[Nhcoll-l] Division between the education collection and the permanent collection

[Douglas Yanega]

On 1/23/22 12:17 PM, Efrat Haberman wrote:
> I would like to consult with you about how do you make the 
> division between the education collection and the permanent collection?
> What are the parametersfor the decision if an object belongs to each 
> of the collections?
> Does your criteria for putting an object in the educational collection 
> are:
>
>  1. Lack of information
>  2. A specimen that you already have in the collection
>  3. Its condition
>
Very briefly: both our teaching collection and our outreach collection 
are largely composed of specimens in category #1. Basically, if we have 
good data on a specimen, it goes into the research collection and stays 
there. The small proportion of specimens that are exceptions are almost 
all category #2, common species for which we have large numbers of 
research-grade specimens. There is a VERY small number of specimens 
purchased strictly for display purposes that are research-grade but kept 
as displays (outreach). Nothing can be in more than one collection, as 
all three are physically separate. Damaged specimens may be kept in the 
research collection, but not in the others.

Peace,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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