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Hello everyone, My name is Lena Friedrich and I work at the Karl-Sudhoff-Institute in Leipzig, Germany. We are currently in the process of developing an exhibition/depot for a pharmacognosy collection, which includes a dry specimen of a whale penis (see picture 1). Sadly, no one at our institute is an expert on whales, which is why I would like to ask for your help in identifying what kind of whale the penis belonged to. We already sent a sample of the specimens tissue to a lab for DNA testing, but unfortunately this didn't yield any results. We also have some uncertainties regarding the mounting of the whale penis. Our plan is to have it hanging from some kind of fixture on the ceiling of the room (see picture 2), but we are not sure what would be the best way to go about this. If any of you have experience with this sort of mount we would love to hear some advice or recommendations on how to proceed. Thank you very much for your time! 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URL: From max.caspers at naturalis.nl Wed Jun 3 08:10:32 2026 From: max.caspers at naturalis.nl (Max Caspers) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 14:10:32 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: Storage Suggestions for Unprocessed Phasmatids In-Reply-To: <6A1947AC020000B3000E3346@gwia0.itz.uni-halle.de> References: <0a1d423c-64d7-4ab4-beb3-a86aa2d4177e@gmail.com> <6A1947AC020000B3000E3346@gwia0.itz.uni-halle.de> Message-ID: Hi colleagues, It partly depends on how you want them to be accessible. The ideal solution usually lies at the intersection of a) the optimal conditions for long-term preservation and b) how the storage method meets the intended and likely use. For example, if mounting them is not necessary for current alpha taxonomic work, or it is unlikely this collection will be used for that purpose in the coming decades, it might be better to avoid labor-intensive individual mounting (and associated mold risks). Similarly, storing them in alcohol introduces long-term challenges with regards to regular upkeep and health/safety with regards to use. I'd propose a third option, which is to keep them in modern envelopes. At Naturalis we did something similar with the papered butterfly collection and this turned out to be incredibly time and space efficient (doubling processing speed and using 7x less space). It includes semi-transparant glassine envelopes, databased specimens with new labels and stored numerically. Easily accessible for future (visiting) specialists. Mounting them and/or reorganising them taxonomically is always an option at a later stage "on demand", but this has not been necessary yet. I realise butterflies are flatter and easier to manage, but the specimens in this example look relatively flat too. Adapting this general concept to a storage system that mitigates the risk of specimens squashing eachother would be worth exploring. Kind regards, Max On Fri, 29 May 2026 at 10:01, Hans-Joachim H?ndel < Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de> wrote: > Hello Doug, > Dear colleagues > > I often do something similar with old, unmounted specimens. > > But a few years ago, I got into the habit of using window cleaning fluid > (colourless!) instead of water. > As well as water, window cleaners contain ethanol, ammonia and various > surfactants. > It works faster and better than water, and it doesn?t cause mould to form > either. > > All the best and good luck > 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 > > > > >>> Douglas Yanega schrieb am 28.05.2026 um 21:21: > > We deal with material like this with some frequency, and the standard > approach is to use a relaxing jar - typically a large glass chamber with > water at the bottom, with a few drops of phenol to discourage fungal > growth. The chamber is sealed with vacuum grease, and there is a platform > that keeps the specimens and the paper from contacting the fluid directly. > The idea is to have 100% humidity. It takes no more than one or two days in > the chamber to fully relax even 100-year old insects. Once relaxed, the > specimens are flexible enough to be handled and pinned, for a short time > span after coming out of the chamber - the latter is the only point at > which problems arise, if multiple specimens are processed at the same time, > then remove them one at a time for mounting, so nothing sits outside the > chamber for more than a few minutes before it is pinned. > > It is definitely not desirable to try to force dry specimens into ethanol > - this is not an effective method of rehydration. > > Peace, > > -- > Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum > Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 phone: 951-827-4315 > FaceBook: Doug Yanega (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) > https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html > "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness > is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Paleo folks use it to consolidate crumbly fossils, and I?ve done that for shells before. If you just want them for display, b-72 is not overly shiny/shellac-y, and more dilute mixes leave a matte finish on surfaces. -N - Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Callomon,Paul Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 1:04:04 PM To: NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces Folks, Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? taken from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, but not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry out Folks, Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? taken from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, but not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry out and crumble in air. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia prc44 at drexel.edu / Tel. 215-405-5096 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arountre at umich.edu Wed Jun 3 14:35:55 2026 From: arountre at umich.edu (Adam Rountrey) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 14:35:55 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Paul, That sounds like a difficult sample, and I suppose treatment will depend on what folks want to be able to do with it later. I don't have experience with vent chimney samples, but we have a mammoth tusk that was recovered from a deep sea environment (3000m), and it is covered in mineral deposits. We currently keep it under refrigeration in an argon microenvironment, and it has not been treated with any consolidants (yet). It has been in there for several years, and the tusk and minerals do not appear to be changing or deteriorating. Some marine archaeologists might have advice regarding salt removal to prevent crystal growth, but you could also have problems with pyrite and other sulfur containing minerals in the sample. Perhaps, the long-term storage target would be a dry, low oxygen microenvironment? -Adam Adam N. Rountrey, Ph.D. Research Museum Collection Manager and 3D Specialist University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology T: +1 734 936 1385 3D Online Repository (UMORF) 3D Data Preservation Book On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 1:17?PM Shoobs, Nate wrote: > Perhaps dunking in dilute paraloid b-72? > > Paleo folks use it to consolidate crumbly fossils, and I?ve done that for > shells before. > > If you just want them for display, b-72 is not overly shiny/shellac-y, and > more dilute mixes leave a matte finish on surfaces. > -N > > - > *Nathaniel F. Shoobs, *Curator of Mollusks > College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal > Biology, The Ohio State University > Museum of Biological Diversity > 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 > 614-688-1342 (Office) > mbd.osu.edu > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of > Callomon,Paul > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 3, 2026 1:04:04 PM > *To:* NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) < > nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces > > Folks, Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? > taken from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, > but not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry > out > > Folks, > > > > Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? taken > from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, but > not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry out > and crumble in air. > > > > *Paul Callomon* > *Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates* > ------------------------------ > > *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* > prc44 at drexel.edu / Tel. 215-405-5096 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 katharine.corneli at usu.edu Wed Jun 3 16:52:29 2026 From: katharine.corneli at usu.edu (Katy Corneli) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 20:52:29 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Paul, As Adam suggests, it depends a lot on what you want to do with it. It also depends on which minerals these things are made out of. Is it likely to contain soluble salts that will precipitate or cause spalling when it dries out? If so, keeping it immersed or at least at a particular RH% might be beneficial. It might be worth looking at what archaeological conservators do with wet, porous items. Treating it like water-logged bone or wood is one possibility but with some caveats. Unlike bone and wood, minerals don't have the same delicate cellular structure, like cellulose or collagen, that are particularly prone to shrinkage when drying. So slow drying and then consolidating if necessary, might work. If the water is holding the whole thing together you may want to replace it with a consolidant before drying but you can't go straight to Paraloid B72 since it is only soluble in things like toluene or acetone. You would need to "de-water" the item first, swapping the water for an appropriate solvent. Various descriptions of how this is done are available online or I can send you some references. But maybe something like PEG (polyethylene glycol) would be easier and more appropriate in this scenario since it is soluble in water. This is often done in conjunction with freeze drying. Again, quite a lot of research has been done on all this. All that said, any treatment may interfere