The US-based Natural Science Collections Alliance has produced a couple of media/public friendly views on the importance of collections - with the USGS and the Smithsonian. More to follow, apparently.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith