Collection Improvement and Computerization of the Pullen Herbarium (MISS), University of Mississippi

密西西比大学普伦植物标本馆始建于1963年，是该州最大的公共标本馆。它包含了超过62,000份维管植物标本和超过40,000份积压的标本，包括苔藓植物、地衣和粘菌。大多数标本来自密西西比州和美国东南部。最近，生物系和生药学系以及萨德·科克伦国家天然产品研究中心的植物学研究重新焕发生机，密西西比大学在植物科学的师资、研究基础设施和课程方面进行了投资。为了应对这些挑战并将其作为研究凭单的储存库，Pullen标本馆需要安装一个移动存储压缩系统以增加收藏存储，需要安装新的橱柜来填充压缩器并更换损坏的橱柜，以及安装和进入积压的设备、用品和人员。世纪之交的数百件具有重要历史意义的藏品也将得到保存和数字记录。这些收集改进将增加总的标本馆存储，允许扩展。由于与大多数其他州相比，关于密西西比州植物区系的信息很少，因此也需要资金将普伦植物标本的收集数据计算机化。需要人员和设备将标本数据输入到关系数据库中，并在万维网上建立一个可搜索的多用户平台，以便为研究、教育和公共知识随时提供信息。提出了一项关于收集改进和计算机化的综合三年计划，该计划将促进对密西西比州植物的研究，鼓励跨学科联系，培训学生在管理和植物分类学方面，使重要数据随时可供研究，并为未来保护普伦植物标本馆。

The Pullen Herbarium of the University of Mississippi was founded in 1963 and is the largest public herbarium in the state. It contains over 62,000 accessioned vascular plant specimens and a backlog of over 40,000 specimens including bryophytes, lichens and myxomycetes. A majority of the specimens are from Mississippi and the southeastern United States. The recent reinvigoration of botanical studies in the departments of Biology and Pharmacognosy and in the Thad Cochran National Center for Natural Products Research has led the University of Mississippi to invest in faculty, research infrastructure and curricula in the plant sciences. In order to meet these challenges and serve as a repository for research vouchers, the Pullen Herbarium requires the installation of a mobile storage compactor system to increase collections storage, new cabinets to fill the compactor and to replace damaged cabinets, and the equipment, supplies and personnel to mount and accession the backlog. Several hundred historically important collections from the turn of the century will also be conserved and digitally documented. These collection improvements will increase total herbarium storage, allowing expansion. Due to the dearth of information on the flora of Mississippi when compared to most other states, funds are also requested to computerize collection data from Pullen Herbarium specimens. Personnel and equipment are required to enter specimen data into a relational database and build a searchable, multi-user platform on the World Wide Web, allowing information to be readily available for research, education, and public knowledge. An integrated three-year plan for collection improvement and computerization is presented that will stimulate research on the plants of Mississippi, encourage interdisciplinary contact, train students in curation and plant taxonomy, make important data readily available for research, and conserve the Pullen Herbarium for the future.