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Duties include physical preparation of incoming biological specimens for cryogenic preservation and preparation of tissue subsamples for research loans include: proper specimen inventory, handling, labeling, transferring; working safely with Liquid Nitrogen vapor freezers and cryogenic storage dewars; record keeping in specified forms (paper and electronic) with accuracy and responsibility; ensuring that all safety guidelines are followed strictly at all times; maintaining a clean and orderly environment. The link to apply is: https://careers.amnh.org/postings/4465 Thank you, Svetlana ------------------------- Svetlana Katanova / Collections Manager / Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (AMCC) / American Museum of Natural History / 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 / Tel. 212-769-5663 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It regulates any object shipped, declared and imported under the harmonised customs Tariff code 9705. Art. 3 stipulates that the introduction of cultural goods referred to in Part A (see at the end of this email) of the Annex which were removed from the territory of the country where they were created or discovered in breach of the laws and regulations of that country shall be prohibited. Art. 4 exempts cultural goods listed in Parts B and C of the annex, which is basically any cultural good under HS-code 97 (Chapter 97) that * are less than 200 years old * have a monetary value of less than 18,000 EUR Since last week several Natural History Collections report that they have issues with shipments being stuck at customs to clarify the status of their "cultural goods" or if "art" would be included. We should thus anticipate problems and try to adjust our templates and procedures as follows: 1. Imports from the Afrika/Americas/Asia/Australia to the EU / European * avoid sending materials through national postal services and prefer FedEx, US or DHL Express * continue to use HS 9705 and choose the correct subchapters for your materials (see below or check PDF-page 632 in the EU customs codex (EU) No 861/2010) * make sure you have a proper customs declaration attached to the outside of the consignment (no proforma invoices etc.) * add the following statements to your shipping doc templates This package contains dead museum specimens (preserved dried insects; paratypes of xxx xxx; holotype of xxx xxx) for scientific research, which are exclusively exchanged between museums acc. point (5) (b) in the Annex of Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/762 amending (EU) No 142/2011. The material was originally fixed with ethyl acetate and/or are have been treated with pure ethanol (> 96 %) for preservation. Theses specimens are non-infectious, non-contagious, non-venomous and unfit for human consumption. Preservation agrees with requirements for SAFE TREATMENT laid down in Point (8) (a) (d) in the ANNEX to the Commission Regulation (EU) No 294/2013, amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, ANNEX XIII, CHAPTER VI. The package does not contain endangered species or listed cultural goods that requires an import or export permission acc. to Art. 4 n regulation (EU) No 2019/880. The specimens packed were on loan to the xxx Institute/Museum for biodiversity (morphological / taxonomical) research and are legally owned by the Institute/Museum (Country of Origin: xxx); they are non-infectious, non-contagious, non-venomous, unfit for human consumption, no traded goods, have no commercial value and are not for resale. HS-Code: 9705 29 00 (Collections of zoological / botanical / mineralogical paleontological interest, not extinct or endangered, no regulated cultural goods) Declared value: 1.00 ? These specimens do not contravene the UNESCO 1970 Convention or Art. 4 in regulation (EU) No 2019/880 on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of Ownership of cultural property. We are currently trying to address the issues and to find ways to approach the EU Commission, however, changes or amendments may not be in place for the next weeks. Please report any issues trouble on this list or email me directly; we are currently collecting cases to address this with the EU Commission. With best wishes Dirk *** Part A (a) rare collections and specimens of fauna, flora, minerals and anatomy, and objects of palaeontological interest; (b) property relating to history, including the history of science and technology and military and social history, to the life of national leaders, thinkers, scientists and artists and to events of national importance; (c) products of archaeological excavations (including regular and clandestine) or of archaeological discoveries on land or underwater; (d) elements of artistic or historical monuments or archaeological sites which have been dismembered (1); (e) antiquities more than one hundred years old, such as inscriptions, coins and engraved seals; (f) objects of ethnological interest; (g) objects of artistic interest, such as: (i) pictures, paintings and drawings produced entirely by hand on any support and in any material (excluding industrial designs and manufactured articles decorated by hand); (ii) original works of statuary art and sculpture in any material; (iii) original engravings, prints and lithographs; (iv) original artistic assemblages and montages in any material; (h) rare manuscripts and incunabula; (i) old books, documents and publications of special interest (historical, artistic, scientific, literary, etc.) singly or in collections; (j) postage, revenue and similar stamps, singly or in collections; (k) archives, including sound, photographic and cinematographic archives; (l) articles of furniture more than one hundred years old and old musical instruments. (1) Liturgical icons and statues, even free-standing, are to be considered as cultural goods