Department Services and Charges
Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt founded Hunt Botanical Library with the intention that it would conduct its own program of research while ensuring that its collections would be available to others. Hunt Institute remains committed to making its reference services and research collections available and accessible to the scientific and scholarly communities, publishers, businesses, and the interested public.
This page provides an overview of departmental services. Please see the graphics site for information about servicce charges. Queries may be made to the relevant department(s) or to the Administration Office by mail, email, telephone, or fax, as well as in person (see the Contact Us page).
Research Assistance
Staff members in each of the departments assist patrons in researching specific questions or topics. In addition to providing general assistance to researchers, staff may also be engaged to provide more extensive research assistance. An hourly fee is charged for services negotiated beyond a standard level of service; see the graphics site for more information.Photo Research
Staff also perform photo research and coordinate requests for photographic reproductions of book illustrations, artworks and portraits. The Institute's photographer works closely with staff from the Library, Archives and Art Department to provide this service. Prints, negatives and slides and transparencies may be ordered. See the graphics site for more detailed information about these photographic services, including digital options, schedules and prices.Photocopying Services
The Institute also provides photocopying services. Some limitations apply, based on constraints such as the condition of the materials from which copies are requested to be made, as well as copyright restrictions when applicable. Photocopying fees are listed on the graphics site. Please note that some photographic and photocopying requests may be subject to research service fees and publication fees. Interlibrary loan requests for photocopies or loans are subject to interlibrary loan fees. Any relevant fees are discussed in advance of provision of services.Access to Collections
Most of the departmental collections are available for supervised on-site use, subject to restrictions placed upon materials by donors or by the Institute. In order to prepare for your visit and ensure that materials of interest are accessible, the Institute requests that you contact department staff to make prior appointments. For general library use, readers' hours are 1:00 to 5:00, or you may contact the librarians for morning appointments. See the department page for contact information.Interlibrary Loans
Although the Library collections do not circulate in the usual sense, limited interlibrary loan is available for some recent publications, subject to restrictions. These loans are made library-to-library, for in-library use only. Interlibrary loan photocopying is also provided. Restrictions are based on constraints such as the age, condition, value and replaceability of the materials, as well as copyright restrictions or other restrictions as outlined in the interlibrary loan policy. Interlibrary loan requests for photocopies or loans are subject to interlibrary loan fees.Repositories for Botanists' Papers
The archivist acts in an advisory capacity to assist in finding appropriate repositories for botanists' papers in order to ensure that they are placed where they will be most serviceable to researchers, and the Institute can serve as a repository of alternate resort when one more suitable is not available.Tours, Collection Talks and Other Presentations
The librarians provide tours of the Library as well as presentations on a variety of topics relating to the collections. Similarly, tours of the Archives or Art Department can be arranged, as can gallery talks and other collection-based presentations as well as tours of the Reading Room. Appointments can be arranged through the departments or the Administration Office.Art Exhibitions at the Institute
Descriptions of the current and upcoming exhibitions, to be displayed in the Institute gallery, are available on News and Events.Travel Exhibitions
The Institute shares its resources by offering travel exhibitions to museums, schools, botanic gardens, arboreta, gardens clubs and other organizations the opportunity to borrow and display ready-to-hang Institute exhibits of botanical art and illustration. For travel exhibitions currently on display, see News and Events. For descriptions and images of the travel exhibitions currently available, please see the graphics site.
Service Charges
For more information about the charges for photographic services, photocopying services, research and reference services, and permissions and publication fees, please see the graphics site.
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