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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">This is to inform you that the Herbarium Vadense (WAG) of the Wageningen University has closed down.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Beginning November 1 we will join the Leiden Herbarium (L), the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam and the National Natural History Museum Naturalis to form the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.
The collections of the Herbarium Utrecht (U) have already been incorporated in L.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">We have started preparing the move of all collections to Leiden. The move will be finished at the end of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Due to the short time for the preparations we will not be able to return any outstanding loans till the herbarium opens again in Leiden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Any requests for loans will also not be handled until after the move to Leiden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">All existing collections and transactions (loans) will keep the acronym WAG. After January 1 all new collections and transactions will have the acronym L.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Starting immediately our new address is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden</span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask them. We hope to be of service again after January 1, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Folkert Aleva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Folkert Aleva<br>
Technical Curator<br>
(Chief Collections Manager)<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">J.F. Aleva (Mr.)<br>
Naturalis Biodiversity Center (section NHN), Wageningen University<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please note change of address:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For parcels:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden</span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.</span><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">CITES Registration NL 004</span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Telephone +31 (0317) 483163/483160<br>
Email: </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:Folkert.Aleva@wur.nl"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Folkert.Aleva@wur.nl</span></a></span><span lang="NL" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bis.wur.nl/"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.bis.wur.nl</span></a></span><span lang="NL" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.disclaimer-uk.wur.nl/"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.disclaimer-uk.wur.nl</span></a></span><b><span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Naturalis Biodiversity Center is performing large scale digitization as well as rehousing of the collections of the former National Herbarium
of the Netherlands (L, U, WAG, AMD). As a result, until 2015, parts of the herbarium collections may not be immediately accessible to visitors or available for loans. Therefore, we kindly ask you to plan your visits and loan requests well in advance and to
always contact our staff through<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:collectie@naturalis.nl" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">collectie@naturalis.nl</span></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
or </span></b><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:folkert.aleva@wag.nl"><span lang="EN-GB">folkert.aleva@wag.nl</span></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
for the Wageningen branch</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
</span></b><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We apologize for this inconvenience.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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