Infrastructure Upgrades for the University of Georgia Herbarium

已向佐治亚大学的W.Zomlefer博士提供了一笔赠款，用于资助佐治亚大学标本馆[GA]的下列迫切需要的改进：(1)升级频繁使用和老化的压实机系统；(2)购买标本馆柜，以便适当地保存档案标本；(3)安装和获取积压的标本，以帮助实现未来15年的预测增长；(4)重新组织主要收藏文件夹，以便于访问；(5)完成佐治亚州地图集试点项目的数据录入，并将该数据库公布在网上。GA植物标本馆是一个使用率很高的设施，拥有230,000个维管植物标本(包括250多个类型)，是国家和国际公认的来自佐治亚州和北美(特别是美国东南部)的标本。佐治亚大学和邻近机构的研究人员、学生和来自不同政府机构的人员广泛利用这些藏品，GA植物标本馆还接待了公众参观和数十名来访的科学家，他们每年都会来检查标本。这些珍贵藏品的妥善保管迫在眉睫地受到老化和危险的压实机系统的威胁，需要不断维修，再加上不适合档案存储的橱柜。升级的电子设备和增加的标准标本柜将产生直接和长期的影响，为GA标本馆的收藏提供可靠的安全存储和高效的进入。拟议项目的成功完成还将使人们能够访问完整的佐治亚州维管植物地图集数据库，目前未装入的积压数据将作为加入的标本提供给科学界。对社会的切实好处包括保护格鲁吉亚不可替代的国家遗产的一个重要因素，改进有担保的植物标本的储存和获取。缺乏凭证破坏了历史调查和其他研究的合法性，这些标本只有在得到良好支持的草本植物中才能得到妥善保存。佐治亚州地图集数据库的完成对整个社会有许多实际应用，例如确定收集不足的地区、濒危或有毒物种的范围以及需要管理的植物群落的位置。该项目将通过将标本馆的改进直接纳入佐治亚大学博物馆技术课程来促进学习，让本科生和研究生实习生接受一对一的标本准备和护理培训。升级后的系统还将允许存储用于教学的更大的植物档案。

A grant has been awarded to Dr. W. Zomlefer at the University of Georgia to fund the following urgently needed improvements to the University of Georgia Herbarium [GA]: (1) upgrading the heavily used and aging compactor system; (2) acquiring herbarium cabinets for proper archival specimen storage; (3) mounting and accessioning backlog specimens to help attain projected growth for the next 15 years; (4) reorganizing the main collection folders for easier access; and (5) completing data entry for the Georgia Atlas pilot project and posting this database on the Web. GA Herbarium is a highly used facility with 230,000 accessioned vascular plant specimens (including over 250 types) and is nationally and internationally recognized for collections from Georgia and North America (especially the southeastern United States). Researchers at the University of Georgia and neighboring institutions, students, and personnel from various governmental agencies extensively utilize the collection, and GA Herbarium is also host to public tours and scores of visiting scientists who visit to examine specimens each year. Proper care of this valuable collection is imminently threatened by an aging and dangerous compactor system requiring constant repair, coupled with cabinets unsuitable for archival storage. Upgraded electronics and addition of standard herbarium cabinets will have the immediate and long-term impact of providing reliable safe storage and efficient entry to the GA Herbarium collection. Successful conclusion of the proposed project will also allow access to the complete Georgia Atlas of Vascular Plants database, and data from the currently unmounted backlog will be available to the scientific community as accessioned specimens.Broader Impacts (beyond scientific community use). Tangible benefits to society include conservation of an important element of Georgia's irreplaceable state heritage with improved storage and access of vouchered plant specimens. Lack of vouchers undermines the legitimacy of historical surveys and other studies, and these specimens are properly preserved only in well-supported herbaria. Completion of the Georgia Atlas database has many practical applications for society at large, such as defining under-collected areas, ranges of endangered or poisonous species, and locations of plant communities requiring management. This project will promote learning via direct incorporation of herbarium improvements into several University of Georgia museum technique courses, exposing undergraduate and graduate interns to one-on-one training with specimen preparation and care. The upgraded system would also allow storage of a larger plant archive for teaching.