with whatever scientific inquiries might be undertaken later. So, as is so often the case in this field, the short answer is: it depends. But what an interesting problem to solve. Please respond with additional information and I think we can come up with something. Best, [Utah State University] Katy Corneli Senior Collections Manager | Conservator USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum 155 East Main Price, UT 84501 Office: (435) 613-5765 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Adam Rountrey Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 12:35 PM To: Shoobs, Nate Cc: NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces Hi Paul, That sounds like a difficult sample, and I suppose treatment will depend on what folks want to be able to do with it later. I don't have experience with vent chimney samples, but we have a mammoth tusk that was recovered from a deep sea environment (3000m), and it is covered in mineral deposits. We currently keep it under refrigeration in an argon microenvironment, and it has not been treated with any consolidants (yet). It has been in there for several years, and the tusk and minerals do not appear to be changing or deteriorating. Some marine archaeologists might have advice regarding salt removal to prevent crystal growth, but you could also have problems with pyrite and other sulfur containing minerals in the sample. Perhaps, the long-term storage target would be a dry, low oxygen microenvironment? -Adam Adam N. Rountrey, Ph.D. Research Museum Collection Manager and 3D Specialist University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology T: +1 734 936 1385 3D Online Repository (UMORF) 3D Data Preservation Book On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 1:17?PM Shoobs, Nate > wrote: Perhaps dunking in dilute paraloid b-72? Paleo folks use it to consolidate crumbly fossils, and I?ve done that for shells before. If you just want them for display, b-72 is not overly shiny/shellac-y, and more dilute mixes leave a matte finish on surfaces. -N - Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l > on behalf of Callomon,Paul > Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 1:04:04 PM To: NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces Folks, Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? taken from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, but not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry out Folks, Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? taken from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, but not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry out and crumble in air. 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While there he joined a group interested in science experiments and helped launch the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later appointed an anatomy lecturer by the Barber-Surgeons' Company, and elected a Fellow in the College of Physicians in 1675. Croone conducted research on physiology, the circulation of blood, respiration, the density of air, and the freezing of water, but it was his interest in embryology that led him to accidentally discover fluid preservation. In this same spirit of scientific curiosity and inquiry, you are invited to celebrate 04 June every year with a glass of your favorite beverage, make a toast to preserve good friendships, reflect on how many important developments in science have come about when someone was trying to solve some other problem. Cheers, Dr. William Croone! John E. Simmons US Fulbright Senior Scholar Writer and Museum Consultant, Museologica *and* Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitolog?a, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de Thu Jun 4 00:24:10 2026 From: Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Hans-Joachim=20H=C3=A4ndel?=) Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:24:10 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Old Croone Day In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6A20FDEA020000B3000E361D@gwia0.itz.uni-halle.de> Dear John, Dear friends and colleagues, I too wishes you all a happy Old Croone Day.. May your work bring you joy, success and inspiration ? and the right balance of tradition and innovation. Cheers to you and to William Croone! 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 >>> John E Simmons schrieb am 04.06.2026 um 04:58: Old Croone Day, 04 June Once again it is Old Croone Day, an international holiday that celebrates the anniversary of a significant event in the history of natural history collections? the first recorded mention of the preservation of scientific specimens in alcohol. It was on 04 June 1662 that Dr. William Croone showed ?two embryos of puppy-dogs, which he had kept eight days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed hermetically? before the Royal Society of London. Croone (1633-1684) graduated from from Emmanuel College (Cambridge) in 1650 and was appointed Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College in London in 1659. While there he joined a group interested in science experiments and helped launch the Royal Society of London in 1662. Croone was later appointed an anatomy lecturer by the Barber-Surgeons' Company, and elected a Fellow in the College of Physicians in 1675. Croone conducted research on physiology, the circulation of blood, respiration, the density of air, and the freezing of water, but it was his interest in embryology that led him to accidentally discover fluid preservation. In this same spirit of scientific curiosity and inquiry, you are invited to celebrate 04 June every year with a glass of your favorite beverage, make a toast to preserve good friendships, reflect on how many important developments in science have come about when someone was trying to solve some other problem. Cheers, Dr. William Croone! John E. Simmons US Fulbright Senior Scholar Writer and Museum Consultant, Museologica and Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitolog?a, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima _______________________________________________ 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... 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You?ll come away knowing how to: - Write an AI policy to protect your institution - Secure your data as it enters AI workflows - Vet your vendors? AI policies (or lack of them!) - Adopt a human-in-the-loop approach - Build a culture of responsible AI use Alex Kron Community Manager alex.kron at terentia.io www.terentia.io Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed on the latest updates, insights, and innovations from Terentia. The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Join instructor John Simmons author of Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies for the 4 week long course Policies for Managing Collections. In this course we will critically examine the purposes and functions of collections management policies, including how collections are defined, acquired, managed, used, maintained, and deaccessioned. Learn how to write collections management policies for your own institution and how to evaluate the effectiveness of your policies. Participants can purchase the Third Edition of the book at a discount. For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/policies-for-managing-collections Brad Bredehoft Museum Study -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alisonhh at umich.edu Thu Jun 4 11:45:07 2026 From: alisonhh at umich.edu (Alison H. Harrington) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 11:45:07 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advocate for the future of the US National Fungus Collections Message-ID: Hi NHColl, As you may have heard, the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Maryland is slated for reorganization and dispersal across other USDA hubs across the country. Although this sparse-on-details plan brings up many legitimate concerns, the fungal collections community want to highlight that the US National Fungus Collections , one of the largest natural history collections of fungi in the world and the mycology/plant pathology equivalent of a collection in the Smithsonian Institution, is managed by the USDA and is housed in BARC. The USDA reorganization plan does not contain any specific information about the fate of these critical collections, which are already suffering from limited federal funding, leading to fears that this resource of over a million specimens will fall into neglect and disrepair following loss of staff and a wildly underfunded and poorly planned move to a yet-undisclosed location. In September 2025, the Natural Science Collections Alliance released a statement expressing concern about the potential impact the proposed BARC relocation would have on the collections housed there, and offered expertise to inform planning related to the future of the collections. However, no further details have emerged. The Mycological Society of America recently released a statement of support for the US National Fungus Collections, which emphasized the importance of the collections to the agricultural security of the United States and requested additional support for the collections. Yet, we still have no information about what might happen to these collections or the associated staff, and it is unclear if the collections have been subject to any consideration in the USDA reorganization. Please consider reaching out to your representatives to express your concern for the fate of this collection and demand transparency in planning for its future: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member. Please sign and share this petition that briefly outlines the concerns about the impact of the reorganization and requests transparency and support for the collections: https://www.change.org/p/preserve-and-support-the-u-s-national-fungus-collections . Thanks for your consideration, Alison, on behalf of the Mycological Society of America ad hoc Committee on Fungal Collections -- *Alison H. Harrington, PhD* *Research Collections Manager | Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes* University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) | Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive #1042 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at UM (CZEUM) | czeum.herb.lsa.umich.edu alisonhh at umich.edu | 734.936.8028 *Donate here to support the fungal collections !