Students should request loans through a faculty sponsor or a museum curator. Large loans are usually divided into two or three installments, and subsequent shipments are sent only upon return of previously shipped material. We pay the regular mailing costs of sending loans to institutions in North America. The borrowing institution pays for the return of specimens in the provided shipping container with similar insurance coverage. Our loan policy is similar that of most other North American mammal collections.
Separate guidelines apply to the consumptive use of specimens, including frozen tissue samples.
The Mammal Collection also donates some specimens to educational institutions. This should be in a format that we can present on our web site to demonstrate the usage and scientific merit of the Collection. A statement that the Collection will be acknowledged in publications resulting from use of the Collection, and that, where allowed, UAM specimens will be cited by catalog number. A description and justification of the quantity of the material required for the research. We ask you, as users of the Collection, to help support it.