Welcome to CollectionsWeb, the website of the Research Coordination Network (RCN) for Building a National Community of Natural History Collections . At CollectionsWeb you can find out general information about the RCN and find out how you can get involved in the activities of the RCN. Please refer back to CollectionsWeb.org for up-to-date information and resources.

CollectionsWeb welcomes Karen Francl to the RCN Steering Committee. Dr. Francl was elected by participants at Workshop I: Opportunities and Challenges of Small Collections and will represent the interests of small natural history collections on the RCN steering committee.

Five newly elected members join the RCN Core Participants. Karen Francl (Radford University), Nico Franz (University of Puerto Rico), Christopher Marshall (Oregon State University), Christopher Martine (Plattsburgh State University of New York), and Jody Ullman (Virginia Living Museum) were elected during Workshop I to represent the interests of small natural history collections.