content from the ECN website [1]:

The 2018 Entomological Collections Management Workshop [1] will be held at the California Academy of Sciences [2] (CAS) in San Francisco, California from July 23-26 (Monday-Thursday). The workshop will be led by co-instructors Dr. David G. Furth (Furth Museum Consulting [3]) and Dr. Floyd W. Shockley (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History [4]), with guest lectures from Dr. Chris Grinter (CAS), Deborah Paul (iDigBio), and Katja Seltmann (UCSB). Topics cover collections care for both the physical and digital objects. Workshop topics include:

• Collection digitization techniques, management and workflows
• Collections management policies, procedures, plans, mission statements
• Collection Profiling/Assessment
• Kinds of collections (para-collections, teaching/exhibits, etc.)
• Collection profiling (assessment)
• Specimen packing & shipping
• Specimen preparation & labeling
• Storage: compactors, cabinets, drawers, trays (pinned, ethanol, slides)
• Collection curation: arrangement, standardization, loans
• Collection conservation (e.g., environmental monitoring, T & RH, materials interactions, etc.)
• IPM (fumigants, freezing, etc.)
• Permitting (endangered/threatened species, IUCN, etc. lists)
• Moving collections
• Orphaned collection & deactivation
• Collections management literature
• Useful websites & vendors
• Archives & libraries
• Value of collections
• Deeds of gift
• Outreach (tours, public education, etc.)
• Personnel: volunteers, work study, interns, research associates/collaborators, contractors, supervision, etc.
• Security issues (access, theft)
• Building issues & planning (physical plant, architects, floor loading, etc.)