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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi David,<br>
<br>
didn't want to be all too negative in my post: yes, there are
definitely good examples how (individual) museums do outreach and
find good coverage in the media. A similar example is "Tristan", a
near to fully complete T-rex skeleton that went just recently on
display at the Berlin Nat. His. Museum. This was echoed in the
media in France and even in New Zeeland.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sciencesetavenir.fr_decouvrir_expositions_20151217.OBS1543_en-2Dimages-2Dun-2Dsplendide-2Dt-2Drex-2Ddebarque-2Da-2Dberlin.html&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=MZkpTdhRPe8hnLjdRAAAh4zkkWfHKCLi_1UT_-6tIvo&s=_ud5cLXV3NYM0rH3g4wnvWYHff6gFPm6G2RcgZrxHh0&e=">http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/decouvrir/expositions/20151217.OBS1543/en-images-un-splendide-t-rex-debarque-a-berlin.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.stuff.co.nz_science_75232564_europes-2Dfirstever-2Dcomplete-2Dtrex-2Dskeleton-2Dput-2Don-2Ddisplay-2Din-2Dberlin&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=MZkpTdhRPe8hnLjdRAAAh4zkkWfHKCLi_1UT_-6tIvo&s=-YfTwZSEUd3TmpPGKUUga6vSFXa18iIhPVvp7O7qcSA&e=">http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/75232564/europes-firstever-complete-trex-skeleton-put-on-display-in-berlin</a><br>
<br>
The most important point is in your first bullet: collections are
underutilized and their potential is not recognized. Parallel,
they are part of our cultural heritage (without attracting the
same attention among politicians, which do have a strong
preference for "real" culture, e.g. fine arts). This is a general
concern.<br>
<br>
The importance of "collections" is often mentioned indirectly,
e.g. in the Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 of the SCBD; that the
barcodes have to rely on reference libraries which house and
maintain respective specimens is mentioned nowhere.<br>
<br>
It might be worth to strengthen our visibility on a more global
level, but even the Global Taxonomy Initiative hardly finds
recognition on the political level. Even though we have been
digitising millions of nice, fancy & colourful specimens for
years now, we are hardly seen ....<br>
<br>
All the best<br>
Dirk<br>
<br>
Am 22.01.2016 um 15:47 schrieb Schindel, David:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Greetings,
Dirk,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">There's no
doubt that pulling the curtain back on the
'behind-the-scenes' collections space and activities can
make really interesting news for non-professionals. I'm
incredibly impressed with the American Museum's online video
series "</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.amnh.org_shelf-2Dlife&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=MZkpTdhRPe8hnLjdRAAAh4zkkWfHKCLi_1UT_-6tIvo&s=yLIbTjyn7e2IV5tGKgvNi7YDSyQa_M1mDE5hkDk25jE&e=">Shelf Life</a></span><span
style="color:windowtext">". In my view it's the absolute
best effort so far to explain the collections mission in an
accessible, appealing way. You may not hear this often from
someone at the Smithsonian but I say to our colleagues at
AMNH 'Bravo, well done, thanks!" If each of our outreach
efforts did no more than point to Shelf Life and say "We do
stuff like that!" or "We wouldn't know a lot of the things
in these exhibits without the research done with the
collections you haven't seen." I think these approaches
would be more effective than saying "Collections are the
core business of museums, so if you like museums you need to
support collections. Anyone using this latter approach
could get stuck explaining why cost-effective, larger
consolidated collections are a mistake.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Some of you
are aware that</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.scicoll.org_&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=MZkpTdhRPe8hnLjdRAAAh4zkkWfHKCLi_1UT_-6tIvo&s=yHb3qyN-6zJLAqrzLjNRn9Z0rTsJBNQAuw1Dt-CNOss&e=">Scientific
Collections International</a> </span>
<span style="color:windowtext">(SciColl) is taking a different
approach. The</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__usfsc.nal.usda.gov_&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=MZkpTdhRPe8hnLjdRAAAh4zkkWfHKCLi_1UT_-6tIvo&s=JNHImaz0Hmr7XZkmg8xjIHpjPW_Bfyd5x_yeMc6rRpU&e=">US
Interagency Working Group for Scientific Collections</a>
</span><span style="color:windowtext">took a similar approach
in its</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__usfsc.nal.usda.gov_sites_usfsc.nal.usda.gov_files_IWGSC-5FGreenReport-5FFINAL-5F2009.pdf&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=MZkpTdhRPe8hnLjdRAAAh4zkkWfHKCLi_1UT_-6tIvo&s=i3DzPFxodpuIwCSAd_iUY5woQmShQbQuMX5L-Y89wkA&e=">2009
Green Report</a>. </span><span style="color:windowtext">For
example, we're arguing that collections:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="color:windowtext">Have been <u>underutilized</u> for
some of our most pressing interdisciplinary research
challenges (e.g., emerging infectious diseases, food
security, global environmental change);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:windowtext">Are essentially the evidence locker
that allows us to go back and validate earlier research
findings through re-inspection, re-analysis, and applying
new analytical technologies;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:windowtext">Could produce priceless, unique,
irreplaceable information when new analytical techniques
appear (e.g., SEM, isotope analysis, DNA sequencing); and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:windowtext">Provide us with a time machine to
