The Journal of Natural Science Collections Volume 11 is now available to NatSCA members!
Print copies are on their way to our members and members can also access Volume 11 online here. Articles are accessible to NatSCA members only and can be unlocked by using the password provided by our membership secretary. Most articles will be available exclusively to NatSCA members for the first year following their publication.
NatSCA is pleased to invite applications to this year’s Bill Pettit Memorial Award. Up to £3,000 of grant money, is available to NatSCA members this year to support projects including the conservation, access and use of natural science collections.
Charles Arthur William ‘Bill’ Pettit (1937-2009) started his career with the National Institute of Oceanography but moved to the Manchester Museum in 1975 to become Assistant Keeper of Zoology. In his time at Manchester, Bill worked tirelessly for the collections and was instrumental in projects such as FENSCORE as well as numerous publications. It is in recognition of his commitment to natural science collections that we would like to offer this annual award.
Projects will be assessed against NatSCA’s mission and are scored against: conservation of collections, collections access, collections use and timescales and costs. We are looking for innovative projects with a tangible legacy. Each project will be considered on its own merits by the NatSCA committee and the committee’s decision, including not awarding any money that year, will be final.
We particularly welcome projects related to NatSCA’s key priorities around:
• Core work around collections management - especially around missing, lost or stolen collections
• Climate Crisis
• Decolonisation, anti-racism, equality, access and inclusion
• Digitisation
The Journal of Natural Science Collections Volume 8 is now available to NatSCA members!
Print copies are on their way to our members and members can also access Volume 8 online here. Articles are accessible to NatSCA members only and can be unlocked by using the password provided by our membership secretary. All articles will be available exclusively to NatSCA members for the first year following their publication.
