[NHCOLL-L:4079] Paleontology Portal Collection Management Module

[Chris Norris]

With apologies for cross-posting:

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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Paleontology Portal
Collection Management Module. This site is intended as a central resource
on collection management for anyone who has an interest in fossil
collections, from museum and lab professionals, to avocational collectors,
to school and university students. If you are responsible for a fossil
collection in an institution, have a private collection, are thinking
about a career in paleontology, or just are interested in what museums do
with all those fossils, this site is for you.

This site is divided into four sections describing the main activities in
managing a fossil collection. The functions of each activity are explained
with detailed information, samples of documents and forms from museums,
and links that you can follow to access to resources on other sites. You
can explore further within each section, or move on to the next section.
For a brief overview of the main activities you can view the case study
showing a fossil specimen that is being processed into a museum
collection. You can also jump directly to a compilation of many of the
site’s tools and resources.

The Collection Management Module can be accessed via the main Paleontology
Portal site (www.paleoportal.org) or directly via the following URL:

http://collections.paleo.amnh.org/

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation
for the creation of this site, our colleagues at a number of museums for
providing sample documentation, and Rachael Perkins Arenstein for
assembling and editing content.

-- 
Dr Christopher A. Norris
Director of Collections & Archives
Division of Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History

Dr John J. Flynn
Dean, Richard Gilder Graduate School
& Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals
American Museum of Natural History





-- 
Dr Christopher A. Norris
Director of Collections & Archives
Division of Paleontology
212-769-5710