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Circling back to this survey many of you helpfully participated in:</div>
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The results of that survey and our subsequent research have now been published!</div>
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Looking forward to other conversations we can have to make natural history collections (and their digital counterparts) as inclusive and safe as possible.</div>
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<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15501906221130535" class="ContentPasted0">Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials - Laura Briscoe, Mare Nazaire, J. Ryan Allen, Janelle Baker, Aliya Donnell Davenport,
Janet Mansaray, Carol Ann McCormick, McKenna Santiago Coyle, Michaela Schmull, 2022 (sagepub.com)</a></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Briscoe, Laura<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 19, 2021 2:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Survey on Offensive Collections Materials</font>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Have you ever had a curatorial cringe moment? Have you looked at a collection label and been faced with something insensitive
at best, offensive at worst? </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are a small task force of collections professionals addressing derogatory language in collections and their associated
data and we are gathering information on institutional practices dealing with collections that contain offensive language.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)">We invite your input in a
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN-eWZb0T2FWUVJF80Ge-MW_RttZwNBihtA8j_sgt36X3Xiw/viewform?usp=sf_link" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN-eWZb0T2FWUVJF80Ge-MW_RttZwNBihtA8j_sgt36X3Xiw/viewform?usp=sf_link"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(17,85,204); text-decoration:underline">10-question
survey</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> that will help to assess if and how collections are dealing with these types of materials with the goal of documenting and developing best practices to preserve the historical
integrity of scientific collections while also facilitating a safe and inclusive environment for museum staff as well as global users of our data. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please take a moment to answer this short survey, and share it with natural history collections colleagues who may not
be on this list. The survey will be open until February 14th. For any questions about the project, please contact Laura Briscoe (lbriscoe@nybg.org).</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)">With best wishes,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0)">James Ryan Allen (University of Colorado), Laura Briscoe (New York Botanical Garden), McKenna Coyle (New York Botanical
Garden), Aliya Davenport (Reinhardt University), Janet Mansaray (Louisiana State University), Carol Ann McCormick (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill), Mare Nazaire (California Botanic Garden), Michaela Schmull (Harvard University)</span></p>
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