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I was contacted by Michelle Donahue (journalist and writer) regarding a feature for BioScience on orphaned natural history collections (see email below). Please contact Michelle (<span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"><a href="mailto:michelle.z.donahue@gmail.com" title="mailto:michelle.z.donahue@gmail.com">michelle.z.donahue@gmail.com</a>) </span>or
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<li>you have an example of an orphaned collection to share, or</li><li>you have revitalized an endangered collection, or</li><li>you are involved with a university natural history curation club.</li></ul>
<div>I'm sure there are plenty of great examples to share.</div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Tiffany Adrain <span style="font-size:small; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">(pronouns: she/her/hers)</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Collections Manager, Paleontology Repository</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">University of Iowa</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">115 Trowbridge Hall</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Iowa City, Iowa, 52242</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">phone: 319 335 1822</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">fax: 319 335 1821</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">email: <a href="mailto:tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu">
tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu</a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">website: <a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/~geology/paleo">
</a><a href="https://clas.uiowa.edu/ees/" class="OWAAutoLink">https://clas.uiowa.edu/ees/</a></font></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt" class="elementToProof"><b>From:</b> Michelle Z. Donahue <michelle.z.donahue@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 13, 2022 4:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adrain, Tiffany S <tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] interview request - fate of natural history collections - for BioScience</font>
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<div class="">I’m a contributing writer for the features section of the journal BioScience, and for an upcoming issue I’m preparing a story on the fate of natural history collections when their curator retires or passes away, or a collection otherwise becomes
disused, abandoned or orphaned. I spent some time on the SPNHC page and browsed the Threatened and Orphaned Collections wiki, and wonder if you might have time and interest in speaking for the article. </div>
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<div class="">First and foremost, I’m interested in highlighting the donation or discovery of valuable natural history collections that otherwise may have been lost or forgotten. So if you know of any of these - I’m looking for examples. These could be private,
at museums, universities, or other organizations (parks’ visitors centers come to mind.) </div>
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<div class="">But I’d also like to get your thoughts on the section of the wiki concerning “warning signs of endangered collections” - and if you know of any people or places who have taken some of these principles to heart and revived the condition and use
of a collection (see this amazing work out of <a href="https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64607/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="">Portugal</a>). </div>
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<div class="">Other questions I’m pondering: How do organizations learn of collections that might be available for donation? How does the inclusion of such collections to museum or university collections advance biodiversity research or opportunities for expansion
of digitization efforts? I also learned about the existence of <a href="https://crackingthecollections.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/nhc3-creating-a-network-of-natural-history-collections-clubs/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="">university natural history curation
clubs</a> which is a cool angle I want to include in the story - seems a clever way of accomplishing the goal of building interest in curation and collections care in the next generation, but also reviving the use of collections that might otherwise just
sit on a shelf. </div>
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<div class="">I’m out next week, but looking to schedule interviews for this story during the week of April 25 and May 2. My deadline is May 13. Please let me know if you have time and interest in chatting - thanks in advance for the consideration of the request. </div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Michelle Z. Donahue<br class="">
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<a href="http://www.MichelleZDonahue.com" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="">www.MichelleZDonahue.com</a><br class="">
(571) 217-9554 </div>
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