Collection Management and Operations

Wiki pages on different foundational topics to help with day to day collections management, policies, and procedures

Collections Care and Maintenance

• Core Competencies
• Fluid Collection Monitoring
• Labeling Natural History Collections
• Numbering Natural History Collections
• Reopening Collections

Integrated Pest Management & Biocides

• Adhesives
• Arsenic Testing
• Biocides
• Food Management
• Mercury

Policies and Procedures

• Amber Ethics and Guidelines
• Collection Theft and Security Monitoring
• Continuity of Operations
• Disaster Planning
• Reopening Collections

Storage Conditions

• Environmental Specifications and Sustainability
• Fire Safety and Suppression

Transactions (Accessions, Loans, etc.)

• Accession of Specimens
• Labeling Natural History Collections
• Loans
• Numbering Natural History Collections
• Shipping
  • Shipping and Handling of Dangerous Goods
  • Shipping Collections
  • Shipping Large Fossils
  • Shipping Small Fossils

Other

• Importance of Collections
• Threatened and Orphaned Collections