We are pleased to announce the *University Museums and Collections Journal 3/2010*, ed. by Sally MacDonald, Nathalie Nyst and Cornelia Weber with 32 articles and 209 pages. UMACJ is available free of charge at: *http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/umacj * *Content*: *Putting university collections to work in teaching and research (Proceedings 2009)* Introduction Microcosms: an introduction to an interdisciplinary museum project BRUCE ROBERTSON Keynotes Relocation and revaluation in university collections, or, Rubbish Theory revisited MARK A. MEADOW Museums between Enlightenment and Romanticism. Early nineteenth century roots and modern practices PIETER TER KEURS Is research and teaching a key for preserving university collections and museums? SÉBASTIEN SOUBIRAN New perspectives and audiences for the university collections in Amsterdam STEPH SCHOLTEN Panel sessions Reaching out / Reaching across Building a collaborative network for the digital representation of engineering collections SUSANA MEDINA, JOÃO PEDRO PÊGO, CÉLIA MACHADO, JOÃO CARLOS AIRES & JOÃO REBELO Reaching out and reaching across: Collections and social inclusion PHAEDRA LIVINGSTONE & JILL HARTZ Creating metaculture: Community-based work with the University of Victoria's Williams Bequest CAROLIN BUTLER PALMER The educational values of the University of California Museum of Paleontology SUSUMU TOMIYA, BRIAN A. SWARTZ & MARISKA BATAVIA Rethinking the university art museum The use of the Art Collection of the University of Porto in teaching and research CLÁUDIA GARRADAS 20:20 Hindsight: Retrofitting research relevance to the University Art Collections at Trinity College Dublin CATHERINE GILTRAP Multidisciplinary learning and an extension beyond an exhibition. Presenting a case study: Constructed landscapes: Singapore in Southeast Asia -- Exhibition at the National University of Singapore Museum KAREN LIM New wine in old bottles: Approaches to re-purposing university collections Of the sacred and the secular: Missionary collections in university museums PATRICIA H. J. HUANG & JENG-HORN CHEN Digitizing past, present and future Online collaboration and knowledge dissemination for university collections ALAIN MASSÉ & WILLIAM HOUTART MASSÉ Saving our contemporary scientific and technical heritage with a safeguarding methodology YVES THOMAS & CATHERINE CUENCA Supporting interdisciplinary teaching and research with the Museum of Anthropology's Online Artifact Database STEPHEN WHITTINGTON, KYLE BRYNER, BEVERLYE HANCOCK & TINA SMITH Getting results: New research in and on historical collections Old bones, digital narratives: Investigating the Peter B. Cornwall Collection in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum COLLEEN MORGAN, ALEXIS BOUTIN, SHEEL JAGANI & BENJAMIN PORTER >From anatomy to zoology: Results on the history of university collections based on trans-disciplinary research CORNELIA WEBER The use of collections in research and teaching The use of collections in research and teaching at the Museum of Texas Tech University 127 NICOLA LADKIN, EILEEN JOHNSON, ROBERT J. BAKER & SANKAR CHATTERJEE Solving the puzzle: Reactivating, reviving, reorganizing university collections Mendel Museum, the first University Museum in Czech Republic -- Short excursion to the 137 history of university museums in the Czech Republic ONDR(EJ DOSTÁL Reorganizing a 20th-century cabinet of curiosities into a museum for the 21th century ISABEL M. GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ Poster presentations Visitor profiling for, and promotion of the biological and earth sciences museums, Macquarie University ALISHA HALLIWELL & ANDREW SIMPSON Documentation and digitalization of the Museum of Criminology of the University of Athens CONSTANTINE MARAVELIAS, ZOI SAKKI, GEORGE LOUTSIDIS, MARIA STEFANIDOU, SOTIRIS ATHANASELIS & CHARA SPILIOPOULOU The exhibition of scientific principles: A case study from the Biological Sciences Museum at Macquarie University MORWENNA PEARCE & ANDREW SIMPSON The Museum Collections of Craft Teacher Training. Cultural heritage serving education and research JAANA TEGELBERG *Object-based learning in higher education (Study day at UCL Museums & Collections)* Object-based learning in higher education: The pedagogical power of museums HELEN J. CHATTERJEE Learning from university museums and collections in higher education: University College London (UCL) ROSALIND DUHS The role of object-based learning in transferrable skills development JENNY MARIE Object handling in the archaeology classroom -- Strategies for success RACHAEL THYRZA SPARKS Practical concerns when implementing object-based teaching in higher education JOE CAIN Heritage in hospitals: Using museum objects to teach communications skills GUY NOBLE Sequel -- An artistic collaboration between the Slade School of Fine Arts and UCL Museums and Collections SIMON GOULD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html