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Thu Jun 4 12:20:34 2026 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 16:20:34 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advocate for the future of the US National Fungus Collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Alison You may be interested in some of the sustainability and community collaboration discussions that are going on at the iDigBio Digital Data conference currently. There is much discussion of community sustainability and curial infrastructure and how we are stronger as a community than individually. Rather than having isolated discussions about how we can sustain individual projects, institutions, etc. we should be thinking about unifying efforts around funding what we consider to be critical infrastructure in support of biological research. Presentations are being recorded and will be made available. 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 Alison H. Harrington Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 10:46?AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Advocate for the future of the US National Fungus Collections Hi NHColl, As you may have heard, the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Maryland is slated for reorganization and dispersal across other USDA hubs across the country. Although this sparse-on-details plan brings up many legitimate concerns, the fungal collections community want to highlight that the US National Fungus Collections, one of the largest natural history collections of fungi in the world and the mycology/plant pathology equivalent of a collection in the Smithsonian Institution, is managed by the USDA and is housed in BARC. The USDA reorganization plan does not contain any specific information about the fate of these critical collections, which are already suffering from limited federal funding, leading to fears that this resource of over a million specimens will fall into neglect and disrepair following loss of staff and a wildly underfunded and poorly planned move to a yet-undisclosed location. In September 2025, the Natural Science Collections Alliance released a statement expressing concern about the potential impact the proposed BARC relocation would have on the collections housed there, and offered expertise to inform planning related to the future of the collections. However, no further details have emerged. The Mycological Society of America recently released a statement of support for the US National Fungus Collections, which emphasized the importance of the collections to the agricultural security of the United States and requested additional support for the collections. Yet, we still have no information about what might happen to these collections or the associated staff, and it is unclear if the collections have been subject to any consideration in the USDA reorganization. Please consider reaching out to your representatives to express your concern for the fate of this collection and demand transparency in planning for its future: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member. Please sign and share this petition that briefly outlines the concerns about the impact of the reorganization and requests transparency and support for the collections: https://www.change.org/p/preserve-and-support-the-u-s-national-fungus-collections. Thanks for your consideration, Alison, on behalf of the Mycological Society of America ad hoc Committee on Fungal Collections -- Alison H. Harrington, PhD Research Collections Manager | Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) | Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive #1042 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at UM (CZEUM) | czeum.herb.lsa.umich.edu alisonhh at umich.edu | 734.936.8028 Donate here to support the fungal collections! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simmons.johne at gmail.com Thu Jun 4 15:01:32 2026 From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:01:32 -0400 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Chimney pieces In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Paul, Is the sample moist or dry? Several years ago I saw a geothermal chimney that did dry out and crumble. You might want to consider keeping it as a wet specimen, either in mineral oil as described by Chamberlin in 1925), in glycerin that is treated with an antifungal such as thymol or camphor, or in a glycerin and water solution with thymol or camphor. I don't know if any of the wet storage options would affect the scientific value of the specimen--I suppose it would depend on the mineral and salt composition. Chamberlin, J. C. 1925. Heavy mineral oil as a permanent non-volatile preservative for valuable biological material. Science 61(1590):634-635. Please do let us know what option you chose--this is a very interesting problem. --John John E. Simmons US Fulbright Senior Scholar Writer and Museum Consultant, Museologica *and* Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitolog?a, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 1:04?PM Callomon,Paul wrote: > Folks, > > > > Does anyone have experience with preserving pieces of ?chimneys? taken > from geothermal vents in the deep sea? These are mineral accretions, but > not fully lithified. I?m assuming they contain water and will thus dry out > and crumble in air. > > > > *Paul Callomon* > *Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates* > ------------------------------ > > *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* > prc44 at drexel.edu / Tel. 215-405-5096 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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Le Mus?e royal de l'Ontario est un organisme du gouvernement de l'Ontario.Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et des Anishinabes, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. On now at ROM, BEES: A Story of Survival. Book tickets at rom.on.ca. ________________________________ ? l'affiche : LES ABEILLES : Une histoire de survie. Billets en vente sur rom.on.ca/fr. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Mon Jun 8 00:40:55 2026 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 06:40:55 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Digital Density Meter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <504fa414-707e-4819-8909-4ae23db09a11@leibniz-lib.de> Hi Katherine, many are using the handheld alcohol density meters of Anton Paar: https://www.anton-paar.com/corp-en/products/details/snap/ Anton Paar has a worldwide distribution network and sells in Africa, Australasia, Europe North- and South America. Less expensive and perhaps more convenient are small traditional manual density meters that fit into jars. few years back, Gassner Glastechnik manufactured small calibrated (60/70/80 % EtOH) 5cm alcohol metres which allow direct measuring inside jars. The advantage is that they are small and have no electronic or mechanical parts that need maintenance or could fail, they also do not need calibration, and are easy to apply. Even though manual alcohol metres are less accurate and cannot show the alcohol concentration with two decimal places, they are accurate for fluid preserved collections. Also, alcohol metres have no tubing that need to be cleaned/rinsed after measuring (oils, fats, denaturing agents). Hope this helps Dirk Am 05.06.2026 um 22:42 schrieb Katherine Dunnell: Hello Everyone! Can anyone recommend a digital density meter they like using for wet collection top ups? Would love to hear what others are using within these collections. best Katherine [https://projects.rom.on.ca/graphics/new_rom_logo.png] Katherine Dunnell (she/her) Manager, Collections Care - Natural History 100 Queen's Park Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 416 586 5816 Royal Ontario Museum is an agency of the Government of Ontario.ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on what has been the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,and the Anishinabek Nation, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. Le Mus?e royal de l'Ontario est un organisme du gouvernement de l'Ontario.Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et des Anishinabes, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. On now at ROM, BEES: A Story of Survival. Book tickets at rom.on.ca. ________________________________ ? l'affiche : LES ABEILLES : Une histoire de survie. Billets en vente sur rom.on.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. -- **** 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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Shoobs, Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dirk Neumann Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 12:40:55 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Digital Density Meter Hi Katherine, many are using the handheld alcohol density meters of Anton Paar: https:?//www.?anton-paar.?com/corp-en/products/details/snap/ Anton Paar has a worldwide distribution network and sells in Africa, Australasia, Europe North- and South Hi Katherine, many are using the handheld alcohol density meters of Anton Paar: https://www.anton-paar.com/corp-en/products/details/snap/ Anton Paar has a worldwide distribution network and sells in Africa, Australasia, Europe North- and South America. Less expensive and perhaps more convenient are small traditional manual density meters that fit into jars. few years back, Gassner Glastechnik manufactured small calibrated (60/70/80 % EtOH) 5cm alcohol metres which allow direct measuring inside jars. The advantage is that they are small and have no electronic or mechanical parts that need maintenance or could fail, they also do not need calibration, and are easy to apply. Even though manual alcohol metres are less accurate and cannot show the alcohol concentration with two decimal places, they are accurate for fluid preserved collections. Also, alcohol metres have no tubing that need to be cleaned/rinsed after measuring (oils, fats, denaturing agents). Hope this helps Dirk Am 05.06.2026 um 22:42 schrieb Katherine Dunnell: Hello Everyone! Can anyone recommend a digital density meter they like using for wet collection top ups? Would love to hear what others are using within these collections. best Katherine [https://projects.rom.on.ca/graphics/new_rom_logo.png] Katherine Dunnell (she/her) Manager, Collections Care - Natural History 100 Queen's Park Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 416 586 5816 Royal Ontario Museum is an agency of the Government of Ontario.ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on what has been the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,and the Anishinabek Nation, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. Le Mus?e royal de l'Ontario est un organisme du gouvernement de l'Ontario.Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et des Anishinabes, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. On now at ROM, BEES: A Story of Survival. Book tickets at rom.on.ca. ________________________________ ? l'affiche : LES ABEILLES : Une histoire de survie. Billets en vente sur rom.on.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. -- **** 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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For use in managing fluid-preserved collections, there are three basic types of devices that are commonly used?each uses a different technology and different amount of fluid to determine alcohol concentration (there are other ways to measure density that are not practical for use in collection management). A refractometer measures the refraction angle of the light going through a few drops of liquid and correlates it to a refractive index. Refractometers do not work with alcohol that has glycerin added to it. A hydrometer measures specific gravity, the old Archimedes principle of buoyancy in which a solid body displaces its own weight within the liquid in which it floats, and requires enough fluid and a large enough container to float freely. A digital density meter requires 2-3 ml of liquid which is electronically stimulated so that the frequency of oscillations of the molecules can be measured. For a large, heavily used collection, a digital density meter is most efficient. If budget is an issue and the alcohol does not have glycerin in it, a refractometer is the least expensive option. Hydrometers are limited by the amount of fluid being tested?small hydrometers are available but smaller instrument have smaller the scales that are more difficult to read and are less precise. John E. Simmons US Fulbright Senior Scholar Writer and Museum Consultant, Museologica *and* Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitolog?a, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 12:41?AM Dirk Neumann wrote: > Hi Katherine, > > many are using the handheld alcohol density meters of Anton Paar: > https://www.anton-paar.com/corp-en/products/details/snap/ > > Anton Paar has a worldwide distribution network and sells in Africa, > Australasia, Europe North- and South America. > > Less expensive and perhaps more convenient are small traditional manual > density meters that fit into jars. few years back, Gassner Glastechnik > manufactured small calibrated (60/70/80 % EtOH) 5cm alcohol metres which > allow direct measuring inside jars. > > The advantage is that they are small and have no electronic or mechanical > parts that need maintenance or could fail, they also do not need > calibration, and are easy to apply. Even though manual alcohol metres are > less accurate and cannot show the alcohol concentration with two decimal > places, they are accurate for fluid preserved collections. > > Also, alcohol metres have no tubing that need to be cleaned/rinsed after > measuring (oils, fats, denaturing agents). > > Hope this helps > Dirk > > > Am 05.06.2026 um 22:42 schrieb Katherine Dunnell: > > Hello Everyone! > > Can anyone recommend a *digital density meter* they like using for wet > collection top ups? > Would love to hear what others are using within these collections. > best > Katherine > > *Katherine Dunnell (she/her)* > Manager, Collections Care - Natural History > > 100 Queen's Park > Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 > 416 586 5816 > > > > Royal Ontario Museum is an agency of the Government of Ontario.ROM > acknowledges that this museum sits on what has been the ancestral lands of > the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,and the Anishinabek Nation, > including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time > immemorial to today. > > Le Mus?e royal de l'Ontario est un organisme du gouvernement de > l'Ontario.Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres > ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et des > Anishinabes, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et > qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. > > > > On now at ROM, BEES: A Story of Survival > . Book > tickets at rom.on.ca . > ------------------------------ > > ? l'affiche : LES ABEILLES : Une histoire de survie > . > Billets en vente sur rom.on.ca/fr . > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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Modern density meters have measurement cells which apply the viscosity correction of the sample, thereby avoiding the systematic errors of the early instruments. Reference: Furtado et al. 2009. Measurement of Density Using Oscillation-type Density Meters: Calibration, Traceability and Uncertainties. 14?me Congr?s International de M?trologie, Paris, France. Andries J. van Dam -- Director Alcomon Company https://alcomon.com/ Conservator (1983-2024) - Anatomical Museum Leiden University Medical Centre Directory Board member ICOM-CC (2008-2014) Coordinator ICOM-CC Natural History Collections Working Group (2002-2008) Van: Nhcoll-l namens John E Simmons Datum: maandag 8 juni 2026 om 17:59 Aan: Dirk Neumann CC: Onderwerp: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Digital Density Meter I have noticed that there seems to be a bit of confusion about how the concentration of alcohol can be measured when managing a fluid-preserved collection (e.g., a device with no electronic or mechanical parts does not work the same way as a digital density meter). Which one you decide to use will depend on several factors, including cost, the amount of fluid required, ease of use, and what fluids you are measuring. For use in managing fluid-preserved collections, there are three basic types of devices that are commonly used?each uses a different technology and different amount of fluid to determine alcohol concentration (there are other ways to measure density that are not practical for use in collection management). A refractometer measures the refraction angle of the light going through a few drops of liquid and correlates it to a refractive index. Refractometers do not work with alcohol that has glycerin added to it. A hydrometer measures specific gravity, the old Archimedes principle of buoyancy in which a solid body displaces its own weight within the liquid in which it floats, and requires enough fluid and a large enough container to float freely. A digital density meter requires 2-3 ml of liquid which is electronically stimulated so that the frequency of oscillations of the molecules can be measured. For a large, heavily used collection, a digital density meter is most efficient. If budget is an issue and the alcohol does not have glycerin in it, a refractometer is the least expensive option. Hydrometers are limited by the amount of fluid being tested?small hydrometers are available but smaller instrument have smaller the scales that are more difficult to read and are less precise. John E. Simmons US Fulbright Senior Scholar Writer and Museum Consultant, Museologica and Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitolog?a, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 12:41?AM Dirk Neumann wrote: Hi Katherine, many are using the handheld alcohol density meters of Anton Paar: https://www.anton-paar.com/corp-en/products/details/snap/ Anton Paar has a worldwide distribution network and sells in Africa, Australasia, Europe North- and South America. Less expensive and perhaps more convenient are small traditional manual density meters that fit into jars. few years back, Gassner Glastechnik manufactured small calibrated (60/70/80 % EtOH) 5cm alcohol metres which allow direct measuring inside jars. The advantage is that they are small and have no electronic or mechanical parts that need maintenance or could fail, they also do not need calibration, and are easy to apply. Even though manual alcohol metres are less accurate and cannot show the alcohol concentration with two decimal places, they are accurate for fluid preserved collections. Also, alcohol metres have no tubing that need to be cleaned/rinsed after measuring (oils, fats, denaturing agents). Hope this helps Dirk Am 05.06.2026 um 22:42 schrieb Katherine Dunnell: Hello Everyone! Can anyone recommend a digital density meter they like using for wet collection top ups? Would love to hear what others are using within these collections. best Katherine Katherine Dunnell (she/her) Manager, Collections Care - Natural History 100 Queen's Park Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 416 586 5816 Royal Ontario Museum is an agency of the Government of Ontario.ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on what has been the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,and the Anishinabek Nation, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. Le Mus?e royal de l'Ontario est un organisme du gouvernement de l'Ontario.Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et des Anishinabes, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps. On now at ROM, BEES: A Story of Survival. Book tickets at rom.on.ca. ? l'affiche : LES ABEILLES : Une histoire de survie. 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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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MorphoSource serves as a major repository for museum-based 3D data, hosting models and image datasets from numerous institutions. https://sketchfab.com https://www.morphosource.org If you haven't already, I would also recommend contacting the imaging team at the Natural History Museum, London to see if they might have other scans not currently available online of European species of interest. