Collection Improvement for the Intermountain Herbarium

山间植物标本室是山间地区系统资源中心。目前馆藏标本超过216,500件。它们被储存在相当于196.5个全尺寸植物标本馆的柜子里。这些橱柜的质量参差不齐。超过10个（110.5个全尺寸等效）是保护标本免受天花板泄漏，昆虫和灰尘的标准橱柜。其余的橱柜（相当于86个全尺寸的）没有这样做。未加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，这些物品被存放在开放式货架上，比不合格的木制和金属橱柜提供的保护更少。许多标本所面临的另一个危险是过度拥挤。最近的一项统计显示，310个书架太拥挤了，以至于在拿出来或还回去的时候，文件夹不得不稍微挤一挤。在每一个例子中，两边的柜子都是如此的满，以至于无法通过重新分配标本来缓解这种情况。1993年和1994年明显需要改善山间植物标本室的标本储存设施；发现了三起虫害造成的破坏事件，发生了四次天花板泄漏，由于1986年发生的天花板泄漏，大约300个未安装的标本不得不丢弃。已经采取了一些预防措施，以尽量减少进一步的损害。现在，标本在放入收藏柜或借阅柜之前，通常会被冷冻，所有木制柜的顶部都钉上了聚乙烯片。然而，这两种措施都不能提供标准植物标本室在关闭时紧密密封所提供的保护水平。至关重要的是，植物标本室能够把它收藏的所有标本，包括自己的和其他机构借来的标本，无论是否加入，都放在质量良好的柜子里。这将需要购买130个标准尺寸的储物柜：100个替换现有的不合格储物柜，24个缓解过度拥挤，6个供今后5年使用。此外，近期发表的有关菊科植物的分类处理对山间地区的影响，需要更换非存档的属夹，并制作新的属夹。因此，需要制定一个命名程序，以消除不一致，并提供该科植物的交叉参考，以方便收集资料的使用

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