[Taxacom] NSCA-SPNHC 2008 Meeting Update

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[With apologies for cross-postings.]

NSCA–SPNHC Joint Meeting
Collection Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing World
13-17 May 2008
Skirvin Hilton Hotel
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma



Join us in Oklahoma City (OKC), OK May 13-17, 2008 for the Joint  
Meeting of the:
Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance) and the
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)



Registration—If you have not registered yet, we encourage you to do so  
soon. Registration is still open. See the conference website for  
on-line registration.

Program—The program, including the plenary talks, symposia, invited and  
contributed presentations, posters, and abstracts will be posted on the  
website soon! Authors will be notified by late April of the scheduling  
of their presentations in the program.

Vendor’s Lunch—The Vendor’s Lunch is full!

SIGs Lunch—Six of the eight Special Interest Groups are full! The  
Student Member Roundtable and Social Sciences Permits, Regulations, and  
Legal Issues are still open.

Trips and Museum Tours—Field trips to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife  
Refuge and Arbuckle Mountains Geology and White Mound are still open!  
Still open are the SNOMNH Earth/Social Sciences Tour and the Film, Q&A,  
and Partial Tour.
The University of Oklahoma Museums Tour and SNOMNH Morning and  
Afternoon Life Sciences/Services Tour are full. The Oklahoma History  
Center Tour has been cancelled. Check the meeting website for more  
information.

Hotel—At this time, there are no available rooms at the Skirvin Hilton.  
Some rooms, however, may be released after mid-April by the organizers  
of two smaller meetings that are being held concurrently with the  
NSCA-SPNHC meeting. For hotel information or reservations, go to:
www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/hotels.htm
www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/OKCSKHF-NSC-20080512/ 
index.jhtml

A contracted room block has been obtained at the Sheraton Oklahoma City  
Hotel located 0.16 miles from the Skirvin (~5 minute walk). Call  
1-800-325-3535 (toll free) or (405) 235-2780 to make reservations;  
on-line reservations are not available. Indicate the group name '2008  
NSCA-SPNHC' to receive the conference rate.

Workshops—All workshops are still open but are filling up!
•	Best Practices in Collection Stewardship: Writing a Collections  
Management
•	Policy Hazardous Materials Specimen Shipping
•	Lighting in Museums: Challenges of Balancing Collection Stewardship
•	Technology Museum Cleaning Basics in a Changing World
•	Making Sense of Making Mounts Workshop

Social and Banquet—Tickets are still available to dine with the  
dinosaurs, mingle with a mammoth, view the spectacular galleries at the  
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History! Music during the social  
and banquet will be provided by internationally known guitarist Edgar  
Cruz. After dinner, dancing and entertainment will be to the lively  
music of a DJ!

We thank all the sponsors and vendors who will be appearing at  
NSCA–SPNHC 2008! For a complete listing of all of our sponsors, please  
see www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc/Sponsors.htm

See you in May!
Janet Braun and Marcy Revelez, Co-Chairs

For details about the NSCA-SPNHC 2008 meeting schedule, call for  
presentations, workshops, pre-conference tours, registration, hotel  
reservations, and other information check the conference website  
http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/nsca-spnhc.