belonging to this category. [cid:part1.Q9UugJfM.u6r0FaII at leibniz-lib.de] -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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This free, online course is focused on introducing the creation of digital data about biodiversity specimens to those who are just beginning this activity. For more information on learning objectives, see the course tile at https://digitizationacademy.org/courses. This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collection management professionals, and curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types. Participants do not need prior knowledge of biodiversity informatics or specialized software. The course will occur from August 4?August 7 (Monday?Thursday) between 11 am and 3 pm ET (=New York City time, UTC-4). Participants can expect to spend three hours per day in synchronous meetings and as much as two additional hours of preparation time per day outside class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment. The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the U.S. may apply. The course will be led by Austin Mast, with contributions from David Jennings, Fritz Pichardo Marcano, and a panel of representatives from collection management systems. Applications are due by 9am ET on Monday, July 7. We expect to cap the course at about 20 participants and will make admission decisions based on the relevance of your training to your organization's future activities and a desire to engage a diversity of perspectives. Direct any questions about the opportunity to Kalina Jakymec (kjakymec at fsu.edu). Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. Kalina Jakymec iDigBio Workforce Development Manager Florida State University digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gradye1997 at gmail.com Mon Jul 7 15:38:54 2025 From: gradye1997 at gmail.com (Emmaleigh Grady) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 14:38:54 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project Message-ID: Hello, My name is Emmaleigh Grady and I am a PhD student at Texas A&M University studying biological anthropology. I am currently entering the data collection stage of my dissertation, but have run into an issue related to the use of natural history collections. A mentor of mine suggested reaching out to this listserv to see if any members might be willing to work with me or could offer advice. I thank you in advance for any help you can give. For my project, I aim to create an expanded and improved ecometric protocol based on bovid dental metrics and apply it to South African hominin sites. The first step in this project involves creating the ecometric model using modern African bovid specimens. Several of the metrics in my protocol will be measured with calipers, but an accurate crown height measurement for a hypsodonty index requires looking inside of the bone. I have considered many avenues for getting this image (medical, veterinary, dental portable x-ray machines, micro-CT scanners), but it seems the most efficient and cost effective method for obtaining 2-D images of many specimens quicky would be a full body CT scanner at a nearby hospital. The idea would be to place several specimens on the bed at a time and capture them all at once. Unfortunately, this would involve removing specimens from collections, and therein lies the issue. This summer I secured funding for a pilot project to solidify this methodology to inform dissertation funding requests, but the museum I had approached wasn?t able to work with me. It is extremely important for me to conduct a pilot study to ensure the method is appropriate, functional, and to the practicalities surrounding it for planning purposes. Fortunately for a pilot study, I could accept a a sample size smaller than needed for dissertation and I would only require modern species. As an biological anthropologist with a special interest in paleoanthropology I am very aware of the importance of natural history collections that they are irreplaceable. I have experience in several museums working with specimens of variable age, rarity, and fragility. I say this to emphasize that I understand the responsibility and care required to perform this project. As a young researcher I am just beginning to learn about the norms and limitations of working with institutions. Though my advisor and myself think this is a doable project, I wanted to reach out to the collections community before it became too late to pivot if needed. Again, I thank you and appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Also, feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the project. Have a lovely day, Emmaleigh Grady PhD Student at Texas A&M University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Jul 7 17:09:52 2025 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 21:09:52 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Emmaleigh Not sure what the issue is. We routinely loan specimens to researchers for non-destructive hypothesis testing, research projects, and scanning in both university and hospital CT scanners. Not sure what the rationale of the collection in question was in denying your request but I would think this would be a one off and you may have better luck with other collections. Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Emmaleigh Grady Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 2:38 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project Hello, My name is Emmaleigh Grady and I am a PhD student at Texas A&M University studying biological anthropology. I am currently entering the data collection stage of my dissertation, but have run into an issue related to the use of natural history collections. A mentor of mine suggested reaching out to this listserv to see if any members might be willing to work with me or could offer advice. I thank you in advance for any help you can give. For my project, I aim to create an expanded and improved ecometric protocol based on bovid dental metrics and apply it to South African hominin sites. The first step in this project involves creating the ecometric model using modern African bovid specimens. Several of the metrics in my protocol will be measured with calipers, but an accurate crown height measurement for a hypsodonty index requires looking inside of the bone. I have considered many avenues for getting this image (medical, veterinary, dental portable x-ray machines, micro-CT scanners), but it seems the most efficient and cost effective method for obtaining 2-D images of many specimens quicky would be a full body CT scanner at a nearby hospital. The idea would be to place several specimens on the bed at a time and capture them all at once. Unfortunately, this would involve removing specimens from collections, and therein lies the issue. This summer I secured funding for a pilot project to solidify this methodology to inform dissertation funding requests, but the museum I had approached wasn?t able to work with me. It is extremely important for me to conduct a pilot study to ensure the method is appropriate, functional, and to the practicalities surrounding it for planning purposes. Fortunately for a pilot study, I could accept a a sample size smaller than needed for dissertation and I would only require modern species. As an biological anthropologist with a special interest in paleoanthropology I am very aware of the importance of natural history collections that they are irreplaceable. I have experience in several museums working with specimens of variable age, rarity, and fragility. I say this to emphasize that I understand the responsibility and care required to perform this project. As a young researcher I am just beginning to learn about the norms and limitations of working with institutions. Though my advisor and myself think this is a doable project, I wanted to reach out to the collections community before it became too late to pivot if needed. Again, I thank you and appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Also, feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the project. Have a lovely day, Emmaleigh Grady PhD Student at Texas A&M University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmiller at rom.on.ca Mon Jul 7 17:47:22 2025 From: jmiller at rom.on.ca (Jacqueline Miller) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 21:47:22 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Emmaleigh, I agree with Andy. We also routinely loan skeletal specimens, occasionally for the purpose of CT or microCT. We have also collaborated to have the CT full body scan of multiple specimens done locally, if the researcher found it more cost-effective to make a short trip to ROM. The only problematic aspect I could see in a loan of material is if we only had a singleton or a couple specimens of the species in question, if they represented type material, or if the species in question fell under the auspices of CITES, ESA etc. If these latter factors were problematic, we might recommend doing the scans locally, but otherwise could/would facilitate a loan. That said, it is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate the ever-changing requirements of customs and border security in order to ship biological material/objects, but this usually just means obtaining the necessary permits, providing attestation statements or zoosanitation certificates, and contacting respective border agencies and/or the branch of any given courier (DHL, FedEx for example) that deals with wildlife or botanical shipments to manage the routing and inspecition of the shipment. It is sometimes tedious, but almost always doable. Hope this helps, 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 Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: July 7, 2025 5:10 PM To: Emmaleigh Grady ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project Some people who received this message don't often get email from abentley at ku.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 Emmaleigh Not sure what the issue is. We routinely loan specimens to researchers for non-destructive hypothesis testing, research projects, and scanning in both university and hospital CT scanners. Not sure what the rationale of the collection in question was in denying your request but I would think this would be a one off and you may have better luck with other collections. Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Emmaleigh Grady > Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 2:38 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project Hello, My name is Emmaleigh Grady and I am a PhD student at Texas A&M University studying biological anthropology. I am currently entering the data collection stage of my dissertation, but have run into an issue related to the use of natural history collections. A mentor of mine suggested reaching out to this listserv to see if any members might be willing to work with me or could offer advice. I thank you in advance for any help you can give. For my project, I aim to create an expanded and improved ecometric protocol based on bovid dental metrics and apply it to South African hominin sites. The first step in this project involves creating the ecometric model using modern African bovid specimens. Several of the metrics in my protocol will be measured with calipers, but an accurate crown height measurement for a hypsodonty index requires looking inside of the bone. I have considered many avenues for getting this image (medical, veterinary, dental portable x-ray machines, micro-CT scanners), but it seems the most efficient and cost effective method for obtaining 2-D images of many specimens quicky would be a full body CT scanner at a nearby hospital. The idea would be to place