Guidelines for the management and curation of invertebrate fossil collections

including a data model and standards for computerization

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Warren D. Allmon
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Guidelines for the management and curation of invertebrate fossil collections

including a data model and standards for computerization

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260

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Table of Contents

Introduction -- Warren D. Allmon and Russell D. White
The value of fossil collections -- Warren D. Allmon and Terry P. Poulton
Fossil invertebrate and microfossil collections : kinds, uses, users -- Nigel C. Hughes, et al.
Institutional and individual orphaned collections -- Julia Golden
Orphaned and endangered collections in invertebrate paleontology : a call for a national solution -- Warren D. Allmon and Meredith A. Lane
Guidelines for the documentation and care of invertebrate fossil collections -- Russell D. White
Fossils and laws -- Sally Y. Shelton and John B. Chewning
Balancing resources and collections needs I : Acquisition and accession of invertebrate fossils -- Elizabeth Merritt and Scott Lidgard
Balancing resources and collections needs II : Deaccessioning and disposal of fossil invertebrates and microfossils -- Jean DeMouthe, Elizabeth Merritt and Scott Lidgard
Considerations before deaccessioning or disposing of paleontological specimens -- Donald G. Mikulic
Conservation guidelines for invertebrate palaeontology collections -- Janet B. Waddington
A data model for invertebrate paleontological collections information -- Paul J. Morris
The scientific value of natural history museum collections : the concept of completeness -- Bruce S. Lieberman and Roger L. Kaesler
Appendix I, Literature references providing and documenting the categories of value of fossil collections -- Warren D. Allmon and Terry P. Poulton
Appendix II, Results of the institutional survey of invertebrate paleontology collections -- Scott Lidgard and Douglas S. Jones
Appendix III, Survey of endangered and orphaned invertebrate fossil collections -- Julia Golden
Appendix IV, Guidelines for the care of natural history collections -- Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Appendix V, The Paleontological Society code of fossil collecting -- Paleontological Society
Appendix VI, Society of Vertebrate paleontology by-law on ethics -- Society for the Vertebrate Paleontology
Appendix VII, The Canadian cultural property export control list --
Appendix VIII, Excerpts from the executive summary: Report of the Secretary of the Interior: Fossils on federal and Indian lands, May, 2000 -- Secretary of the Interior
Appendix IX, A model for invertebrate paleontology collections information -- Paul J. Morris
Appendix X, Entity documentation -- Paul J. Morris.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
"Presented as a National Science Foundation workshop at the North American Paleontological Conference, Washington, DC, June 7-14, 1996."

Published in
[Pittsburgh, PA]
Series
Paleontological Society special publications ;, v. 10, Special publication (Paleontological Society) ;, no. 10.
Genre
Congresses.
Other Titles
Invertebrate fossil collection curation & management

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Library of Congress
QE718 .G85 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
260 p., [1] folded leaf of plates :
Number of pages
260

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OL3349945M
LCCN
2004366514
OCLC/WorldCat
46943478

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OL23899476W

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