henry McGhie BSc MA AMA</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> | Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology (Honorary Scientific Associate,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy;">This year I am promoting biodiversity for the good of the environment and for people's well-being<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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