Collections & Research Staff
Janet Waddington
Assistant Curator
B.Sc., Geology, University of Toronto, 1970
M.Sc., Geology, University of Toronto, 1972
Janet Waddington is Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology in the Department of Natural History, and manages the ROM’s collection of invertebrate and plant fossils.
Janet was hired in 1971 to digitize the invertebrate fossil catalogue and became a permanent staff member in 1972. Since then, she has developed a keen interest in collection management practices and in aspects of preventive conservation of invertebrate fossils. She is an active participant in the ROM’s bi-monthly ID clinics for rocks, fossils, gems, minerals and meteorites and fields numerous public enquiries about fossils. A founding member of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), Janet served as Managing Editor for SPNHC for six years.
Janet’s research interests include Silurian scorpions from Ontario. She was the coordinating curator of the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs and was also involved with aspects of the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals
Recent Publications (peer-reviewed)
| 2011 | Waddington, J. "Flat file to relational: The evolution of a type catalogue of invertebrate fossils." Collection Forum, 25: 136-143. |
| 2011 | Waddington, J. "Type and figured invertebrate fossils transferred from McMaster University to Royal Ontario Museum." Journal of Paleontology, 85(3): 610-611. |
| 2006 | Waddington. J., W. Pratt, and J. Scorsone. “Calling on GOD: The Gallery Object Database at the Royal Ontario Museum.” Collection Forum, 21: 162-174. |
| 2001 | Caldararo, N., L. Davis, P. Palmer and J. Waddington (editors). "The Contamination of Museum Materials and the Repatriation Process for Native California: Proceedings of a Working Conference at the San Francisco State University, 29 September to 1 October 2000." Collection Forum, 16(1-2): 1-100. |
| 2000 | Waddington, J. "Conservation Guidelines for Invertebrate Palaeontology." In Guidelines for the Management and Curation of Invertebrate Fossil Collections, edited by R.D. White and W.D. Allmon. The Paleontological Society, Special Publications, 10: 93-103. |
Publications List (PDF)
Galleries
Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals
James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs
ROM Images
Fossils
Podcasts
September 6, 2007
Assistant Curator, Janet Waddington on the ROM's cast of Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the first specimens to be installed in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs, opening winter 2007/2008.
Video Podcast: (10.3MB, 2m 45s)
Written Transcript
Other Links
ROM Invertebrate Palaeontology Collections
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Contact Information
Royal Ontario Museum
Department of Natural History
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
M5S 2C6
Tel: 416.586.5593
Fax: 416.586.5553
E-mail: janetw@rom.on.ca
Janet in the invertebrate palaeontology collection room, beside a large slab of eurypterids (sea scorpions) from New York. Photo credit: Brian Iwama
