[Nhcoll-l] Collections and Covid-19

[Vanessa Rhue]

Hi,


Here are some precautions that are being taken at the Yale Peabody Museum
of Natural History.

   - For the time being, the Peabody’s galleries remain open to the public
   during our regular hours.
   - A request for increased cleaning and disinfection services has been
   made of the custodial team to make sure that we can provide the safest
   possible experience for all who come through the doors.
   - All tours, lectures, and gallery programs will be postponed or
   cancelled until April 5th. We hope to reschedule many of our events and
   speakers. In the interim, we’ll be experimenting with delivering content to
   our community via email and social media.
   - All University-sponsored international travel is now prohibited.
   - All University-sponsored domestic travel is strongly urged to be
   postponed.
   - We are being asked to reconsider all personal travel for the time
   being, especially if that travel includes large gatherings.
   - Capacity to host visiting researchers will be left to the division and
   its curator-in-charge’s discretion. Collection staff are asked to consult
   with their curator-in-charge to determine a formal policy.
   - Yale's COVID-19 Information Page
   <https://communications.yale.edu/covid-19-information>

In recent days, our VP division has reached out to collection visitors
(domestic and international) who are expected in March and April to alert
them of the University's response to the situation and request that they
let us know should they decide to cancel their travel plans.


Hope this helps!


Cheers,


VRR


Vanessa R. Rhue

*Collection Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology*



*YALE PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY*

PO Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118

COURIER-DELIVERIES

170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

P +1 (203) 432-3748

peabody.yale.edu

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*From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Richard
Rabeler <rabeler at umich.edu>
*Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 9:29:14 AM
*To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
*Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Collections and Covid-19



Colleagues:



We are actively discussing plans for our research museum collections at the
University of Michigan Research Museums Center over the next month or so,
especially as it relates to students, volunteers, and visitors.



While I have seen comments on AAMG-L about how people associated with
public galleries are being impacted, I don't recall seeing the same from
the collections community.  I suspect some of you, esp. in university
collections, have been faced with class cancellations and restrictions on
travel and possibly visitors and you are likely having similar
conversations.



Out of curiosity, how are you planning to handle activities in your
collections?



Sincerely,



Rich Rabeler,

Senior Collection Manager

University of Michigan Herbarium
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