{"id":3773,"date":"2019-12-18T20:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T20:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?page_id=3773"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:18:36","slug":"accessing-ngr-material-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/accessing-ngr-material-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing the NGR material collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Accessing the NGR material collections<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Data &mdash; National Geological Repository<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/accessing-ngr-material-collections\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Accessing%20the%20NGR%20material%20collections&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/accessing-ngr-material-collections\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/accessing-ngr-material-collections\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Accessing%20the%20NGR%20material%20collections&#038;body=Rates%20and%20conditions%20for%20accessing%20our%20borehole%20and%20well%20core%20sample%20collections.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/accessing-ngr-material-collections\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/accessing-ngr-material-collections\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"alert alert-primary\" role=\"alert\">\n   Prices are subject to VAT and correct from 1 April 2024\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Borehole and well core samples are primarily housed at BGS Keyworth near Nottingham, along with the English &amp; Welsh biostratigraphy and petrology collections. A Scottish Hydrocarbons Teaching Collection is located at BGS Edinburgh, with the existing Scottish biostratigraphy and petrology collections.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"visiting\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Visiting the Core Store<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The majority of borehole cores and samples are available for study and subsampling by bona fide academics and commercial companies. Please complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?wpdmdl=98571\">Core Store Viewing and Sampling Application Form<\/a>\u00a0as well as reviewing all of the instructions below for safe working practices and sampling instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Commmercial companies are charged for access; non-funded academics will need to complete an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/bgs-academic-waiver\/\">academic waiver form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boreholes may be selected using the <a title=\"GeoIndex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-onshore\/\">GeoIndex<\/a> or the <a title=\"Borehole materials search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/borehole-materials-database\/\">borehole materials database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The online database also provides information on available sample depths and types.<\/p>\n<p>For all Core Store materials enquiries, including visitor bookings and available dates etc., please contact the <a href=\"mailto:kwcorestore@bgs.ac.uk\">Core Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Commercial rates<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All prices are subject to VAT.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cost of laboratory hire is *\u00a3292.18 + VAT per lab per day plus a Standing Charge of \u00a3133.83 + VAT per lab per visit.\u00a0 The minimum booking fee to secure one lab per day is *\u00a3426.01 + VAT.\u00a0 This fee includes up to four hours of staff time (to cover two technicians to lay out and return material to the store).\u00a0 If the staff time required to retrieve material exceeds this limit, or you request additional material during your visit, an additional cost recovery rate of *\u00a353.53 + VAT per hour will be applied. Where we can assess the amount of staff time to retrieve the core\/material requested, we will prepare a quotation for the visitor to approve before arrival, but in some instances, this may increase depending on the complexity of the location of the core\/material.\u00a0 This charge is waived for academics on production of evidence, e.g. letter from supervisor or signed academic waiver, stating all works are for academic purposes only.\u00a0* This fee is subject to change to reflect staff costs<\/li>\n<li>Biostratigraphy and petrology collections (Keyworth and Edinburgh) and marine collections (Keyworth) are \u00a360.00 per day.<\/li>\n<li>Onshore borehole (Keyworth) pallet inspection fee is\u00a0 \u00a326.00 per pallet (two pallets included in each visitor ticket).<\/li>\n<li>Onshore borehole (Keyworth) tray inspection fee is \u00a310.00 per tray or \u00a35.25 if the trays are in a running sequence (up to ten trays included in each visitor ticket, provided they run consecutively).<\/li>\n<li>Borehole sampling charge is \u00a318.00 per sample, plus postage and packing.<\/li>\n<li>Sample retrieval charge (biostratigraphy, petrology &amp; geochemistry collections) \u00a320.00 per half hour of staff time (first half hour included in visitor ticket).<\/li>\n<li>Sample loan charge is \u00a3100.00, plus \u00a35.00 per sample (\u00a31.00 for any additional samples within a sequence), plus postage and packing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the above charges may be varied at the discretion of the Chief Curator.<\/p>\n<p>Set charges for producing samples please replace with below text:<\/p>\n<p>Sampling must follow the procedure described in \u201cRecord of Samples Taken during Inspection\u201d i.e. all subsamples taken during the visit must be bar-coded and referenced by these unique numbers in all data and reports produced.\u00a0 A sampling fee of \u00a312 + VAT for each sample taken from cuttings and *\u00a318 + VAT is charged if sample is taken from core.