Infrastructure Upgrades for the University of Georgia Herbarium

乔治亚大学的W. Zomlefer博士获得了一笔赠款，用于资助乔治亚大学植物标本馆急需的以下改进工作：(1)升级使用频繁且老化的压实机系统；(2)购置标本室柜，妥善存放档案标本；(3)收集和补充积压标本，以帮助实现未来15年的预期增长；(4)对主要收藏文件夹进行重新整理，方便查阅；(5)完成佐治亚州地图集试点项目的数据录入，并将该数据库发布到网络上。乔治亚州植物标本室是一个高度利用的设施，拥有23万份维管植物标本（包括250多种），是国内和国际公认的来自乔治亚州和北美（特别是美国东南部）的收藏。佐治亚大学和邻近机构的研究人员、学生和各种政府机构的工作人员广泛利用这些藏品，佐治亚植物标本馆每年还接待公众参观和数十名访问科学家，他们来这里检查标本。由于老化和危险的压实机系统需要不断维修，加上不适合档案存储的橱柜，对这些有价值的收藏品的适当护理迫在眉睫。升级的电子设备和标准的植物标本室橱柜的增加将对提供可靠的安全存储和有效进入GA植物标本室藏品产生直接和长期的影响。拟议项目的成功完成还将允许访问完整的格鲁吉亚维管植物地图集数据库，并且目前未安装的积压数据将作为添加的标本提供给科学界。更广泛的影响（超出科学界的使用）。对社会的切实利益包括保护格鲁吉亚不可替代的国家遗产的重要组成部分，改善了对担保植物标本的储存和获取。凭据的缺乏破坏了历史调查和其他研究的合法性，而且这些标本只有在得到良好支持的植物标本室中才能得到妥善保存。格鲁吉亚地图集数据库的完成对整个社会有许多实际应用，例如确定未充分收集的地区、濒危或有毒物种的范围以及需要管理的植物群落的位置。该项目将通过将植物标本馆改进直接纳入佐治亚大学博物馆的几门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更大的工厂档案用于教学。

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.