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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The U.S. Federal Collections Committee, a sessional committee of SPNHC actively is seeking members.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The goal of the committee is to work collaboratively to create equitable relationships with the federal agencies
and the institutions curating the collections. The aim of these groups is similar, the best care and management of the collections Further we share similar constraints, financial and resource scarcity.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The committee will explore ways in which the Society (SPNHC) can collaborate with federal agencies to develop
best practices procedures in the care of their collections, whether managed directly or by federal or non-federal institutions. Equally, the committee will consider issues such as terms and conditions for repository agreements; facilitate communication between
federal and non-federal collections staff; and communicate with SPNHC membership. The committee aids in drafting SPNHC responses to call for public comment on policy issues. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As we are rebuilding this committee, we are open to adjustments in direction and focus. Anyone with
<b>any</b> interest please contact me at <a href="mailto:jkrishna@nhmu.utah.edu" target="_blank">
jkrishna@nhmu.utah.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Janaki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Janaki Krishna
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#993300">Forms can be found here:
<a href="http://nhmu.utah.edu/collections/policies-forms"><span style="color:blue">http://nhmu.utah.</span></a><a href="http://nhmu.utah.edu/collections/policies-forms"><span style="color:blue">edu/collections/policies-forms</span></a><br>
Search our collections:<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1802BE"><a href="https://nhmu.utah.edu/search-our-collections"><span style="color:blue">https://nhmu.utah.edu/search-our-collections</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green"><br>
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