[Nhcoll-l] Plastic sleeves for bird skins

[Amos Belmaker]

Thank James,    Will look into it and watch out for beaks and claws.


Amos


Amos Belmaker, Ph.D.

Bird collection manager, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

(+972) 03-6409399

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__smnh.tau.ac.il_eng&d=DwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=RjUldvexEbA6uKgDCRpo-J9gXUfdva703M7iOCg1Vbo&s=D340EH3HncIeKGIJxv8_AV3PRhVdMTLALaoOVFDlA2Y&e= 

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From: James Erdmann <muddynaturalist at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 9:34:17 AM
To: Amos Belmaker
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Plastic sleeves for bird skins

Hi Amos,

The material used is low-density polyethylene (standard material for plastic bags). It is relatively stable but will degrade under UV light. Among other features, the polyethylene tubing on the ULINE page is stated to be 1)  NOT waterproof, and 2) acid free and archival safe. Under normal museum conditions this material should be safe for exposing to specimens. It is smooth but can catch and tear easily on claws, beaks, and wires, so watch out for that. There are several varieties of thicknesses and widths available both at ULINE and elsewhere.

I’m interested in others’ experience with this as well.

Good luck bagging,

James
On Jun 5, 2017, at 12:39 AM, Amos Belmaker <belmakera at tauex.tau.ac.il<mailto:belmakera at tauex.tau.ac.il>> wrote:

Thank you, James!    I will look into the links you sent.  Do you know if there is an issue with the type of plastic used, in terms of archiving?

Best,
Amos

Amos Belmaker, Ph.D.
Bird collections manager, Steinhardt museum of natural history, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
(+972) 03 - 6409399/9042

On Jun 4, 2017 5:58 PM, James Erdmann <muddynaturalist at gmail.com<mailto:muddynaturalist at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Amos,

We have recently bagged our birds and mammals after a growing infestation of drugstore beetles. After cleaning each specimen, we sealed them in ULINE poly tubing.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.uline.com_Product_Detail_S-2D1116_Poly-2DTubing_2-2DMil-2DPoly-2DTubing-2DRoll-2D8-2Dx-2D3000&d=DwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=RjUldvexEbA6uKgDCRpo-J9gXUfdva703M7iOCg1Vbo&s=rFInJYHaQbkaGfbiF_Ehv0NmpVEFHBFw7tPY1wmQH9o&e= 

They have been in the sealed bags for almost 2 years now and are doing great. If doing this, I would consider adding dry-packs to the bag. There is a brief discussion of this procedure in Hendry (1999, p. 15, linked). An issue I have found is with how to seal larger specimens – one could always stitch multiple pieces of tubing together with glue, tape, or spot-heating.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.natsca.org_sites_default_files_publications_books_Vertebrates.pdf&d=DwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=RjUldvexEbA6uKgDCRpo-J9gXUfdva703M7iOCg1Vbo&s=JiltwYQIAsUXflBs-eFEQOBYC78HaFfIBNgkmFO9AmI&e= 


Hope this helps,

James

On Jun 4, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Amos Belmaker <belmakera at tauex.tau.ac.il<mailto:belmakera at tauex.tau.ac.il>> wrote:

Hi all,

We are in the process of organizing and modernizing our vertebrate collection. As part of that process we want to both protect our bird and mammal skins and be able to stick a bar-code on each specimen.

We were thinking about putting each skin in a plastic sleeve to protect it while allowing us to stick the bar-code to the sleeve allowing us to scan without touching the specimen. Of course this will not be instead of a label.

I was trying to find some guidelines for the use of such sleeves and couldn't find any. Does anyone have any recommendation/thoughts on this?  Is this a good idea? Where can I buy them?  Any advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks,
Amos Belmaker

Amos Belmaker, Ph.D.
Bird collection manager, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
(+972) 03-6409399
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