Herbarium Management Guides

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Intro for new staff

Herbarium use guidelines

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NY Family List

Herbarium Label Templates

Exchange

Exchange Lists

Mounting

Specimens to be mounted may be dropped off at the counter height cabinet on the 4th floor near the lunch table, or in the mounting room, at second table from the door.

-Please separate staff collections (i.e., any collections that were processed here) from nonstaff collections (those made and processed by staff at other institutions, e.g., gifts for identification that you received).

-Indicate on droptag: “staff” or “nonstaff”, and whether you want the specimens returned to you or filed into the herbarium.

-If a collection has separate fruit or material for two sheets, make sure there are enough labels.

If you have specific requirements for your specimens, please consult Nicole before leaving them in the mounting room

Filing

Numbering and Sorting Specimens

Specimens to set aside for staff

Filing Instructions

Common Abbreviations

Processing

Collection Control Form

Collectors and persons responsible

Distributing duplicate specimens on exchange

Specialist List

CITES List

How to Process a new collection

How to Retrieve New Determinations

Common Abbreviations

How to Report Inhouse Determinations

Types

Vascular Types

Type Annotation Labels

Visitors

Guidelines for orienting visitors

Visitor Information

How to Report Inhouse Determinations

Loans

How to request a loan