Installation of a High-Density Storage System -- University of Minnesota, Herbarium

该项目将把明尼苏达大学植物标本馆改造成一个可移动通道的存储系统。 该标本馆有超过世纪的历史，是全国较大的标本馆之一，在全国排名第13位，在大学标本馆中排名第6位。 收录的标本超过80万份，代表了大多数的家族群体和地球上的大部分生物群落。 该项目将专注于隐花植物和非种子植物（约占总收藏量的1/3），并将提供一个可移动通道压实机系统，以产生额外的占地面积，更换目前超大的橱柜，并增加橱柜，以缓解过度拥挤并适应未来20年的增长。 改进后的馆藏将使研究人员更容易访问馆藏，并获得材料的贷款。

This project will convert the University of Minnesota Herbarium to a movable-aisle storage system. The herbarium is over a century old, and is one of the larger herbaria in the country, ranking 13th nationally and 6th among university herbaria. Accessions number over 800,000 specimens and represent most familial groups and much of the earth's biomes. The project will focus on the cryptogamic and non-seed plants (about 1/3 of the total collection), and will provide a movable-aisle compactor system to generate additional floor space, replacement cabinets for current oversized ones, and additional cabinets to alleviate overcrowding and accommodate growth for the next 20 years. The improved collections will make it easier for researchers to access the collection, and receive loans of materials.