Research Loan Policies and Procedures

Museum materials are available for loan to researchers and requests should be made to the Collection Manager. We loan determined and undetermined specimens and are generally happy to negotiate exchanges of specimens for specialists' assistance in identifying material. Our polices basically reflect those given by Arnett, Samuelson, and Nishida (1997).

Loans are typically made on a two-year, renewable upon request, basis. Specimens for student research are loaned through the student's advisor. Any destructive study of loaned specimens must be negotiated in advance. Holotypes selected from loaned material must be returned to the Essig Museum. The proper coden for the Essig Museum to be used in publications is EMEC, and copies of papers citing our specimens should be sent to the museum.

Loan Conditions

The recipient must agree to:

  1. Place his/her determination labels on the specimens.
  2. Send to the EMEC a copy of any paper based in whole or in part upon these specimens.
  3. Return specimens of all species unless otherwise authorized.
  4. Not dissect or otherwise permanently alter specimens unless authorized.

Please contact the Collection Manager to initiate a loan or inquire about our holdings.