NSCA-SPNHC Joint Meeting Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World 13-17 May 2008 Skirvin Hilton Hotel Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Join us in Oklahoma City (OKC), OK May 13-17, 2008 for the Joint Meeting of the: Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED NEW DEADLINE FRIDAY 28 MARCH
Hotel Reservations:      www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/hotels.htm www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/OKCSKHF-NSC-20080512/index.jhtml
Program-at-a-glance: Tuesday 13 May-NSCA Board Meeting, SPNHC Committee Meetings, SPNHC First Council Meeting
Wednesday 14 May-Museum Tours, Field Trips, and Icebreaker Reception Museum tours of the collections at the University of Oklahoma: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Robert Bebb Herbarium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and History of Science collections.  Museum tour of the new Oklahoma History Center. Field trips will take you on a fossil dig and to the spectacular Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. All trips are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so register early to reserve your spot. Icebreaker Reception: Venetian Room, Skirvin Hilton Hotel-beautifully restored Italian renaissance décor with spectacular views of the Oklahoma City skyline!
Thursday 15 May and Friday 16 May-Plenary talks, panels, symposia, invited and contributed presentations, posters, and trade show exhibition
Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World
Symposium: SPNHC Best Practices http://www.collectionsweb.org/activities_schedules/symposia.html please direct any questions to James Macklin:  jmacklin@oeb.harvard,edu
Symposium: Update on the CollectionsWeb RCN http://www.collectionsweb.org/activities_schedules/symposia.html please direct any questions to Alan Prather:  alan@mus.edu
Symposium: Professional Development and Training in a Changing World Please direct any questions to Janet Braun: jkbraun@ou.edu
Opportunities to discuss special topics and meet vendors and exhibitors will be offered during lunch both days.  Banquet: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History-...dine with the dinosaurs, mingle with a mammoth, view our spectacular galleries!
Saturday 17 May-Workshops.   We are pleased to offer 5 workshops on a diversity of topics:  •       Best Practices in Collection Stewardship: Writing a Collections Management  •       Policy Hazardous Materials Specimen Shipping  •       Lighting in Museums: Challenges of Balancing Collection Stewardship •       Technology Museum Cleaning Basics in a Changing World •       Making Sense of Making Mounts Workshop
We thank all the sponsors and vendors who will be appearing at NSCA-SPNHC 2008! For a complete listing of all of our sponsors, please see www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/Sponsors.htm

See you in May! Janet Braun and Marcy Revelez, Co-Chairs

For details about the NSCA-SPNHC 2008 meeting schedule, call for presentations, workshops, pre-conference tours, registration, hotel reservations, and other information check the conference website http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc.

 OMA is offering one scholarship to the meeting and lighting workshop.  For more information, visit http://www.okmuseums.org/secondary.php?section=4&catid=55