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Options I've considered: * Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) * Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. Many thanks in advance! -Katrina KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmiller at rom.on.ca Fri Aug 1 13:12:22 2025 From: jmiller at rom.on.ca (Jacqueline Miller) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 17:12:22 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Katrina, I would adopt the second option, but I would not advise isoflurane. Instead, try 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (what is used in "mothballs" or toilet bowl deodorant). Hope you find this useful. Jacqui [https://projects.rom.on.ca/graphics/new_rom_logo.png] Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers) Collections Technician 2 - DNH 100 Queen's Park Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 416 586 5769 ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu'ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: August 1, 2025 12:08 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls Some people who received this message don't often get email from katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi folks, I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. Options I've considered: * Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) * Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. Many thanks in advance! -Katrina KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana On now, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Tickets on sale now at rom.ca. ________________________________ ? l'affiche : Auschwitz. Pas si longtemps. Pas si loin. Billets en vente sur rom.ca/fr. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From couteaufin at btinternet.com Fri Aug 1 13:22:58 2025 From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 18:22:58 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree with Katrina for this as the 1,4 (or para) dichloro-benzene does kill off little critters effectively. I used to use it in taxidermy cases and entomology collections until it was banned from use in the UK being an organ-chlorine! It dissipates quite quickly and I find it more effective than naphthalene which was in UK mothballs and can make one feel woozy! With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 1 Aug 2025, at 18:12, Jacqueline Miller wrote: > > Hello Katrina, > I would adopt the second option, but I would not advise isoflurane. Instead, try 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (what is used in ?mothballs? or toilet bowl deodorant). > Hope you find this useful. > Jacqui > Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers) > Collections Technician 2 - DNH > > 100 Queen's Park > Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 > 416 586 5769 > ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. > > Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina > Sent: August 1, 2025 12:08 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls > Some people who received this message don't often get email from katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu. Learn why this is important > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > Hi folks, > I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. > Options I've considered: > ? > Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) > ? > Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) > > But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. > Many thanks in advance! > -Katrina > KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) > Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator > Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) > Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 > katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu > University of Montana > On now, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Tickets on sale now at rom.ca.? l'affiche : Auschwitz. Pas si longtemps. Pas si loin. Billets en vente sur rom.ca/fr. > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. From Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de Sat Aug 2 04:24:16 2025 From: Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Hans-Joachim=20H=C3=A4ndel?=) Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:24:16 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <688DCB30020000B3000D7E89@zuv12.verwaltung.uni-halle.de> Hello everybody, well, 1,4-dichlorobenzene is now difficult to obtain. However, there are insect sprays that contain pyrethroids (the most effective ones also contain insect growth regulators like Pyriproxyfen or Fenoxycarb). I use these on objects that don't fit into the freezer. On the other hand, is there a company near you that has a nitrogen chamber? Maybe The Montana Museum of Art & Culture? You might be able to use that too. Good luck Joachim -- Joachim Haendel Center of Natural Science Collections of the Martin Luther University (ZNS) - Entomological Collection - Domplatz 4 D-06099 Halle (Saale) Germany Phone: +49 345 - 55 26 447 Email: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de >>> Am 01.08.2025 um 19:24, Simon Moore schrieb: I agree with Katrina for this as the 1,4 (or para) dichloro-benzene does kill off little critters effectively. I used to use it in taxidermy cases and entomology collections until it was banned from use in the UK being an organ-chlorine! It dissipates quite quickly and I find it more effective than naphthalene which was in UK mothballs and can make one feel woozy! With all good wishes, Simon Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. www.natural-history-conservation.com > On 1 Aug 2025, at 18:12, Jacqueline Miller wrote: > > Hello Katrina, > I would adopt the second option, but I would not advise isoflurane. Instead, try 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (what is used in ?mothballs? or toilet bowl deodorant). > Hope you find this useful. > Jacqui > Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers) > Collections Technician 2 - DNH > > 100 Queen's Park > Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 > 416 586 5769 > ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. > > Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina > Sent: August 1, 2025 12:08 PM > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls > Some people who received this message don't often get email from katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu. Learn why this is important > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > Hi folks, > I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. > Options I've considered: > ? > Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) > ? > Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) > > But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. > Many thanks in advance! > -Katrina > KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) > Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator > Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) > Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 > katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu > University of Montana > On now, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Tickets on sale now at rom.ca.? l'affiche : Auschwitz. Pas si longtemps. Pas si loin. Billets en vente sur rom.ca/fr. > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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URL: From srushing at lindsaywildlife.org Sun Aug 3 11:57:13 2025 From: srushing at lindsaywildlife.org (Sariah Rushing) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 08:57:13 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: <688DCB30020000B3000D7E89@zuv12.verwaltung.uni-halle.de> References: <688DCB30020000B3000D7E89@zuv12.verwaltung.uni-halle.de> Message-ID: Hi All, Another option is seeing if any facilities near you would let you use their walk-in freezer. I've built a relationship with a nearby university, and their zoology department lets me use their freezer as long as they have the space. Since we have both a living and non-living collection, we try to avoid as many chemical options as possible. I've also looked into doing Anoxic Microenvironments but I can't justify the cost as our freezers usually are sufficient. Best, *Sariah Rushing* Pronouns: she/her/hers Natural History Collections Specialist Lindsay Wildlife Experience *Celebrating 70 Years Wild!* 925-627-2937 | srushing at lindsaywildlife.org 193 1 First Avenue, Walnut Creek 94597 *M**y working hours are Monday **- Friday **from 9 AM - 5 PM. I will get back to you as soon as possible, thank you.