Here's a summary of the responses I received from my query
about fees charged for services related to data requests - This
information was provided by a staff person at each
institution listed.
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Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission - Natural Heritage Program
$45/hour - one hour minimum; ave. of 2 hours; time is logged in one-quarter hour
increments after first hour; govt.agencies, non-profit org., students &
researchers provided 2 hours/month free
+ cost of topo maps if request includes mapping locations
$90/hour for response in 24 hours
$10,000 per year annual subscription with one time $1,000 setup fee.
$2/page fax charge
FishGopher (participants include MCZ, UMMZ, FMNH, ANSP, UAIC, CU)
via Internet - database maintained at Cornell
no charge
copyright restrictions apply; map plotting available only for MCZ,UMMZ, CU
Malacology, ANSP
no charge - academic users
$12/record for non-academic
Vascular Plant database, Herbarium, Univ. Minnesota
unlimited time subscriptions at:
$150/year or $15/mo - academic and govt. agencies
$600/year or $60/mo - corporations
Herbarium generated checklist (hard copy generated & mailed)
$5/checklist
no charge - general public, use from one of herbarium's terminals
"My college covers the cost of hardware maintenance but expects the Herbarium to
contribute to software assistance by a percentage of the fees we charge. So far users
have felt these fees have been reasonable and I have heard only one complaint..."
Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia
$50/person/hr lab fee
$250/person/day field fee
+fees for use of supplies & equipt. based on their cost.
no charge for non-profit companies, researchers unless request takes more than 1-2
hours to complete
"As a state supported non-profit museum, we have to base our fees not just on what it
costs us to provide a service, but on what the going commercial rate is (we can't
under cut the for-profit companies)."
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
$25.00 flat fee for first 25 records
$00.75 per record for next 75 records
$00.50 per record for all subsequent records.
$25 flat fee plus $00.10/page for copying paper records, articles, books, archives, etc.
California Academy of Natural Sciences - herps
$25.00 - first 25 records
$00.75 per record for next 75 records
$00.50 per record for next 100 records
$00.35 per record for all subsequent records
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Paisley S. Cato, Ph.D. e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Curator of Collections phone: 703-666-8634
Virginia Museum of Natural History fax: 703-632-6487
1001 Douglas Ave., Martinsville, VA 24112
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