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The UWYMV has to do an emergency move of its wet collection to accommodate construction in the museum building. </div>
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We are working with our Safety Office to make sure the fluid specimens will be stored as safely as possible. The current plan is to package up each shelf into hard sided moving boxes, fill the space inbetween jars with vermiculite, and store the collection
in the flammable liquid storage building until construction is completed.</div>
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I have read both Simmons 2014 and Coetzer et al. 2009, as well as gone through SPNHC's documentation on moving of collections. With our very limited time we will do the best we can for inventory, and make sure each jar is topped off before it goes into a box.</div>
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I could not find recommendations on boxing and packing material for movement of whole jars of fluid specimens however. Vermiculite was the recommendation of our Safety Office, since that is how they transport jars of chemicals safely. Does anyone know of adverse
affects from vermiculite or a better easily accessible storage material we should be using?</div>
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Any thoughts and recommendations greatly appreciated.</div>
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Thank you,</div>
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Beth Wommack</div>
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