標本を貸すこと・借りること : テキサステック大学博物館のローン活動紹介

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The systematics community has long recognized that specimen loans are one of the most effective means of making natural history collections in museums accessible to researchers in other institutions. This paper provides an overview of the loan activity involving the zoological collections at the Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where the author was employed between 2001-2003. The discussion also addresses the concept of a loan and related subjects such as staff responsibilities, professional standards, policies and procedures, funding, and legal requirements. These issues are currently shared to a large extent among natural history institutions in the United States and other geographic regions. It is concluded that museum collection management, including loan programs, should be a focus for future investment and collaboration. Collection managers and researchers worldwide, need to continue their efforts towards augmenting existing biodiversity research infrastructure and facilitating positive interactions between collection resource providers and collection users.
日本動物分類学会の論文
2005-08-20