[Nhcoll-l] Unused catalog numbers

[John E Simmons]

I prefer to use them for backlog cataloging. If they are left blank, they
will merely cause confusion long into the future.

--John

John E. Simmons
Writer and Museum Consultant
Museologica
*and*
Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima


On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM Sarah K. Huber <skhuber at vims.edu> wrote:

>
>
> For various reasons, we have a few hundred catalog numbers that were never
> assigned to collection objects. What do your collections do with unused
> catalog numbers? I’m debating if I should use these numbers when cataloging
> our backlog/no data specimens, or if I should just ignore these numbers and
> never assign a collection object to them.
>
>
>
> Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D. (she/her)
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