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Collection F Orum Realising standards – Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference Collection F (Edited by C. Giles Miller) Preface _____________________________________________________________________C. Giles Miller 1 Foreword ___________________________________________________________________ Richard Lane 3 Articles orum SYNTHESYS Network Activity C––Assessing Standards of Collections in European Museums ___________________ Christopher Collins, Lorraine Cornish, _______________________________________________ Robert Huxley, and Simon J. Owens 5 Improving Curation Standards in Paleontology Collections through the Application of “McGinley Levels” ______________________ Tiffany S. Adrain, David. N. Lewis, _________________________________________________________________and Mary M. Horton 19 Standards for the U.S. Antarctic Meteorite Program Collection: Preserving Outer Space in Museum Space ____________ Linda C. Welzenbach, Timothy J. McCoy, _________________________________________ Kevin Righter, and Cecilia E. Satterwhite 33 Maintaining Standards in the Care of Petrology and Mineralogy Collections at the National Museum Wales _________________ Helen C. Kerbey and Jana M. Horák 42 Integrated Collection Management at the National Museum Wales _________________ _____________________________________________________ Peter Howlett and Jana Horák 58 A Standard Syllabus for Natural History Conservation Training in the United Kingdom ______________________________________ Caroline Buttler and Robert Child 64 Minimizing the Risks from the Ten Agents of Deterioration in Two New West Midlands Museum Resource Centres, UK ________________ Katherine J. Andrew 70 Climate Control in an Uncontrollable Building ______________________ Paolo Viscardi, _________________________________________Julia D. Sigwart, and Nigel T. Monaghan 85 Levels of IPM Control: Matching Conditions to Performance and Effort __________ _______________________________________________________Tom Strang and Rika Kigawa 96 A Contribution to Standards for Freezing as a Pest Control Method for Museums ____________________ Jan-Erik Bergh, Karl-Martin V. Jensen, Monika Åkerlund, ________________________________________________Lise S. Hansen, and Martin Andrén 117 Japanese Tissues: Uses in Repairing Natural Science Specimens ____ Simon Moore 126 The Effects of Tanning and Fixing Processes on the Properties of Taxidermy Skins _____ Amandine Péquignot, Charles S. Tumosa, and David W. von Endt 133 Arsenic in Taxidermy Collections: History, Detection, and Management __________ _______________ Fernando Marte, Amandine Péquignot, and David W. Von Endt 143 Tie It to the Tray! Safely Shipping Native American Artifacts _______________________ ______________________________________ Gretchen Anderson and Rebecca Newberry 151 Vol. 21 No. 1–2 Vol. Calling on GOD: The Gallery Object Database at the Royal Ontario Museum _______________________ Janet Waddington, William Pratt, and Jovanna Scorsone 162 Society for the Preservation Fall 2006 of Natural History Collections Volume 21 Numbers 1–2 Contents continued on inside back cover 2006-2007 Council Contents continued from outside back cover Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections From the Ledger to the Web: Setting 21st Century Documentation Standards for the Tim White, President Barbara Brown, Treasurer Richard Rabeler, President-elect Judith Price, Secretary Collections of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences Iris Hardy, Past President Jean DeMouthe, Managing Editor _______________________________________Gabriela M. Hogue and Jonathan A. Raine 175 Members-at-Large Documentation Standards Review: Procedures for Database Upgrades_____________ Term ending 2007 Term ending 2008 Term ending 2009 _____________________________________________________________________ Shirley Harpham 192 E. Dietrich L. Ford L. Abraczinskas E. Benamy L. Elkin J.-M. Gagnon Tools, Techniques, and Code for Supporting Image Databases of Natural History Collections Materials ____________________ Paul J. Morris and James A. Macklin 203 Standing Committees Herbarium Networks in the United States: Towards Creating a Toolkit to Advance Archives: R. Fisher (chair), L. Hollenberg Bylaws: I. Hardy (chair) Specimen Data Capture ____________ Richard K. Rabeler and James A. Macklin 2 2 3 Conference: R. Rabeler (chair), J. Braun, G. Anderson, A. Pinzl Conservation: V. Book (co-chair), J. Southward (co-chair), G. Anderson, C. Ramotnik, M. Revelez, K. Sendall IInstructionsnstructions ttoo AAuthorsuthors Documentation: K. Goulette (co-chair), R. 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