[Nhcoll-l] specimen vault vs vaults

[Dirk Neumann]

Hi Tonya,

if you are in an area with high fire risk, separating collections into 
smaller compartments with internal firewalls makes sense. This is how 
our collection is organised. Connecting aisles narrow at one point that 
can be cut-off by fire protection doors.

As the Cape Town fire showed once again, entire collections can be lost 
fast. Most valuable items were stored in a vault, but they couldn't 
check so far if the specimens in there survived the blaze.

The collection in Brussels is organised in the same way; even inside the 
storage room, there are branching compartments that can be blocked 
automatically in case of an fire.

Hope this helps
Dirk


Am 20.04.2021 um 22:07 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
> Hello all,
>
> I am wondering if any of you have opinions on the utility of 
> separating collections into different vaults/rooms, or of housing them 
> all together in one large space? We are planning a new building, and 
> there have been some questions regarding the utility and point of 
> keeping similar collections (e.g. bird and mammal skins) separated 
> (they are housed in different vaults now). From my perspective, it 
> seems that keeping collection types separate is useful for several 
> reasons, including reducing the risk of pest spread between 
> collections, and ease of workflow for researchers and staff working in 
> different collections. But perhaps there are great advantages (here's 
> one - a bit of extra space from the lack of an internal dividing wall) 
> to housing everything in one large space that I haven't thought of? 
> Have any of you moved to or away from housing different taxa together, 
> and if so what have you found? Advice and opinions very much appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tonya
>
>
>
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