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The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections 30TH ANNUAL MEETING & GALA CELEBRATION Making Natural History Collections Accessible through New and Innovative Approaches and Partnerships MAY 17-23, 2015 THE FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, USA ImpactPrecious little survived the of 2058 But once a great city thrived here. And a museum. Shattered columns, fractured statues and fragmentary artifacts tell us so. Not much to go on. But what’s this? “We’ve discovered another!” we cheer. Eagerly we unseal it, confident that marvelous treasures await. Securely nestled inside. Butterflies. Brilliantly beautiful. Fearfully fragile. And wholly intact. Imagine! We know little of the culture that produced this safe-guarding wonder. But we know the maker’s name: Delta Designs. If only everyone had used these ... The Standard for Collection Storage PO Box 1733, Topeka, Kansas 66601 • 785.234.2244 • 800.656.7426 • Fax 785.233.1021 Website: DeltaDesignsLtd.com • E-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] The Florida Museum of Natural History welcomes you to the 30th Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections. The Florida Museum is home to many collections-based projects including iDigBio, the central coordinating unit for the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program. 3215 Hull Road n 352-846-2000 n www.flmnh.ufl.edu Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. n Sun. 1-5 p.m. MAY 17-23, 2015 SPNHC 30TH ANNUAL MEETING 1 WALK TO THE MUSEUMS Both the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Art are a 5-10 minute walk from the Hilton Conference Center. Parking is available at both museums, but is very limited between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM (due to University of Florida parking restrictions). Only a small amount of metered and “pay to park” spaces are avilable during the day. After 5:00 PM parking is plentiful. Florida Museum of Natural History Harn Museum of Art University of Florida Cultural Plaza University of Florida Cultural Plaza 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, Florida 32611 3259 Hull Road, Gainesville, Florida 32611 Walking route between the Hilton and museums Hull Road Harn Hilton University Street th Museum of Florida Hotel & of Art Parking Conference Center SW 34 SW Florida Parking Museum Parking Garage of Natural History Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Additional maps of Gainesville and the University of Florida campus can be obtained from the conference registration desk. 2 SPNHC 30TH ANNUAL MEETING MAY 17-23, 2015 iDigBio – The HUB for Collections Digitization iDigBio is the central coordinating unit for the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program, a national effort to make biodiversity information in U.S. collections accessible through the Internet to researchers, educators, citizen scientists and policy makers within the context established by the strategic and implementation plans for the Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance. iDigBio serves as the administrative home for the national digitization effort, fosters partnerships and innovations, facilitates digitization practices and workflows, establishes integration and interconnectivity among the data generated by collection digitization projects, and promotes use of biological/ paleontological collections data by the scientific community and stakeholders. These include government agencies, educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and other national and international entities to benefit science and society through enhanced research, educational and outreach activities. Digitizing the past and present for the future. Contact: [email protected] | Request a poster: idigbio.org/content/idigbio-poster-available Subscribe to the newsletter: idigbio.org/content/subscribe | Visit idigbio.org for additional resources. iDigBio is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program (Cooperative Agreement EF-1115210). MAY 17-23, 2015 SPNHC 30TH ANNUAL MEETING 3 The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. SPNHC takes a leading role in promoting collections care issues to the academic community, governments, and the general public. SPNHC Members-- curators, collections managers, conservators, preparators and database administrators from more than 20 countries-- are dedicated to training and mentoring the next generation of collections professionals. The Society holds annual meetings and sponsors symposia and workshops to foster the exchange of ideas and information related to the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections. To