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The “ins and outs” of S pecimen Loans:

The “ins and outs” of S pecimen Loans:. Are current loan policies adequately serving the Systematic Community?. Victoria Bayless and Mike Ferro Louisiana State Arthropod Museum. Really Ancient History --- the 1960 ’s. LSU Insect Collection. Ancient History --- the 1990 ’s.

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The “ins and outs” of S pecimen Loans:

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  1. The “ins and outs” of Specimen Loans: Are current loan policies adequately serving the Systematic Community? Victoria Bayless and Mike Ferro Louisiana State Arthropod Museum

  2. Really Ancient History --- the 1960’s LSU Insect Collection

  3. Ancient History --- the 1990’s

  4. No, Not really, Maybe Loans at LSAM 1970-1983 Overdue Loans at LSAM 1970-1983

  5. The Current Situation Google andEmail 6Already returned (paperwork issues) 7 Extended 4 Emails bounced 2 Loans misplaced by borrower (but borrowers trustworthy) 12 Loans being returned 10 No replies (more than one are infamous hoarders) 1 Situation hopeless (material safe) 1 Lost material following death of borrower 1 Transfer to other researcher following death of borrower 1 Lost in post (but this person is a hoarder and therefore answer is suspect) Data on 47 loans requested this year (2011) for return issued prior to 2000

  6. Loan Forms and Loan Policies One page or Twenty pages: Does anyone really read them? One page or Twenty pages: Does anyone really read them? One page or Twenty pages: Does anyone really read them?

  7. Loan Duration Policy One year? Researcher on Amphetamines Two years? Master’s Student Three years? Ph.D. Student Reality Check: Large Scale Revisions • Five years? • Ten years? More????

  8. Classification of Borrowers The Hoarder The Arrogant Intellectual

  9. Classification of Borrowers The Master of Excuses The Procrastinator

  10. Classification of Borrowers The Absent Minded Professor The Optimist

  11. Classification of Borrowers The Lazy Bones The Organizational Disaster

  12. Classification of Borrowers Here are the specimens I borrowed from the LSAM and I brought you some flowers too!

  13. Who wants What Curator/Collection Manager Borrower/Researcher ?

  14. What we really want To house specimens in such a way as to make them available for use, both as loans and as an on-line searchable database with images. The Big Question Can we loan specimens in a manner that would assist in research AND still be able to maintain and improve our collection?

  15. The Future – Wiki Pages http://lsamloans.wikia.com/wiki/LSAMLoans_Wiki YES The Insect Loans Wiki Page

  16. Basic Wiki Architecture Taxa Museum Borrower HOME

  17. Basic Wiki Architecture Museum Borrower Taxa HOME Loans ordered by taxa Maintained by ? Borrower’s Info History Maintained by Borrower Lender’s Info Loans Maintained by Lender

  18. acknowledgements Thanks to all of you who have returned loans recently (or ever) and/or plan to do so in the very near future! • Those who shared their stories and ideas • Everyone who agreed to talk in this session • Chris Carlton , the LSAM family and the LSU Department of Entomology • All the insects that gave their lives so we could actually make loans to all the borrowers so they could do all the remarkable things they do!

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