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Collections Management Policy

(Index)(Full Text)

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Purpose and Description of the Collection
• 3 Kinds of Collections
• 4 Immediate Collection Goals
• 5 Acquisition of Specimens
  • 5.1 General Criteria
  • 5.2 Collections of Mixed Quality
  • 5.3 Acceptable Provenience
  • 5.4 Purchases
  • 5.5 Acquisition Procedure
  • 5.6 Accessioning and Records
  • 5.7 Appraisals
  • 5.8 Deed of Gift
  • 5.9 Copyright
• 6 Collection and Space Management
  • 6.1 Management of Collections
  • 6.2 Space and Collections Acquisition Management
• 7 Deaccessioning
  • 7.1 Exempt Materials
  • 7.2 Criteria for Deaccession
  • 7.3 Methods of Disposal
• 8 Loans
  • 8.1 Outgoing Loans
  • 8.2 Incoming Loans
  • 8.3 Packing and Shipping
  • 8.4 Loans to High-Level Government Officials
• 9 Specimens Placed in the Custody of the Department
• 10 Care and Control of Collections
• 11 Access to Collections
• 12 Insurance
• 13 Inventories
• 14 Private Collections

Appendices

A. Storage by Non-Staff Affiliates (Jan. 1, 1990)

B. Guidelines for Non-Mounted Collections (Jan. 30, 1990)

C. Management of Liquid-Preserved Collections(Jan. 24, 1992)

D. Destructive Sampling Policy and Procedure (September 2009)
     

Request for Destructive Sampling (September 2009)

E. Guidelines for Plant Mounting Priorities (Dec. 12, 1990)

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