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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Liath,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">B72 is used by conservators because it has good aging characteristics and is relatively easily reversed. It remains about as soluble as it starts off as over time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">I have been asked on multiple occasions to remove a number from a museum artefact. So long as the base layer of B72 is present, it is relatively easy to remove. You just swab it off with solvent. If the number
has been directly applied with no barrier layer, the number can be hard to remove, especially if the material is porous. In such circumstances it may be impossible to completely remove the old number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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by the solvent. If the material is porous, the solvent may draw dirt and residues into the surface, where it becomes impossible to remove.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Is there anyone who made the decision to NOT put numbers on specimens and why? Was it simply a matter of saving time, or were there more specific reasons?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">I have not numbered items where the solvent will affect the material the number is being applied to. You can use B72 in ethanol where the material is affected by acetone, or a waterbased acrylic medium where
both acetone and ethanol will cause damage, but where even water will affect things, then one may choose a string tag, or a labeled container if numbering is not possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">In some cases (like with historic lace), the material is too fine/small to apply a number directly. With gemstones, they may be so small that it is disfiguring to cover a large percentage of the surface area
with a number, so I have inserted the item in a foam cut out in a small polystyrene, clear box, and numbered the box. The item can be seen and handled in the box, and only needs to be taken out for more detailed analysis, then re-inserted in the box immediately
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 30, 2022 3:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Cindy Opitz <cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT]Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all of your input. Our previous protocol (before we stopped numbering) was similar to what many of you are currently using -
<a href="https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering">
https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/specify6/NPL+Tasks%3A+Specimen+Numbering</a><br>
I am hoping to improve our procedures and streamline things moving forward, and would appreciate further input on the following questions:<br>
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To Cindy Opitz: do you know why your collection uses the clear gel rather than another layer of B-72? Is it less likely to smudge, easier to apply, less expensive, or something else?<br>
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1. Choosing the best place for your numbers - a spot that appears to be a good place for a number now, may not always be a good place later, or may be in the way if the specimen is photographed at a future date. How easily can B-72 be removed after it has been
sitting for possibly years? Is it about the same as when it is relatively new?<br>
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2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 AM Dirk Neumann <<a href="mailto:d.neumann@leibniz-lib.de">d.neumann@leibniz-lib.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">there was the very informative presentation of Jacki Whisenant in Edinburgh at the SPNHC Conference on the different qualities of pens (Osteoscribing: writing on bones); definitely worth watching the Zoom recording!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Currently I work primarily with fossil specimens. I would second what Carrie Eaton had said.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I prefer to write directly on the specimen (fossils and minerals) when possible. Ideally there is some matrix that will provide a suitable (unobtrusive) spot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Use archival products.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Penmanship sample—I will give students and volunteers a blank label and ask them to write down their contact information<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Here are the tools that we use<o:p></o:p></p>
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Sakura <b>Pigma® Micron </b>black ink pen<o:p></o:p></p>
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We currently use the Pigma® Micron<b> </b>pens because of the convenience with multiple users. They are available in a range of point size. We have now been using them for more than two decades.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Koh-I-Noor® <b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">RAPIDOGRAPH</span></b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">®</span>
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Recommended sizes: 0 and 00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Koh-I-Noor® black India ink<o:p></o:p></p>
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This is the best tried and true method. The Koh-I-Noor® ink and pens are the standard. However the pens require a bit of care and maintenance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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for <b>DARK </b>specimens<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For a clear coat painted over the written number<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Fox, Marilyn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 29, 2022 9:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:</b> Liath Appleton <<a href="mailto:liathappleton@gmail.com" target="_blank">liathappleton@gmail.com</a>>;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We apply numbers directly to specimens here – minerals, rocks, fossils alike. Depending on the coloration, surface texture, etc I will use a few different techniques using an archival
varnish, titanium white acrylic paint, india ink, and other archival safe products. We use a technique in our prep lab now to keep data with the specimen where preparators will cut out a small piece of Japanese rice paper or archival tissue, write the number
on with archival pen, and then adhere this small rectangle of paper to the surface with B72 or B76 (stole this idea from Amy Davidson – thank you!) as a ‘temporary number’ but so far it seems like our temporary prep lab labels have been staying on just as
well as the painted/ink ones. My students/volunteers have varying abilities when it comes to writing tiny and/or cleanly so when I find a student who has great tiny writing, they almost always get put on cataloging and numbering for as much as they can stand
it. Other curatorial duties (cavity mounts, making boxes, data entry) are then the tasks of my students from whom handwriting is a challenge. It all is helpful!
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Liath Appleton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 29, 2022 11:16 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens<o:p></o:p></p>
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primarily because the previous curator didn't want to police the handwriting skills of her volunteers. That makes sense, but I think that we really should have the numbers on there somehow. Some people have suggested printing out the numbers and using some
type of glue to adhere the numbers to the specimens. I've seen this done before, but I've also seen many of those labels falling off over time. When I managed mollusk collections, writing directly on the shell surface was usually easy to do, but for my current
collections that consist primarily of fossils, rocks and minerals, writing on the surface can be tricky. For those of you who do apply numbers to specimens, what are your thoughts on the subject? <o:p></o:p></p>
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