NSCA–SPNHC Joint Meeting
Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World
13-17 May 2008
Skirvin Hilton Hotel
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Join us in Oklahoma City (OKC), OK May 13-17, 2008 for the Joint
Meeting of the: Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance)
and the
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
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Hotel Reservations: www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/hotels.htm
www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/OKCSKHF-NSC-20080512/
index.jhtml
Program-at-a-glance:
Tuesday 13 May—NSCA Board Meeting, SPNHC Committee Meetings, SPNHC
First Council Meeting
Wednesday 14 May—Museum Tours, Field Trips, and Icebreaker Reception
Museum tours of the collections at the University of Oklahoma: Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Robert Bebb Herbarium, Fred
Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and History of Science collections.
Museum tour of the new Oklahoma History Center.
Field trips will take you on a fossil dig and to the spectacular
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
All trips are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so
register early to reserve your spot.
Icebreaker Reception: Venetian Room, Skirvin Hilton Hotel—beautifully
restored Italian renaissance décor with spectacular views of the
Oklahoma City skyline!
Thursday 15 May and Friday 16 May—Plenary talks, panels, symposia,
invited and contributed presentations, posters, and trade show
exhibition
Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World
Symposium: SPNHC Best Practices
http://www.collectionsweb.org/activities_schedules/symposia.html
please direct any questions to James Macklin: [log in to unmask],edu
Symposium: Update on the CollectionsWeb RCN
http://www.collectionsweb.org/activities_schedules/symposia.html
please direct any questions to Alan Prather: [log in to unmask]
Symposium: Professional Development and Training in a Changing World
Please direct any questions to Janet Braun: [log in to unmask]
Opportunities to discuss special topics and meet vendors and
exhibitors will be offered during lunch both days.
Banquet: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History—…dine with the
dinosaurs, mingle with a mammoth, view our spectacular galleries!
Saturday 17 May—Workshops.
We are pleased to offer 5 workshops on a diversity of topics:
Best Practices in Collection Stewardship: Writing a Collections
Management
Policy Hazardous Materials Specimen Shipping
Lighting in Museums: Challenges of Balancing Collection Stewardship
Technology Museum Cleaning Basics in a Changing World
Making Sense of Making Mounts Workshop
We thank all the sponsors and vendors who will be appearing at NSCA–
SPNHC 2008! For a complete listing of all of our sponsors, please see
www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/Sponsors.htm
See you in May!
Janet Braun and Marcy Revelez, Co-Chairs
For details about the NSCA-SPNHC 2008 meeting schedule, call for
presentations, workshops, pre-conference tours, registration, hotel
reservations, and other information check the conference website
http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc.
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Dr. Janet K. Braun
Associate Staff Curator of Mammals and
Oklahoma Collection of Genomic Resources
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua Avenue
University of Oklahoma
Norman OK 73072
phone: 405.325.0801
fax: 405.325.7699
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