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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just wondering, do your institutions complete <i>Transfer of Title</i> forms (or an equivalent legal form) for
<u>field-collected</u> natural history specimens? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Museum of Ireland does this for all of its collections, but the Natural History Division are wondering at the logic of completing a
<i>Transfer of Title</i> form when a specimen was roadkill, washed up on a beach, collected in a park etc. That is, does the finder/collector hold title to a found object in a public space (or even private space, to complicate things), and can that title be
transferred to us?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would really appreciate emails from you outlining how you manage these acquisitions, particularly if you are attempting to follow the UK Spectrum standard, as we do in the NMI.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If there are online resources relating to this issue, please do share!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Eimear<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Eimear Ashe,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Documentation Officer (Natural History),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ireland<br>
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