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/services/facilities/imaging-analysis. You can find some examples of their published 3D models on Sketchfab here: https://sketchfab.com/NHM_Imaging Best regards, Zach -- Zachary S. Randall Manager, Digital Imaging Division Florida Museum of Natural History 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 (352) 273-1958 | zrandall at flmnh.ufl.edu Digital Imaging Division Site Florida Museum 3D models on Sketchfab ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Joosep Sarapuu - ELM Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 8:39 AM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 3D models of European organisms [External Email] Dear all, I am reaching out to inquire information about 3D models of European wildlife (frogs, snakes, fishes, snails, plant parts, rhizoma, mushrooms, insect eggs/larvae etc). We are currently working on a new exposition in museum that involves creating high-quality animal models and are looking for accurate 3D assets to assist in the process. Specifically, we are interested in two things: 1. Existing 3D Models: Does any institution or museum have existing 3D models of European organisms? 2. 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Many thanks, Kalina Kalina Jakymec iDigBio Workforce Development Manager Florida State University digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Kalina Jakymec Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 2:56 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Digitization Academy | Digital Imaging for Biodiversity Collections | free, online course Hello all, Friendly reminder that applications close June 12 for Digital Imaging for Biodiversity Collections, a free online course from the Digitization Academy taking place July 13?16, 2026. This course is focused on capturing, processing, and managing high-quality digital images of biodiversity specimens. It is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collections management professionals, or curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types. 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A gentle reminder, as we approach Juneteenth, a time of reflection, celebration, and collective care, BlackInNHMs and friends invite you to pause, reconnect, and join us for two opportunities to connect with nature, community, and one another during the week of June 14?20, 2026. ? 2026 BlackBioBlitz (June 14?20) The #BlackBioBlitz is a collaborative community science event that encourages participants to spend time outdoors, observe the living world around them, and contribute observations through iNaturalist. This year's BioBlitz is being hosted by Black In Natural History Museums in collaboration with Black Birders, Black Botanists, and H.O.N.E. (Honoring Our Natural Experiences), a community resource group for BIPOC staff and allies at the American Museum of Natural History. Whether you join a guided event, participate with family and friends, or simply document nature in your own neighborhood, all are welcome. Project Page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blackbioblitz-2026 ?? BlackInNHMs Community Conversation June 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM EST Join us for a conversation with leaders from H.O.N.E. as they share the story of the group's formation, their journey so far, lessons learned in building community, and their vision moving forward. Community Conversations are a space for learning, reflection, and dialogue among people working in and adjacent to natural history museums. We welcome BlackInNHMs members, collaborators, allies, students, and anyone interested in fostering more inclusive and supportive communities within our field. Registration: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/y3TrY-idQZytC83PS1NCwA Both events are rooted in the belief that connection matters?connection to nature, connection to community, and connection to ourselves. We hope you'll join us for one or both. Regards, Dr. Adania Flemming Pronouns: She/her/hers University of Florida Graduate Department of Biology Florida Museum of Natural History Email: aflemming at ufl.edu [cid:98bb2fe7-9220-4843-b013-502da986179c] ________________________________ From: Flemming,Adania Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 12:05 PM To: NHCOLL-new Cc: Adania Flemming Subject: Join Us During Juneteenth Week: BlackBioBlitz & Community Conversation Hello everyone, As we approach Juneteenth, a time of reflection, celebration, and collective care, BlackInNHMs invites you to pause, reconnect, and join us for two opportunities to connect with nature, community, and one another during the week of June 14?20, 2026. ? 2026 BlackBioBlitz (June 14?20) The #BlackBioBlitz is a collaborative community science event that encourages participants to spend time outdoors, observe the living world around them, and contribute observations through iNaturalist. This year's BioBlitz is being hosted by Black In Natural History Museums in collaboration with Black Birders, Black Botanists, and H.O.N.E. (Honoring Our Natural Experiences), a community resource group for BIPOC staff and allies at the American Museum of Natural History. Whether you join a guided event, participate with family and friends, or simply document nature in your own neighborhood, all are welcome. Project Page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blackbioblitz-2026 ?? BlackInNHMs Community Conversation June 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM EST Join us for a conversation with leaders from H.O.N.E. as they share the story of the group's formation, their journey so far, lessons learned in building community, and their vision moving forward. Community Conversations are a space for learning, reflection, and dialogue among people working in and adjacent to natural history museums. 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There is a lot information on Australian Carpet Beetles online, but none on heat treatment. Thanks in advance Dirk -- **** 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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Name: Justin kabbani Celibe vs Cillibus.png Type: image/png Size: 2323534 bytes Desc: not available URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Mon Jun 15 01:47:22 2026 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:47:22 +0200 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Dermestid treatment (Australian Carpet beetle - Anthrenocerus australis) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60bcf0b3-21b9-4151-a180-de81bf92492d@leibniz-lib.de> Hi all, thanks a lot to all that responded (offline). Searching in parallel, I came across this very interesting publication: Buggy Biz - Integrated Pest Management in Collections, which seems to be a extremely valuable resource: https://lib.hku.hk/hkpages/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/buggy-biz.pdf Carpet beetles (among other critters) are covered in annex with short fact sheets, including biology, live cycle temperature optimum and proposed treatment. The optimum for carpet beetle seems to be 15-35?C, proposed control is H, Fr, PH3, CO2 and N2; H and FR being Heat and Freezing, PH3 Phosphine (which we would like to avoid for obvious reasons). In annex 6 (selection of most appropriate control methods) it says: "Heat is also the most efficient method for biters (type 2). Most biters are less tolerant of cold than borers. Toxic fumigation is effective and fairly fast but because treatment must be carried out in a fumigation chamber, in practice, freezing is faster and more efficient. Low oxygen or high carbon dioxide concentrations provide good results but these methods are more time consuming. Following the experience of the grain pests, in this case low oxygen is probably somewhat more effective than carbon dioxide. Consequently the order of efficiency for biters (type 2) is as follows: heat - freezing - phosphine - low oxygen ? carbon dioxide." It seems some have tried freezing, but there are no experiences with heat. Thanks a lot for your feedback so far - more input is most welcome, especially on potential detrimental effects of heat treatment (42-52?C) on hides and skins and potential damage caused by fats. With best wishes Dirk Am 14.06.2026 um 22:26 schrieb Dirk Neumann: Hi all, are there any sources on heat treatment of Australian Carpet beetles? Is there any information which heat is lethal for the larvae (and adults)? We discovered some in one or our (already) heavily contaminated hide and skin room (arsenic, DDT, lindane) - and they do not seem to care too much about them. We should treat all materials in the room (which is too much to be moved to our nitrogen facility for treatment), thus we are considering in-situ thermal treatment. However, there are issues with the not semi-tanned skins and remaining fats, if the temperatures of the heat treatment are above 50?C. Any thoughts? There is a lot information on Australian Carpet Beetles online, but none on heat treatment. Thanks in advance Dirk -- **** 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. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. 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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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The fake reports were filled with references that should have made any alarm bells that the chat bots may have, ring out loud, but both Bing, Gemini, and ChatGPT swallowed the reports and began referring to the disease as real. They simply still have not developed any sort of evaluation of their sources. Cheers Tom Schi?tte Senior Collections Manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology) Universitetsparken 15 DK 2100 Copenhagen OE +45 35 32 10 48 TSchioette at snm.ku.dk From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Vratislav Bejsak Sent: 15. juni 2026 05:13 To: nhcoll-l Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Comparing genera by AI Du f?r ikke ofte mails fra bejsak at email.com. F? mere at vide om, hvorfor dette er vigtigt Hi I have try ask different AI websites just to ask simple question: What is diference between genera Celibe and Cillibus and I have received confusing answer about spelling etc. When I asked: What is difference between ColeopteraTenebrionidae genera Celibe and Cillibus I get nice picture/table but still useless - table enclosed. Can you advice what I am doing wrong? Keep care and be of good cheer Regards Vratislav Ricardo Eug?ne Maria John-Baptist Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld retired entomologist Sydney Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aflemming at ufl.edu Mon Jun 15 10:24:52 2026 From: aflemming at ufl.edu (Flemming,Adania) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:24:52 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] 11am EST Today | BlackBioBlitz all week In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello everyone, Happy Monday. A gentle reminder, as we approach Juneteenth, a time of reflection, celebration, and collective care, BlackInNHMs and friends invite you to pause, reconnect, and join us for two opportunities to connect with nature, community, and one another during the week of June 14?20, 2026. ?? BlackInNHMs Community Conversation June 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM EST (TODAY) Join us for a conversation with leaders from H.O.N.E. as they share the story of the group's formation, their journey so far, lessons learned in building community, and their vision moving forward. Community Conversations are a space for learning, reflection, and dialogue among people working in and adjacent to natural history museums. We welcome BlackInNHMs members, collaborators, allies, students, and anyone interested in fostering more inclusive and supportive communities within our field. Registration: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/y3TrY-idQZytC83PS1NCwA Both events are rooted in the belief that connection matters?connection to nature, connection to community, and connection to ourselves. We hope you'll join us for one or both. ? 