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The Entomological Collections Network (ECN) is a long standing organization whose mission is to disseminate information about best practices in entomological (and arthropod) natural history collections. We host an annual meeting<\/a> which is generally just before the Entomological Society of America<\/a> meeting, and have an active listserv<\/a> to facilitate communication between collection managers around the world.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joining ECN is as simple as signing up for our ListServ at zero cost (now hosted through Google Groups). We do encourage subscribers to occasionally donate to support our annual meeting. We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all contributions are tax deductible in the USA.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Entomological Collections Network (ECN) is a long standing organization whose mission is to disseminate information about best practices in entomological (and arthropod) natural history collections. 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