learn more about SPNHC or to become a SPNHC member, please visit http://www.spnhc.org/. Executive Council Members-at-Large Andrew Bentley, President Richard Sabin (2012-2015) Linda Ford, President-Elect Gregory Watkins-Colwell (2012-2015) Christopher Norris, Past President Kelly Sendall (2013-2016) Ruth O’Leary, Treasurer Robert Huxley (2013-2016) Ann Molineux, Secretary Julian Carter (2014-2017) Christine Johnson, Managing Editor Barbara Thiers (2014-2017) 4 SPNHC 30TH ANNUAL MEETING MAY 17-23, 2015 THANK YOU TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS MACROSCOPIC SOLUTIONS Inspiring Discovery WWW.MACROSCOPICSOLUTIONS.COM MAY 17-23, 2015 SPNHC 30TH ANNUAL MEETING 5 SPNHC 2015 Travel Grant Recipients and Mentors Fitzgerald Travel Grant Recipients Christine Allen Travel Grant Recipient Stephanie Allen Edward Chase Shelburne Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Jackson School of Geosciences Conference Mentor: Lori Benson Nonvertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas - Austin Cheyenne Gerdes Conference Mentor: Margaret Landis Biology, Missouri State University Conference Mentor: Kelly Sendall Gabrielle Maltaverne South Dakota State University Conference Mentor: Sally Shelton Danielle Measday Museum Victoria Conference Mentor: Jean-Marc Gagnon Lindsay Walker University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Conference Mentor: Tiffany Adrian Barbara Welch Angelo State Natural History Collections Angelo State University Conference Mentor: Jeff Stephenson SPNHC and the 2015 Local Organizing Committee congratulate all of the 2015 SPNHC Travel Grant recipients and welcome them to this year’s annual meeting. We also wish to express our sincere gratitude to all of those serving as conference mentors to this year’s travel grant recipients. Travel grant recipients and their mentors should be sure to arrive at the opening Icebreaker Reception, at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Exhibit and Education Building (Powell Hall), Tuesday evening, May 19, at 6:00 PM. This will be a special opportunity for travel grant recipients to meet members of the SPNHC Council, the Local Organizing Committee and SPNHC Committee Chairs. 6 SPNHC 30TH ANNUAL MEETING MAY 17-23, 2015 #SPNHC2015, @SPNHC2015 SPNHC 2015 Annual Meeting Welcome from the SPNHC 2015 Local Organizing Committee Welcome to Florida, the Sunshine State, and to Gainesville, home of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. The Florida Museum of Natural History is honored to be your host for this year’s 30th SPNHC Annual Meeting and Gala Celebration. This year’s conference theme, Making Natural History Collections Accessible through New and Innovative Approaches and Partnerships, links the collections at the heart of our institutions to the demands and uses these collections are addressing in the 21st century. This year’s conference program highlights the novel and innovative ways that we are all using to make our collections more accessible in this new century of fast-paced technological advances, despite (or sometimes because of) the challenges of limited funds and resources. The conference opens with a stimulating plenary session, Collections in the 21st Century, sponsored by NSC Alliance, NIBA Research Coordination Network and iDigBio. It closes with a workshop that I am sure will be useful to many conference attendees,Getting Started and Maintaining Herbarium Collections Data in a Symbiota Driven Web Portal. In between, we have a dynamic program of general and themed sessions, symposia and posters, fun-filled social events and a few surprises planned for you, including the 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration banquet. It takes a village to put together a successful conference. SPNHC 2015 would not be possible without the generous financial support of our sponsors and vendors, and grants from Visit Gainesville -the Alachua County Tourist Development Council and the University of Florida Office of the Vice President for Research. I extend a huge, heartfelt thank you to Doug Jones, FLMNH Director, Beverly Sensbach, FLMNH Associate Director, members of the Local Organizing Committee, the SPNHC Council and committee chairs, the staff of the UF Distance & Continuing Education Conference Department, and our volunteers (who come from the Museum, UF, and the Gainesville community) for all of their hard work and support. My sincere thanks and gratitude for service above and beyond the call of duty go to Laura Boekenoogen, our UF Conference Department conference planner. Elise V. LeCompte Chair, SPNHC 2015 Local Organizing Committee SPNHC 2015 Local Organizing Committee Members Collections and Exhibit