analyze conditions going back in time. Astronomers and
particle physicists try do the same thing with bigger and
bigger telescopes and accelerators.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dirk Neumann<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 22, 2016 8:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] FW: making the case for
natural history collections and their wider benefit to
society and the environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi David,<br>
hi Andy,<br>
<br>
this is not only a problem for smaller collections /
museums, we see that budgets lines also for major
collections are eroding and that there are calls to set
"priorities". This is suited to start a negative cascade
which leaves collections behind (with either "citizens
science", "public exhibition / museum" or "research"
fighting to raise the necessary attention to avoid cuts in
their sector).<br>
<br>
Instead of corporate approaches which integrate all parts of
Natural History Research Museums, the different sectors
start to cannibalise themselves in their struggle to
survive. Vice versa, in some countries collections are
"integrated" and fused to form larger units, which does not
result in duplication of staff, of course.<br>
<br>
The key question is to sell interesting pictures and news to
media and local politicians so that we with our core
business (=collections) remain present (and attractive) to a
broad audience.<br>
<br>
All the best<br>
Dirk<br>
<br>
<br>
Am 22.01.2016 um 13:51 schrieb Schindel, David:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi, Andy,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In reading
this very attractive document, I was struck by the ABSENCE
of an argument for collections. Rather, the document
advocates for museums and their role in raising public
awareness. No question that they are important for public
awareness of Nature, extinction, environmental change, but
I found no connection to collections. In fact, other than
mentioning the total number of specimens in the region’s
museums and two page that describe what the collections
contain and what goes on ‘behind the exhibits’ there’s no
focus on the use of collections or their relevance to the
public education mission.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is not
to say that we shouldn’t be advocating for museums as
centers of education, advocacy and infotainment. That
being said, based on the text alone (setting aside what we
all know and believe), a general reader might ask why good
museum space is being used for collections rather than
public exhibits, since the collections don’t seem
important for exhibits and education. I can imagine that
this is a question that many smaller regional and local
museums must answer. It would be very interesting to hear
ideas from people in smaller museums on how they make this
connection to the collections for the public and funders.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">David</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] FW: making the case for
natural history collections and their wider benefit to
society and the environment</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b>The Natural Science
Collections Association discussion list <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a></a>>
on behalf of Henry Mcghie <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:henry.mcghie@MANCHESTER.AC.UK">henry.mcghie@MANCHESTER.AC.UK</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>The Natural Science Collections
Association discussion list <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 9:34 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>making the case for natural history
collections and their wider benefit to society and the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Yours,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Henry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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lang="EN-GB">Henry McGhie BSc MA AMA</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB"> | Head of Collections and Curator of
Zoology (Honorary Scientific Associate, Faculty of
Life Sciences) | Manchester Museum | The University of
Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13 9PL |
0161 275 2482 |
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year I am promoting biodiversity for the good of the
environment and for people's well-being</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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lang="EN-GB">Exhibitions:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""
lang="EN">The Study, Opens 11 Sept / The Phantoms of
Congo River, 11 Sept-10 Apr / Gifts for the Gods:
Animal Mummies Revealed,</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">8 Oct</span><span
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</span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040">Awards: </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Lever
Prize 2015 for Real Life Science programme<b> </b></span><b><span
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Designated as an Outstanding Collection</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Dirk Neumann
Tel: 089 / 8107-111
Fax: 089 / 8107-300
email: Dirk.Neumann(a)zsm.mwn.de
Postanschrift:
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Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Labor
Münchhausenstr. 21
81247 München
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The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
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