2026 BlackBioBlitz (June 14?20) ALL WEEK LONG The #BlackBioBlitz is a collaborative community science event that encourages participants to spend time outdoors, observe the living world around them, and contribute observations through iNaturalist. This year's BioBlitz is being hosted by Black In Natural History Museums in collaboration with Black Birders, Black Botanists, and H.O.N.E. (Honoring Our Natural Experiences), a community resource group for BIPOC staff and allies at the American Museum of Natural History. Whether you join a guided event, participate with family and friends, or simply document nature in your own neighborhood, all are welcome. Project Page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blackbioblitz-2026 Regards, Dr. Adania Flemming Pronouns: She/her/hers University of Florida Graduate Department of Biology Florida Museum of Natural History Email: aflemming at ufl.edu [cid:3a8c9a19-bd92-4bde-9bce-24a70b1a227b] ________________________________ From: Flemming,Adania Sent: Friday, June 12, 2026 11:43 AM To: NHCOLL-new Cc: Adania Flemming Subject: BlackBioBlitz starts on Sunday | Community Conversation on Monday Hello everyone, Happy Friday. A gentle reminder, as we approach Juneteenth, a time of reflection, celebration, and collective care, BlackInNHMs and friends invite you to pause, reconnect, and join us for two opportunities to connect with nature, community, and one another during the week of June 14?20, 2026. ? 2026 BlackBioBlitz (June 14?20) The #BlackBioBlitz is a collaborative community science event that encourages participants to spend time outdoors, observe the living world around them, and contribute observations through iNaturalist. This year's BioBlitz is being hosted by Black In Natural History Museums in collaboration with Black Birders, Black Botanists, and H.O.N.E. (Honoring Our Natural Experiences), a community resource group for BIPOC staff and allies at the American Museum of Natural History. Whether you join a guided event, participate with family and friends, or simply document nature in your own neighborhood, all are welcome. Project Page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blackbioblitz-2026 ?? BlackInNHMs Community Conversation June 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM EST Join us for a conversation with leaders from H.O.N.E. as they share the story of the group's formation, their journey so far, lessons learned in building community, and their vision moving forward. Community Conversations are a space for learning, reflection, and dialogue among people working in and adjacent to natural history museums. We welcome BlackInNHMs members, collaborators, allies, students, and anyone interested in fostering more inclusive and supportive communities within our field. Registration: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/y3TrY-idQZytC83PS1NCwA Both events are rooted in the belief that connection matters?connection to nature, connection to community, and connection to ourselves. We hope you'll join us for one or both. Regards, Dr. Adania Flemming Pronouns: She/her/hers University of Florida Graduate Department of Biology Florida Museum of Natural History Email: aflemming at ufl.edu [cid:2827ed80-9260-4e3d-b547-8f7111b3c9de] ________________________________ From: Flemming,Adania Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 12:05 PM To: NHCOLL-new Cc: Adania Flemming Subject: Join Us During Juneteenth Week: BlackBioBlitz & Community Conversation Hello everyone, As we approach Juneteenth, a time of reflection, celebration, and collective care, BlackInNHMs invites you to pause, reconnect, and join us for two opportunities to connect with nature, community, and one another during the week of June 14?20, 2026. ? 2026 BlackBioBlitz (June 14?20) The #BlackBioBlitz is a collaborative community science event that encourages participants to spend time outdoors, observe the living world around them, and contribute observations through iNaturalist. This year's BioBlitz is being hosted by Black In Natural History Museums in collaboration with Black Birders, Black Botanists, and H.O.N.E. (Honoring Our Natural Experiences), a community resource group for BIPOC staff and allies at the American Museum of Natural History. Whether you join a guided event, participate with family and friends, or simply document nature in your own neighborhood, all are welcome. Project Page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blackbioblitz-2026 ?? BlackInNHMs Community Conversation June 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM EST Join us for a conversation with leaders from H.O.N.E. as they share the story of the group's formation, their journey so far, lessons learned in building community, and their vision moving forward. Community Conversations are a space for learning, reflection, and dialogue among people working in and adjacent to natural history museums. We welcome BlackInNHMs members, collaborators, allies, students, and anyone interested in fostering more inclusive and supportive communities within our field. Registration: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/y3TrY-idQZytC83PS1NCwA Both events are rooted in the belief that connection matters?connection to nature, connection to community, and connection to ourselves. We hope you'll join us for one or both. Regards, Dr. Adania Flemming Pronouns: She/her/hers University of Florida Graduate Department of Biology Florida Museum of Natural History Email: aflemming at ufl.edu [cid:4afa1714-fe68-42b0-aba2-623c8c7f8033] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-10usolqr.png Type: image/png Size: 230355 bytes Desc: Outlook-10usolqr.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The aim of this Digitization Academy course is to empower participants with the knowledge and skills to (1) explain what AI is, how it works, and how it might be relevant to a biodiversity collection, (2) identify current AI-powered tools and approaches available to biodiversity collections, and explain how each connects to the AI subfields and methods that power it, (3) investigate the capabilities of current AI models by interacting with models directly, and explain how these capabilities serve as building blocks for relevant tools and approaches, (4) evaluate AI-powered tools and approaches for fitness in biodiversity collections by applying such criteria as accuracy, cost, scalability, privacy, and integration complexity to a real or realistic scenario, (5) articulate an informed position on responsible use of AI in biodiversity collections, and (6) develop a strategy to navigate AI developments that impact biodiversity collections. This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collections management professionals, or curators. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types. Participants do not need to have prior knowledge of AI models or tools. The course will be delivered in English. Those from outside the U.S. may apply. More information about the course, including course objectives and a link to apply, is available at https://digitizationacademy.org/course/AI-in-biodiversity-collections. Applications close July 10, 2026. Please share this info with any colleagues who might be interested! Best, Kalina Kalina Jakymec iDigBio Workforce Development Manager Florida State University digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Showcasing the breadth of our field, SPNHC conference workshops span topics including the Nagoya Protocol, herbarium curation, ARK persistent identifiers, digital specimen workflows, conservation materials, wet collections care, biodiversity data mobilization, adhesives, global integrated pest management, and a full-day course on shipping biological materials, including IATA A180 training. Each workshop has minimum and maximum capacity limits, and several are offered in small-group or limited-capacity formats. We encourage you to register early to secure your preferred workshops. If you have not yet registered for the main conference, please register today to take advantage of early registration rates. You can add Workshops to your registration. If you have already completed your SPNHC 2026 conference registration, you can add workshops or other ticketed events through Oxford Abstracts using the same email address you originally used. 