CSBR: Ownership Transfer. Rescuing three imperiled Kentucky herbaria and integrating them into the Mid-South's most active herbarium at Austin Peay State University (APSC)

这个奖项是由奥斯汀Peay州立大学（APSU），一个中型，公共机构在克拉克斯维尔，田纳西州收购西肯塔基大学（WKU）标本馆。这一获救的收藏品将与APSU的收藏品合并，以创建一个120，000个标本的研究质量收藏品，该收藏品将服务于阿巴拉契亚山脉和欧扎克山脉之间的多州地区。APSU的植物标本馆是TN中部和西部的主要储存库-该地区集中在内陆高原（IP）生物多样性热点的南半部-北方最多样化的内陆地区之一。WKU的标本（68，000个标本）代表了这个多样性热点的北方。被拯救的WKU收藏品将被策展，保护，并将通过在线资源向科学家，保护主义者，学生和公众提供标本。同时，这两个集合的合并将使APSU通过独特的集合为基础的教育机会，以提高其在培训领域生物学家的领导地位。APSU方案的许多受益者是妇女、第一代大学生、低收入者和现役军人。这些人将受益于APSU的表现出致力于建立一个收集为基础的研究生物学家，土地管理者和自然资源保护主义者的培训计划。将APSU和WKU的收藏品合并到一个设施中对现有的APSU设施提出了挑战，该设施目前的最大容量为78个柜子中的117，000个标本。WKU的加入将立即填补123，000个标本的收藏。该奖项将使APSU能够将其目前的压缩机存储系统扩展到120个机柜，将最大存储容量增加到180，000个标本，为基于收藏的研究留下充足的增长空间。此外，资金将支持一名全职收藏经理，一名研究生研究助理和三名本科生，他们都将接受收藏管理和研究方面的培训。两个标本馆的全面整合将涉及：（1）确保WKU的安全，并通过消除虫害、处理积压标本、对标本进行最新分类注释以及将标本妥善储存在防虫档案柜中来确保其长期生存能力;（2）利用扩大的研究质量标本馆加强对内陆高原生态区生物多样性热点未充分研究的植物群的培训和研究;以及（3）通过与现有基于网络的接口（SERNEC、iDigBio、Symbiota和APSU（http：//nhm.apsu.edu/collections/plants））相关的数据库和数字化工作，使标本可访问。

This award is made to Austin Peay State University (APSU), a mid-sized, public institution in Clarksville, TN to acquire the Western KY University (WKU) herbarium. This rescued collection will be merged with that of APSU to create a 120,000-specimen research-quality collection that will serve the multi-state region between the Appalachian and Ozark Mountains. APSU's herbarium is the primary repository for central and western TN - a region centered on the southern half of the Interior Plateaus (IP) biodiversity hotspot - one of the most diverse land-locked regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The WKU collections (68,000 specimens) represent the northern half of this diversity hotspot. The rescued WKU collection will be curated, secured and the specimens will be made accessible via online resources to scientists, conservationists, students, and the public. Simultaneously, the consolidation of the two collections will allow APSU to enhance its leadership in training field biologists through unique collections-based educational opportunities. Many of the beneficiaries of APSU's programs are women, first generation college students, low-income, and active-duty military students. These individuals will benefit from APSU's demonstrated a commitment to building a collections-based training program for research biologists, land managers, and conservationists. Consolidating the APSU and WKU collections into one facility presents challenges to the existing APSU facility, which has a current maximum capacity of 117,000 specimens in 78 cabinets. The addition of WKU will immediately fill the collection with 123,000 specimens. This award will allow APSU to expand its current compactor storage system to 120 cabinets, increasing maximum storage capacity to 180,000 specimens, leaving ample room for growth from collections-based research. Additionally, funding will support a full-time collections manager, one graduate student research assistant, and three undergraduate students, all of whom will receive training in collections management and research. Full integration of the two herbaria will involve: (1) securing WKU and ensuring its long-term viability by eradicating insect pests, processing backlogged specimens, annotating specimens to updated taxonomy, and properly storing specimens in insect-proof, archival cabinets; (2) using the enlarged research-quality herbarium to enhance training and research on the understudied flora of the Interior Plateaus Ecoregion biodiversity hotspot; and (3) making specimens accessible via databasing and digitization efforts tied to existing web-based interfaces: SERNEC, iDigBio, Symbiota, and APSU (http://nhm.apsu.edu/collections/plants).