Opening the doors of possibility: Creating new space through the compactorization of the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH)

哈佛大学植物标本馆（HUH）是美国最大和最活跃的植物标本馆之一。维管植物标本馆拥有超过360万个标本，是一个非常丰富的科学资源。该项目将侧重于这些收藏品的重组和分类。通过购买和安装自动化存储单元，HUH将优化其空间利用，适应未来的增长，并重组其血管收藏。 HUH？的收藏被科学界大量使用，如其许多访客，贷款要求的高频率，以及大量使用HUH标本的研究出版物所记录的那样。该项目将改善对收藏品的实际和智力访问。随着收藏接近饱和，新的自动化货架将改善标本的储存条件，并将促进未来的收藏增长。这些升级将改善教师，学生和访问学者对馆藏的实际访问，并将允许创建升级的工作空间。根据最新的被子植物分类法重新组织馆藏，将使研究人员能够更有意义地利用馆藏。学生将在该项目中就业，并将接受植物学策展实践的培训。外联工作将以博物馆展览为特色，突出HUH收藏品用于研究新英格兰气候变化导致物种损失模式的方式。

The Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) is one of the largest and most active in the country. The vascular plant herbaria, containing over 3.6 million specimens, represent an exceptionally rich scientific resource. This project will focus on the reorganization and compactorization of these collections. Through the purchase and installation of compactorized storage units, the HUH will optimize its use of space and accommodate future growth, as well as reorganize its vascular collections. The HUH?s collection is heavily used by the scientific community, as documented by its many visitors, the high frequency of loan requests, and the large number of research publications that make use of HUH specimens. This project will improve both physical and intellectual access to the collections. With the collection near capacity, new compactorized shelving will improve storage conditions for the specimens and will facilitate future growth of the collection. These upgrades will improve the physical accessibility of the collections for faculty, students, and visiting scholars and will permit the creation of upgraded workspace. Reorganizing the collection based on the most up-to-date angiosperm classification will enable researchers to use the collections more meaningfully. Students will be employed in the project and will be trained in the practice of botanical curation. Outreach efforts will feature a museum exhibit highlighting the ways in which HUH collections are being used to study the pattern of species loss to climate change in New England.