CSBR: RAPID: Ownership Transfer: Moving the University of Louisiana-Monroe herbarium to the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

得克萨斯州植物研究所(BRIT)因将路易斯安那大学门罗分校(ULM)的植物标本馆搬到BRIT而获奖。该藏品包括约472,000个植物标本，使其成为路易斯安那州最大的植物标本馆，也是美国东南部最大的标本馆之一。2017年初，ULM政府决定该大学不再支持该标本收藏，需要搬迁。ULM标本收藏将加入BRIT植物标本馆现有的大约100万个标本的行列，这些标本将被存放在气候受控的条件下，以保存它们用于科学研究。这一奖励将确保ULM收藏品得到安全转移和保管。布里特将与路易斯安那州立大学植物标本馆(LSU)的工作人员合作，挑选大约6万个标本，这些标本将被送回路易斯安那州并存放在路易斯安那州立大学标本馆。ULM标本记录了路易斯安那州和周边地区的自然遗产，可以为了解影响该地区的关键问题提供宝贵的见解，包括极端天气、地面沉降、湿地丧失和海洋酸化。通过保存BRIT的收藏品并将选定的标本送回路易斯安那州立大学，该项目将确保这些标本能够为科学家、资源经理和学生世世代代提供。ULM植物标本馆估计有472,000个植物标本，构成了一个丰富的资源，记录了路易斯安那州99%以上的维管植物区系。为了挽救这些珍贵的收藏品，BRIT将用拖车运送336个标本柜，拖车配备的冰柜能够达到-29°C，足够冷，足以根除任何虫害。BRIT植物标本馆将把大部分藏品保存在一个独立的建筑中，气候控制在18摄氏度，相对湿度为55%。将进行任何必要的柜子和标本维修，并对标本进行清点。Brit将作为一个中转设施，将一组概括性的标本送回路易斯安那州立大学(LSU)，解决路易斯安那州立大学和其他路易斯安那州草本植物在地理、保护和分类方面的差距。任何其他副本将被发送到交换的其他草本植物，优先于美国东南部的草本植物。所有图像文件和标本元数据的副本将被提供给BRIT，以纳入其标本数据数字存储库。该项目将确保这些收藏能够继续作为路易斯安那州植物区系知识的宝贵资源。

An award is made to the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) for moving the University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) herbarium to BRIT. This collection consists of an estimated 472,000 plant specimens, making it the largest herbarium in Louisiana, and among the largest in the Southeastern U.S. In early 2017, the ULM administration determined that the university could no longer support the collection and that it would need to be relocated. The ULM collection will join the approximately one million specimens already in BRIT's herbarium where they would be housed in climate-controlled conditions to preserve them for scientific research. This award will ensure that the ULM collection is safely transferred and cared for. BRIT will collaborate with staff at the Louisiana State University Herbarium (LSU) to select approximately 60,000 specimens that will be returned to Louisiana and housed at the LSU Herbarium. The ULM specimens document the natural heritage of Louisiana and surrounding regions and can provide valuable insight into understanding critical issues affecting the region, including extreme weather, land subsidence, wetlands loss, and ocean acidification. By preserving the collection at BRIT and repatriating selected specimens to LSU, the project will ensure that the specimens remain available to scientists, resource managers, and students for generations to come. The estimated 472,000 plant specimens at the ULM herbarium constitute an expansive resource documenting more than 99% of the vascular flora of Louisiana. To rescue this valuable collection from destruction, BRIT will transport 336 herbarium cabinets in trailers equipped with freezers capable of reaching -29°C, sufficiently cold to eradicate any insect pests. The BRIT herbarium will retain the majority of collections in a self-contained building, with climate controlled to 18°C and 55% relative humidity. Any necessary cabinet and specimen repairs will be conducted, and specimens inventoried. BRIT will serve as a staging facility to repatriate a synoptic set of specimens to Louisiana State University (LSU) that will address geographic, conservation, and taxonomic gaps in holdings at LSU and other Louisiana herbaria. Any other duplicates will be sent to other herbaria on exchange, with priority to herbaria of the southeastern U.S. Copies of all image files and specimen metadata will be given to BRIT for incorporation into their specimen data digital repository. The project will ensure that this collection can continue to serve as an invaluable resource for floristic knowledge of Louisiana.