John & Cheryl Jacobs
Seffner, FL
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:52 PM
Subject: mollusca Cenozoic Mollusca Reorganization, Smithsonian


     The collections and offices of Cenozoic Mollusca in the Department of
Paleobiology, National Museum of natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
are in the process of being moved and reorganized within the East Wing of
the Museum.  We shall be unable to process loans and receive visitors to the
collections until this process is completed late this spring.  A notice of
reopening will be sent to PaleoNet and the Mollusca mailing list at that
time.
     The collections, offices, and Dall Library of the Mollusk division of
the Department of Invertebrate Zoology are also in the process of being
moved, but their new home will be in the West Wing of the Museum.  Sadly,
this spacial separation of fossil and Recent mollusks will now make it more
difficult for those researchers who must work with both Recent and fossil
material.



Thomas R. Waller, Research Scientist and Curator
Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560-0121
Phone:  (202)357-2127
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