Collection Improvement and Computerization of the Pullen Herbarium (MISS), University of Mississippi

密西西比大学的普伦植物标本室成立于1963年，是该州最大的公共植物标本室。它包含超过62,000个加入的维管植物标本和超过40,000个积压的标本，包括苔藓植物，地衣和黏菌。大多数标本来自密西西比州和美国东南部。最近，植物研究在生物学和生药学院系以及泰德·科克伦国家天然产物研究中心的复兴，促使密西西比大学在植物科学的师资、研究基础设施和课程方面进行了投资。为了应对这些挑战并作为研究凭证的存储库，普伦植物标本室需要安装一个移动存储压缩系统来增加藏品的存储，新的橱柜来填充压缩器并替换损坏的橱柜，以及设备、用品和人员来安装和增加积压。从世纪之交开始的几百件重要的历史藏品也将得到保存和数字化记录。这些收集的改进将增加总植物标本馆的存储，允许扩展。由于与大多数其他州相比，密西西比州的植物区系信息缺乏，因此还要求资金将普伦植物标本馆标本的收集数据计算机化。需要人员和设备将标本数据输入一个关系数据库，并在万维网上建立一个可搜索的多用户平台，使信息随时可用于研究、教育和公众知识。提出了一项收集改进和计算机化的综合三年计划，该计划将刺激对密西西比州植物的研究，鼓励跨学科的联系，培训学生管理和植物分类，使重要数据易于研究，并为未来保护普伦植物标本室。

The Pullen Herbarium of the University of Mississippi was founded in 1963 and is the largest public herbarium in the state. It contains over 62,000 accessioned vascular plant specimens and a backlog of over 40,000 specimens including bryophytes, lichens and myxomycetes. A majority of the specimens are from Mississippi and the southeastern United States. The recent reinvigoration of botanical studies in the departments of Biology and Pharmacognosy and in the Thad Cochran National Center for Natural Products Research has led the University of Mississippi to invest in faculty, research infrastructure and curricula in the plant sciences. In order to meet these challenges and serve as a repository for research vouchers, the Pullen Herbarium requires the installation of a mobile storage compactor system to increase collections storage, new cabinets to fill the compactor and to replace damaged cabinets, and the equipment, supplies and personnel to mount and accession the backlog. Several hundred historically important collections from the turn of the century will also be conserved and digitally documented. These collection improvements will increase total herbarium storage, allowing expansion. Due to the dearth of information on the flora of Mississippi when compared to most other states, funds are also requested to computerize collection data from Pullen Herbarium specimens. Personnel and equipment are required to enter specimen data into a relational database and build a searchable, multi-user platform on the World Wide Web, allowing information to be readily available for research, education, and public knowledge. An integrated three-year plan for collection improvement and computerization is presented that will stimulate research on the plants of Mississippi, encourage interdisciplinary contact, train students in curation and plant taxonomy, make important data readily available for research, and conserve the Pullen Herbarium for the future.