Vendors and Sponsors
We are grateful to our generous vendors and sponsors who have graciously supported our meeting, and SPNHC in general. Please visit their websites to learn more about their products and services, and visit our vendors at the vendor fair during the meeting.
Title Sponsor
Delta Designs/ Bruynzeel
Delta Designs Ltd. part of Bruynzeel Storage Systems specializes in the custom designs, professional manufacture, and personal installation of quality museum storage equipment.
Our products meet the highest standards of conservation practice for historical artifacts, art objects, textiles, scientific specimen,s and archival materials.
Our products meet the highest standards of conservation practice for historical artifacts, art objects, textiles, scientific specimen,s and archival materials.
Diamond Sponsor
Picturae
Founded in 1997, our mission is to enable archives, museums, universities, and other collection holders to Create Discoveries from within their own collections. Picturae achieves our mission through high-end (photographic) digitization of documents, books, pictures, slides, negatives, audio, and biodiversity collections, such as herbarium and entomological collections. Picturae always digitizes at the highest level of image quality, complying with Metamorfoze and FADGI guidelines. Using our proprietary digitization software, we consistently uphold quality standards across disciplines, over time, and in different locations. Our imaging equipment is built in-house using state-of-the-art cameras, lenses, and bespoke lighting and hardware designs.
Silver Sponsors
iDigBio
Since 2011, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) has served as the national coordinating center for the United States' Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). iDigBio is enabling the digitization of data from all U.S. biological collections and is integrating those data to make them broadly available and useful with shared standards and formats. Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs) have been key partners in this effort, forming a national grid of institutions that are digitizing specimens and associated resources. iDigBio also provides valuable resources and training to enhance skills in cleaning and analyzing specimen data.
University Products
University Products is the leading supplier of conservation and preservation materials to the museum community, and one of the few providers of materials especially made for the preservation of natural history collections. One of the few providers of 100% cotton herbarium specimen mounting paper, the company also offers custom imprinting. University Products also offers Resistall Paper for labeling wet collections. In addition, the company is the official distributor of SPNHC publications.
Bronze Sponsors
Spacesaver
Natural history museums house current and historical evidence of the plants, animals, individuals, and conditions of a specific time period. Spacesaver’s museum cabinets and storage products preserve these items under optimal conditions.
Specify
The Specify Collections Consortium produces the open-source Specify Collection Management Platform and offers related technical services for processing the data associated with specimens and samples in biological research collections.
We have partnered with natural history museums and biological repositories for over 30 years. Today, Specify handles research data at biological collections institutions and consortia around the globe.
We have partnered with natural history museums and biological repositories for over 30 years. Today, Specify handles research data at biological collections institutions and consortia around the globe.
Symbiota
Symbiota is open-source software designed for efficient and collaborative digitization as a collections management system, and as an open data exploration and publishing tool. To date, over 60 Symbiota portals have been used to mobilize 95 million biological specimen records from 1,900 collections worldwide.
Services provided by KU Symbiota include 1) data portal and image hosting; 2) data portal setup; 3) data portal maintenance; 4) data portal tool development and IT consulting; 5) digitization and workflow consulting; and 5) custom data products. To review our current rates, please refer to: https://biodiversity.ku.edu/products-services.
Services provided by KU Symbiota include 1) data portal and image hosting; 2) data portal setup; 3) data portal maintenance; 4) data portal tool development and IT consulting; 5) digitization and workflow consulting; and 5) custom data products. To review our current rates, please refer to: https://biodiversity.ku.edu/products-services.
Coris Monitoring
CORIS offers a comprehensive wireless temperature monitoring system for museums that measures the temperature and relative humidity inside display cases and storage areas. When temperature or humidity levels go outside predefined thresholds, our cloud-based 24-hour monitor system sends out real-time alerts to museum personnel so they can take swift action to keep assets safe. All data is permanently stored in the cloud, making it easily accessible on and off the museum site.
Axiell
Axiell is a leading provider of digital solutions for natural history institutions. 4 of the world's 5 largest natural history museums use our software as their collection management solution. Axiell offers a suite of integrated platforms for to drive peak efficiency, flexibility and digital enablement at our customer institutions.
