CSBR: Natural History: Making a large impact on a small herbarium: Integration of un-accessioned and orphaned specimens to secure and promote wider use of the collection

植物标本馆是植物多样性的不可替代的宝库，它记录了过去和现在植物的发生情况。这些收藏是植物科学和科学政策的基础，特别是那些为农村社区服务的。在这种情况下，植物标本室是特别重要的数据来源，因为土地管理人员需要关于本地和引进物种以及物种组合迅速变化的影响的信息。在为更大的科学界服务的同时，区域植物标本馆也更具体和彻底地为当地居民、农民、私人和政府决策者以及土地管理者服务。因此，植物标本馆准确地反映过去和现在的植物多样性是至关重要的。乔治亚南方大学（GSU）的植物标本馆拥有21127个已编目的标本，坐落在一座最先进的建筑中。然而，估计有26,500个维管植物标本（占藏品的55.6%）没有组织，需要管理和整合，以实现其科学价值和利用。这些未添加的材料大多来自格鲁吉亚海岸平原，这是一个样本相对较少的地区，拥有许多稀有和濒危物种。该奖项将使GSU整合最近获得的两个孤儿标本和其他积压的标本，使GSU植物标本室的馆藏增加一倍，并确保未来几代人宝贵的科学收藏品的安全。通过这个项目，这些标本将被安装在植物标本室的表格上，有关这些藏品的数据将被数字化，这将改善和确保这些藏品的长期研究和教育。此外，该设施将更新必要的工具，使研究人员和学生能够通过贷款、参观和在线数据库访问该地区最全面的植物多样性收集。GSU的植物标本室有21,127个标本，但估计有26,500个标本记录了格鲁吉亚东南部沿海平原的区域多样性，包括稀有物种，来自样本稀少地区的收藏品，以及萨凡纳植物标本室的孤儿青年博物馆和斯图尔特堡的植物区，这些都是研究和教育无法访问的。这阻碍了整合当代藏品、重组藏品、整合命名变化和其他教育推广活动的努力，产生了处理积压藏品的迫切需要。该项目将通过将馆藏图书信息转换为标签数据，将未加入的标本整合到主馆藏中。将对标本进行安装和归档，并将标签数据上传到现有的在线数据库存储库，以增加其传播和使用。此外，重组和命名更新将确保收集的未来使用和方便访问。该奖项将极大地加强和确保一个独特的，具有历史意义的收藏，记录了沿海平原独特的植物多样性。将创建主动学习模块，以吸引高中生和大一学生，同时整合STEM教育。该奖项将进一步允许植物标本室通过参与有指导的学习环境来参与和培训GSU的多元化学生社区，并通过积极协助策展实践获得对追求STEM职业至关重要的经验。结果可以在GSU植物标本室的网站（sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/gasherbarium/home）上查看，数据将通过iDigBio （www）共享和提供。idigbio.org)。

Herbaria are irreplaceable repositories of botanical diversity that catalog the occurrence of plants in the past and present. These collections serve as a foundation in plant science and science policy, especially those serving rural communities. In this setting, herbaria are especially important data sources because land managers require information on native and introduced species, as well as the effects of rapidly changing species assemblages. While serving the larger scientific community, regional herbaria also serve local residents, farmers, private and government policy makers, and land managers more specifically and thoroughly. It is therefore vital that herbaria accurately represent the past and present plant diversity. The Georgia Southern University (GSU) Herbarium holds 21,127 catalogued specimens and is housed in a state-of-the-art building. However, an estimated 26,500 vascular plant specimens (55.6% of the collection) are unorganized and in need of curation and integration to fulfill their scientific value and use. Most of this un-accessioned material comes from the Georgian Coastal Plain, a relatively poorly sampled region that harbors many rare and endangered species. This award will allow GSU to integrate two recently acquired orphaned collections and other backlogged specimens, doubling the GSU Herbarium's holdings and assure the security of an invaluable scientific collection for future generations. Through this project, these specimens will be mounted onto herbarium sheets and data about the collections will be digitized, which will improve and secure the collection for research and education over the long-term. Furthermore, the facility will be updated with the necessary tools to provide researchers and students access to the most comprehensive collection of plant diversity in the region through loans, visits, and online databases.The GSU Herbarium has 21,127 accessioned specimens, but an estimated 26,500 specimens documenting the regional diversity of southeastern Georgian Coastal Plain, including rare species, collections from sparsely sampled areas, and the orphaned Youth Museum of Savannah Herbarium and the Flora of Fort Stewart, are inaccessible for research and education. This impedes efforts to integrate contemporary collections, reorganize the collection, integrate nomenclatural changes, and other educational outreach initiatives, generating an urgent need to process the backlogged collection. The project will integrate un-accessioned specimens into the main collection by transferring collection book information into label data. Specimens will be mounted and filed, and the label data uploaded into existing online database repositories to increase their dissemination and use. In addition, reorganization and nomenclatural updates will secure the collection for future use and facilitate access. The award will greatly enhance and secure a unique, historically significant collection that documents the exceptional plant diversity of the Coastal Plain. Active-learning modules will be created to engage high school and freshman college students, while integrating STEM education. The award will further allow the Herbarium to engage and train GSU's diverse student community by participating in a mentored learning environment and gain experience crucial to pursuing STEM careers by actively assisting in curatorial practices. Results can be viewed on the GSU Herbarium's website (sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/gasherbarium/home) and data will be shared and made available through iDigBio (www. idigbio.org).