A Plan to Rehouse and Reorganize the Vascular Plant Herbarium and Botanical Library at Duke University (DUKE)

在凯瑟琳·普赖尔博士的指导下，杜克大学获得了一笔赠款，将植物标本馆重新安置在安装在移动的储存系统上的新橱柜中。 维管植物标本馆目前设在场外，并将很快搬迁到校园内的一个新设施，更好的温度和湿度控制，靠近生物系。 该收藏是美国东南部最大的收藏之一，拥有许多来自北美和中美洲的重要标本。 新的存储设施和建筑将允许教师和学生研究人员更好地访问收集。 还将建立一个关于模式标本信息的在线数据库，这将使这些与新物种描述相关的标本可供广大社区使用。 这些收藏品用于教学，新设施将增加在课程中使用植物标本馆的机会。

A grant has been awarded to Duke University under the direction of Dr. Kathleen Pryer to re-house the herbarium in new cabinets mounted on a mobile storage system. The vascular plant herbarium is currently housed off-site and will be soon re-located to a new facility on campus, with better temperature and humidity control, close by to the Biology Department. The collection is one of the largest from the southeastern United States and has many important specimens from North America and Central America. The new storage facilities and building will allow improved access to the collection by faculty and student researchers. An online database of information on the type specimens will also be constructed, which will make these specimens associated with new species descriptions available to a wide community. The collections are used in teaching, and the new facilities will enhance opportunities for use of the herbarium in coursework.