Acquisition of Cases for the West Virginia University Herbarium

西弗吉尼亚大学植物标本馆拥有超过15万份植物标本。这些藏品始于1889年，从那时起一直在稳步增加。它拥有世界上最完整的西弗吉尼亚州维管植物收藏。这些藏品存放在金属柜子里，而这些柜子并不是作为标本箱设计的，这导致标本多年来一直受到持续的损害。除了大量用于研究、准备西弗吉尼亚州的植物群和广泛的借阅活动外，这些藏品迫切需要翻新。该项目将提供资金购买现代标本馆标本以重新收藏。西弗吉尼亚大学将为重新收集藏品提供工资支持，作为该项目的费用分摊。

The West Virginia University Herbarium contains over 150,000 plant specimens. The collection was started in 1889 and has steadily increased since then. It has the most complete collection in the world of West Virginia vascular plants. The collection is stored in metal cabinets that were not designed as herbarium cases, resulting over the years in consistent and continuing damage to the specimens. This, in addition to heavy use in research, in preparation of the Flora of West Virginia and in extensive loan activity, leaves the collection badly in need of renovation. This project will provide funds to purchase modern herbarium specimens to re-house the collection. The University of West Virginia will provide salary support for recuration of the collection as cost sharing on the project.