[Nhcoll-l] Cataloging incoming material

[Dirk Neumann]

Hi Paul and all,

apologies for being sluggish digging this threat out again: regarding 'bottlenecks' in acquisition / accessioning workflows (or addressing them), the article of the dear colleague Patrice Pruvost (MNHN Paris) in CoFo might be of interest:
https://meridian.allenpress.com/collection-forum/article/34/1/170/476958/Benefits-for-the-Management-and-Preservation-of

Also for preventing that "backlog" arises in the first place; interesting approach how the MNHN deals with their multi-user / multi-researcher field campaigns, which frequently unites scientists from various disciplines in shared sampling / field work missions.

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 27.03.2023 um 18:48 schrieb Callomon,Paul:
Folks,

Here’s a question: roughly how many new lots do you catalog in a year? Please include in your reply (a) what kind of collection it is and (b) how many lots it already has. I’m interested to see where you find bottlenecks in this workflow:
Physically receive material – catalog material – rehouse material – distribute material into the collection
Also: roughly how much uncataloged backlog do you have (as a percentage of the cataloged collection)?


Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
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