<div dir="ltr">A useful response - I look forward to seeing the full AAMG Professional Practices for Academic Museums when published. <div><br></div><div>I do think it could benefit from being more explicit about the implications associated with provenance - such as highlighting the need to ensure that material on loan or donated with contracted conditions attached is legally able to be disposed of. It would also be good if it made reference to health and safety legislation that may be breached if the collection is not surveyed to ensure chemicals common in collections such as formalin, arsenic and mercuric chloride are identified and disposed of appropriately. We may all be aware of these sorts of issues, but many university administrators probably don't have a clue about them, but they will be affected if hit with a lawsuit for disposing of some other organisation's material or dumping toxic waste.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 March 2017 at 16:08, Mayfield, Teresa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tmayfield@utep.edu" target="_blank">tmayfield@utep.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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