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The purpose of the Best Practices Committee is to assemble and disseminate best practices associated with natural history collection care and to provide infrastructure that allows the development and evolution of best practices in response to innovations within the field. By initiating and hosting web-based discussion forums, organizing workshop meetings and special interest groups, initiating new sessional committees, and participating in wider community initiatives, SPNHC will continue to take the lead in promoting best practices across natural history collections care. | The purpose of the Best Practices Committee is to assemble and disseminate best practices associated with natural history collection care and to provide infrastructure that allows the development and evolution of best practices in response to innovations within the field. By initiating and hosting web-based discussion forums, organizing workshop meetings and special interest groups, initiating new sessional committees, and participating in wider community initiatives, SPNHC will continue to take the lead in promoting best practices across natural history collections care. | ||
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Citations Subcommittee: At minimum, 5 members, but size can vary depending on needs<br> | Citations Subcommittee: At minimum, 5 members, but size can vary depending on needs<br> | ||
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[http://www.spnhc.org/media/assets/BestPracticesCommitteeLMOct2013.pdf Best Practices Committee Description from the Leadership Manual] | [http://www.spnhc.org/media/assets/BestPracticesCommitteeLMOct2013.pdf Best Practices Committee Description from the Leadership Manual] | ||
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The purpose of the Best Practices Committee is to assemble and disseminate best practices associated with natural history collection care and to provide infrastructure that allows the development and evolution of best practices in response to innovations within the field. By initiating and hosting web-based discussion forums, organizing workshop meetings and special interest groups, initiating new sessional committees, and participating in wider community initiatives, SPNHC will continue to take the lead in promoting best practices across natural history collections care.
Committee Members
Up-to-date membership for committee.
Links
Committee
Leadership: two co-chairs
Membership: At minimum, 10 members representing the diverse backgrounds and disciplines in the natural history field (including but not limited to preservation, conservation, digitization, and collections management), but size can vary depending on needs
Committee Goals:
- Assemble content associated with the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections from both society members and published resources
- Standardize content for dissemination to society members
- Develop technology-based ways to present and promote content to society members
- Encourage discussion on ways to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections through technology-based platforms, social media, and SPNHC sessions and workshops at annual meetings
- Develop partnerships with other organizations and institutions to collaborate on the development of best practices for the community
- Assemble content associated with the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections from both society members and published resources
Subcommittees: Subcommittees of the Best Practices Committee include Citations, and the addition of ad hoc committees as necessary
Citations Subcommittee Purpose: To assemble and distribute relevant literature related to best practices and the history of past practices in natural history
Citations Subcommittee Leadership: one chair, who can solicit interested members
Citations Subcommittee: At minimum, 5 members, but size can vary depending on needs
Committee Documents
BEST PRACTICES – what does that imply?
Best Practices Committee Description from the Leadership Manual
