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Association of Systematics Collections

The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) was "an international, non-profit organization of institutions that maintain biological collections." Founded in 1972, it was eventually subsumed by the Natural Science Collections Alliance. While active, this society held annual meetings, published a bimonthly newsletter, and published numerous reports on natural history collections and database management.

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The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) was "an international, non-profit organization of institutions that maintain biological collections." Founded in 1972, it was eventually subsumed by the Natural Science Collections Alliance.1 While active, this society held annual meetings, published a bimonthly newsletter, and published numerous reports on natural history collections and database management.

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  1. . [1], SIA RU007459, Association of Systematics Collections, Records, circa 1972-1988