[NHCOLL-L:1851] Loan Recall / Museum Closure

[Thomas E. Labedz]

    As you might have already heard, recent budget cuts at the University of
Nebraska have severely impacted the Unversity of Nebraska State Museum.  ALL
RESEARCH COLLECTIOSN, FACULTY, CURATORS, COLLECTIONS MANAGERS, AND SUPPORT
STAFF HAVE BEEN CUT, MYSELF INCLUDED.  Our final day will be June 30th, 2003.
In addition several education positions in the display facility, the
planetarium, and masters of museum studies program are eliminated.  The final
placement of the massive research collections is yet to be determined.  In an
effort to assure quality care and complete transfer of collections to where
ever I am announcing that the Division of Zoology seeks to recall all loans of
specimens.  The Division of Zoology covers birds, mammals, reptiles,
amphibians, fish, and mollusks.  No further accessions will be made to the
collections.  Preparation and cataloging of current material may cease so that
full and complete records can accompany the specimens to whatever fate they
might have.

   Thomas E. Labedz,  Collections Manager
    Division of Zoology
    University of Nebraska State Museum
    W-436 Nebraska Hall
    Lincoln, NE  68588-0514
        402/472-8366   fax 402/472-8949
        tlabedz1 at unl.edu    www-museum.unl.edu

    For further information about these cuts can be found at:
www.unl.edu/pr/chancllr/2003-5budget/documents/20030310/summary.html
Letters of "dissatisfaction" with this can be sent to:
Dr. Harvey Perlman, Chancellor, University of Nebraska -
hperlman at unlnotes.unl.edu
Dr. Richard Edwards, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs -
redwards at unlnotes.unl.edu
Dr. Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research - ppaul at unlnotes.unl.edu
Mike Zeleny, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research -
mzeleny at unlnotes.unl.edu
William E. Splinter, Interim Director State Museum - wsplinte at unlnotes.unl.edu

Ronald Lee, APC - rlee1 at unlnotes.unl.edu
Derrel Martin, APC - dlmartin at unlnotes.unl.edu
Ann Mari May, APC - amay at unlnotes.unl.edu
Craig Eckhardt, APC - eckhardt at unlserve.unl.edu
Charles O'Connor, APC - coconnor at unlserve.unl.edu
Barry Rosson, APC - brosson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Cynthia Milligan, APC - cmilliga at unlnotes.unl.edu
Ellen Paparozzi, APC - epaparoz at unlnotes.unl.edu
Ken Nickerson, APC - kwn at unlserve.unl.edu
Lona  Kramer, APC - lkramer at unlnotes.unl.edu
John Benson, APC - jbenson at unlnotes.unl.edu
John Owens, APC - jowens2 at unlnotes.unl.edu