[NHCOLL-L:3782] NSCA-SPNHC Joint Meeting Announcement: Registration Deadlines

[Andrew Campbell]

NSCA–SPNHC Joint Meeting

Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World

13-17 May 2008

Skirvin Hilton Hotel

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma





Join us in Oklahoma City (OKC), OK May 13-17, 2008 for the Joint  
Meeting of the: Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance)  
and the

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)



Abstract Submission deadline: Friday 14 March

Meeting Registration Early Registration deadline: Friday 14 March

Hotel Reservations:     www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/hotels.htm

www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/OKCSKHF-NSC-20080512/ 
index.jhtml


Program-at-a-glance:
Tuesday 13 May—NSCA Board Meeting, SPNHC Committee Meetings, SPNHC  
First Council Meeting


Wednesday 14 May—Museum Tours, Field Trips, and Icebreaker Reception
Museum tours of the collections at the University of Oklahoma: Sam  
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Robert Bebb Herbarium, Fred  
Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and History of Science collections.

Museum tour of the new Oklahoma History Center.

Field trips will take you on a fossil dig and to the spectacular  
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

All trips are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so  
register early to reserve your spot.

Icebreaker Reception: Venetian Room, Skirvin Hilton Hotel—beautifully  
restored Italian renaissance décor with spectacular views of the  
Oklahoma City skyline!


Thursday 15 May and Friday 16 May—Plenary talks, panels, invited and  
contributed presentations, posters, and trade show exhibition

Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World

Opportunities to discuss special topics and meet vendors and  
exhibitors will be offered during lunch both days.

Banquet: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History—…dine with the  
dinosaurs, mingle with a mammoth, view our spectacular galleries!


Saturday 17 May—Workshops.
We are pleased to offer 5 workshops on a diversity of topics:

Best Practices in Collection Stewardship: Writing a Collections  
Management
Policy Hazardous Materials Specimen Shipping
Lighting in Museums: Challenges of Balancing Collection Stewardship
Technology Museum Cleaning Basics in a Changing World
Making Sense of Making Mounts Workshop

We thank all the sponsors and vendors who will be appearing at NSCA– 
SPNHC 2008! For a complete listing of all of our sponsors, please see  
www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/Sponsors.htm


See you in May!

Janet Braun and Marcy Revelez, Co-Chairs




For details about the NSCA-SPNHC 2008 meeting schedule, call for  
presentations, workshops, pre-conference tours, registration, hotel  
reservations, and other information check the conference website  
http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc.
  
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