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The EEB Biological Collections Facility[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html] is located on the main floor of the [[BSP]] building (BSP 115). It houses preserved specimens of both plants and animals. There are separate rooms for storage of dry specimens and those preserved in ethanol. The Collections facility also includes a small library of biological literature (BSP 112), work space, and the offices of facility staff.
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The EEB Biological Collections Facility[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html] is located on the main floor of the [[BPB]] building (BPB 115). It houses preserved specimens of both plants and animals. There are separate rooms for storage of dry specimens and those preserved in ethanol. The Collections facility also includes a small library of biological literature (BPB 112), work space, and the offices of facility staff.
  
 
Services offered by the Collections facility include:
 
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* Use of digital microscopy equipment.
 
* Use of digital microscopy equipment.
  
== Administrative structure (From the bottom up) ==
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== Administrative structure ==
  
The collection is divided into three main components each with its '''manager''':
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The facility is headed by a director ([[Bernard Goffinet]]) who meets twice a year with the managers and directors of the three divisions and reports to the [[EEB Department Head]]. Collection managers oversee the daily operations and supervise undergraduates. The collection managers are under the supervision of a faculty director who also heads the respective collections committee. The collections committee of each division includes faculty, the manager and a student representative.
* Invertebrate collection manager: [[Jane O'Donnell]]; full-time
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* Vertebrate collection manager: [[Jamie Fisher]], part-time 1 day/week, currently Friday
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* Plant collection (incl. paleo collection) manager: [[Bob Capers]]; full-time
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Collection managers deal with the daily operations and supervise undergraduates. The collection managers are under the supervision of a '''director''' who also heads the respective collections committee:
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* Invertebrate collection director: [[Janine Caira]]
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=== Division managers ===
* Vertebrate collection director: [[Kurt Schwenk]]
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* Invertebrate collection: [[Jane O'Donnell]]; full-time
* Plant collection director: [[Don Les]]
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* Vertebrate collection: [[Susan Hochgraf]], part-time, one day per week
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* Plant collection (including the paleobotanical collection): [[Bob Capers]]; full-time
  
Each collections committee includes faculty, the manager and a student representative.
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=== Faculty directors ===
 
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* Invertebrate collection: [[Janine Caira]]
The facility is headed by a director ([[Bernard Goffinet]]) who meets twice a year with the 3 directors and reports to the Department head.
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* Vertebrate collection: [[Margaret Rubega]]
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* Plant collection: [[Don Les]]
  
 
== Access to the collection facility: ==
 
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Ph: 1-860-486-5290 <br>
 
Ph: 1-860-486-5290 <br>
 
Fax: 1-860-486-6364
 
Fax: 1-860-486-6364
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Latest revision as of 01:29, 28 May 2008

The EEB Biological Collections Facility[1] is located on the main floor of the BPB building (BPB 115). It houses preserved specimens of both plants and animals. There are separate rooms for storage of dry specimens and those preserved in ethanol. The Collections facility also includes a small library of biological literature (BPB 112), work space, and the offices of facility staff.

Services offered by the Collections facility include:

  • Curating voucher specimens.
  • Securing loans from other institutions' collections.
  • Use of digital microscopy equipment.

Administrative structure

The facility is headed by a director (Bernard Goffinet) who meets twice a year with the managers and directors of the three divisions and reports to the EEB Department Head. Collection managers oversee the daily operations and supervise undergraduates. The collection managers are under the supervision of a faculty director who also heads the respective collections committee. The collections committee of each division includes faculty, the manager and a student representative.

Division managers

  • Invertebrate collection: Jane O'Donnell; full-time
  • Vertebrate collection: Susan Hochgraf, part-time, one day per week
  • Plant collection (including the paleobotanical collection): Bob Capers; full-time

Faculty directors

Access to the collection facility:

The facility is open to anyone who needs to examine specimens; arrangements should be made with the respective managers.

Graduate students (or postdocs, and others) who must access the collections as part of their research must take the course "Introduction to Natural History Collections" which is offered once a year (typically fall, but exceptionally Spring 2007).

Students who take the course can be handed a key to access the collection independently.

TAs for courses that use specimens must take the course. TAs who do not take the course, will not be granted open-independent access, and hence will depend on the collection managers to access the specimens. This rule is strictly enforced, and is designed to maintain the whole facility clean, operational, organized, and hence accessible to everyone.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Dr. Bernard Goffinet
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 North Eagleville Road
Storrs, CT 06269-3043
USA
Ph: 1-860-486-5290
Fax: 1-860-486-6364