Collections Improvement at BRIT: Part I - Acquisition of Additional Storage Cabinets to Alleviate Overcrowding and House Processed Backlog

德克萨斯植物研究所（BRIT）负责管理两个大型且非常重要的植物标本：劳埃德·h·辛纳斯系统植物学藏品，以前位于南卫理公会大学，以及范德比尔特大学藏品。虽然是一个年轻的机构，英国理工学院已经有了显著的发展，一个新的设施将在2007年建成。该设施将允许扩大教育项目，允许增加图书馆馆藏，加强分类学研究的指导，并扩大BRIT学术出版物编辑部的空间。目前，额外的4000平方英尺的空间被租用来容纳范德比尔特的藏品，并缓解其他藏品的拥挤。目前的项目将允许为范德比尔特收藏的这个空间购买400个额外的植物标本馆，这些标本最终将被安置在新设施中。

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is charged with the care of two large and very important orphaned herbaria: the Lloyd H. Shinners Collection in Systematic Botany, formerly housed at Southern Methodist University, and the Vanderbilt University Collection. Although a young institution, BRIT has grown significantly, and a new facility to house it will be constructed by 2007. This facility will allow for expanding programs in education, allow for increase of library holdings, enhance the conduction of taxonomic research, and expand space for editorial offices for BRIT's scholarly publications. Currently an additional 4000 square feet of space are being leased to house the Vanderbilt collection and ease crowding for the other collections. The current project will allow for the purchase of 400 additional herbarium cases for this space for the Vanderbilt collection, which will eventually be housed in the new facility.