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Phillips CD, Dunnum JL, Dowler RC, Bradley LC, Garner HJ, MacDonald KA, Lim BK, Revelez MA, Campbell ML, Lutz HL, Garza NO, Cook JA, Bradley RD, Alvarez-Castañeda ST, Bradley JE, Bradley RD, Carraway LN, Carrera-E JP, Conroy CJ, Coyner BS, Demboski JR, Dick CW, Dowler RC, Doyle K, Dunnum JL, Esselstyn JA, Gutiérrez E, Hanson JD, Holahan PM, Holmes T, Iudica CA, Leite RN, Lee TE, Lim BK, Malaney JL, McLean BS, McLaren SB, Moncrief ND, Olson L, Ordóñez-Garza N, Phillips CD, Revelez MA, Rickart EA, Rogers DS, Thompson CW, Upham NS, Velazco PM. Curatorial guidelines and standards of the American Society of Mammalogists for collections of genetic resources. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
The Systematic Collections Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists advises curators and other personnel affiliated with natural history collections in matters relating to administration, curation, and accreditation of mammal specimens and their associated data. The Systematic Collections Committee also maintains a list of curatorial standards for managing a collection-accreditation program under the auspices of the American Society of Mammalogists. To date, the Systematic Collections Committee has provided guidance for the more traditional specimen collections (skin, skeletal, fluid, etc.) and specimen data management. Given the rapidly expanding role of genetic resources in biological research, the Systematic Collections Committee herein presents a series of formal guidelines and standards designed to assist collections professionals in the current best practices for curation and maintenance of collections of genetic resources, to ensure long-term integrity of the archived material, and to address personnel safety and guidelines for researchers and curatorial staff. These guidelines and standards are intended to provide constructive guidance and a mechanism of accreditation for collections that vary in scale and infrastructure.
El Comité de Colecciones Sistemáticas de la Sociedad Americana de Mastozoólogos asesora a curadores y demás personal afiliado a colecciones de historia natural en asuntos relacionados a la administración, curación y acreditación de especímenes de mamíferos y su información pertinente. El Comité de Colecciones Sistemáticas mantiene también una lista de normas curatoriales para la gestión de un programa de acreditación de colecciones auspiciados por la Sociedad Americana de Mastozoólogos. A la fecha, el Comité de Colecciones Sistemáticas ha proporcionado una guía para las colecciones de muestras tradicionales (piel, esqueleto, líquido, etc.) y el manejo de datos asociados a estos especímenes. Dado el rápido crecimiento del papel que desempeñan los recursos genéticos en investigaciones biológicas, el Comité de Colecciones Sistemáticas presenta en esta publicación una serie de pautas y estándares formales diseñados para ayudar a los profesionales de colecciones científicas en las mejores prácticas actuales para la conservación y mantenimiento de colecciones de recursos genéticos, a modo de garantizar la integridad a largo plazo del material archivado, y tratar sobre la seguridad del personal y directrices para investigadores y personal curatorial. Estas pautas y estándares tienen como objetivo proporcionar una orientación constructiva y un mecanismo de acreditación para colecciones que varían en escala e infraestructura.
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Affiliation(s)
- Caleb D Phillips
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
- Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | - Robert C Dowler
- Department of Biology and Angelo State Natural History Collections, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, USA
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- Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | | | - Mariel L Campbell
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | - Holly L Lutz
- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
| | | | - Joseph A Cook
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | - Robert D Bradley
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
- Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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