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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