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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi, Dawn.<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">I would echo what John said. Teaching collections, if this is indeed a teaching collection, can be expected to experience wear and tear (sacrifice in the name
of education- how noble!). If, as is often the case with smaller, less complete collections, this is a combination of teaching and scientific collections, you must balance the cost of handling with the benefit of the benefits of what each specimen offers
in the course of teaching. <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">A little instruction prior to handling goes a long way and can prevent the necessity of “post-instruction” after a specimen is damaged or destroyed. A quick
half hour with all of the staff should be enough and a sign in/sign out system makes folks accountable, and therefore more cautious when handling specimens. You can decide whether students should be allowed to sign for specimens with or without staff/faculty
approval.<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">I would not recommend encasing specimens in sealed, albeit clear and viewable, containers. There is much to be gained by being able to hold a specimen, feel
its texture, turn it at any angle, smell it, that cannot be experienced from a sealed container. I would recommend lids for your archival specimen trays. Lids can cover the specimen for protection during storage and transport and can be inverted and the
tray nested within the upside down lid to view the specimen as needed. If you wish to have specimens viewable at all times including in storage, the tray can be set atop the upside down lid and the lid only used during transport.<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">We have been offering archival materials like this for museum and private collections for years so I will contact you off this list and you can see some options.<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">Best of luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jay<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">Jay Cordeiro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Northeast Natural History & Supply<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">archival materials and natural history books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">unionid@comcast.net<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>John E Simmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dawn Lawson<br>
<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Display/storage containers for study skins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Prepare a simple, friendly, one-page list of handling instructions for specimens that says tags cannot be removed, fur cannot be rubbed the wrong way,
feathers cannot be separated, etc. Assume that none of the students or instructors have ever handled specimens before and take this opportunity to teach them how to do it right. You might also include a few statements about the importance of preserved specimens.
On the bottom of the sheet include a place for each person to sign and date it to verify that they have read and will follow the directions.<br>
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Personally, I would also require students (and everyone else) working with the specimens to wear nitrile or neoprene gloves while handling specimens and include cautions about washing hand after due to possible contact with arsenic or other pesticides.
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<p class="MsoNormal">John E. Simmons<br>
Museologica<br>
128 E. Burnside Street<br>
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010<br>
<a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" target="_blank">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a><br>
303-681-5708<br>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.museologica.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=dSIAqzwYwiaV2mEtOR6ZNBDHtSi25pp7VTMIgvGinLo&s=V4NgosyOXbWTm4lcqLGDALf-l8Z9DMsfM9dcaY2hNLM&e=" target="_blank">www.museologica.com</a><br>
and<br>
Adjunct Curator of Collections<br>
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>
Penn State University<br>
University Park, Pennsylvania<br>
and<br>
Instructor, Museum Studies<br>
School of Library and Information Science<br>
Kent State University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Dawn Lawson <<a href="mailto:dmlawson@ualberta.ca" target="_blank">dmlawson@ualberta.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">Hello! I'm new to the list, and as part of my job duties, I manage a small zoology museum on a small campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#444444">In the last few years, use of the museum is increasing due to the influx of ecology survey type courses, and other uses, and I need to be able to protect specimens from handling (both
generally, and to avoid such behaviour as "pulling apart the tail feathers to look for field marks" type manipulations.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#444444">I have some acrylic cylinders which I temporarily seal with a glue gun, and some sheet plastic formed into tubes which can be opened, and some small birds in large test tubes...but
I cannot find midsize tubes that are suitable for duck/jay/groundsquirrel-sized skins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">I have two questions for the list members:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">1) What might be some good ways to reduce loss/damage from handling on this type of collection and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#444444">2) Where can I source display materials that are economical, varied sizes, and appropriate to use?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">Dawn Lawson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">University of Alberta, Augustana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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