[Nhcoll-l] Federal agency collections and SPNHC

[Carrie Eaton]

Hi Sally et al.,
Our collection here in Wisconsin has been working with the NPS for about 
3 years now under a cooperative agreement that has helped to subsidize 
some of the work. However, I would still be VERY interested in hearing 
what others have done and experienced in recent years. I will 
unfortunately be missing SPNHC this year because I will be on maternity 
leave. Would it be possible to share resources from this session online, 
or in newsletter/article format at some point? With all the discussion 
on the NHCOLL listserv this year, there are probably many others who 
would be as equally grateful for such a service.
many thanks,
Carrie

-- 
Carrie Eaton
Curator, UW Geology Museum
1215 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608)262.4912
carrie at geology.wisc.edu


On 1/25/2013 2:43 PM, Shelton, Sally Y. wrote:
>
> As Chair of SPNHC's Legislation & Regulations Committee, I wanted to 
> comment on recent posts relating to collections from U.S. Federal 
> lands that are held by non-Federal institutions.  The Legislation & 
> Regulations Committee is the Society's clearinghouse for information 
> and events related to laws, regulations, permits and related issues 
> affecting the collection, possession, ownership and transportation of 
> natural history specimens.
>
> We are proud of all our museums and collections represented in the 
> broad scope of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History 
> Collections. This includes holdings under a wide range of ownership, 
> stewardship and governance situations.
>
> A number of Federal agencies in the United States have sought, and are 
> increasingly seeking, partnership with non-Federal entities to provide 
> professional curation services for collections which require care 
> outside the resources of the parent agency. In the past, many of these 
> arrangements were informal, even casual; that approach is no longer 
> possible. Collections management partnerships under repository 
> agreements now require formal contractual clarification of ownership, 
> mutual responsibilities, and mutual rights and benefits.
>
> Inevitably, differences of opinion sometimes arise. As a society whose 
> membership includes a wide range of stakeholders, SPNHC does not have 
> a position on this issue beyond our general mission of ensuring that 
> collections are appropriately cared for and made accessible to users. 
> Nonetheless, we are working with the Conference on Fossil Resources to 
> present a joint workshop at the 2013 CFR and SPNHC meetings that are 
> taking place in Rapid City this June, which is intended to foster 
> productive discussion of these and related issues, with the goal of 
> reaching a formal position statement on the roles of repositories for 
> natural history collections in the 21^st century.
>
> It's a complex issue, and one that can only be solved with the active 
> involvement of all interested parties. I should also remind readers of 
> NHCOLL-L that this is not a one-sided debate; not everyone has the 
> professional latitude to contribute in a public online forum. For this 
> reason, we hope to see everyone who has concerns about Federal agency 
> collections issues at the meetings in June and most particularly at 
> the workshop here on June 19; details on how to register for the 
> meetings with be going out soon. We look forward to a positive and 
> productive day with a thoughtful position statement on these issues 
> drafted for further work.
>
> Sally Y. Shelton, Associate Director
>
> Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory
>
> South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
>
> 501 E. St. Joseph
>
> Rapid City, SD   57701
>
> Sally.Shelton at sdsmt.edu
>
> 605.394.2487
>
>
>
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