The Natural History Collections Listserver
at the Yale Peabody Museum

The Natural History Collections Listserver, or NHCOLL-L, is a general purpose electronic forum for those with an interest in the care, management, computerization, conservation and use of natural history collections.

NHCOLL-L grew out of a joint annual meeting held in 1994 by the Society of the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the Association for Systematic Collections (formerly ASC), now the Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC), as well as a project to improve the policies and practices of natural history collections sponsored by a grant to NSC from the Institute of Museum Services. SPNHC and NSC co-sponsor the NHCOLL-L listserver.

NHCOLL-L has been hosted by Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1999. Previously, NHCOLL-L was hosted by the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley.

How to Join the NHCOLL-L

Membership in NHCOLL-L is open to anyone with e-mail. NHCOLL-L is an unmoderated list, therefore we depend on the list members to provide only those postings that are appropriate to the subject matter, which includes topics such as collections administration, collections care, computerization, conservation and management. Both policy and practical discussions are appropriate. While the list is sponsored by ASC and SPNHC, all individuals interested in the care of natural history collections are invited to participate. Information of all kinds is welcome; however, advertising is inappropriate.

See the NHCOLL-L FAQ Sheet for how to join the list and for more comprehensive information not covered on this web page.

The current NHCOLL-L list owner is Greg Watkins-Colwell.

E-mail archives are available at the Yale Peabody Museum.

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