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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.

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.  See Getting Started in EMu.

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.

Primary contact: Leanna McMillin (lmcmillin@nybg.org)