* On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 1:24?AM Hans-Joachim H?ndel < Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > well, 1,4-dichlorobenzene is now difficult to obtain. > However, there are insect sprays that contain pyrethroids (the most > effective ones also contain insect growth regulators like Pyriproxyfen or > Fenoxycarb). > > I use these on objects that don't fit into the freezer. > > On the other hand, is there a company near you that has a nitrogen > chamber? Maybe The Montana Museum of Art & Culture? > > You might be able to use that too. > > > Good luck > Joachim > -- > Joachim Haendel > > Center of Natural Science Collections > of the Martin Luther University (ZNS) > - Entomological Collection - > > Domplatz 4 > D-06099 Halle (Saale) > Germany > > Phone: +49 345 - 55 26 447 > Email: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de > > >>> Am 01.08.2025 um 19:24, Simon Moore > schrieb: > I agree with Katrina for this as the 1,4 (or para) dichloro-benzene does > kill off little critters effectively. I used to use it in taxidermy cases > and entomology collections until it was banned from use in the UK being an > organ-chlorine! It dissipates quite quickly and I find it more effective > than naphthalene which was in UK mothballs and can make one feel woozy! > > With all good wishes, Simon > > Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR > Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. > > www.natural-history-conservation.com > > > > On 1 Aug 2025, at 18:12, Jacqueline Miller wrote: > > > > Hello Katrina, > > I would adopt the second option, but I would not advise isoflurane. > Instead, try 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (what is used in ?mothballs? or toilet > bowl deodorant). > > Hope you find this useful. > > Jacqui > > Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers) > > Collections Technician 2 - DNH > > > > 100 Queen's Park > > Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 > > 416 586 5769 > > ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the > Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which > includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial > to today. > > > > Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des > Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, > y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent > ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. > > From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, > Katrina > > Sent: August 1, 2025 12:08 PM > > To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls > > Some people who received this message don't often get email from > katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu. Learn why this is important > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize > the sender and know the content is safe. > > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid > skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the > other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in > freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with > their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug > colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. > > Options I've considered: > > ? > > Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little > pricy) > > ? > > Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of > veterinary-grade drugs) > > > > But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. > > Many thanks in advance! > > -Katrina > > KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) > > Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator > > Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) > > Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 > > katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu > > University of Montana > > On now, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Tickets on sale now at > rom.ca.? l'affiche : Auschwitz. Pas si longtemps. Pas si loin. 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URL: From madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu Mon Aug 4 09:33:07 2025 From: madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu (Mullon, Madeleine) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 13:33:07 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Katrina, If you are planning to degrease these skulls after the beetles are through with them, putting them straight into the degreasing solution (at the MCZ, we use an ammonia solution, but a surfactant degreaser such as dish soap should also work) will also kill any straggler bugs. That said, this is obviously not a solution if the skulls are so large that you are not planning to put them through a degrease/whitening soak, in which case I'd go with what others have suggested. Best, Madeleine Mullon (she/they) Curatorial Assistant, Mammalogy Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University 617-495-2469 [https://huctw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huctw_email_sig_2012_white.jpg?download=1] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 12:08 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls Hi folks, I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. Options I've considered: * Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) * Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. Many thanks in advance! -Katrina KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maru.digi at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 12:51:26 2025 From: maru.digi at gmail.com (Mariana Di Giacomo) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 12:51:26 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Katrina, Another option would be looking into renting a walk-in freezer and freezing many things at the same time in there. If others at your institution have the need, you could all get together and reduce the cost. Best, Mariana Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC On Mon, Aug 4, 2025, 09:33 Mullon, Madeleine < madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi Katrina, > > > > If you are planning to degrease these skulls after the beetles are through > with them, putting them straight into the degreasing solution (at the MCZ, > we use an ammonia solution, but a surfactant degreaser such as dish soap > should also work) will also kill any straggler bugs. That said, this is > obviously not a solution if the skulls are so large that you are not > planning to put them through a degrease/whitening soak, in which case I?d > go with what others have suggested. > > > > Best, > > > > Madeleine Mullon (she/they) > > Curatorial Assistant, Mammalogy > > Museum of Comparative Zoology > > Harvard University > > 617-495-2469 > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of *Derieg, > Katrina > *Sent:* Friday, August 1, 2025 12:08 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls > > > > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid > skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the > other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in > freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with > their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug > colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. > > > > Options I've considered: > > - Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a > little pricy) > > > - Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use > of veterinary-grade drugs) > > > > But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. > > > > Many thanks in advance! > > -Katrina > > > > *KATRINA DERIEG **(she/her)* > > *Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator* > > *Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM)* > > *Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743* > > *katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | > umzm at mso.umt.edu * > > *University of Montana* > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.taylor at uconn.edu Mon Aug 4 13:45:34 2025 From: sarah.taylor at uconn.edu (Taylor, Sarah) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 17:45:34 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Importing herbarium specimens to the US Message-ID: Hi all, Does anyone have up to date guidance on hand-carrying dead, dried herbarium specimens into the US from an international departure? The USDA APHIS Plants and Planting manual web page now says that for Herbarium specimens, one must refer to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) database. In that database, you enter the scientific name of the plant and "preparation" (of course, herbarium specimen is not listed, so I put in "dried") but none of the search results have anything to do with herbaria. I'm aware of the section of the old Plants and Planting manual that said that herbarium specimens are exempt from import permit requirements, but now I don't know if carrying a hard copy of that is enough to clear screening/questions. Also (because I've never done this myself), does the person with the specimens declare them to CBP? (I assume yes). Is anything else required at the point of entry (besides documentation of species IDs/not noxious weeds/not CITES/not ESA/not parasitic and what institution will receive the specimens)? Even though herbarium specimens are supposed to be exempt, does one need to schedule an appointment at a plant inspection station or with the USDA? I feel so much more informed about shipping internationally (thanks, Dirk!), but I've been asked for advice recently on hand-carry. Honestly, I think the person should just ship the specimens, but we'll see. Thanks for any advice and input! Best, Sarah ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Taylor, PhD Scientific Collections Manager George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut 75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043 Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043 U.S.A. P: 860.486.1889 F: 860.486.4320 https://biodiversity.uconn.edu/herbarium/ Pronouns: she/her or they/them -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emtuckerlab at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 13:59:03 2025 From: emtuckerlab at gmail.com (E.M. TuckerLab) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 13:59:03 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Seeking recommendations for mollusk specimen digitization workflows In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dakota, BugFlow (https://entcollnet.github.io/BugFlow/) has a lot of collection digitization workflows shared on the repository. It's primarily insect/arthropod focused ("bug" flow), but I imagine there still may be helpful information for mollusk collections that just needs some modification. Best, Erika ---------- Erika Tucker, PhD (s*he/her/hers*) Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) | Community Engagement Projects Manager Biodiversity Outreach Network (BON) | Associate Director Projects: iDigBees ; Terrestrial Parasite Tracker (TPT); Big-Bee ; SCAN ORCiD 0000-0002-8822-2315 *Entomologist & Museum Collection Specialist* Check it out! *Bug.News *(blog) iDigBees Resources TPT Resources & Products BON Entomological Resources (supplies, DIY, etc.) BugFlow (digitization workflows) GloBI How-To (help page) SCAN (Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network - arthropod database) *Bug Jewelry* (made with real bugs) On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 2:33?PM Dakota Rowsey wrote: > Hello NHCOLLers, > > I am getting ready to develop a workflow for digitizing our museum's > collection of mollusks from Minnesota, which mainly consists of freshwater > mussels and land and freshwater snails. My taxonomic expertise is not in > mollusks (though I'm a big fan of unionids) and so I'm interested to learn > from other collection managers of mollusks who have digitized their own > collections. What worked well for you and what would you recommend doing > differently? I'm also interested in what kinds of digitized information > would be of interest to malacologists that may not be readily available > from specimen tags and field notes but would nevertheless be feasible to > capture quickly, considering we will be handling our entire collection of > shells and fluid specimens - I'm thinking trait data of some kind. Since > we're starting mostly from scratch, I want to use this opportunity as best > I can. > > Thanks for any advice you may have! > > Sincerely, > Dakota > > -- > *Dakota M. 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URL: From bmhess at umich.edu Mon Aug 4 14:08:29 2025 From: bmhess at umich.edu (Benjamin Hess) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 14:08:29 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Importing herbarium specimens to the US In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Taylor, Please feel free to send me a direct message for additional clarification, but here is a quick overview. I am happy to give you more details specific to your import. - Accessioned / catalogged herbarium specimens should not require an import permit (but I recommend a check with your *state plant health director* - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/contact/plant-health) - The definition of an "herbarium specimen" in the USDA Miscellaneous and Processed Products Import Manual does not apply to ALL potential herbarium specimen preparations - NOTE: recent field collected dried plant material will most likely require a USDA import permit - potentially a PPQ 588 - The USDA ACIR portal (that you mentioned) is the best way to determine the species and the associated regulations - If you plan to hand-carry any material, it must be declared to US Customs and Border Protection - I recommend that you send a message to the general CBP email ( aptlabtc at cbp.dhs.gov) to connect to a Biological Agent where your flight will arrive - These CBP Agents can also help provide additional guidance for other agencies. - A Certification Statement is recommended for customs agents to review specific details about your specimens (species, treatment, country of origin, packaging, etc.) We hand carry material fairly often, and have had very good success doing so. Sincerely, Ben On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 1:45?PM Taylor, Sarah wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone have up to date guidance on hand-carrying dead, dried > herbarium specimens into the US from an international departure? The USDA > APHIS Plants and Planting manual web page now says that for Herbarium > specimens, one must refer to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements > (ACIR) database. In that database, you enter the scientific name of the > plant and "preparation" (of course, herbarium specimen is not listed, so I > put in "dried") but none of the search results have anything to do with > herbaria. > > I'm aware of the section > of > the old Plants and Planting manual that said that herbarium specimens are > exempt from import permit requirements, but now I don't know if carrying a > hard copy of that is enough to clear screening/questions. > > Also (because I've never done this myself), does the person with the > specimens declare them to CBP? (I assume yes). > > Is anything else required at the point of entry (besides documentation of > species IDs/not noxious weeds/not CITES/not ESA/not parasitic and what > institution will receive the specimens)? Even though herbarium specimens > are supposed to be exempt, does one need to schedule an appointment at a > plant inspection station or with the USDA? > > I feel so much more informed about shipping internationally (thanks, > Dirk!), but I've been asked for advice recently on hand-carry. Honestly, I > think the person should just ship the specimens, but we'll see. > > Thanks for any advice and input! > Best, > Sarah > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sarah Taylor, PhD > > > Scientific Collections Manager > > George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN) > Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > *University of Connecticut* > 75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043 > Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043 > U.S.A. > > P: 860.486.1889 > F: 860.486.4320 > https://biodiversity.uconn.edu/herbarium/ > > > > Pronouns: she/her or they/them > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -- *Benjamin M. Hess | EEB Museums Registrar | **EEB Museums Safety Representative to the RMC * University of Michigan | LSA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48108-2228 bmhess at umich.edu | 734-764-2432 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From george.yatskievych at austin.utexas.edu Mon Aug 4 15:10:08 2025 From: george.yatskievych at austin.utexas.edu (Yatskievych, George A) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 19:10:08 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Importing herbarium specimens to the US In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Sarah, Hand-carrying herbarium specimens through international ports-of-entry has gotten harder than it used to be. My impression is that USDA APHIS discourages hand-carried materials and prefers materials to be shipped. Our standard USDA PPQ588 permit has a clause that we negotiated to have added that allows us to hand-carry up to 100 specimens through various ports-of-entry under certain conditions. These include: 1) At least two weeks notice to inspection staff at the desired port of entry prior to bring plants to the border; and 2) Having a copy of the import permit on hand, as well as a manifest of the individual collections with determinations (or tentative determinations) and a general summary of where collected. In addition, the inspectors may want proof that the specimens were collected legally (if you are bringing across field-collected material) or loan/exchange/gift paper work from an exporting institution. Specimens need to be reasonably soil-free and disease-free. They also should be fully dried, as wet specimens might get moldy if the inspectors decide that they need further inspection. Inspectors have the right to retain hand-carried collections for further processing at a regional inspection station. Finally, when I submitted the renewal, I had to supply a list of authorized individuals who could use the permit to hand-carry specimens. In other words, a permit can't be used by just anyone from your institution, but only those whose information you have included on your permit application. This information applies to a USDA plant import permit. I believe that there are other protocols that can be used for a one-time event outside of the general permit. Be well, GY George Yatskievych, Ph.D. Botanist, Curator: Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin Main Bldg Rm 127, 110 Inner Campus Dr, Stop F0404, Austin, TX 78712-1711 U.S.A. Tel. 512-471-5904; george.yatskievych at austin.utexas.edu From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Taylor, Sarah Sent: Monday, August 4, 2025 12:46 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Importing herbarium specimens to the US Hi all, Does anyone have up to date guidance on hand-carrying dead, dried herbarium specimens into the US from an international departure? The USDA APHIS Plants and Planting manual web page now says that for Herbarium specimens, one must refer to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) database. In that database, you enter the scientific name of the plant and "preparation" (of course, herbarium specimen is not listed, so I put in "dried") but none of the search results have anything to do with herbaria. I'm aware of the section of the old Plants and Planting manual that said that herbarium specimens are exempt from import permit requirements, but now I don't know if carrying a hard copy of that is enough to clear screening/questions. Also (because I've never done this myself), does the person with the specimens declare them to CBP? (I assume yes). Is anything else required at the point of entry (besides documentation of species IDs/not noxious weeds/not CITES/not ESA/not parasitic and what institution will receive the specimens)? Even though herbarium specimens are supposed to be exempt, does one need to schedule an appointment at a plant inspection station or with the USDA? I feel so much more informed about shipping internationally (thanks, Dirk!), but I've been asked for advice recently on hand-carry. Honestly, I think the person should just ship the specimens, but we'll see. Thanks for any advice and input! Best, Sarah ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Taylor, PhD Scientific Collections Manager George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut 75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043 Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043 U.S.A. P: 860.486.1889 F: 860.486.4320 https://biodiversity.uconn.edu/herbarium/ Pronouns: she/her or they/them -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org Mon Aug 4 22:58:00 2025 From: AndersonG at CarnegieMNH.Org (Anderson, Gretchen) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 02:58:00 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6D8100DA-171F-4B11-A260-BEAF2E495B07@carnegiemnh.org> Have you thought about a heat treatment? This is very effective - see Museum Pest Network or Tom Strang?s research on CCI. Gretchen Anderson Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2025, at 1:23?PM, Simon Moore wrote: > > ?CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > I agree with Katrina for this as the 1,4 (or para) dichloro-benzene does kill off little critters effectively. I used to use it in taxidermy cases and entomology collections until it was banned from use in the UK being an organ-chlorine! It dissipates quite quickly and I find it more effective than naphthalene which was in UK mothballs and can make one feel woozy! > > With all good wishes, Simon > > Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR > Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. > > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.natural-history-conservation.com&c=E,1,dePqJnwdTKFKRyyLBcGlJu0Hvbr_5bYWM7Uwg5qFxOy21iLfoVjdgLYGcoE3zdeVreE36YIrqbdbghgBRFWPBTlgIxkCrSVurU4ou9eCnE8,&typo=1 > > >> On 1 Aug 2025, at 18:12, Jacqueline Miller wrote: >> >> Hello Katrina, >> I would adopt the second option, but I would not advise isoflurane. Instead, try 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (what is used in ?mothballs? or toilet bowl deodorant). >> Hope you find this useful. >> Jacqui >> Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers) >> Collections Technician 2 - DNH >> >> 100 Queen's Park >> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 >> 416 586 5769 >> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. >> >> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. >> From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina >> Sent: August 1, 2025 12:08 PM >> To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls >> Some people who received this message don't often get email from katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu. Learn why this is important >> [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. >> Hi folks, >> I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. >> Options I've considered: >> ? >> Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) >> ? >> Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) >> >> But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. >> Many thanks in advance! >> -Katrina >> KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) >> Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator >> Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) >> Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 >> katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu >> University of Montana >> On now, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Tickets on sale now at rom.ca.? l'affiche : Auschwitz. Pas si longtemps. Pas si loin. 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From Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de Tue Aug 5 01:13:08 2025 From: Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Hans-Joachim=20H=C3=A4ndel?=) Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:13:08 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls In-Reply-To: <6D8100DA-171F-4B11-A260-BEAF2E495B07@carnegiemnh.org> References: <6D8100DA-171F-4B11-A260-BEAF2E495B07@carnegiemnh.org> Message-ID: <689192E4020000B3000D7F1D@zuv12.verwaltung.uni-halle.de> I am also familiar with high-temperature treatment as an effective method. But to be honest, this procedure gives me stomach ache. Especially when it is used on skulls. The reaction to the heat could cause the cranial sutures to loosen and the teeth to fall out. Joachim -- Joachim Haendel Center of Natural Science Collections of the Martin Luther University (ZNS) - Zoological Collection - Domplatz 4 D-06099 Halle (Saale) Germany Phone: +49 345 - 55 26 447 Email: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de >>> "Anderson, Gretchen" schrieb am 05.08.2025 um 04:58: Have you thought about a heat treatment? This is very effective - see Museum Pest Network or Tom Strang?s research on CCI. Gretchen Anderson Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2025, at 1:23?PM, Simon Moore wrote: > > ?CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > I agree with Katrina for this as the 1,4 (or para) dichloro-benzene does kill off little critters effectively. I used to use it in taxidermy cases and entomology collections until it was banned from use in the UK being an organ-chlorine! It dissipates quite quickly and I find it more effective than naphthalene which was in UK mothballs and can make one feel woozy! > > With all good wishes, Simon > > Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR > Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian. > > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.natural-history-conservation.com&c=E,1,dePqJnwdTKFKRyyLBcGlJu0Hvbr_5bYWM7Uwg5qFxOy21iLfoVjdgLYGcoE3zdeVreE36YIrqbdbghgBRFWPBTlgIxkCrSVurU4ou9eCnE8,&typo=1 > > >> On 1 Aug 2025, at 18:12, Jacqueline Miller wrote: >> >> Hello Katrina, >> I would adopt the second option, but I would not advise isoflurane. Instead, try 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (what is used in ?mothballs? or toilet bowl deodorant). >> Hope you find this useful. >> Jacqui >> Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers) >> Collections Technician 2 - DNH >> >> 100 Queen's Park >> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 >> 416 586 5769 >> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. >> >> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. >> From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina >> Sent: August 1, 2025 12:08 PM >> To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls >> Some people who received this message don't often get email from katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu. Learn why this is important >> [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. >> Hi folks, >> I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. >> Options I've considered: >> ? >> Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) >> ? >> Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) >> >> But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. >> Many thanks in advance! >> -Katrina >> KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) >> Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator >> Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) >> Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 >> katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu >> University of Montana >> On now, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Tickets on sale now at rom.ca.? l'affiche : Auschwitz. Pas si longtemps. Pas si loin. 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Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu'ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Mullon, Madeleine Sent: August 4, 2025 9:33 AM To: Derieg, Katrina ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls Some people who received this message don't often get email from madeleine_mullon at fas.harvard.edu. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Katrina, If you are planning to degrease these skulls after the beetles are through with them, putting them straight into the degreasing solution (at the MCZ, we use an ammonia solution, but a surfactant degreaser such as dish soap should also work) will also kill any straggler bugs. That said, this is obviously not a solution if the skulls are so large that you are not planning to put them through a degrease/whitening soak, in which case I'd go with what others have suggested. Best, Madeleine Mullon (she/they) Curatorial Assistant, Mammalogy Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University 617-495-2469 [https://huctw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huctw_email_sig_2012_white.jpg?download=1] From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 12:08 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Killing dermestids from large cervid skulls Hi folks, I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with some large cervid skulls I've got in my bug colony. One is a bull elk with a full rack, the other is a mule deer buck, also with a full rack. I don't have a walk-in freezer and none of my freezers are large enough for these skulls with their racks. The skulls are clean and I need to move them out of the bug colony, but I'm not sure the best way to get rid of any stray bugs. Options I've considered: * Bagging them up with some dry ice (will sublimate fast though, a little pricy) * Bagging them up with isoflurane-soaked cotton (maybe not a good use of veterinary-grade drugs) But I am open to suggestions if anyone has dealt with something similar. Many thanks in advance! -Katrina KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana On now at ROM, Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks. Tickets on sale now at rom.ca. ________________________________ ? l'affiche : Vice, Vertu, D?sir, Folie : Trois si?cles de chefs-d'oeuvre flamands. 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Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers) Senior Curatorial Technician Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gali Beiner Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:30 AM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes Dear NHCOLL-listers, Are any of you here working with Myxomycetes? If so, I'll be very glad to learn of how they are stored in your collections, considering that they are usually sitting on something (dry leaf, etc.). Thanks, Gali -- [https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. 