Off-site storage...?

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The California Academy of Sciences is examining a wide range of options
for the long-term care of its natural history collections.  In planning
for what we believe will be an accelerated rate of growth over the next 3
decades, we are considering the question of on-site versus off-site
storage of specimens.  Do you know of examples where off-site storage has
been successful or has failed?  Do you know of a model system for the
long-term care and accessibility of natural history collections?  Your
comments will help us shape our planning with regard to collection space.
Thanks.

Pat Kociolek, Director of Research, CAS

(Please reply to: PKociolek at CASMail.CalAcademy.org)