[NHCOLL-L:2256] SPNHC 2004 @ AMNH

[Tim White]

Final Announcement: SPNHC 2004 at the AMNH, May 11-16.
SPNHC 2004  Museum SOS: Strategies for Emergency Response & Salvage

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is 
holding its 19th annual meeting in New York at the American Museum of 
Natural History (AMNH) from May 11 through May 16.

The special technical session - Museum SOS: Strategies for Emergency 
Response and Salvage - is a full day session of invited speakers focusing 
on topics of widespread interest including national and international 
alliances and response, preparedness and salvage in the event of armed 
conflict (with specific focus on Iraq), salvage efforts in Czech Republic 
post-floods, recovery efforts at the Pentagon post 9/11, and much more.  An 
additional one-day workshop will focus more specifically on salvage 
techniques within the first 24 hours of an event.

The general technical sessions will focus on topics concerning bridge 
building in natural sciences collections management and conservation, 
archives, data management and research/technical studies.

Additional highlights include a one-day field trip to the Yale Peabody 
museum, tours of the AMNH collections, and a joint session with ISBER 
(International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories) 
focusing on frozen tissue preservation.

Detailed programs and registration information can be viewed at 
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/spnhc/index.htm

Hope to see you there.


Tim White
Assistant Director for Collections & Operations

Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
170 Whitney Ave., PO Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118

203.432.3767 (voice); 203.432.9816 (fax)
tim.white at yale.edu (email); www.peabody.yale.edu (www)

Paleontological Society Special Publications Editor
http://www.paleontsoc.org

SPNHC 2004  Museum SOS: Strategies for Emergency Response & Salvage
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/spnhc/