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Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers) Senior Curatorial Technician Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours. ________________________________ From: pestlist at googlegroups.com on behalf of MuseumPests Working Group Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2025 1:22 PM To: pestlist at googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Pesty Business, October 7 Call for Contributions MuseumPests & Pest Odyssey Public Presentation Session ?Pesty business? 7th October 2025 Announcement and Call for Contributions Once again, the MuseumPests Working Group (MPWG) has come together with Pest Odyssey UK, to host a virtual IPM meeting. We aim to include short presentations to update members on new developments, active research, and areas of topical concern. We are inviting short presentations of no more than 10 minutes to be presented via Zoom webinar. These presentations are meant to be short, informative, and informal. Please submit abstracts via this Google forms link by 29th August 2025. The form will ask for the following information: ? A short description of your presentation (no more than 250 words) ? Author(s) name(s) and contact information ? Agreement that presented content will be recorded and a pdf of your content will be posted on the museumpests.net website. We will acknowledge and send out acceptances by 5th September 2025. For more information or questions, please contact Pest Odyssey secretary Suzanne Ryder at S.Ryder at nhm.ac.uk or MPWG Co-Chair Rachael Arenstein at chair at museumpests.net with ?MPWG/PO 2025 Presentations? in the subject line. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers) Senior Curatorial Technician Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours. ________________________________ From: pestlist at googlegroups.com on behalf of rachael at amartconservation.com Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2025 1:04 PM To: pestlist at googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Upcoming IPM Presentation on the Connecting to Collections Care website Adam Osgood, Joel Voron and Richard Pollack, three experts and leaders of the MuseumPests community will be presenting a free webinar From Awareness to Action: Advocating for Integrated Pest Management in Cultural Spaces on August 27, 2025 at 1:00-2:00pm ET Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an important part of protecting collections in cultural institutions. This webinar will provide a brief overview of IPM and focus on how to build support for it within your institution. Attendees will learn which tasks can be handled by staff and when it?s necessary to bring in a pest management professional (PMP). The session will also cover what to expect from a PMP contractor, how to write contracts that reflect your institution?s IPM goals, and how to work with service providers to ensure they deliver effective and collection-safe pest management. This webinar is ideal for anyone looking to start or improve an IPM program with strong institutional backing and contractor support. Registration for the webinar is free, and the registration page is now live on the C2C Care website. https://connectingtocollections.org/event/from-awareness-to-action-advocating-for-integrated-pest-management-in-cultural-spaces/ If you can?t make it live, don?t worry! The presentations are recorded and will be available on the C2C Care site and linked from the MuseumPests.net website. Rachael Perkins Arenstein MuseumPests Working Group co-chair A.M. Art Conservation rachael at amartconservation.com m: 917-796-1764 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/01ef01dbfcbd%2413ee1470%243bca3d50%24%40amartconservation.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il Thu Aug 7 02:34:06 2025 From: gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il (Gali Beiner) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 09:34:06 +0300 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you, Genevieve! Myxomycetes do look like a challenge, especially because of the glueing. Adhering objects to a substrate isn't normally what I would do as a conservator, but admittedly this is a special case because any movement (in a box, in a bag) can cause the carrier part of the specimen setup, or the substrate, to deteriorate and then the tiny Myxomycetes would be lost, or at least very difficult to pick up again. Definitely a very different kind of object here! Best wishes, Gali On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 5:30?PM Tocci, Genevieve E. wrote: > Hello Gali, > > The 3rd Edition of the Herbarium Handbook briefly mentions curation on > page 114. The book Myxomycetes : a handbook of slime molds by Steven L. > Stephenson also has good curation tips. > > I recommend using archival PVA glue to affix the substrate onto archival > heavy paper (like a trimmed herbarium sheet) so that the specimen can be > viewed under a dissection scope easily but can also go into a small box. > How you then store these boxes varies. We store them in our standard > packets with the labels on the outside of the packet. > > Myxomycetes are great fun though a challenge to work with! > Genevieve > > ================================================= > Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers) > Senior Curatorial Technician > Harvard University Herbaria > 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. > glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu > > > > *I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours.* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gali > Beiner > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:30 AM > *To:* NHCOLL-new > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes > > Dear NHCOLL-listers, > > Are any of you here working with Myxomycetes? If so, I'll be very glad to > learn of how they are stored in your collections, considering that they are > usually sitting on something (dry leaf, etc.). > > Thanks, > > Gali > > -- > Gali Beiner (ACR) > Conservator, Palaeontology Lab > National Natural History Collections > The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram > Jerusalem 91904, Israel > Fax. 972-2-6585785 > *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * > > *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en > > * > -- Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Have a nice day, Ann Op do 7 aug 2025 om 08:34 schreef Gali Beiner : > Thank you, Genevieve! > > Myxomycetes do look like a challenge, especially because of the glueing. > Adhering objects to a substrate isn't normally what I would do as a > conservator, but admittedly this is a special case because any movement (in > a box, in a bag) can cause the carrier part of the specimen setup, or the > substrate, to deteriorate and then the tiny Myxomycetes would be lost, or > at least very difficult to pick up again. Definitely a very different kind > of object here! > > Best wishes, > > Gali > > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 5:30?PM Tocci, Genevieve E. < > glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> Hello Gali, >> >> The 3rd Edition of the Herbarium Handbook briefly mentions curation on >> page 114. The book Myxomycetes : a handbook of slime molds by Steven L. >> Stephenson also has good curation tips. >> >> I recommend using archival PVA glue to affix the substrate onto archival >> heavy paper (like a trimmed herbarium sheet) so that the specimen can be >> viewed under a dissection scope easily but can also go into a small box. >> How you then store these boxes varies. We store them in our standard >> packets with the labels on the outside of the packet. >> >> Myxomycetes are great fun though a challenge to work with! >> Genevieve >> >> ================================================= >> Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers) >> Senior Curatorial Technician >> Harvard University Herbaria >> 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. >> glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu >> >> >> >> *I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours.* >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gali >> Beiner >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:30 AM >> *To:* NHCOLL-new >> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes >> >> Dear NHCOLL-listers, >> >> Are any of you here working with Myxomycetes? If so, I'll be very glad to >> learn of how they are stored in your collections, considering that they are >> usually sitting on something (dry leaf, etc.). