<p dir="ltr">It strikes me that this is where wider sector advocacy comes in. Many collections have focussed on research and collections care rather than promoting the role of collections. In the UK when we see this sort of situation the community sends letters of support for the collection, occasionally having a positive effect on the decision-makers (particularly when some press reporting occurs). </p>
<p dir="ltr">In this case I would suggest that SPNHC, GCG and NatSCA prepare an open letter of support for the collection, highlighting the issue of the timescales and logistics involved in a collections move, then seek signatories to lend weight to it. Since there has been some reporting already it seems likely that such a letter will be picked up on by the press, which will serve the threefold purpose of offering support for this collection, getting some advocacy statements out there to help reinforce why collections are a valuable resource more generally, and it will be a visible reminder to other academic administrators that threats to collections can lead to bad press and have a negative impact on institutional reputation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Would people on this list be willing to put their names to such a letter?</p>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 29 Mar 2017, 15:13 Bentley, Andrew Charles, <<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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collections are a prime target for such downsizing initiatives. The decision was made that much easier by the lack of a public or research “face” to the museum. How are they supposed to advocate for the museum’s collections when their website doesn’t even
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<b class="gmail_msg">Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Urgent: University of Louisiana at Monroe Museum of Natural History facing imminent divestment or destruction<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_1238310812214909877WordSection1 gmail_msg">
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">This also happened with the Paleo collections at Princeton & Yale Peabody stepped up and sent a team to pack & transfer them. Also the insect collections at Indiana (so they could expand the sex institute there) and Yale also went to get
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I've been thinking about this ever-growing problem for a while, as now and again you hear of orphaned/abandoned collections.<br class="gmail_msg">
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What do people think of creating some kind of task force to come up with a list of the collections in the U.S. (iDigBio probably has most of these collections listed already) and reach out to them before things reach a crisis point? We could provide 'emergency'
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