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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I agree with Mary Beth 2000%. We are dealing with a situation in which the specimens were formally published using institution A’s numbers, but were never actually delivered there, and wound up in institutions
B, C, and D. It has been very difficult to resolve. Insist on receiving the specimens and accessioning, cataloguing, and numbering them yourself before you allow the numbers to be used in publication. You can always lend them back to the researcher once you
process them into your collections, but the use of your numbers should mean that they are legally yours, not the researcher’s.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sally Y. Shelton, Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sally.Shelton@sdsmt.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">605.394.2487<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Prondzinski, Mary Beth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 April, 2017 9:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DjanChekar, Nathalie <nathaliedjanchekar@therooms.ca>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Catalogue number requests - paleontology<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">As Collections Manager here at the University of Alabama, I don’t like this practice myself. Too many times our accommodating the collector has resulted in specimen(s) that have never been received, or worse,
the donor reneges on his/her promise to deposit the specimen(s) in our institution. I think it is a bad practice assigning numbers to phantom specimens, especially the way people move around these days (!) It makes it nearly impossible to keep track of the
specimens’ whereabouts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mary Beth<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">
<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>DjanChekar, Nathalie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 28, 2017 10:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Catalogue number requests - paleontology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good day, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to know how other institutions handle a researcher’s request for catalogue numbers for the purpose of publication when the request comes prior to the specimens physically entering the museum.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a rule, we don’t issue catalogue numbers until an incoming lot has arrived on the premises and can be assessed and fully accessioned. This is sometimes difficult to apply, particularly in paleontology. Regularly, paleontologists require
catalogue numbers for publication, but need to hang on to their material for ongoing research. Permits and regulations often dictate that specimens be deposited in the region where they were collected. Sending the material back and forth, when the researchers
live away, can be costly and presents risks and delay. However, issuing catalogue numbers prior to the specimens’ arrival creates an external backlog that is challenging to manage. I’m curious to hear about the experience of others with this issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thank you and look forward to your comments and feedback.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Nathalie Djan-Chékar</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"> - Natural History Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">(709) 757-8082 (W) | <a href="mailto:nathaliedjanchekar@therooms.ca">
nathaliedjanchekar@therooms.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Provincial Museum Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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