Retrofitting of Specimen Storage Compactors in the Herbariumof the California Academy of Sciences

加州科学院的植物标本馆里 超过150万种植物标本， 世界 它是美国第六大植物标本馆 也是北美西部最大的 储存的标本 在植物标本室里有一份永久的植物记录 是许多植物学信息的基础， research. 除了系统化的大量使用外， 植物标本馆也是一个宝贵的资源， 林业人员、农业代理人、海关官员、土地使用 规划人员和公共卫生当局。 植物标本馆作为 这类活动的一个出发点， 有毒植物，潜在的寄主植物的文件 破坏性昆虫，并建立了地理来源 和有害杂草的栖息地要求。 为了满足上述所有需求，植物标本室 需要有一个有效的系统来存储和检索 安装的标本。 目前的项目将升级 压缩植物标本室的储存元件， 植物标本馆的工作人员和游客更容易接近。

The herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences contains over 1.5 million mounted botanical specimens from around the world. It is the sixth largest herbarium in the United States and the largest in western North America. The specimens stored in the herbarium are a permanent, documented record of the plants of the world and are the basis for much botanical information and research. In addition to significant usage by systematic botanists, the herbarium is also an invaluable resource for foresters, agricultural agents, customs officials, land-use planners and public health authorities. The herbarium serves as a starting point for such activities as identification of poisonous plants, documentation of the host plants of potentially destructive insects, and establishment of the geographic sources and habitat requirements of noxious weeds. In order to serve all of the above demands, the herbarium needs to have an efficient system for storage and retrieval of the mounted specimens. The current project will upgrade the compact storage elements of the herbarium to make the specimens more readily accessible to both herbarium staff and visitors.