several specimens on the bed at a time and capture them all at once. Unfortunately, this would involve removing specimens from collections, and therein lies the issue. This summer I secured funding for a pilot project to solidify this methodology to inform dissertation funding requests, but the museum I had approached wasn't able to work with me. It is extremely important for me to conduct a pilot study to ensure the method is appropriate, functional, and to the practicalities surrounding it for planning purposes. Fortunately for a pilot study, I could accept a a sample size smaller than needed for dissertation and I would only require modern species. As an biological anthropologist with a special interest in paleoanthropology I am very aware of the importance of natural history collections that they are irreplaceable. I have experience in several museums working with specimens of variable age, rarity, and fragility. I say this to emphasize that I understand the responsibility and care required to perform this project. As a young researcher I am just beginning to learn about the norms and limitations of working with institutions. Though my advisor and myself think this is a doable project, I wanted to reach out to the collections community before it became too late to pivot if needed. Again, I thank you and appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Also, feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the project. Have a lovely day, Emmaleigh Grady PhD Student at Texas A&M University 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 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Tue Jul 8 01:59:12 2025 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 07:59:12 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Advice about the Use of Natural History Collections in Dissertation Project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7de41c35-19cf-4d2f-95b1-c2c8724ff7f1@leibniz-lib.de> Hi Emmaleigh, as Andy said, it is a bit unclear what exactly the underlying problem is. If the institution you approached is outside of the US or in South Africa, shipping of the (rare) specimens might be a real issue, as Jacqui pointed out. This especially, since this material is not only archaeological and South African, but also bovine, which puts a lot of red flags on such a shipment - even though most of them are not justified. However, if the material is to be shipped from South Africa, then the options the institution there might have to ship are limited, and the question would be if this option ensures proper import to the US through a designated port that is able to handle and deal with USFWS and APHIS requirements. There also might be legal limitation in the first place to send the material abroad, if this material comes from an iconic excavation site and is a national monument or of national importance. If the "removing specimens from collections" to "a full body CT scanner at a nearby hospital" would means transporting the specimens basically within the same town from the collection to the hospital, it might be internal procedures of this institution that hinder this. And again, there might be several reasons for this - depending where this institution/collection is situated. But there might be a completely different reason. Being closely connected to the archaeozoological community via my partner, I know that some archaeozoological collections simply have become very restrictive spending their entire curatorial time for searching their huge collections for individual requests without even having any scientific benefit. Even though the necessary determination work for extracting the correct bone material is exclusively burdened to them. If this a huge excavation site with a lot of material from diggings, the reason might simply that there are 30-50 moving boxes with bone debris. The material in there is sorted according to excavation layer, i.e. you cannot pick "the tooth or teeth" from the collection, but you need to search the entire wild mixture containing all sorts of bones and bones fragments. If this collection only has one curator, this person has to go through all those boxes, look up all bags, sort them and isolate and remove the desired bones. This may take 2-3 days. Keep in mind: these collections are not assorted to species, but arranged as archaeological collections, i.e. according to site, layer, excavation campaign. Therefore, it would be worth considering offering to travel to this institution and offer help to search and extract the correct material you want to work with from the excavation findings. This would have the advantage that you could then do the collections 2-D imaging with a simple camera is frequently done in zooarchaeology, or carry the bones to the hospital and - after you are done with your scanning - offer your support to this collection to sort the teeth back exactly to those bags where the teeth were isolated from. Which again is very time consuming. Last but not least, there might be completely different reasons. Thus it might be worth reaching out to the zooarch list as well; this is the list server of ICAZ, the International Council of Archeozoology, and THE PLACE where the dear zooarchaeology colleagues discuss and seek advice. https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=zooarch Hope this helps Dirk Am 07.07.2025 um 21:38 schrieb Emmaleigh Grady: Hello, My name is Emmaleigh Grady and I am a PhD student at Texas A&M University studying biological anthropology. I am currently entering the data collection stage of my dissertation, but have run into an issue related to the use of natural history collections. A mentor of mine suggested reaching out to this listserv to see if any members might be willing to work with me or could offer advice. I thank you in advance for any help you can give. For my project, I aim to create an expanded and