<div dir="ltr">Extracts from our collection policy may be of help:<div><br></div><div>"Collection Volunteers and Museum Associates (with/without University privileges)</div><div>The Museum benefits from the contributions of volunteers who donate their time and knowledge to assist the curators with collection activities. All of these positions are non-salaried, volunteer positions that can include activities at the discretion of the curators. All volunteer relationships should be documented with a volunteer form that is signed by the curator and volunteer (Appendix 3). In the case of museum associates, an appointment letter from the director and signed by the museum associate is required.</div><div>...<br></div><div>The official “Bell Museum Associate” title is an annually renewable, non-salaried, 12-month appointment at the University of Minnesota. This category of volunteer is reserved for those in the scientific, professional, amateur, or education community who provide sustained collection-based research or museum-based pedagogical research. Bell Museum associates should contribute to our research or educational collections through specimen deposition, curation, or database content enhancements.</div><div><br></div><div>A Bell Museum Associate is sponsored by one or more faculty curators. To propose a new associate, the sponsoring curator must provide the prospective associate’s CV for consideration and a brief overview of how this person will be contributing to the growth</div><div>and improvement of our research collections. Appointments are reviewed annually for renewal. The curators provide a synopsis of their Museum Associates contributions and activities as part of their annual collection report. The curator must affirm annually that the level of contributions warrant continued status as a museum associate.</div><div><br></div><div>There are two levels of Museum Associates. The first level of a Museum Associate appointment does not confer additional University privileges; however, the person is recognized in our Annual Report to donors and provided an individual museum membership. They will be placed on the distribution list to receive Bell Museum publications, exhibit and event announcements. The second level of appointment (without salary, WOS) includes the benefits of the first level and confers additional University privileges of library, IT, recreational sports center access, and free admission to University Museums. These appointments incur costs to the College (approximately $2000/person in 2013) and should only be awarded to those who, in the curator’s best judgment, have an intellectual need to access these privileges to carry out their collaboration as a Museum Associate.</div><div><br></div><div>Whether these individuals are provided unsupervised access to the collections or collection databases is at the discretion of the individual curator. Curators should inform colleagues when such access is conferred for for shared collection areas (Herbarium, Mammal/Bird or Fish/Herpetology ranges)."</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div>Anita</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">__________<br>Anita F. Cholewa, Ph.D.<br>Curator of the UM Herbarium (MIN)<br> and Acting Curator of Lichens <br>J.F. Bell Museum of Natural History<br>University of Minnesota<br>1445 Gortner Ave<br>ST PAUL MN 55108-1095<br><br>campus mail code: 6022<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Sublett, Clayton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cas100@shsu.edu" target="_blank">cas100@shsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Our institution has a couple of collaborators that we would like to recognize as researchers affiliated with our natural history collection. Does anyone have a policy or suggestions on how your institution grants or determines who can be an official affiliate
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<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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<p>Clayton</p>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">Collection Manager</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Sam Houston State University Natural History Collection</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Sam Houston State University</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Huntsville, TX 77340</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="mailto:csublett@shsu.edu" target="_blank">csublett@shsu.edu</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Office: <a href="tel:%28936%29%20294-4493" value="+19362944493" target="_blank">(936) 294-4493</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Collection: <a href="tel:%28936%29%20294-4434" value="+19362944434" target="_blank">(936) 294-4434</a></font></div>
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