[Nhcoll-l] terminology question

[Dirk Neumann]

Good morning Lennart,

what exactly do you mean with "destroyed"? There may be different levels:

Our collection had many losses during the Second World War, specimens 
were considered "destroyed", but some where apparently only "lost" and 
reappeared later and re-discovered, e.g. in the teaching collection of 
the university. Usually, you would refer to "destroyed", if there is 
proof. Otherwise , it is better to say "missing" or "lost since" if the 
specimen cannot be traced. We keep records for all (published) historic 
specimens from our collection in our database (not only the types), as 
we receive sporadically requests from scientists for these specimens. 
Examples for the different stages of "lost" missing" destroyed" are for 
example in our type catalogue 
<https://pfeil-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/spix34_2_10.pdf>

Also, if a specimen is destroyed, e.g., as a result of destructive 
sampling (tissue samples that are entirely consumed with subsequently 
available DNA-data or DNA aliquots, or none of both, because extractions 
fail etc.), you would surely keep the records (in this case 
specifically, especially for collections in the EU, because of the 
20-year reporting obligation in the EU ABS regulation).

Even when deaccessioning material, you surely kept the files of this fact.

So maybe this helps for you terminology question, but I am not quite sure.

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 14.01.2022 um 09:49 schrieb Lennart Lennuk:
>
> Hi!
>
> Just a quick terminology question.
>
> What is a word for the act when an specimen in collection is destroyed 
> and it needs to be maked that this specimen no longer exist in that 
> collection?
>
> Best regards!
>
> Lennart Lennuk
>
> Head of collections
>
> Estonian Museum of Natural History
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