improved ecometric protocol based on bovid dental metrics and apply it to South African hominin sites. The first step in this project involves creating the ecometric model using modern African bovid specimens. Several of the metrics in my protocol will be measured with calipers, but an accurate crown height measurement for a hypsodonty index requires looking inside of the bone. I have considered many avenues for getting this image (medical, veterinary, dental portable x-ray machines, micro-CT scanners), but it seems the most efficient and cost effective method for obtaining 2-D images of many specimens quicky would be a full body CT scanner at a nearby hospital. The idea would be to place several specimens on the bed at a time and capture them all at once. Unfortunately, this would involve removing specimens from collections, and therein lies the issue. This summer I secured funding for a pilot project to solidify this methodology to inform dissertation funding requests, but the museum I had approached wasn?t able to work with me. It is extremely important for me to conduct a pilot study to ensure the method is appropriate, functional, and to the practicalities surrounding it for planning purposes. Fortunately for a pilot study, I could accept a a sample size smaller than needed for dissertation and I would only require modern species. As an biological anthropologist with a special interest in paleoanthropology I am very aware of the importance of natural history collections that they are irreplaceable. I have experience in several museums working with specimens of variable age, rarity, and fragility. I say this to emphasize that I understand the responsibility and care required to perform this project. As a young researcher I am just beginning to learn about the norms and limitations of working with institutions. Though my advisor and myself think this is a doable project, I wanted to reach out to the collections community before it became too late to pivot if needed. Again, I thank you and appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Also, feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the project. Have a lovely day, Emmaleigh Grady PhD Student at Texas A&M University _______________________________________________ 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. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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I second the others on this thread who suggest trying to borrow specimens from other museums. You only need to CT scan the skull, correct, not the full body? In that case, I would go to the iDigBio portal , enter the scientific name of one of the species you want to sample in the appropriate field and enter "skull" in the general field at the top of the search records area. This should bring up a lot of options from many different museums, and you can hit the "download" tab in the search records area to export it as a CSV. If you do this for all of the species of interest, you can then collate them and figure out if there is one institution that has everything you're looking for and submit a single loan request to them, or at least figure out which institutions have a lot of what you need and only submit a few loan requests. I believe your institution has a large-bore CT scanner on campus that was used for scanning large-bodied museum specimens for the Open Vertebrate (oVert) project, if that would make the loaning institutions more comfortable than the specimens traveling further off-site to a hospital scanner. You could also search for your species of interest on MorphoSource to see if someone has already uploaded CT scans of those skulls that you could measure. I suspect most of the scans of specimens of that size are going to be surface scans, not CT scans, but it's worth a look. Good luck! Best, Catherine Catherine M. Early, PhD *she/her/hers* Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology cearly at smm.org https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make lives better, and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and equity. On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 12:59?AM Dirk Neumann wrote: > Hi Emmaleigh, > > as Andy said, it is a bit unclear what exactly the underlying problem is. > If the institution you approached is outside of the US or in South Africa, > shipping of the (rare) specimens might be a real issue, as Jacqui pointed > out. > > This especially, since this material is not only archaeological and South > African, but also bovine, which puts a lot of red flags on such a shipment > - even though most of them are not justified. However, if the material is > to be shipped from South Africa, then the options the institution there > might have to ship are limited, and the question would be if this option > ensures proper import to the US through a designated port that is able to > handle and deal with USFWS and APHIS requirements. There also might be > legal limitation in the first place to send the material abroad, if this > material comes from an iconic excavation site and is a national monument or > of national importance. > > If the "removing specimens from collections" to "a full body CT scanner at > a nearby hospital" would means transporting the specimens basically within > the same town from the collection to the hospital, it might be internal > procedures of this institution that hinder this. And again, there might be > several reasons for this - depending where this institution/collection is > situated. > > But there might be a completely different reason. > > Being closely connected to the archaeozoological community via my partner, > I know that some archaeozoological collections simply have become very > restrictive spending their entire curatorial time for searching their huge > collections for individual requests without even having any scientific > benefit. Even though the necessary determination work for extracting the > correct bone material is exclusively burdened to them. > > If this a huge excavation site with a lot of material from diggings, the > reason might simply that there are 30-50 moving boxes with bone debris. The > material in there is sorted according to excavation layer, i.e. you cannot > pick "the tooth or teeth" from the collection, but you need to search the > entire wild mixture containing all sorts of bones and bones fragments. If > this collection only has one curator, this person has to go through all > those boxes, look up all bags, sort them and isolate and remove the desired > bones. This may take 2-3 days. > > Keep in mind: these collections are not assorted to species, but arranged > as archaeological collections, i.e. according to site, layer, excavation > campaign. > > Therefore, it would be worth considering offering to travel to this > institution and offer help to search and extract the correct material you > want to work with from the excavation findings. This would have the > advantage that you could then do the collections 2-D imaging with a simple > camera is frequently done in zooarchaeology, or carry the bones to the > hospital and - after you are done with your scanning - offer your support > to this collection to sort the teeth back exactly to those bags where the > teeth were isolated from. Which again is very time consuming. > > Last but not least, there might be completely different reasons. Thus it > might be worth reaching out to the zooarch list as well; this is the list > server of ICAZ, the International Council of Archeozoology, and THE PLACE > where the dear zooarchaeology colleagues discuss and seek advice. > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=zooarch > > Hope this helps > Dirk > > > > Am 07.07.2025 um 21:38 schrieb Emmaleigh Grady: > > Hello, > > My name is Emmaleigh Grady and I am a PhD student at Texas A&M University > studying biological anthropology. I am currently entering the data > collection stage of my dissertation, but have run into an issue related to > the use of natural history collections. A mentor of mine suggested reaching > out to this listserv to see if any members might be willing to work with me > or could offer advice. I thank you in advance for any help you can give. > > > For my project, I aim to create an expanded and improved ecometric > protocol based on bovid dental metrics and apply it to South African > hominin sites. The first step in this project involves creating the > ecometric model using modern African bovid specimens. Several of the > metrics in my protocol will be measured with calipers, but an accurate > crown height measurement for a hypsodonty index requires looking inside of > the bone. I have considered many avenues for getting this image (medical, > veterinary, dental portable x-ray machines, micro-CT scanners), but it > seems the most efficient and cost effective method for obtaining 2-D images > of many specimens quicky would be a full body CT scanner at a nearby > hospital. The idea would be to place several specimens on the bed at a time > and capture them all at once. Unfortunately, this would involve removing > specimens from collections, and therein lies the issue. > > > This summer I secured funding for a pilot project to solidify this > methodology to inform dissertation funding requests, but the museum I had > approached wasn?t able to work with me. It is extremely important for me to > conduct a pilot study to ensure the method is appropriate, functional, and > to the practicalities surrounding it for planning purposes. Fortunately for > a pilot study, I could accept a a sample size smaller than needed for > dissertation and I would only require modern species. > > > As an biological anthropologist with a special interest in > paleoanthropology I am very aware of the importance of natural history > collections that they are irreplaceable. I have experience in several > museums working with specimens of variable age, rarity, and fragility. I > say this to emphasize that I understand the responsibility and care > required to perform this project. > > > As a young researcher I am just beginning to learn about the norms and > limitations of working with institutions. Though my advisor and myself > think this is a doable project, I wanted to reach out to the collections > community before it became too late to pivot if needed. Again, I thank you > and appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Also, feel free to reach > out if you have any questions about the project. > > > Have a lovely day, > > Emmaleigh Grady > > PhD Student at Texas A&M University > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing listNhcoll-l at mailman.yale.eduhttps://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. > > > -- > > ****** > > > > *Dirk Neumann* > > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > > > Postal address: > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > > of Biodiversity Change > > Dirk Neumann > > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > > 20146 Hamburg > +49 40 238 317 ? 