[NHCOLL-L:2727] Re: FW: Registrar vs. Collections Manager vs. Curator of Collections

[Doug Yanega]

>Why not call ourselves "Biological Database Managers"  then we can 
>really make the big bucks!  Some database managers are pulling down 
>250K a year!

That has a nice ring to it, but I'm not sure that every Natural 
History collection out there actually has an associated database 
(yet). I happen to think that the title that the University of 
California uses for my position - Museum Scientist - conveys more of 
the correct impression than registrar, manager, *or* curator (i.e., 
it emphasizes the scientific rather than the organizational skill), 
and can be much more generally applied. Nevertheless, the title is 
secondary to what's actually in the job description, and THAT is the 
crux of the problem at UMMZ. In deference to Barry, I'll certainly 
hold off sending any nastygrams until we hear that the administrators 
have been met with and still won't budge - but I'm a Noo Yawker, so I 
always expect the worst. ;-)

Sincerely,
-- 

Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0314
phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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