[NHCOLL-L:1892] USA Today Article on Threatened Collections

[Roberta Faul-Zeitler]

April 16, 2003
April 16, 2003

Dear Colleagues:

Today's issue of USA Today -- "Life Section" (p. 6D) -- contains a 30-inch
story on the threats to natural science collections resulting from budget
cuts at universities and state museums in the U.S.

Science writer Dan Vergano worked closely with me to expand his idea to
address the broader range of natural science institutions that are being
affected, including Scripps, University of Nebraska, Michigan State,
Virginis Museum of Natural History, and Virginia Tech.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030416/5073675s.htm

These topics will be addressed at the upcoming NSC Alliance Annual Meeting,
which is being held June 5-7 at the University of California Berkeley. We
hope you'll be there to make a contribution, and to take action.

Best wishes, Bobbie

Roberta Faul-Zeitler
Executive Director
Natural Science Collections Alliance
1725 K Street NW, Suite 601
Washington DC 20006
Tel. (202) 835-9050
FAX (202) 835-7334
Email: faulzeitler at nscalliance.org
Formerly the Association of Systematics Collections