[Nhcoll-l] 3D prints in zoological reference collections

[LeCompte,Elise V]

Hi Melanie,

We have a digital imaging division here at the Florida Museum of Natural History. You may wish to contact Zach Randall, who helps head up that division, zrandall at flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:zrandall at flmnh.ufl.edu>.

Elise
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Elise V. LeCompte
Registrar and Coord. for Museum Health & Safety
Florida Museum of Natural History
1659 Museum Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800
TEL: 352-273-1925
www.flmnh.ufl.edu

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Dear all,



we recently started experimenting with 3D prints of animal bones to duplicate specimens of our zoological reference collection. The aim is to have copies of isolated bones available at different locations. That means that we'll have the original skeleton stored in our main collection and one or various 3d printed copies of single bones in another building, city or even country.

I would like to know how other collections handle this kind of situation in terms of labelling, registration in the database, etc. How do you mark them as 3D printed in the database (whichever database you might use)? Do you give a completely new ID or one modified from the original skeleton's? Is there any way to add the specimen ID before printing (think, embossed on the 3D printed bone)?

I'm very grateful for any advice. Thanks a lot in advance!



Best,

Melanie



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