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Overview

This wiki provides policies and guidelines for using and digitizing the collections of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium for NYBG Staff.  

Herbarium Management

Guidelines and policies for management of the physical collections.

Herbarium use guidelines
Herbarium Management Guides

Information Management

Guidelines for using the herbarium's collection management system, EMu.  EMu is used for specimen data entry and the Virtual Herbarium, the DNA Bank, Structural Botany collections, Index Herbariorum, Herbarium transaction management, the Index to American Botanical Literature and Electronic Floras and Monographs.  

Getting Started in EMu
User Guides

Primary contact: Kimberly Watson (kwatson@nybg.org)

Specimen Imaging

Policies for use of the camera stations in the Digital Imaging Center for herbarium specimen digitization.

Imaging Lab

Primary contact: Leanna Feder (lfeder@nybg.org)

Specimen Georeferencing

Protocols and methods for georeferencing specimens.

GIS Lab

Primary contact: Liz Gjieli (egjieli@nybg.org)

Curator Guide

Guidelines for NYBG Curators

Whom should I ask

How to request a loan

How to get future NY types ready for publication

Submission Guidelines for The Hand Lens

Grant Budget Calculators