I recommend that you check out the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections web site for practical publications that should address many of your immediate concerns. As well as the archives of this list serve.
Best of luck,
Carol Bossert, Ph.D.
CB Services
Rockville, MD
301-340-0086
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