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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">As part of the University of Oklahoma's phased reopening, i</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">ncoming
and outgoing loans</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;"> will be processed in consultation with the appropriate collection staff</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">.
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">New loan requests will be filled depending on staff </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">availability
and collections access. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">By arrangement with staff, institutions and individuals may ship collections back or return specimen loans to the Museum
at this time.</span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">Collection visits and in-person use of our collections remain suspended at this time and until further notice. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">Researchers
may continue to access collection information online through collection databases (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue;">https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)
or through d</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">ata aggregators.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">We are constantly monitoring this dynamic situation. The Sam Noble Museum will return to full operations when we are
advised that it is safe to do so.</span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">If there are questions for a particular collection, feel free to email the curators and curatorial staff directly.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<div class="PlainText">Richard Lupia<br>
Associate Director and <span style="">Head Curator, Sam Noble Museum</span></div>
<div class="PlainText">Associate Professor, School of Geosciences<br>
University of Oklahoma<br>
2401 Chautauqua Avenue<br>
Norman OK 73072<br>
<rlupia@ou.edu></div>
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