[Nhcoll-l] Arsenic SOPS for vertebrate collections

[Patti Finkle]

Beth,

  Good question! I'm with the Werner Wildlife Museum here in Casper. We
have tested a majority of our bird collection and have all of our arsenic
positive birds clearly labeled. They have their accession tag as well as a
larger one indicating arsenic. The ones that aren't on exhibit are stored
separately from the rest of the collection and anyone who handles them has
to do so with precaution. We have a section in our collections policy about
it. I do most of the handling IF those specimens need to be handled,
though. Ours isn't a teaching collection, so the everyday handling is
different, but we do deal with them differently.

I'm interested to follow this thread and see what pops!

Patti

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Elizabeth Wommack <ewommack at uwyo.edu>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The UWYMV is putting together SOPs for our teaching and research
> collections for historic arsenic exposure.
> I was wondering if any one had examples of SOPs that they've had to come
> up with for their collections?
> If anyone has tested and found arsenic in their specimens, how do you go
> about labeling the specimens, and do you house them separately from the
> rest of your collection?
>
> I'm specifically interested in how you handle making your historic
> collection accessible and usable by students and researchers, but also safe.
>
> We're most concerned about our bird collections presently, but this will
> also extend to our mammal collections as well.
>
> Any advice and suggestions are very much appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Beth Wommack
>
> --
> Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
> Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
> University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
> Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
> University of Wyoming, Laramie
> Laramie, WY 82071
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Patti Wood Finkle
Director of Museums
~Tate Geological Museum
~Werner Wildlife Museum
Casper College
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