SPNHC 98 - Meeting Announcement/Call for Papers

[Sally Shelton]

>Date:         Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:34:19 -0700

>From: Charlene Garvey <<charlene.garvey at UALBERTA.CA>

>Subject:      SPNHC 98 - Meeting Announcement/Call for Papers

>

>MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PAPERS

>13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural

>History Collections

>=93Collections on the Move: Strategies for the New Millennium=94

>25-30 May 1998

>University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

>

>The University of Alberta, through the Department of Museums and

>Collections Services is pleased to announce that it will be hosting

>the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural

>History Collections (SPNHC), 25-30 May 1998.  SPNHC is a

>multi-disciplinary organization comprised of individuals who are

>interested in the development and preservation of natural history

>collections.

>

>As the hosts, the University of Alberta offers a network of natural

>history museums and collections, and expertise in a range of subject

>areas. The collections reflect the natural and human history of

>Western Canada, and a diversity of other subject areas.  These

>collections also correspond to areas of established and emerging

>research excellence where the University is known as a world leader.

>Dr. Owen Beattie, from the University=92s Department of Anthropology

>will be the keynote speaker.  Dr. Beattie is internationally known as

>the leader of the research team investigating Sir John Franklin=92s

>ill-fated expedition that went missing in 1845 while searching for the

>Northwest Passage.

>

>During the conference there will be opportunities to listen to

>technical presentations, learn about innovative initiatives at other

>institutions during the poster sessions, interact in panel discussions

>and join special interest group meetings.  This year=92s post-conference

>workshop will be an interactive opportunity to learn about planning

>and implementing a collections move.  Behind-the-scenes tours have

>been arranged to the University of Alberta's many natural history

>collections, as well as to the Devonian Botanic Garden, The Provincial

>Museum of Alberta and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

>

>Registration packages have been mailed to SPNHC members.  If you are

>not a member of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History

>Collections, but would like more information on registration or how to

>submit a paper or poster abstract, contact Lisa Barty at the

>Department of Museums and Collections Services at (403) 492-6271 or by

>e-mail at lisa.barty at ualberta.ca or visit our  website at

>http://www.ualberta.ca/MUSEUMS/

>




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<center><bold>Sally Y. Shelton

</bold><smaller>Director, Collections Care and Conservation

San Diego Natural History Museum, P. O. Box 1390

San Diego, CA   92112

phone (619) 232-3821, x226; FAX (619) 232-0248; <<sshelton at sdnhm.org>

<<http://www.sdnhm.org>

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