[NHCOLL-L:5225] question re: natural history loan support

[Mariko Kageyama]

Hello,

Please pardon my
 cross-posting. 


Our university's natural history teaching collection of
vertebrates are often loaned out to support university biology courses
such as mammalogy taught at a research station off campus. It is not
uncommon over a hundred specimens are requested and checked out at a
time. To process such loans, staff labor time and supplies needed could
be significant including cost for packing and boxing all the specimens.
So far we have never charged for such services to support the university's undergraduate and graduate courses offered off campus, but
we started wondering if there is any other institution in a similar
scenario that charges a nominal or modest course support fee for this
kind of collection service based on their policy, other
than recouping loan shipping costs. If you do not mind sharing your
experience or opinion with us, we would appreciate it.


Mariko


Mariko Kageyama
Collections Manager, Vertebrate Zoology
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Boulder, CO



      
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