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Hi Henry, I’m very happy to give this to the relevant people here at the Carnegie. If it would be helpful, we can also post it on the NATHIST website. All the best, Eric Sent from my iPad On Jun 7, 2018, at 9:22 AM, Henry Mcghie <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello- I am running a project, funded by the British Ecological Society, that aims to help strengthen and develop UK natural sciences collections as a research-useful infrastructure. This would support nature conservation, environmental and ecological research, related policy and site/species/habitat management. It would also help inform museum sector policy and funding (e.g. preliminary results will contribute towards the Museums Association's 'Collections 2030' project). The work involves asking ecological/environmental researchers, site managers, policy workers environmental data/records workers, conservationists (including site and species managers, among others) to give their perceptions on which of 12 key research areas, collections either do, or could support. This is done through a survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/552RG3V<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.co.uk%2Fr%2F552RG3V&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ced90e3c9d8874bb7efbf08d5cc476e7c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636639529519990603&sdata=QuAh%2Fi9Lr62qeuRfZ9oVYwJDKHcqDCCIY1nOO2QSY8A%3D&reserved=0> Please can you pass the first survey link to any relevant research networks, or researchers, you know of. They don’t need to have used museum collections, just to be active in the above-mentioned fields. They do not need to be restricted to the UK. Separately, there is a slightly different survey for people working in UK museums, including museum curators working with natural sciences/history collections, museum managers (directors, heads of collections, those making budgetary decisions relating to collections development), and those working with museum policy relating to collections and their development. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N3N8QG8 If you are unsure which of the links to use, use the first one if your work is mainly about ecological/environmental/nature conservation research, policy or management, biological records, and site/species management, and the second if your work is mainly about museum collections, museum management or policy. Again, please pass this to your networks. I would like to have responses back by then end of the year. The survey doesn’t take long. I am very happy to answer any questions about this. It would be great to have your participation. SNH, JNCC, DEFRA, Kew, Institution of Environmental Sciences and lots of others are already participating. Thank you for your attention. Yours, Henry Henry McGhie BSc MA AMA | Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology | Manchester Museum | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13 9PL | 0161 275 2482 | www.manchester.ac.uk/museum<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchester.ac.uk%2Fmuseum&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ced90e3c9d8874bb7efbf08d5cc476e7c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636639529519990603&sdata=uE8g90hYkMhonTFSqNebTAYfZY6aHOJDyyzCCabzZbQ%3D&reserved=0> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the NATSCA list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=NATSCA&A=1