Care of the Systematic Collections of the Rancho Santa Ana Herbarium

该项目提供部分支持，以维护和照顾兰乔圣安娜植物园和波莫纳学院标本馆（RSA-POM）收藏。RSA-POM是一个国家资源库，是全球系统植物学研究的重要参考资料库。越来越多的策展活动，包括从洛杉矶县博物馆转移170，000件标本，导致越来越多的收藏品缺乏存储空间。研究人员对收藏品的使用也有所增加，对策展和技术人员的时间提出了更高的要求。国家科学基金会的资金将用于购买和安装142个新的和120个现有的植物标本箱在一个可移动的马车压实系统。该系统位于植物标本馆的三楼，与现有的橱柜布置相比，存储容量增加了46%，有足够的空间容纳额外的123，000个标本。这将使近五年的增长，目前的速度25,000标本每年。NSF的资金还将用于支持两名技术人员处理新的加入，贷款，交流，工作人员收集和其他策展活动。将特别强调处理积压的收集和完成分类收集。

This project provides partial support for maintenance and care of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Pomona College herbarium (RSA-POM) collections. RSA-POM, a National Resource Collection, is an important reference collection for systematic botany research worldwide. Increased curatorial activity, including the transfer of 170,000 specimens from the Los Angeles County Museum, has resulted in a shortage of storage space for the growing collections. Use of the collections by researchers has also increased, placing greater demands on the time of curatorial and technical staff. NSF funds will be used to purchase and install 142 new and 120 existing herbarium cases on a movable-carriage compactor system. Housed on the herbarium's third floor, the system will provide a 46% increase in storage capacity over the existing cabinet arrangement, enough space for an additional 123,000 specimens. This will allow for nearly five year's growth at the current rate of 25,000 specimens annually. NSF funds will also be used to support two technicians to process new accessions, loans, exchanges, staff collections, and other curatorial activities. Special emphasis will be given to processing backlog collections and completing segregation of the type collection.