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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">Dan Sullivan of cuseum (<a href="https://cuseum.com"><span style="color:#002060">https://cuseum.com</span></a>) shared this with me today -- perhaps it will be useful to SPNHC members:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With the ever growing concerns around Coronavirus and its ripple effect on the global economy, many museums and attractions are wondering how they will be impacted. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We shared a blog piece yesterday titled
<a href="https://t.yesware.com/tt/433605d709d4a90d75a5d919e889117f064f93e3/adb50e0c3db5c5d5d184dbd9b9e0b30f/3c4cf1212b412e613c7584fff5d9bd16/cuseum.com/blog/2020/3/2/how-museums-and-attractions-are-preparing-and-responding-to-coronavirus?utm_source=Dan&utm_medium=T1&utm_campaign=MAS&utm_term=march2020" target="_blank">
“How Museums and Attractions are Preparing and Responding to Coronavrius.</a>” It has proven to be a useful tool in gathering information and putting plans together for hundreds of organizations in the cultural space. Several other museum associations including
American Alliance of Museums and Museum Computer Network have shared this with their audiences, as the more information they have the more prepared they can be. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you think this resource will be of interest to your community feel free to share it. Let me know if you have any questions at all!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Dr. Barbara M. Thiers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Curator of Bryophytes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Editor,
<i>Index Herbariorum<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">New York Botanical Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Bronx, NY 10458-5126<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060"><a href="mailto:bthiers@nybg.org">bthiers@nybg.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">718-817-8626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060">Download:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060"><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/docs/The_Worlds_Herbaria_2019.pdf">The World’s Herbaria 2019</a> (Index Herbariorum annual report)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:#002060"><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/docs/IH_Registration_Form_2017.docx">Index Herbariorum Registration Form
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</a><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/docs/IH_Registration_Form_2017_Example.docx">Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example</a></span><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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