Systematic Collections Committee
Membership:
W. T. Stanley, Chair (stanley@fieldmuseum.org)
J. E. Bradley
R. D. Bradley
S. Burt
L. N. Carraway
C. J. Conroy
B. Coyner
J. R. Demboski
C. W. Dick
R. C. Dowler
K. Doyle
J. L. Dunnum
J. A. Esselstyn
W. L. Gannon
M. S. Hafner
J. D. Hanson
T. Holmes
S. R. Hoofer
P. M. Holahan
C. A. Iudica
B. K. Jacobsen
D. A. Kelt
E. A. Lacey
B. K. Lim
S. B. McLaren
N. D. Montcrief
E. A. Rickart
D. S. Rogers
P. M. Velazco
Committee Charge:
History and Mission
The Systematic Collections Committee was formed in 1972 as an outgrowth of an ad hoc committee formed at the request of the National Science Foundation. The Systematic Collections Committee serves the Society by handling all matters that came before the Society related directly or indirectly to systematic collections of mammals.

Responsibilities
1. Advising curators worldwide in matters relating to collection administrations, curation, and accreditation;

2. maintaining a directory of mammal collections and conducting a survey of existing collections approximately once each decade; and

3. maintaining a list of curatorial standards for mammal collections and managing a collection-accreditation program under the auspices of the Society.
Committee Notes:
The committee has established minimal standards for proper collection maintenance and serves, on behalf of the Society, as an informal inspecting and accrediting agency for the curatorial status of collections. It also responds to requests from curators for information on proper collection care. It is responsible for the periodic surveys of collections of Recent mammals published by the Society. The Committee make-up includes members who are knowledgeable about care and management of systematic collections and are geographically dispersed to allow for inspection of collections throughout the country.

Related Files:
Mammal Collections  -  Mammal Collections in the Western Hemisphere [PDF Format]

Mammal Collections  -  Mammal Collections in the Western Hemisphere [MS Word '97 Format]

Accredited Collections  -  Mammal collections accredited by the American Society of Mammalogists, Systematics Collections Committee

2009 Annual Report  -  The 2009 Annual Report for the Systematics Collections Committee

Basic Curatorial Standards for Systematic Collections  -  Established by the ASM Systematic Collections Committee and published in the Journal of Mammalogy, 85:180-181, 2004.

2005 Annual Report  -  The 2005 Annual Report for the Systematics Collections Committee

2006 Annual Report  -  The 2006 Annual Report for the Systematics Collections Committee

Mammal Collections: 2007 working version  -  Mammal Collections in the Western Hemisphere, updated 2007 [MS Excel Format]

2007 Annual Report  -  The 2007 Annual Report for the Systematics Collections Committee

2008 Annual Report  -  The 2008 Annual Report for the Systematics Collections Committee

2010 Annual Report  -  The 2010 Annual Report for the Systematics Collections Committee