[Nhcoll-l] Gathering info on in-house testing of printed labels for fluid collections!

[Trimble, Jennifer]

Gali,
Count me in. I have a few sets of labels which have been our "testers" in
different preservation fluids sitting on our shelves since 2016.
Best,
Jenn


*Jennifer Winifred Trimble*
Collection Manager | Curatorial Associate, Malacology
Museum of Comparative Zoology

26 Oxford Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

617-496-3118

jwtrimble at g.harvard.edu
<jwtrimble at oeb.harvard.edu>


On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 9:52 AM Gali Beiner <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We very recently held a long (over 50 postings!) discussion here in
> NHCOLL, headed "Desktop thermal printers?". In that thread, I mentioned the
> possibility of creating some sort of "digital space" for information on
> ongoing "informal" testing and follow-ups on labels in different places.
>
> *There is an opening for doing exactly this within the framework of the
> SPNHC wikipages*. Those of you who conduct such ongoing informal tests or
> have specific observations from "their" collections (Andy, Chris, Fowler,
> Hans-Joachim and anyone else out there, apologies if I failed to mention
> anyone) are very much invited to contact me. It will be good to list the
> duration of your procedures, which products exactly you put under
> observation, general conditions of your procedure, etc. I'll try to create
> a table for the purpose.
>
> Let's see how this goes! All this info that never gets published because
> it is "not exactly scientific" but still very interesting now has a chance
> to be seen!
>
> Gali
>
>
> --
> Gali Beiner (ACR)
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> National Natural History Collections
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