The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) will be  holding
holding its annual meeting at the Missouri Botanical Garden, May 11-15 in
St. Louis, Missouri.  The meeting will be held in conjunction with the
Association of Systematic Collections (ASC) annual meeting.  The theme for
the meeting is Collections Care and Collections Policies.  Topics include
the 1992 Madrid Symposium and World Congress Resolution, NIC's project on
the conservation and preservation of natural science collections and ASC's
Systematics Agenda 2000.  SPNHC will also conduct a workshop on Risk
Management.  For more information, please contact Elizabeth Hathway, ASC
730 11th Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington D.C., 20001, phone (202)
347-2850, fax (202) 347-0072.