Use
Policy for the Herbarium in the Botany Department
of the California Academy of Sciences
1. All specimen collections of the Academy shall be accessible for legitimate
research and study by all responsible investigators, subject to procedures
necessary to safeguard the specimens and to restrictions required by limitations
of normal working hours, of exhibition requirements, or available study
space and facilities, and of the Academy staff time necessary to protect
the collections and to guide investigators as to specimen locations and
documentation.
2. The use
of departmental collections or facilities by outside commercial organizations,
such as environmental consulting companies, will be at the discretion
of the department chairman, and normally will involve
a fee as reimbursement for curator or technical time involved
in assisting such organizations.
3. Individuals
requesting access to specimens or records must state in writing the purpose
of their inquiries. Ordinarily, access shall be limited to legitimate
scholarly and legal inquiry.
4. In order
to protect our collections from insect infestations we do not allow dried
plant material into the Department until the material has been frozen,
on site, for a minimum of 72 hours.
For
Correspondence: Collections Manager, Botany Dept., California Academy
of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118
Loan
Policy~Acquisition Policy
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