To obtain a password, contact the Curator . All information on foreign collections is available without a password. For a loan of materials, please contact the Curator . The research staff sponsor students in a wide variety of roles from graduate students, to undergraduate students seeking research experience, to volunteers to contribute to various aspects of collection maintenance. Volunteers are needed for collection maintenance.
Collections require a lot of work so that they remain viable entities.
We encourage all those interested in learning how to curate a significant museum collection to contact the Curator . The experience gained in collections maintenance will help students prepare for jobs and graduate school. Identification of the genera of Loricariidae has been difficult and keys have been lacking.