SPNHC & ICOM NATHIST 2020 Program

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Friday, 12 June

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Symposium: MIDS and MICS: Minimum Information Out of Digitisation

Moderator: Elspeth Haston; Helpers: Lori Benson, Alex Hardisty

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12:00Introduction to MIDS and MICS Minimum Information Standards Alex Hardisty
12:20MICS-ing Collection and Specimen Descriptions in the European Collections Index to Provide Better Access to Collections Wouter Addink
12:40Avoiding a MICS-up: Using the TDWG Collection Description Data Standard to Help to Define the Minimum Information About a Digital Collection Matt Woodburn
13:00Enabling a Structured and Standardized Disclosure: The Development and Implementation of Purpose-Oriented Collection Specimen Descriptions Mareike Petersen
13:20If You Give a Student a Job: Student Paleontology Digitization as a Museum Strategy Andrea Uehling
13:40How Many Specimens Have we Digitised and What Can We do With Them? – Well it Depends What You Mean by Digitised …Elspeth Haston
Break Vendor showcase – Picturae – Watch here

General (Miscellany) Session 4

Moderator: Susan Butts; Helper: Kimberly Cook

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14:30Cretaceous World TCN: Digitizing the Western Interior Seaway Collections at the Yale Peabody Museum Final ReportSusan Butts
14:50 The Ward Project & Ward’s Natural History Establishment: Rediscovering the Museum Builder of America Robert Minckley
15:10 ELViS, the European Loans and Visits System Wouter Addink
15:30 Living Collections: So Much More Than an Eye Catcher in the Landscape Patricia Mergen
15:50 Imaging Systems and Workflows for Digitizing Pinned, Wet and Slide Mounted Specimens Mark Smith
16:10 Libraries and Archives in Support of Natural History Sciences Constance Rinaldo

Symposium: Anthropocene in the Natural History Museum

Moderator: Nicolas Kramar; Helper: Dorit Wolenitz

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14:30A Multifaceted Museological Commitment to the Anthropocene Busillis Massimo Bernardi
14:50Pôles, feu la Glace: How to Deal with the Anthropocene? Ludovic Maggioni
15:10Situated Anthropocene(s) Bergsveinn Thorsson
15:30Endless Forms Most Complex: Opportunities and Challenges of Working with the Anthropocene Concept at Natural History Museums Nicole Heller
15:50The Geneva Museum Focuses on the Need to Reconnect in the Time of the Anthropocene Hervé Groscarret

Symposium: Specimen Spotlights, and Storage Techniques for Art, Science, and History Collections (STASH)

Moderator: Paul Mayer; Helper: Amanda Lawrence

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21:00What’s in a Name? David Dale Owens’ Ammonites Opalus Nomen Oblitum Paul Mayer
21:05Finding Fo’ Fossils Jessica Nakano
21:10A Lysorophian from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte: A Story Brought to You by Citizen ScientistsPatricia Coorough Burke
21:15Kronosaurus and the Woman in the Red Dress Christina Byrd
21:20Are Those Teeth?: An Oreodont’s Story From New Mexico Hannah Cantrell
21.25 One Tooth, Numerous Questions Amanda Lawrence
21:30The First Striped Dolphin on the Isle of Man: Working Collaboratively to Preserve it for the Manx Museum and Public Laura McCoy
21:35Dwarf Sperm Whale Skeleton Articulation at the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galápagos IslandsMartha Maria Velez
21:40Break
21:45A Juniper in a Carolina Forest Maura Flannery
21:50 The Trials and Tribulations of a Hardy Geranium Yvette Harvey & Clare Booth-Downs
21:55 The Poppy That Means I’m Home Paula Barteau
22:00 Chief Red Cloud’s War Shirt Deborah Harding
22:05Ka’apor [Amazon] Ritual Necklaces Deborah Harding
22:10What Do You Get When You Mix Filipino Silversmiths, President Taft, and a Giant Shell? A Massive Punch Bowl! Mariana Di Giacomo
22:15Break
22:30STASHc.com: A Collaborative Online Resource Lisa Goldberg
22:35Earthquake “Proofing” Mismatched Cabinets Carolyn Levitt-Bussian
22:40Curating Sporific Basidiomycetes Genevieve Tocci
22:45The Discoloration of Plants in Botanical Fluid Collections: A Challenge for Research and Conservation Marion Dangeon

Emerging Professionals Event

Moderator: Kari Harris; Helper: Mariana Di Giacomo

The Emerging Professionals Social Event is your chance to meet fellow emerging professionals in SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST. Drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time, we would love to meet you! Attend break out sessions based on interest or just hang out in the main room and chat.

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