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gali >> >> -- >> Gali Beiner (ACR) >> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >> National Natural History Collections >> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram >> Jerusalem 91904, Israel >> Fax. 972-2-6585785 >> *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * >> >> *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en >> >> * >> > > > -- > Gali Beiner (ACR) > Conservator, Palaeontology Lab > National Natural History Collections > The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram > Jerusalem 91904, Israel > Fax. 972-2-6585785 > *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * > > *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en * > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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Each box is assigned a > number, and we record the label data in a database, as the specimens are > not classified taxonomically. One collection has been kept separately, the > collection of Nannenga-Bremekamp (see picture small wooden cabinets) and is > taxonomically classified > > If the specimens were not already mounted by the collector, we follow the > method mentioned by Genevieve: we glue them onto a cardboard strip and then > place the strip in a cardboard box. > > Have a nice day, > > Ann > > Op do 7 aug 2025 om 08:34 schreef Gali Beiner >: > >> Thank you, Genevieve! >> >> Myxomycetes do look like a challenge, especially because of the glueing. >> Adhering objects to a substrate isn't normally what I would do as a >> conservator, but admittedly this is a special case because any movement (in >> a box, in a bag) can cause the carrier part of the specimen setup, or the >> substrate, to deteriorate and then the tiny Myxomycetes would be lost, or >> at least very difficult to pick up again. Definitely a very different kind >> of object here! >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Gali >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 5:30?PM Tocci, Genevieve E. < >> glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hello Gali, >>> >>> The 3rd Edition of the Herbarium Handbook briefly mentions curation on >>> page 114. The book Myxomycetes : a handbook of slime molds by Steven L. >>> Stephenson also has good curation tips. >>> >>> I recommend using archival PVA glue to affix the substrate onto archival >>> heavy paper (like a trimmed herbarium sheet) so that the specimen can be >>> viewed under a dissection scope easily but can also go into a small box. >>> How you then store these boxes varies. We store them in our standard >>> packets with the labels on the outside of the packet. >>> >>> Myxomycetes are great fun though a challenge to work with! >>> Genevieve >>> >>> ================================================= >>> Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers) >>> Senior Curatorial Technician >>> Harvard University Herbaria >>> 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. >>> >>> glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> *I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours.* >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Gali >>> Beiner >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:30 AM >>> *To:* NHCOLL-new >>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes >>> >>> Dear NHCOLL-listers, >>> >>> Are any of you here working with Myxomycetes? If so, I'll be very glad >>> to learn of how they are stored in your collections, considering that they >>> are usually sitting on something (dry leaf, etc.). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gali >>> >>> -- >>> Gali Beiner (ACR) >>> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >>> National Natural History Collections >>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >>> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram >>> Jerusalem 91904, Israel >>> Fax. 972-2-6585785 >>> *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * >>> >>> *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en >>> >>> * >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gali Beiner (ACR) >> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >> National Natural History Collections >> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >> Berman Building, Edmond J. 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These four tanks are to contain a formalin solution as storing agent for the specimens. I am specifically looking for input regarding a discussion on the benefits of buffering this solution and the method for this. Or from museums with data or experience regarding large tanks of formalin on display and their behavior over time, how they're sealed and accessed, etc. Both specimens being thoroughly fixed already and with no danger of decalcification I have suggested that we do not initially buffer these solutions. This is partly because they are currently placed in unbuffered formalin, and their installation being scheduled for the next 5-7 months. One of my worries is that the buffer salts will need time to penetrate the tissue, or crystallization of insoluble salts (for the shark containing a more saline solution, while being fixed in a freshwater solution) as a risk if we try to rush this prior to installation, resulting in an additional fluid change before opening due to precipitation etc. I do have the possibility of adding buffering salts to the two temporary tanks in the next month, and to mix the buffered formalin solution the specimens will be displayed in, in advance instead of mixing it into the display tank with the specimen present of course. The display tanks are to be built and sealed well enough to allow for so little formaldehyde fumes to escape (due to ours and visitors safety, and regulations for measurable VOC levels), which in turn will hopefully allow for very little oxygen exchange and thus a slow rate of oxidation of the formaldehyde and lipid compounds. I've suggested that we monitor the tanks in regular intervals (anything from every 3-5 years or out of sequence in relation to visible change) for changes to the fluid, with the argument that even using a neutral buffered formalin would realistically only postpone the fluid reaching a lower acidity at a later point, and only increase the intervals between monitoring and potential action. Earlier in the process of planning this display it was suggested to use buffered formalin and design tanks that are not meant to be opened, but I find the ability to access and monitor the fluid of great importance. Even if this means a tank that is in theory not as well sealed, or a tank that will require lots of resources to open and re-seal. For buffering; Sodium dihydrogen phosphate and sodium hydrogen phosphate buffering system as mentioned in the excellent reference book on fluid preservation published by SPNHC (ISBN 979-8-218-01102-4) is currently my go to for a potential buffering as it seems affordable and doable for us regarding the large volumes to work with, I have not been able to find accounts from people using this, so any input on this specific buffering system is also very welcome! If you're still reading along here's some context on the two specimens this project revolves around: The Greenland shark is a juvenile 200kg specimen entering our collections from fresh in February 2024. Immediately upon having taken tissue samples we started fixing the specimen with formaldehyde injections and submersion in 1000l 3,5% formalin (custom tank which allowed the whole specimen to be submerged in this relatively small volume). The contents of the fluid have some natural minerals (using tap water) as well as the saline fluid contents of the shark. Initially the monitored pH levels sat at ~7-7,5, reaching a pH of 5 in September 2024 where it has settled since with no changes (so far). Throughout the fixing we have also had a clear fluid with no visible opacity in the water that could suggest formation of paraformaldehyde in the colder months. The shark is mostly liver (slight exaggeration) and thus very fatty, as well as Greenland shark tissue containing high amounts of urea and trimethylamine N-oxide which might be relevant, if you wonder that this might also have an effect on the fluid please let me know (the shark will only be about 7-10% of the collected mass of the fluid and specimen). The whale heart weighing a bit over 150kg was fixed in 2010 when arriving at the collections, been on display in formalin, then transferred to ethanol, and recently phased from the ethanol fluid (~40% at the time of emptying the tank!) to formalin in preparation for the new exhibits. Currently sitting between 6 and 5,5 pH suggested by pH indicator strips. Rough treatment with the differing storage methods. But the heart is thankfully in good shape, probably in part due to the tough muscle tissue and a suspected thorough initial fixing (no logs available to me, but visible stitches where the heart has been bled out and rinsed and likely fixated internally as well). As expected, the whale tissue still bleeds lipids and fat here 15 years later. Potential for scheduled change of storage solution due to lipids bleeding out of the specimen is unrelated to formalin solution monitoring but would be combined with the monitoring effort when relevant. 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A primary goal of the series is to encourage the highly talented collections community to continue the great work that has been accomplished during the last two decades through NSF?s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC), Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR), and Sustaining Infrastructure for Biological Research (Sustaining) programs, plus funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and numerous local sources. Thanks to the work and contributions of more than 1,000 biodiversity collections in 350 institutions across the U.S., the iDigBio portal now hosts nearly 150 million specimen records and 65 million media files from 2,000 datasets. These invaluable data have been contributed by museums and other academic institutions spanning the U.S. and represent a massive achievement of the U.S. biodiversity collections community. 