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Morning all, The Museums Journal has run a piece on the role and future of Subject Specialist Networks: "how can they best support museums that hold specialist collections but lack the expertise to interpret and display them? How can they help museums use collections to reach new audiences? How can these networks successfully advocate for specialist collections? How can they support museums threatened with closure or under pressure to sell items from their collections?" The article features NatSCA well, and is the result of a meeting couple of months ago hosted by UCL Museums, which Paolo and I attended on behalf of NatSCA committee, with a wide range of other SSNs - and the Museums Journal - discussing how best we can work together towards common goals. It was a really positive meeting and I think the article reflects the discussion well. Do have a read: http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/features/01072016-special-interests All the best Jack Manager Grant Museum of Zoology UCL Public and Cultural Engagement Rockefeller Building University College London 21 University Street London WC1E 6DE Web: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology> Blog: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/ 020 3108 2052 (or 52052 from within UCL) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://twitter.com/JackDAshby http://twitter.com/GrantMuseum http://www.facebook.com/pages/UCL-Museums-and-Collections/352538109391