Help needed...?

[Barbara Pitschel]

Dear Tom...

We sort of incorporated our original mission statement into our 1991 =
collection policy (you may have been here for that), so hope this helps.

--Barbara

MISSION/OBJECTIVES
	HCRL collection development is primarily governed by the association of =
the library with SABG, and therefore reflects the emphasis of SABG on =
plants of Mediterranean climate areas of the world.  It is the mission =
and goal of the HCRL to develop and make available collections that =
support the plant collections of SABG, and the goals and educational =
role of the SAS and SABG "in promoting intelligent stewardship of the =
natural world...to interpret the interrelationships of people and plants =
and to advocate the preservation and continued development of Strybing =
Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park."  SAS Articles of =
Incorporation mandate development and maintenance of "a library in the =
interest of scientific gardening and of conservation of natural =
resources."  The HCRL is mandated to "provide comprehensive =
horticultural reference facilities" under the goal to "match facilities =
and programs to visitor needs which are consistent with the purposes of =
Strybing."


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Barbara M. Pitschel, Head Librarian
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
Ninth Avenue at Lincoln Way
San Francisco, CA  94122-2384

Phone:  415-661-1316 x303     Fax:  415-661-3539
Email:   <bpitschel at sfbotanicalgarden.org>  
Web Site:   <www.sfbotanicalgarden.org>

"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." --Aldo Leopold
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-----Original Message-----
From: NHC-owner at u.washington.edu [mailto:NHC-owner at u.washington.edu]On
Behalf Of Tom Moritz
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:05 PM
To: SLA Natural History Caucus
Subject: Help needed...?
Importance: High


Lazy man's request (for a report currently in draft)...

I would like to receive, from natural history institutions (including 
museums, gardens, aquaria, zoos, arboreta...)

1) copies of your original "mission statement" -- as perhaps occurring in a 
charter or other founding document?

2) copies of your most current mission statement

3) any other formal institutional policies that may relate to dissemination 
of scientific information as a part of the institutional mission

Thanks for any assistance...

Tom Moritz