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URL: From rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu Tue Jun 16 13:57:11 2026 From: rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu (Rob Robins) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:57:11 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Position Posted: Assistant Curator of Ichthyology, Florida Museum, University of Florida Message-ID: Hello NHColl, The Florida Museum seeks a research ichthyologist, who loves and uses collections, to fulfill the role of Assistant Curator of Ichthyology for one of the largest fish collections in North America. https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/540266/assistant-curator-of-ichthyology Assistant Curator of Ichthyology The Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida (UF) seeks qualified applicants for a 12-month tenure-track Assistant Curator of Ichthyology. This position will be filled at the Assistant faculty level in the Florida Museum's Department of Natural History. The UF fish collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History is one of the largest collections of its kind worldwide, with around 2.5 million specimens. In specimen records, it is the second largest fish collection in the United States. Strengths include elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays), western Atlantic reef fishes, western and eastern Atlantic shelf and deep-water marine fishes, North American freshwater fishes, and freshwater fishes from SE Asia. The modernized collection is 97% georeferenced, has tissue samples and 2D and 3D images for thousands of species, and during 2022-2025 was moved to a state-of-the-art facility with an adjoining 900 sq ft collection laboratory and office suite. The collection is the first to implement a modern data and collections management system that tracks the movement and use of specimens in real-time (https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/). The Florida Museum supports a diverse research community studying vertebrates in neontological, paleontological, and anthropological contexts. In addition to collections at the Florida Museum, research is facilitated by UF resources in genetics and genomics, 3D-imaging, research field stations and marine labs. Candidate Qualifications We seek to hire an innovative ichthyologist whose research and teaching are collections-based. We invite candidates who address questions in the broad field of ichthyology and who will contribute to, and make use of, the Florida Museum's extensive and world-renowned fish collection. We anticipate that the successful candidate's research would bolster current strengths (e.g., evolutionary biology, systematics, biodiversity exploration, global change biology, biogeography, AI and bioinformatics) and grow others, through sustained mentorship and formal academic advising. An ideal candidate will contribute to the museum's goals of understanding, preserving, and interpreting biological and cultural diversity, and conduct research with opportunities for integrative collaborations with other faculty and divisions within the Florida Museum and across the 16 colleges of the University of Florida. Candidates using multidisciplinary approaches are highly encouraged to apply. Successful candidates should have a Ph.D. in Biology or a related field, conduct specimen-based research on fishes, and have evidence of excellence in research, as demonstrated through publication record, grant record, or potential to conduct grant-funded research. Preference will be given to applicants who would leverage the current fish collection and collaborate across disciplines within the museum. Starting salary range for this position is $90,000 to $105,000, negotiable based on experience. Assistant Curator is equivalent in rank to Assistant Professor and is a faculty appointment at the University of Florida. This is a 12-month and tenure-accruing position with the tenure home in the Florida Museum's Department of Natural History. About the Florida Museum The Florida Museum of Natural History is the official state museum of Florida. It is located on the campus of the University of Florida, which is ranked no. 7 among the nation's public research universities by U.S. News and World Report, and is the flagship of the state university system. The Florida Museum's mission includes stewardship of 40 million specimens and artifacts, award-winning exhibitions, diverse public programs, and emerging virtual and digital engagement. The research and collections programs of the Department of Natural History are world class and attract about $10 million annually in government and philanthropic support. The Florida Museum is a national and international leader in AI and biodiversity informatics, enhanced by its formative role in iDigBio, the national hub for digitization of natural history specimens. The Department of Natural History, a college-level unit within UF, is a vibrant community of about 300 employees, including 30 full-time faculty, ~80-100 graduate students, ~20 postdoctoral research associates, hundreds of undergraduates engaged in research, curation, and education, as well as administrative, collections and research support staff. The department has dedicated labs for digital imaging, molecular genetics and genomics, and preparing skeletal specimens. Natural History enjoys cross-campus collaborations with many of the 16 UF colleges, including those of potential relevance to this new faculty position: Agricultural and Life Sciences (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences), Education, Engineering, Libraries, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine. Other campus resources relevant to this position include the UF Genetics Institute, UF Biodiversity Institute, the Whitney Lab at Marineland, and the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station that is part of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), and the UF Tropical Aquaculture Lab (TAL). The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer. Best wishes, Rob Robins Robert H. Robins Collection Manager Division of Ichthyology Florida Museum Mail address: 1659 Museum Rd. Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 Office: (352) 273-1957 rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu Visiting the UF Fish Collection: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/visiting-special-collections-building/ Search the Collection: http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/ Search samples suitable for dna analysis: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/grr/holdings/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Watkins-Colwell Sr. Collection Manager, Herpetology and Ichthyology Division of Vertebrate Zoology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7789-9806 YALE PEABODY MUSEUM Main Office: 203-432-3791; West Campus: 203-737-7568; Fax 203-432-9277 Package shipping address: Greg Watkins-Colwell Division of Vertebrate Zoology YALE PEABODY MUSEUM 170-210 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 USA 203-432-3791 ****************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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For now, the best way to get a helpful, trustworthy answer to a question like yours is still to take the old-fashioned approach and delve into the scientific literature or consult a taxonomist. It?s not entirely clear from your message whether you are interested in learning the difference between *Celibe* and *Cillibus* or whether you know the difference and are testing the AI, but in case of the former, the resources at one or both of the following links should be able to tell you how to distinguish between those two genera: https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9931025 https://connectsci.au/books/edited-volume/875/chapter-abstract/2844189/TENEBRIONIDAE-Latreille-1802?redirectedFrom=fulltext Hope this helps! Kind regards, Kendrick *Kendrick Fowler*, *Entomology Lab Manager* Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program | hvfarmscape.org +1 (518) 672-7994 (office) | +1 (267) 377-7567 (cell) *Follow us** on Facebook or subscribe to our **Progress of the Seasons Journal for weekly **photoessays on **Columbia County's natural **wonders**.* On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 11:13?PM Vratislav Bejsak wrote: > > > Hi > > I have try ask different AI websites just to ask simple question: > What is diference between genera Celibe and Cillibus > and I have received confusing answer about spelling etc. > > When I asked: > What is difference between ColeopteraTenebrionidae genera Celibe and > Cillibus > I get nice picture/table but still useless - table enclosed. > > Can you advice what I am doing wrong? > Keep care and be of good cheer > Regards > > Vratislav Ricardo Eug?ne Maria John-Baptist > Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld > retired entomologist > Sydney Australia > _______________________________________________ > 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 T.Toepfer at leibniz-lib.de Fri Jun 19 04:43:17 2026 From: T.Toepfer at leibniz-lib.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?T=F6pfer_Till?=) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:43:17 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job opening: Curator of Ornithology, LIB Hamburg, Germany Message-ID: <2d7e291582af4a4294d3fdd315cb16d9@leibniz-lib.de> Dear colleagues, the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change seeks a Curator of Ornithology (full-time) at its Museum der Natur in Hamburg, Germany. Application deadline is 1st July 2026. Please see the job advertisement here: https://8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2026-18-Curator-Ornithology-(m_f_d) Best wishes Till T?pfer -- Dr Till T?pfer Head of Section Ornithology Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Museum Koenig Bonn Adenauerallee 127 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49-(0)228-9122-246 -- 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 H. Wappelhorst -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This year?s program features a diverse slate of hands?on, discussion?based, and skills?focused sessions held after the main conference on September 11?12 at the Iziko Museums of South Africa. *Newly added:* Registration is now available for *all ticketed events*, including field trips , workshops, and the Banquet . If you prefer to register for everything at once, you can now do so in a single transaction. Our pre?conference field trips on September 6?7 offer exclusive access to South Africa?s fossil sites, botanical treasures, marine science facilities, and iconic landscapes. The SPNHC 2026 Gala Dinner at Groot Constantia Wine Estate promises an elegant evening of local cuisine, award?winning wines, and networking in a historic setting. Learn more about this conference of a lifetime by visiting the SPNHC 2026 conference webpages. *Already registered and interested in adding ticketed events?