[Museum] Enc: Best Practices Survey for Natural History Collections

[Antonio Eduardo <antonioeduardom@yahoo.com.br>]

Assunto: [ANTHRO-L] Best Practices Survey for Natural History Collections

The Documentation Committee of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) requests your participation in a survey involving best practice topics pertinent to natural history museums (this includes anthropology collections!!). The survey was generated as part of an internship from the RCN (Research Coordination Network) for Building a National Community of Natural History Collections (http://www.collectionsweb.org/), sponsored by SPNHC, and hosted by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNOMNH).

This survey seeks to better understand the information and resource needs of the natural history collections community, including museums, parks, university collections, and other organizations caring for natural and cultural history collections. The purpose is to identify, collect, and provide information about best practices specific to natural history collections, including current helpful resources. Holes or gaps in best practices need to be identified and addressed. This survey is the first step in identifying these holes.

The results of this survey will be used to guide the creation of an in-depth resource website on natural history collections best practices, to be hosted by the SPNHC at http://www.spnhc.org. The results will also be published in the SPNHC Journal, “Collection Forum.” All answers will remain confidential and no results will be publicly associated with an institution or individual unless specific permission is granted.

We appreciate you filling out the survey by clicking on the link below. The survey consists of 31 questions and should take about 10 minutes to fill out. There are no required answers. Your responses will help determine which topics are of most concern to the natural history community, which will be addressed first on the website.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DLPDRNX

We are seeking responses from people with registration and collections management responsibilities for natural history collections. Since we can’t always catch the right people via listservs, please feel free to pass this on to a more appropriate individual, or to interested colleagues elsewhere.

Thank you for your help!

Liz Leith, SPNHC Documentation Committee Co-Chair (etereba@ou.edu)
Marcy Revelez, SPNHC Documentation Committee Co-Chair (mrevelez@ou.edu)
Melissa Barton, SPNHC/RCN Intern

 

 

Liz Leith

Collection Manager, Archaeology

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

2401 Chautauqua Ave.

Norman, Oklahoma 73072

(405) 325-1199 ph

(405) 325-7699 fax