[Nhcoll-l] Vial jar system

[Callomon,Paul]

Dear Dr. Uribe and others,

At SPNHC in Berlin in June I plan to give a presentation describing this project, and will bring along samples of the vial racks.

PC

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
callomon at ansp.org<mailto:callomon at ansp.org> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170



From: URIBE PORTA, FRANCESC [mailto:furibe at bcn.cat]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 12:22 PM
To: Callomon,Paul
Subject: RE: [Nhcoll-l] Vial jar system

Dear Dr. Callomon,

Your emphasis on the human factor for the long term conservation of samples is very encouraging in current times, so technological. We absolutely agree in the need of eye guided plans of conservation. In our modest malacological collection of wet samples we have shifted to a “vials in racks” model. One of the main reasons, among others, for this change is just the hope of improving how to inspect the condition of vials. Your system of trays and shelves seems to be a very relevant approach to this goal.

We hope to read in the near future a paper by you showing details about the aforementioned model. In Collection Forum? Any draft of this paper or basic description of the system will be very welcome.

Yours sincerely,

Francesc Uribe


Dr. Francesc Uribe
Departament Non-Arthropods Invertebrates
Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona
P.Picasso s/n, 08302 Barcelona, Spain
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De: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] En nom de Callomon,Paul
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Tema: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Vial jar system

In moving from a “many vials in one jar” to “vials in racks” model, we acknowledged that a regular inspection and maintenance cycle is essential in a fluid-preserved collection, and must be scheduled into funded staff time. No combination of jars and closures that is economically viable can guarantee against failure, 100%, indefinitely. Reducing the total number of closures for a given number of lots does reduce the time it takes to inspect, but against that must be weighed the demerits already discussed here.
We designed new metal trays for our jars and vials that slide on and off shelves smoothly and allow up to 50 containers of mixed sizes to be inspected simultaneously. This is the first major rehousing of the 50,000-jar Malacology wet collection since 1976, and we anticipate re-lidding everything again in another 40 years. Next time, however, it will go a lot faster.
We will be writing this up in due course, but in the meantime anyone interested in learning more about this tray system can contact me off line.


Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
________________________________
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
callomon at ansp.org<mailto:callomon at ansp.org> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170


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