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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Just forwarding details of a publication that might be of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Join the Dots: assessing a collection of 80 million items at The Natural History Museum, London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">C. Giles Miller a , Philippa Brewer a , Mark Carine b , Gill Comerford c , Helen Hardy b , Andrea Hart d , Sarah Long e , Benjamin W. Price b , Caroline L. Smith a , David A. Smith c , Mel Smith d , Lil Stevens a , Katie
Thompson b , Clare Valentine b , Sarah Vincent b , Scott Wilson f and Matt Woodburn b. 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">a Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; b Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; c Core Research Laboratories, Natural History Museum, London, UK; d Library and Archives,
Natural History Museum, London, UK; e Registry, Natural History Museum, London, UK; f Science Resources, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">ABSTRACT Collections assessments can inform strategic planning, project management, baseline assessment reports, project cost-benefit analyses, support funding requests and collections advocacy. In 2018, 77 staff at the
Natural History Museum, London, took part in a successful collections assessment exercise on its 80 million item collection. 17 questions provided details of the Condition, Importance/Significance, Information available and Outreach use/ potential about 2602
Collection Units covering the entire Natural History science departments and Library and Archives. Results can be displayed and filtered via a bespoke dashboard in Microsoft Power BI, accessed via a web link available internally to all staff. The project successfully
recorded the expertise of the curatorial staff and produced the first comprehensive assessment of the Natural History Museum’s collection. The methodology is outlined here to encourage other institutions to run the same assessment. Future developments in the
methodology such as automation of scoring and development of the dashboard are discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">50 free copies are available via this link. Please contact me directly on
<a href="mailto:G.Miller@nhm.ac.uk">G.Miller@nhm.ac.uk</a> if the 50 copies run out and I’ll post another link if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Feprint%2FHJMKUX9ZWPNXE33UFH5D%2Ffull%3Ftarget%3D10.1080%2F09647775.2021.2023900&data=04%7C01%7Cjessica.bazeley%40yale.edu%7C9909d32dd6dc42246c9408da01f25f76%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C637824437764443035%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=kwf0N0cCxKPvuRcD2m2yQdrwqhboqFjuE4teXF6kqno%3D&reserved=0">https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HJMKUX9ZWPNXE33UFH5D/full?target=10.1080/09647775.2021.2023900</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Giles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr C. Giles Miller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Principal Curator in Charge, Fossil Invertebrates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Natural History Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cromwell Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">LONDON SW7 5BD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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