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In doing the freezer inventory, we found that there are specimens in the freezer that were never prepared but were given catalog numbers before preparation. I have never encountered this being done before, so I have no idea how common or uncommon it may be. I do however recognize the issues with such a protocol, as we used to have an additional freezer (prior to my starting at this institution) that failed and was not noticed to have failed until everything inside had rotted. I have no idea if an inventory of what was lost was taken before it was tossed, or whether unprepared specimens with catalog numbers were lost when this occurred, but based on what was found in the other freezers I suspect some were. Has anyone else encountered this kind if scenario and have some kind of protocol for dealing with the aftermath? Without any notes about what specimens remained unprepared I suspect I may never be able to determine which were lost, but the current plan is to label anything not found at the end of the inventory as ?missing? in the database. I have also found some notes written in the margins of the catalog pages saying things like ?285 to be prepared? but no additional information. Any advice or insight is appreciated. Or even just hearing that my situation isn?t completely unique! Thank you! - Mackenzie [Logo, company name Description automatically generated] Dr. Mackenzie Kirchner, she/her Curator of Integrated Biology San Bernardino County Museum M: (909) 798-8619 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374 [cid:image002.png at 01DC0AC7.026EFCB0] Our job is to create a county in which those who reside and invest can prosper and achieve well-being. 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Then I can give the others that do not match a new number and proceed with our accessioning protocols. For those that had a number assigned and are not in the database, I have been treating them as backlog specimens and entering them into the system with the handwritten assigned number. We have a staff notes field in our database where I note the information you are describing in case I find something later on. Additionally, at the end of the inventory, I will see if any of the "missing" specimens' information matches any unnumbered specimens I have. If the data matches, then I reconnect the number with the specimen, and again note my findings. For any of the remaining "missing" specimens, our policy states we will deaccession them if they are not found after 10 years. Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you have more questions about your situation or what I described above. Best, *Sariah Rushing* Pronouns: she/her/hers Natural History Collections Specialist Lindsay Wildlife Experience *Celebrating 70 Years Wild!* 925-627-2937 | srushing at lindsaywildlife.org 193 1 First Avenue, Walnut Creek 94597 *M**y working hours are Monday **- Friday **from 9 AM - 5 PM. I will get back to you as soon as possible, thank you.* On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 2:03?PM Kirchner-Smith, Mackenzie < Mackenzie.Kirchner-Smith at sbcm.sbcounty.gov> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > Thank you to everyone who replied to my previous question about storing > nests. > > > > Now I am looking for some advice on a problem I have encountered with the > numbers of our bird specimen collection. I am working through an inventory > of everything we have right now, including an inventory of all the > unprepared specimens in our freezers. In doing the freezer inventory, we > found that there are specimens in the freezer that were never prepared but > were given catalog numbers before preparation. I have never encountered > this being done before, so I have no idea how common or uncommon it may be. > I do however recognize the issues with such a protocol, as we used to have > an additional freezer (prior to my starting at this institution) that > failed and was not noticed to have failed until everything inside had > rotted. I have no idea if an inventory of what was lost was taken before it > was tossed, or whether unprepared specimens with catalog numbers were lost > when this occurred, but based on what was found in the other freezers I > suspect some were. > > > > Has anyone else encountered this kind if scenario and have some kind of > protocol for dealing with the aftermath? Without any notes about what > specimens remained unprepared I suspect I may never be able to determine > which were lost, but the current plan is to label anything not found at the > end of the inventory as ?missing? in the database. I have also found some > notes written in the margins of the catalog pages saying things like ?285 > to be prepared? but no additional information. > > > > Any advice or insight is appreciated. Or even just hearing that my > situation isn?t completely unique! > > > > Thank you! > > > > - Mackenzie > > > > > > [image: Logo, company name Description automatically generated] > > > *Dr. Mackenzie Kirchner**, she/her* > > *Curator of Integrated Biology* > > *San Bernardino County Museum* > > > > M: (909) 798-8619 > > > > 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374 > > > > > > *Our job is to create a county in which those who reside and invest can > prosper and achieve well-being.* > > *County of San Bernardino Confidentiality Notice:* *This communication > contains confidential information sent solely for the use of the intended > recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, you > are not authorized to use it in any manner, except to immediately destroy > it and notify the sender.* > > > > San Bernardino County Museum acknowledges that the land on which our > facilities are sited is the ancestral and unceded territory of the > Maara?yam, commonly referred to as the Serrano people, which, in the > contemporary era, are represented by two federally?recognized tribes: > Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation and Morongo Band of Mission Indians. We > also acknowledge that in the historic era other tribal communities and > European settlers intersected with Serrano peoples in these spaces. Our > histories and stories are intertwined in this space, and by sharing them in > culturally?appropriate ways and co-stewarding collections, we hope to > honor and celebrate our indigenous neighbors and partners. We also seek to > offer an accurate, clear and thorough picture of this region?s complicated > past and create a shared vision for the future that is mutually?beneficial > and respectful to all. > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Freezer with a lot of dead animals in them are a wonderful biotope; nobody knows how long specimens have been living in there, and an accessioning time stamp helps to at least recognise a sequence in the arrivals, or even better, give an exact accessioning date and the name of the person who accepted the specimens. As specimens and tissues age and deteriorate even when in freezers, this time stamp can be really useful. 2. Birds are heavily regulated and are potential vectors, i.e. most species are protected and it is not allowed to take them from the wild, or their dead carcasses may be regulated under animal health laws. This requires that your are able to document legal ownership. In some countries, institutions that accept dead animals picked up in the wild need a specific licence to accept such materials. In other countries it may not even be allowed to accept such 'donations' on their door step because of existing prohibitions to own or legally acquire (even as a donation) such specimens. The punchline of all this that if your institution is inspected, accessioning records help your with the reporting and documentation that the specimens were legally acquired - even if they have not been processed and prepared yet. 3. Occupational health plays into this and supports the institution and its staff to take precautionary measures if specific species or pathogens have been identified being prevalent to a given time in population or specific area. 4. Inventorying and databasing is tremendously supported by a good accessioning record; as you say, freezers tend to develop an life on their own, and they can grow surprisingly old and large, often surviving the employment life of staff feeding them. This can cause issues if you have to deaccession their (partial) content (e.g., after a lovely freezer failure), especially if this includes (highly) regulated species/specimens. Even if you deaccession and dispose of specimens with all precautionary measures as Sariah noted it, it is worth keeping the accessioning records in your files/database for the reasons mentioned above. Hope this helps, all the best Dirk Am 11.08.2025 um 23:52 schrieb Sariah Rushing: ACHTUNG/ATTENTION: Diese E-Mail stammt von einem externen Absender. / This e-mail comes from an external sender. Hi Mackenzie, I have had a similar issue both where I work now and at other facilities, so you are definitely not alone. I would recommend looking at your collection policy and/or protocols first to see if there is anything established there. For us, what I have been doing is finishing the inventory before I tackle the problem specimens. I found that in some cases, multiple specimens were assigned the same number, probably from something similar to your situation happening. If it is double-numbered, I use the information that we have to see which specimen the database record corresponds with. Then I can give the others that do not match a new number and proceed with our accessioning protocols. For those that had a number assigned and are not in the database, I have been treating them as backlog specimens and entering them into the system with the handwritten assigned number. We have a staff notes field in our database where I note the information you are describing in case I find something later on. Additionally, at the end of the inventory, I will see if any of the "missing" specimens' information matches any unnumbered specimens I have. If the data matches, then I reconnect the number with the specimen, and again note my findings. For any of the remaining "missing" specimens, our policy states we will deaccession them if they are not found after 10 years. Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you have more questions about your situation or what I described above. Best, [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XzmUiTf7LGIyutDBNZgCM2Q-dYzFZiv3lfIbK48pu9WMpAPb07RJk69__Jor7yuQP5eW6VuJfu6uhzB2la5w9Um1YH7omqbfaMCW1ZkNte348e86tvna8GEOVxHI6f5VFQ8TCpMV] Sariah Rushing Pronouns: she/her/hers Natural History Collections Specialist Lindsay Wildlife Experience Celebrating 70 Years Wild! 925-627-2937 | srushing at lindsaywildlife.org 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek 94597 My working hours are Monday - Friday from 9 AM - 5 PM. I will get back to you as soon as possible, thank you. On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 2:03?PM Kirchner-Smith, Mackenzie > wrote: Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who replied to my previous question about storing nests. Now I am looking for some advice on a problem I have encountered with the numbers of our bird specimen collection. I am working through an inventory of everything we have right now, including an inventory of all the unprepared specimens in our freezers. In doing the freezer inventory, we found that there are specimens in the freezer that were never prepared but were given catalog numbers before preparation. I have never encountered this being done before, so I have no idea how common or uncommon it may be. I do however recognize the issues with such a protocol, as we used to have an additional freezer (prior to my starting at this institution) that failed and was not noticed to have failed until everything inside had rotted. I have no idea if an inventory of what was lost was taken before it was tossed, or whether unprepared specimens with catalog numbers were lost when this occurred, but based on what was found in the other freezers I suspect some were. Has anyone else encountered this kind if scenario and have some kind of protocol for dealing with the aftermath? Without any notes about what specimens remained unprepared I suspect I may never be able to determine which were lost, but the current plan is to label anything not found at the end of the inventory as ?missing? in the database. I have also found some notes written in the margins of the catalog pages saying things like ?285 to be prepared? but no additional information. Any advice or insight is appreciated. Or even just hearing that my situation isn?t completely unique! Thank you! - Mackenzie [Logo, company name Description automatically generated] Dr. Mackenzie Kirchner, she/her Curator of Integrated Biology San Bernardino County Museum M: (909) 798-8619 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374 [cid:part2.QAVyhkv8.0kXRt4b6 at leibniz-lib.de] Our job is to create a county in which those who reside and invest can prosper and achieve well-being. 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Our histories and stories are intertwined in this space, and by sharing them in culturally?appropriate ways and co-stewarding collections, we hope to honor and celebrate our indigenous neighbors and partners. We also seek to offer an accurate, clear and thorough picture of this region?s complicated past and create a shared vision for the future that is mutually?beneficial and respectful to all. _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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Whether you are about to embark on a collection move or are years out from a move Lori's experience will help you prepare. As a veteran of three major museum moves she has valuable knowledge that can benefit you in your upcoming project. This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. Lori will help you define the scope of your project, develop a work plan and schedule, prepare a communication scheme, define proposals for vendors, choose equipment, estimate costs, identify hazards, organize staffing and establish packing techniques and standards. Whether you are moving across the hall or across town, Moving Museum Collections will provide a guide for a successful move. Visit our website for more information. https://www.museumstudy.com/moving-museum-collections Managing Museum Volunteers course begins September 8 on MuseumStudy.com The Managing Museum Volunteers course will focus on strategies for running a successful volunteer program that adapts to the needs of the museum. Appropriate for professionals starting a new volunteer program or wanting to reinvigorate an existing one, this course will include topics such as: assessing the museum?s needs for volunteers; managing the recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, and evaluating of volunteers; and troubleshooting problems with volunteers. We will also consider some of the ways that volunteerism in the US is changing overall and how those changes might affect museums. Join Instructor Tara Young for this 4 week online professional development course. For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/managing-museum-volunteers Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 2 online course begins September 8 on MuseumStudy.com This course builds on the foundation instructor Robert Waller established in Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1. We will explore challenges to quantifying risks and strategies for estimating rates of, and expected impacts of, sporadic incidents (type 2 risks) employing examples based on participant situations. Means of determining or estimating rates of progressive changes (type 3 risks) are provided and practiced. Finally, methods for presenting comprehensive, (semi-) quantitative risk profiles are demonstrated and employed by participants. Prerequisite: Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 or a Protect Heritage workshop in the last 5 years. 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You might reach out to Andy Doll at the DMNS to see what process he has to accession and catalog material as it comes into the collection. I like the being process status for things still in the freezer. If you cannot find it in the freezer, then you could mark it as missing, but if it is in there you could still bring it into the collection. If things are already cataloged, then you at least have the species ID, locality, and date of collection/salvage. That is still important info, so I wouldn't through the catalog record out. Good luck! Freezer inventories are always a bit of a messy treasure hunt. cheers, Beth Elizabeth Wommack, PhD Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 ewommack@uwyo.edu pronouns: she, her, herself www.uwymv.org UWYMV Collection Use Policy [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wzeBAm3ZshQCDFzQ5wkSAIelZLntGMwLQ0l3OaxGfoFH4PEQ-tYzlg1s7X9ScKxz1dFEGIXS8] ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Kirchner-Smith, Mackenzie Sent: Monday, August 11, 2025 15:03 To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Problematic Catalog Numbers ? This message was sent from a non-UWYO address. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who replied to my previous question about storing nests. Now I am looking for some advice on a problem I have encountered with the numbers of our bird specimen collection. I am working through an inventory of everything we have right now, including an inventory of all the unprepared specimens in our freezers. In doing the freezer inventory, we found that there are specimens in the freezer that were never prepared but were given catalog numbers before preparation. I have never encountered this being done before, so I have no idea how common or uncommon it may be. I do however recognize the issues with such a protocol, as we used to have an additional freezer (prior to my starting at this institution) that failed and was not noticed to have failed until everything inside had rotted. I have no idea if an inventory of what was lost was taken before it was tossed, or whether unprepared specimens with catalog numbers were lost when this occurred, but based on what was found in the other freezers I suspect some were. 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We would like to hear from digitisers about the actual workflows, equipment and standards they are using - those that work well and those that cause problems. We need workflows that cover the wide range of material types in geological collections, * Rock & mineral hand specimens * Meteorites * Mineral micromounts * Thin sections, thick sections, wafers, polished blocks, etc. * Borehole cores, samples and cuttings * Vertebrate fossils - both mounted and discrete bones * Micro-vertebrate fossils * Invertebrate fossils * Slide sections of fossils - e.g. corals * Micropalynology, including acritarchs, etc * "Calc-micro", including conodonts, etc. * SEM stubs * Etc. Many collections (e.g. herbarium sheets, pinned insects) can be imaged first and the metadata extracted from the images. In contrast, geological samples often hide their labels and are probably best databased before being imaged - indeed, many collections already have digital catalogues. Are most institutions imaging or databasing first? (Presumably barcoding before imaging? - Data Matrix, QR or other barcode format?) Vocabs are also a problem. The British Geological Survey makes a number of controlled vocabularies available (e.g. RCS - Rock Classification System and the BGS Stratigraphic Lexicon) - but these are UK centric and UK Collections are worldwide. What vocab systems are in popular use? If all goes to plan, we intend to produce a report in a year or so detailing our recommendations, which we will be happy to share with the community. Many thanks in advance for your help, I know this is a big ask! Mike Dr Mike Howe Principal Curator Working days: Tuesdays - Thursdays Phone: 0115 9363105 Email: mhowe at bgs.ac.uk Web: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/staff/profiles/3858.html GIH030 - British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. 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