<\/p>\n<p>Sampling will not normally be allowed at intervals less than 1m, unless a significant scientific reason has been submitted and agreed by our Chief Curator.\u00a0* This fee is subject to change to reflect staff costs<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Set charges for producing samples<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sampling must follow the procedure described in \u201cRecord of Samples Taken during Inspection\u201d i.e. all subsamples taken during the visit must be bar-coded and referenced by these unique numbers in all data and reports produced.\u00a0 A sampling fee of \u00a312 + VAT for each sample taken from cuttings and *\u00a318 + VAT is charged if sample is taken from core.<\/p>\n<p>Sampling will not normally be allowed at intervals less than 1m, unless a significant scientific reason has been submitted and agreed by our Chief Curator.\u00a0* This fee is subject to change to reflect staff costs<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Loaning material<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loans of samples, slides, fossils, etc. are regularly made from the collections to BGS staff and bona fide academics, commercial research workers and individuals who have approved borrower status.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Academic waiver<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Academics and private individuals are required to sign an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/bgs-academic-waiver\/\">academic waiver form<\/a> (<label class=\"fileSizeComment\">85 KB pdf) <\/label>stating that the work will not be used for commercial gain, otherwise they will be charged at commercial rates.<\/p>\n<p>BGS staff carrying out commercial work and requiring access to the collections are legally required to cost the commercial access rates into their quotations.<\/p>\n<p>Academics and private individuals signing the waiver form may use the results for commercial gain only after they have been published in full in a recognised academic journal.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone signing a waiver form and then found to have benefited from access to unpublished results will become liable to full commercial charge.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<section  id=\"downloads-3522-block_fc55042372eabd774300afc7a709413c\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>BGS Keyworth visitor forms and instructions<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap md-row thin-tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Core store viewing and sampling application form<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?wpdmdl=98571\" class=\"button primary-background before btn-icon-download-white \">Download<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/core-store-viewing-and-sampling-application-form\/\">More information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>BGS Academic Waiver<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?wpdmdl=3725\" class=\"button primary-background before btn-icon-download-white \">Download<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/bgs-academic-waiver\/\">More information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Subsampling instructions<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?wpdmdl=82395\" class=\"button primary-background before btn-icon-download-white \">Download<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/subsampling-instructions-keyworth\/\">More information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-simple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Safe working practices for staff &amp; visitors to the Keyworth core store<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?wpdmdl=82396\" class=\"button primary-background before btn-icon-download-white \">Download<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/safe-working-practices-for-staff-visitors-to-the-keyworth-core-store\/\">More information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<section class=\"cta-section  basic-background-1 \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row md-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Core store customer feedback form<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/core-store-customer-feedback-form\/\"  class=\"button primary-background   \">Core Store  customer feedback form<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get in touch <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For general NGR enquiries or to arrange a visit, please contact:<br><a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\"><strong>enquiries@bgs.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a>  or <strong>0115 936 3143<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">View full NGR contact list<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sectionBody\">\n<h3 class=\"clear\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/howe-michael\/\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr Mike Howe<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, Chief Curator<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol50\">\n<div class=\"rightCol50\">\n<p><span class=\"contacts\">Telephone: <\/span>0115 936 3105<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/fernie-alison\/\"><strong>Alison Steven<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Records Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol50\">\n<p><span class=\"contacts\">Telephone: <\/span>0131 6500 434<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol50\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/morrison-andrew\/\"><strong>Andrew Morrison<\/strong><\/a>, Archivist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol50\">\n<p><span class=\"contacts\">Telephone: <\/span>0115 936 3247<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"clear\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-9847-block_e0d8a043332d8b7b02eb147ac46b0e2a\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row 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