628 > > *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de * > > www.leibniz-lib.de > > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Friday, 7 November 2025 Hybrid Event: In-Person and Streamed On-line We are now accepting abstracts focusing on controlling health and safety risks from preparing, treating, managing, and exhibiting artistic, historic, and natural science collections as well as abating structural hazards and responding to disasters and challenges impacting collections, including operating in uncertain times. We welcome case studies and action plans, and we encourage joint presentations by conservators, collections care professionals, AND health & safety professionals! Topics and themes for consideration include but are not limited to: * Gallery Exhibits: Installation and management safety challenges--working at heights or outdoors; with heavy, large, or hazardous objects; with touchable/interactive exhibits. * Hazardous Collections: Exposure determinations and risk controls * Conservation Laboratories and Treatments: safe work policies for object- and material-specific hazards. * Emergency preparedness and response in collections, with action steps. * Maximizing sustainability without compromising safety. * Scalable solutions for small/large institutions or private practices, with small or large budgets. * NAGPRA Due Diligence: Contaminant Testing, Reporting and Disclosure Policies Presenters have 3 submission options: 1. A podium presentation of 20 minutes, with 5-10 minutes for questions. (30 min. max) 2. A lightning round presentation of 5-7 minutes. Q&A segment may follow as a group. 3. A 60- or 90-minute panel with multiple speakers; either timeframe must allow for 15 minutes for speaker/audience discussion. Abstracts must include names of moderator and panelists. Posters will be accepted only if content can be reduced to a readable 8? x 11 inch or folded 11 x 17 inch sheet handout. There is no available space at the venue for mounted poster presentations. Abstracts must specify: your submission preference, a provisional title, names and contact information for each submitter, panelist(s) & moderator, and not exceed 400 words. Presentations will be delivered in person. Questions are welcome! Please send your presentation abstracts to summit-abstracts at washingtonconservationguild.org by close of business on Friday, 1 August 2025. Kathryn A Makos MPH CIH -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Kalina -------------------------------- Introducci?n a la Digitalizaci?n de Espec?menes de Biodivsersidad Aplica en: https://forms.gle/e9rorv1DGPk7VtnF9 Nos complace anunciar un curso en espa?ol del curso fundamental del Digitization Academy de iDigBio Introducci?n a la Digitalizaci?n de Espec?menes de Biodiversidad. Este curso gratuito y en l?nea abarca una introducci?n a la creaci?n de datos digitales de espec?menes de biodiversidad a aquellos que est?n empezando a incursionar en esta actividad. Para mas informaci?n sobre los objetivos de aprendizaje, haga clic aqu?. Este curso est? dirigido a aquellos que est?n ya asociados con colecciones de biodiversidad, como estudiantes trabajandondo como t?cnicos, profesionales en el manejo de colecciones, o curadores. El curso ser? relevante para una diversidad de tipos de colecciones. Los participantes no necesitan conocimiento previo de inform?tica para la biodiversidad o software especializado. El curso se impartir? del 25 al 28 de agosto (de lunes a jueves) de 11:00 AM a 3:00 PM ET (hora de Nueva York, 11:00 - 15:00 UTC-4) con un receso de una hora. Los participantes dedicar?n tres horas diarias a reuniones sincr?nicas y hasta dos horas adicionales a la preparaci?n fuera del aula. Esto representa un compromiso de aproximadamente 20 horas. El curso se impartir? principalmente en espa?ol, aunque algunos aspectos pueden estar en ingl?s. Aquellos interesados en participar fuera de EE.UU. pueden aplicar. Las solicitudes cierran a las 9 p.m. ET (21:00 UTC-4) del viernes 25 de julio. Esperamos notificar a los solicitantes sobre las decisiones de admisi?n a principios de la semana del 28 de julio. Planeamos limitar el curso a unos 20 participantes y tomaremos decisiones de admisi?n basadas en la relevancia de su formaci?n para las actividades futuras de tu organizaci?n y el deseo de involucrar una diversidad de perspectivas. Dirige cualquier pregunta sobre esta oportunidad a Kalina Jakymec (kjakymec at fsu.edu) o Fritz Pichardo Marcano (fpichardom at bio.fsu.edu). Kalina Jakymec iDigBio Workforce Development Manager Florida State University digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Tue Jul 8 16:23:03 2025 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 22:23:03 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Shipping sampled leaf material to China In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <06240cb4-7426-4eb5-9c60-da3d1da5d174@leibniz-lib.de> Hi Mare, my information might be outdated as it is pre-Covid: Back then, it was advised to sue DHL Express for deliveries within mainland China should, because DHL Express had the most solid grid in the country. Back then, we shipped zoological material with the Shipping Doc /Customs declaration I just shared (continuously updated template). As far as I know the material arrived save. It might also be worth consulting the website of carriers because customs regulations, taxes and tariffs do change regularly. DHL Express offers specific information here: https://www.dhl.com/discover/en-id/e-commerce-advice/shipping-guides-by-country/trade-with-china-customs-clearance FedEx offers specific information here: https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/apac-asia-pacific/downloads/fedex-import-clearance-guideline-en-cn.pdf UPS here: https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/media/en_US/China%20how-to%20guide-010218_FINAL.pdf Hope this helps Dirk Am 08.07.2025 um 19:51 schrieb Mare Nazaire: Greetings, I had a recent destructive sampling request for leaf material to be sent to Beijing, China. The researchers did not have up to date information on regulations and necessary paperwork to ship material to China - I wondered if anyone has suggestions about proper protocols and regulations for shipping leaf material to that country. Thank you, ~Mare -- Mare Nazaire, Ph.D. Curator, Herbarium [RSA-POM] California Botanic Garden Assistant Professor, Claremont Graduate University 1500 N College Ave Claremont, CA 91711 909.625.8767 ext. 268 _______________________________________________ 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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