Symposium 1-2 June, 2017, jointly hosted by the University of Canberra and CSIRO Ann Harding Conference Centre, University of Canberra, Australia Out of the Box is a two-day symposium to bring together scientists, museum people, artists, citizen scientists and others who share an interest in promoting natural history collections to wider audiences. Invited speakers will introduce…
Published: February 7, 2017 Announcements, Deadlines, News
The STASHc editorial committee is pleased to announce that the SPNHC 32nd Annual Meeting in Denver, CO will include a STASH Flash session on Friday, June 23. The session will begin with an introduction to Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage, a new volume edited by Lisa Elkin and Christopher Norris (expected publication summer 2017) that is…
Published: February 2, 2017 News
New IMLS Grant Opportunity Deadline for applications is April 3 Washington, DC – The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces a new grant opportunity as part of its Community Catalyst initiative. With Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets – A National Leadership Grants Special Initiative, IMLS invites proposals to test and develop museum and…
Published: November 7, 2016 Announcements, News
Natural Science Collections Association annual conference & AGM Evolving Ideas: provocative new ways of working with collections 20 & 21 April 2017 University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge #NatSCA2017 CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.natsca.org/conference2017
Published: November 2, 2016 Announcements, Deadlines, News
The local organizing committee, a partnership between the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Denver Botanic Gardens, is honored to host the 32nd annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, June 18-24, 2017, in Denver Colorado. The theme of the meeting is “The Next Generation in Best Practices.” This…
Published: August 19, 2016 Announcements, News
We are pleased to announce that as of today, the Entomological Collections Network (ECN) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) are officially organizational partners through a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations. Under the auspices of the MoU, ECN and SPNHC have agreed to automatically grant a place on…
Published: August 10, 2016 Announcements, News
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 10, 2016 — A blue-ribbon coalition of fifty-six leading U.S. nonpartisan organizations, representing more than 10 million scientists and engineers, are calling on U.S. Presidential candidates to address a set of twenty major issues in science, engineering, technology, health and the environment, and encouraging journalists and voters to press the candidates on…
Published: August 8, 2016 Announcements, News
SPNHC has a new leaflet available: An Alternative to Gelatine Capsules in Natural History Collections by Paul Calloman, Department of Malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. You can read all of our leaflets on our website at http://www.spnhc.org/26/leaflets
Published: June 1, 2016 Announcements, News
The full conference programs for SPNHC 2016 and GGBN 2016 have been published! SPNHC: http://www.spnhc2016.berlin/page05.html GGBN: http://tinyurl.com/gs3xenf (Please note: Registration is still possible until 15th of June!) The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum and the Museum für Naturkunde are honored to be hosting the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of…
Published: March 17, 2016 Announcements, News
The spring edition of the SPNHC Connection newsletter is here! SPNHC members log in to view the SPNHC Connection online at http://www.spnhc.org/75/current-issues If you’re not a member, what are you waiting for? Join us at http://www.spnhc.org/members/signup
Please consider submitting an abstract for the SPNHC symposium detailed below. Abstracts are due March 15th, 2016. iDigBio and the Small Collections Network (SCNet) are pleased to announce the upcoming Small Collections Symposium at SPNHC 2016, to be held in Berlin, June 20-25. The 2016 Small Collections Symposium is entitled: Blending the Educational Resources of…
Published: February 17, 2016 Announcements, News
Dear SPNHC Member, It is my great pleasure to give you the results of the SPNHC 2016 elections for President-Elect, Secretary and two Members-at-Large. PRESIDENT-ELECT Barbara Thiers, New York Botanic Gardens, NY, US SECRETARY Cindy Opitz, University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, Iowa, US MEMBER AT LARGE Miranda Lowe, The Natural History…
Published: February 11, 2016 Announcements, News
Submissions of proposals are solicited for the DemoCamp session at the SPNHC conference in Berlin, hosted by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin. DemoCamp provides a venue for creators to promote their technological solutions to advance the field of museum curation with broad applications for biology and biodiversity informatics. This is a…
Published: January 7, 2016 Announcements, Deadlines, News
iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/) and the Small Collections Network (SCNet: http://smallcollections.net/) are pleased to announce the upcoming Small Collections Symposium at SPNHC 2016 (http://www.spnhc2016.berlin/), to be held in Berlin, June 20-25. The 2016 Small Collections Symposium is entitled: Blending the Educational Resources of Small and Large Collections for Training the Next Generation of Museum Professionals. We invite…
Published: December 4, 2015 Announcements, News
The Museum für Naturkunde and the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin are honored to be hosting the 31st Annual Meeting for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) in Berlin from June, 19 to June, 26, 2016. The conference sessions will be held at the andel’s Hotel Berlin Landsberger Allee, workshops…
This year’s meeting evaluates green thinking in collections, museums and botanical gardens.
Published: July 24, 2015 Announcements, Deadlines, News
The deadline to make a nomination is August 31, 2015. Please remember that the SPNHC can only remain a relevant and valuable society if there is a strong and dedicated Council. If you know of someone you think would be suitable to one of these positions, please nominate today! Bethany Palumbo will contact those nominated after…
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