Opening the doors of possibility: Creating new space through the compactorization of the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH)

哈佛大学植物标本室（HUH）是美国最大、最活跃的植物标本室之一。维管植物标本馆标本360多万份，是极为丰富的科学资源。这个项目将集中于这些集合的重组和压缩。通过购买和安装紧凑型存储单元，HUH将优化其空间利用，适应未来的增长，并重新组织其血管收藏。的是吧?许多参观者、高频率的借阅请求以及大量使用HUH标本的研究出版物都证明，该博物馆的藏品被科学界大量使用。该项目将改善对馆藏的实际和智力访问。随着收藏接近容量，新的紧凑的货架将改善标本的储存条件，并将促进收藏的未来增长。这些升级将改善教师、学生和访问学者对馆藏的物理可及性，并允许创建升级的工作空间。根据最新的被子植物分类重新组织这些收集将使研究人员能够更有意义地使用这些收集。学生将在项目中工作，并将接受植物管理实践方面的培训。推广工作将以博物馆展览为特色，突出展示HUH藏品如何用于研究新英格兰地区气候变化导致的物种损失模式。

The Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) is one of the largest and most active in the country. The vascular plant herbaria, containing over 3.6 million specimens, represent an exceptionally rich scientific resource. This project will focus on the reorganization and compactorization of these collections. Through the purchase and installation of compactorized storage units, the HUH will optimize its use of space and accommodate future growth, as well as reorganize its vascular collections. The HUH?s collection is heavily used by the scientific community, as documented by its many visitors, the high frequency of loan requests, and the large number of research publications that make use of HUH specimens. This project will improve both physical and intellectual access to the collections. With the collection near capacity, new compactorized shelving will improve storage conditions for the specimens and will facilitate future growth of the collection. These upgrades will improve the physical accessibility of the collections for faculty, students, and visiting scholars and will permit the creation of upgraded workspace. Reorganizing the collection based on the most up-to-date angiosperm classification will enable researchers to use the collections more meaningfully. Students will be employed in the project and will be trained in the practice of botanical curation. Outreach efforts will feature a museum exhibit highlighting the ways in which HUH collections are being used to study the pattern of species loss to climate change in New England.