* Whether you are registering for the first time or updating an existing registration, you can add ticketed events at any time. - *If you have not yet registered*, please register today to secure early registration rates. You will be able to add ticketed events during the process. - *If you have already registered*, you can add workshops or other ticketed items through Oxford Abstracts using the same email address you originally used. From your profile menu, select *My Registrations*, open your *SPNHC 2026* registration, and choose *Modify Registration* to reopen your form. Select any additional ticketed items, proceed through checkout to pay only for the new items, and you will receive an updated confirmation once the changes are complete. 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A few data points from the session stood out: - Out of 203 attendees polled, only 15% have a formal AI policy that's currently in use. - Of 178 respondents, 74 said their institutions are already using AI for staff productivity and administrative tasks, with OCR, marketing, and image recognition also common use cases. - 63% of respondents said a human always reviews AI output before it's used externally or stored in a system of record. The takeaway: many institutions are already using AI in practice, but formal governance hasn't caught up. The discussion covered what that gap means in practice ? documentation, staff support, review processes, and how institutional values get reflected in actual AI use, not just policy documents. 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Maya Penck Collection Manager, Ornithology (Mon/Tues/Thu/Fri) South Australian Museum North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 P: +61 (8) 8273 9151 maya.penck at samuseum.sa.gov.au [FB_icon_17x17] [Twitter_icon_17x21] [Insta_icon_17x17] The South Australian Museum acknowledges and celebrates people from all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations who have lived on these lands for tens of thousands of years, and stands together with them to help share knowledge, culture, understanding and respect -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eric.schultz at uconn.edu Fri Jun 26 10:34:39 2026 From: eric.schultz at uconn.edu (Schultz, Eric) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:34:39 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dealing with Bird flu specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have in fact been refusing salvage specimens. We are preparing skins from a backlog of salvage we saved from before bird flu pandemic began. Salvage in the freezer for the period when we were taking salvage but the bird flu was afoot is awaiting our decision to destroy or have tested at a Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab here. Preparers are wearing PPE of course. Eric Schultz Professor Emeritus Director of Vertebrate Collections, BRC Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Treasurer, Southern New England Chapter, American Fisheries Society From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Penck, Maya (SAM) Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 10:29 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dealing with Bird flu specimens *External sender: This message was not sent through the UConn email system. It might be safe, but use caution before interacting with links, attachments, or requests.* OFFICIAL Dear All, H5N1 has hit Australian shores for the first time with several confirmed cases in the last week, and so far has been restricted to seabirds. It is inevitable that it will spread now. I'd like to ask how others at museums have dealt with incoming specimens. Presumably you have not outright refused donated birds and mammals which may be infected? How have you dealt with processing animals, and with taking and storing tissues? Were the animals tested beforehand? Thanks in advance for any comments. Maya Penck Collection Manager, Ornithology (Mon/Tues/Thu/Fri) South Australian Museum North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 P: +61 (8) 8273 9151 maya.penck at samuseum.sa.gov.au The South Australian Museum acknowledges and celebrates people from all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations who have lived on these lands for tens of thousands of years, and stands together with them to help share knowledge, culture, understanding and respect -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu Fri Jun 26 11:46:32 2026 From: katrina.derieg at mso.umt.edu (Derieg, Katrina) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:46:32 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dealing with Bird flu specimens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There was only one confirmed case in livestock birds in Montana earlier this year, but my team has been picking up an unusual number of dead crows around town this month, mostly nestlings and juvenile birds. We're going to prepare them outside in full PPE and take good samples to send to our local veterinary diagnostics lab because it does seem suspicious. If your lab and protocols are set up to safely handle potentially infected animals, collections should be on the forefront of this kind of work. I see this as an opportunity to archive really valuable material for tracking the spread of avian flu. Partnering with local disease researchers will be key. I'm sure many of you know this paper, but it is a good reminder of our role in the field of zoonotic research: Thompson et al. (2021) Preserve a voucher specimen! The critical need for integrating natural history collections in infectious disease studies. MBio, 12(1), 10-1128. Stay safe out there! -Katrina KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) https://www.umt.edu/zoological-museum/ Shipping: Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 Office: Health Science 211 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana Search the UMZM collections on Arctos: Birds | Mammals | Eggs & Nests | Parasites ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Schultz, Eric Sent: Friday, June 26, 2026 8:34 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Dealing with Bird flu specimens We have in fact been refusing salvage specimens. We are preparing skins from a backlog of salvage we saved from before bird flu pandemic began. Salvage in the freezer for the period when we were taking salvage but the bird flu was afoot is awaiting our decision to destroy or have tested at a Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab here. Preparers are wearing PPE of course. Eric Schultz Professor Emeritus Director of Vertebrate Collections, BRC Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Treasurer, Southern New England Chapter, American Fisheries Society From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Penck, Maya (SAM) Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 10:29 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Dealing with Bird flu specimens *External sender: This message was not sent through the UConn email system. It might be safe, but use caution before interacting with links, attachments, or requests.* OFFICIAL Dear All, H5N1 has hit Australian shores for the first time with several confirmed cases in the last week, and so far has been restricted to seabirds. It is inevitable that it will spread now. I?d like to ask how others at museums have dealt with incoming specimens. Presumably you have not outright refused donated birds and mammals which may be infected? How have you dealt with processing animals, and with taking and storing tissues? Were the animals tested beforehand? Thanks in advance for any comments. 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Join pre-conference field trips ? that provide exclusive access to South Africa?s fossil sites, botanical treasures, marine science facilities, and iconic landscapes. ? Enjoy the early evening beauty of Groot Constantia Wine Estate during the SPNHC Gala Dinner . Recognizing that some institutions need additional lead time to register their staff, SPNHC has *extended the early registration rates until July 15* . Registration is now open for all ticketed events, including field trips, workshops, and the Gala dinner. If you prefer to register for everything at once, you can now do so in a single transaction. A virtual attendance option is also available for those unable to travel. Learn more about this conference of a lifetime by visiting the SPNHC 2026 conference webpages. *Already registered and interested in adding ticketed events?* Whether you are registering for the first time or updating an existing registration, you can add ticketed events at any time. If you have not yet registered, please register today to secure early registration rates. You will be able to add ticketed events during the process. If you have already registered, updating your selections is simple. Log into Oxford Abstracts using the same email address you originally used. >From your profile menu, select *My Registrations*, open your SPNHC 2026 registration, and choose *Modify Registration* to reopen your form. Select any additional ticketed items, proceed through checkout to pay only for the new items, and you will receive an updated confirmation once the changes are complete. We look forward to welcoming you to Cape Town, September 7?11, for sessions, workshops, field trips, collaboration, and professional exchange. Questions? Reach out to SPNHC.conference at gmail.com SPNHC 2026 Joint Organizing Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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More about the Department and its collections is available on our website (https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/vertebrate-zoology). You can apply at : https://www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000 For more questions ask: Search Committee Chair, Michael McGowen ( mcgowenm at si.edu) or the Department Chair, Helen James (jamesh at si.edu) with any questions. -- Carol L. Spencer, Ph.D. Staff Curator of Herpetology Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Secretary, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists atrox at berkeley.edu For Loans or Specimen verification/photo requests, please fill out this form For sending packages/specimens via FedEx, UPS, etc. use this: Carol Spencer 163 Weill Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: