Collection Improvement for the Intermountain Herbarium

山间植物标本馆是山间地区的区域性系统学资源中心。它目前包括超过216,500个加入的标本。它们被储存在相当于196.5个全尺寸标本柜中。这些橱柜的质量差别很大。Over Have(相当于110.5个全尺寸)是标准的橱柜，可以保护标本免受天花板泄漏、昆虫和灰尘的伤害。其余的橱柜(86个全尺寸等价物)则不会这样做。未进入的标本的存储空间也是一个主要问题。由于缺乏更好的设施，这些设备被存放在开放式货架上，提供的保护甚至比不合格的木质和金属橱柜更少。收藏中的许多标本面临的另一个危险是出口过度拥挤。最近的一项统计显示，310个书架如此拥挤，以至于当文件夹被取出或归还时，不得不稍微挤压一下。在每一种情况下，两边的柜子都是如此满，以至于无法通过重新分发标本来缓解这种情况。1993年和1994年，升级山间植物标本馆标本存储设施的必要性变得明显；发现了三起虫害造成的损害，四起天花板泄漏，大约300件未安装的标本因1986年天花板泄漏而不得不丢弃。已经采取了一些预防措施，以将进一步的损害降至最低。现在，标本在被放入收藏柜或借阅柜之前，通常会被冷冻，所有木柜的顶部都已经钉上了聚乙烯薄膜。然而，这两种措施都不能提供标准标本柜所提供的保护水平，标准标本柜关闭时会紧密密封。至关重要的是，标本馆能够将其保存的所有标本，无论是自己的标本还是从其他机构借来的标本，无论是否加入，都放在质量良好的橱柜中。这将需要购买130个标准尺寸的橱柜：100个用于取代现有的不合标准的储物空间，24个用于缓解过度拥挤，6个用于容纳未来五年。此外，需要更换非档案属文件夹，并在影响山间地区的最近出版物中对菊科植物的分类处理之间建立新的文件夹，需要一个旨在消除该科中的不一致并提供交叉参考的命名程序，以便于使用该收藏

The Intermountain Herbarium is a Regional Systematics Resource Center for the Intermountain Region. It currently comprises over 216,500 accessioned specimens. These are stored in the equivalent of 196.5 full-sized herbarium cabinets. The quality of these cabinets varies widely. Over have (110.5 full-sized equivalents) are standard cabinets that protect specimens from ceiling leaks, insects, and dust. The remaining cabinets (86 full-sized equivalents) do not do so. The storage space for unaccessioned specimens is also of major concern. For lack of better facilities, these are stored on open shelves that provide even less protection than the substandard wooden and metal cabinets. An additional hazard facing many of the specimens in the collection is the severed overcrowding that exits. A recent count revealed 310 shelves so crowed that the folders have to be squeezed slightly when being taken out or returned. In each instance, the cabinets on either side are so full as to preclude relieving the situation by redistribution of the specimens. The need to upgrade the specimen storage facilities in the Intermountain Herbarium became evident in 1993 and 1994; three separate instances of damage form insect infestation were discovered, four ceiling leaks occurred, and approximately 300 unmounted specimens had to be discarded because of a ceiling leak that had occurred in 1986. Some precautions have already been taken to minimize further damage. Specimens are now routinely frozen before being placed in the collection or loan cabinets and polyethylene sheets have been stapled across the tops of all wooden cabinets. Neither of these measures, however, can provide the level of protection provided by standard herbarium cabinets that seal tightly when closed. It is essential that the herbarium be able to place all the specimens it houses, both its own and those loaned by other institutions, whether accessioned or not, in good quality cabinets. This will require the purchase of 130 standard-sized cabinets: 100 to replace the existing substandard storage, 24 to relieve overcrowding, and 6 to accommodate the next five years. In addition, non-archival genus folders need to be replaced and new folders made between the taxonomic treatment of the Asteraceae in recent publications affection the Intermountain Region, a nomenclatural program designed to remove inconsistencies and provide cross-references in this family is needed to facilitate use of the collection