UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HERBARIUM
HERBARIUM MANAGEMENT

1. Reading
   • Nevling, Lorin I., Jr. 1973. Report of the committee for recommendations in desirable procedures in herbarium practice and ethics, II. Brittonia 25(3): 307-310.
2. Loans from FLAS
   • Loans from FLAS Policies
   • Destructive Sampling Policies
   • Photograph Agreement
   • Step-by-step
     • Receive and evaluate loan request.
     • Choose specimens to be sent (leave some behind for id use).
     • Repair.
     • Computerization and imaging.
     • Prepare loan papers, update loan database.
     • Pack and ship. (Directions for Preparing and Packing Loans)
     • Await receipt of acknowledgement.
     • Managing outstanding loans (update requests).
     • Unpack and check returned specimens, update loan database (Directions for Unpacking and Checking in Loan Returns).
     • Acknowledge the return of the loan.
3. Loans to FLAS
   • Loans to FLAS Policies
   • UF Herbarium Loan Services: Overview of Work Flow and Cost Analysis (also see: Estimated Cost of University of Florida Herbarium Services and Supplies)
   • Constructing Clear and Concise Loan Requests
   • Lending Institutions' Loan Policies
   • Lending Institutions' Destructive Sampling Policies
   • Unpacking and Counting in a Loan (Directions for Unpacking and Checking in Loans To FLAS)
   • Loan Condition Report
   • Requesting Renewals
   • Directions for Return Packing (Directions for Unpacking and Checking in Loan Returns)