[Nhcoll-l] SPNHC Symposium call for Museum Techniques

[Tocci, Genevieve E.]

Hello everyone,



The Best Practices Committee co-chairs are hosting a symposium at SPNHC 2025 in Kansas, and we need your expertise! (May 27-31, 2025; Lawrence Kansas)



We are seeking talk submissions for the Back to Basics: Museum Techniques Skillshare. Do you have something you learned on the job, or that your collection implements that you think others could benefit from learning about? Please consider sharing this critical knowledge with the natural history community. All areas of natural history collections care are welcome! See full abstract below.



Abstract submission deadline: 3 March 2025

Guidelines: https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/oa-abstract-submission-guidelines<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__spnhc2025.ku.edu_oa-2Dabstract-2Dsubmission-2Dguidelines&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=tyOQk_Y6nzt9ME6m2U1K20_cLnbyrhXtX5PI51pBKLnqk8Ub0Gz0vk8fgtpehqmx&s=Df2rIGVE5eOdSrgzIAN6EoINmP_X6Yv4PxpWfSh_1C4&e=>



Symposium Abstract: Specific methods of day-to-day curatorial work in natural history collections are often learned through practical experience, despite the available body of literature and online resources. This symposium aims to capture and disseminate the invaluable peer-to-peer knowledge transfer within a conference setting. We invite collection stewards from all disciplines and career stages to present ‘how-to’ tutorial talks on everyday curation techniques, such as packing loans, storage strategies, specimen preparation, applying revisions, and anything else from the breadth of collections management work in the field. Contributions highlighting effective solutions, efficient workflows, or local insights that can be adapted and implemented at a different institution are of particular interest. While best practices are encouraged, pragmatic solutions developed on limited budgets or that apply modern approaches to time-honored practices are welcome. Whether new to the field, a mid-career professional seeking to acquire new skills, or a seasoned veteran interested in outside perspectives, this session is intended to communicate knowledge, enhance capacity, and connect colleagues from diverse disciplines performing parallel work. In collaboration with the Best Practices Committee, presenters are strongly encouraged to share their slides in PDF format with the organizers, as well as provide “key points” for sharing on the SPNHC wiki.



Hope to see you in Kansas in May,

Genevieve Tocci & Emily Braker, SPNHC Best Practices Committee co-chairs





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Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers)
Senior Curatorial Technician
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138  U.S.A.
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