Specimens received by the collection without adequate locality information have been allocated to educational collections used either at UA or in extension courses targeted for instruction at levels K through 12. Although collection emphasis may broaden in time with new curators, staff, and students, the general mission of the UA collections will continue to be the documentation of biodiversity for research and educational purposes. The University usually accepts all expenses of loans to borrowers for alcoholic and skeletal materials, including packaging costs, staff time, and postage.
Expenses incurred in the return of the specimens are to be paid by the borrower.
Frozen specimens and tissues are shipped at the expense of the person or institution requesting the materials. Photographs are provided with a cost assessed to the user. For profit-making organizations or commercial uses, charges are assessed at a level to compensate for needs. Profit making organizations are also assessed fees for the costs of photocopying and use of photographs. All fees encumbered for access to the collections become part of the operating budget of the collections and are used to enhance the development of the collection.