Museum Techniques Skillshare

Statement of Purpose

This page offers SPNHC members a place to share techniques, protocols, and workflows. Content formally presented at the SPNHC 2022 meeting in Edinburgh during the Back to Basics: Museum Techniques Skillshare Symposium is indicated when applicable.

Back to Basics Skillshare Symposium, Edinburgh June 2022

Chairs: Emily Braker and Genevieve Tocci

Presentations:

• A Snake in the Glass: Wet tank setup and focus stack imaging method for reptile and amphibian specimens, Emily Braker (pdf)
• Smartphone microscopy – Tips for taking high-quality microscope images with a phone camera, Bob Gooday (pdf)
• Modular Solutions in Image digitization, Frederik Berger (pdf)
• Deciphering natural history and mapping the world through collection labels, Krisztina Lohonya (pdf)
• Using Excel Macros for Data Quality Assurance: Lessons Learned from a Coding Beginner, Larissa Welton (pdf)
• Sampling strategies, techniques and curation of the Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank, Anna Jerve (pdf)
• Herbarium Life: Shipping Cryptogamic Specimens, Genevieve E. Tocci (pdf)
• Unique Approaches to Packing Vertebrate Paleontological Specimen Loans, Adrienne Stroup (pdf)
• Freeze it all! An IPM case study of the Angelo State Natural History Collections, Serina Brady
• Press Juicy, Sticky Plants with Tissue Paper and Pillows of Silica to Prevent Mould and Retain Colour, Nadia Cavallin (pdf)
• Osteoscribing: writing on bones, Jacki Whisenant (pdf)
• An advanced method of non-traditional bird skin preparation, to ease applications of scientific methods and enhance the value of avian collections, Bernhard Bock

Contributors

Emily Braker