[Nhcoll-l] New collections and management

Fri May 25 14:33:16 EDT 2018

Hi Sergio,

We also do not maintain separate collections. The "provenance" table in our database allows multiple records, so we can trace not only what collection something came to us from, but where it originated before that. Thus, if necessary, we can reassemble someone's collection.
Maintaining separate collections invites chaos, especially if they are kept in different places. However, an exception might be made for a collection whose age and provenance makes it especially worth preserving; here, for example, we have the plants brought back by the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1805), which are kept in a separate, climate-controlled room with higher security than the rest of the Botany collection.

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
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We incorporate new material into our systemic collection. We do not maintain separate collections.

Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm

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American Malacological Society

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Associate Professor - Family Medicine
Fellow-American Academy of Family Practice
Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] New collections and management

This is a question relative to the collections management. Mainly it's directed to those that drive entomological or invertebrate collections that presumably is more usual to accept new donations.
When you want to integrate a new collection... which is your protocol? Do you junct the new collection with older (I mean to put together all the specimens of same species) or maintain the independence of the new collection (and only pool the data of new records in a unique Data Base)?

Please, all opinions and sugestions are wellcome!

Sergio

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