This includes:
- Axiell Collections: collections management system
- Axiell DAMS - Powered by Piction: digital asset management system
- CultureConnect: digital engagement platform
- Axiell Flow: workflow automation software
Check out our offerings for natural history institutions at axiell.com/natural-history and reach out to learn more!
This includes:
- Axiell Collections: collections management system
- Axiell DAMS - Powered by Piction: digital asset management system
- CultureConnect: digital engagement platform
- Axiell Flow: workflow automation software
Check out our offerings for natural history institutions at axiell.com/natural-history and reach out to learn more!
Majkowski Woodworking Company
The Majkowski carpenter workshop is a family-owned business that has been in operation for nearly 40 years. From the beginning, we focused on manufacturing specialized equipment for museum exhibits and academic institutions. Our philosophy is to achieve a personal approach with every client. This applies both to the dimensions of the drawers and cabinets, as well as the economical use of space for collections. Museums and private collectors around the world have recognized that our experience and fine craftsmanship are a great fit for protecting their collections.
Supporting Sponsors
Alpha Systems
Alpha Systems, a leader in automated data collection, mobile computing, bar code equipment, and media, has come up with a museum tag solution using this technology for printing labels for wet collections. Using thermal transfer technology with a resin based chemistry ribbon, we have a tag that has a long term solution in Formaldehyde, ethanol and alcohol.
O.Berk
O.Berk Company is a leading packaging solutions provider specializing in stock and custom containers for various industries, including beauty, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and household products. With a century-long legacy, O.Berk offers an extensive catalog of glass, plastic, and metal containers, along with a wide selection of closures and dispensing systems. Their capabilities extend beyond stock packaging, providing customization options such as decoration, labeling, and sustainable packaging solutions. With multiple locations across the United States, O.Berk ensures efficient distribution and responsive customer service, helping brands of all sizes meet their packaging needs with quality and innovation.
Barker Langham
Barker Langham is a global leader in cultural consultancy, having successfully delivered over 300 projects across five continents, ranging from community oral history initiatives to international mega-museums. With offices and teams across the globe, including the UK, Saudi Arabia, North America, Europe, and Asia, our diverse team provides services in interpretation, strategy, experience and exhibition design, strategic master planning, and collections and acquisitions.
Pensoft
Pensoft is an independent academic publishing company, well known worldwide for its novel cutting-edge publishing tools, workflows, and methods for text and data publishing of journals, books, and conference materials. Through its Research and Technical Development department, the company is involved in various research and technology projects. Pensoft also provides services in website design and development, building of integrated publishing platforms, and in science communication.
Herbarium Supply Company
Herbarium Supply Company is recognized nationally as the leading source of herbarium paper and related supplies. Our quality control and desire for continuing quality provide customer confidence and satisfaction. Herbarium Supply Company’s products are being used by universities, museums, botanical gardens, and other collectors throughout the world.
The KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum will host the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) 40th Annual Meeting in Lawrence, KS.
This annual event regularly attracts an audience of 350–450 participants from around the world. Since our meeting is designed to allow virtual participation, we expect another 250–350 participants to join us online. In-person and virtual participants represent a wide range of disciplines, subjects, and backgrounds, including botany, zoology, paleontology, geology and mineralogy, herbaria, data science, bioinformatics, living collections, pest management, conservation, collections storage, exhibition design, data management, and public programming.
The program includes themed symposia, workshops, and a plenary session focusing on natural history collections and their continued importance to the world today and into the future. It also includes an exhibitor showcase through which vendors of natural history or related products showcase these products to the community.
We are offering several sponsorship packages and opportunities to suit varying budgets and marketing strategies. Sponsoring the SPNHC conference provides significant relationship-building opportunities, multi-channel marketing, promotional opportunities, and substantial global exposure while furthering the goals of SPNHC. Please contact us at spnhc2025@ku.edu for a copy of the Sponsor and Vendor prospectus document (pdf).
Vendor and Sponsor support of these meetings is crucial to our success and is much appreciated. We welcome your involvement in this conference and look forward to welcoming you to Lawrence in May 2025.