Natural Science Collections Alliance
Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.
A new online group has formed to encourage networking among natural science collections leaders. This group offers an opportunity for leaders from collections across the nation to identify and discuss common public policy issues, and other common challenges facing natural science collections professionals. To join this group you must first join LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com). There is […]
Join the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the Canadian Botanical Association (CBA/ABC) for their joint annual conference to be held May 31 to June 5, 2010 in Ottawa, Canada. With 2010 declared “The International Year of Biodiversity” by the United Nations, this gathering of natural history collection professionals and botany […]
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA). This award recognizes current graduate students in the biological sciences and/or science education who have demonstrated initiative and leadership in science and science policy. Award recipients receive first-hand experience at the interface of science and public policy, including an expense-paid trip […]
The Inspector General (IG) for the Department of the Interior (DOI) has “found that DOI is failing to fulfill its stewardship responsibilities over museum collections.” In a December 2009 report, the IG found that DOI has failed to properly accession, catalogue, or inventory museum collections, leaving artifacts “unavailable for research, education, or display and … […]