------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Dear listers, If I understand the question correctly, you would like to know about collections other than for instance the research topic of a department. I am the collection manager in the Palaeontology department and has to curate hominds, associated fauna, teaching collection, slides, black and white photographs, Cat-scans, X-Rays, invertebrates, plants, Therapsids, amphibians, fishes, dinosaurs. The reprint collection is catalogued by the Library but is housed seperately in each department. We also house the Robert Broom archives including medals and graduation gown. Some artefacts are also present. In computerising this we often employ the help of an assistant. All of these collections get equal devotion, not necessarily equal time and preparation. Rich, I hope this helps, it is a pain when you have a back-log. Heidi Fourie Collection Manager Department of Palaeontology NFI, Natural History (Transvaal Museum) Pretoria