PreservingforPerpetuityinaChangingWorld

BarbaraThiersWilliamand LyndaSteere Herbarium

NewYorkBotanicalGarden

Identity Mission Friends Publicity

SustaininganHerbarium

ExternalFinancialSupport

CharacterizetheCollection

COLLECTIONSMETADATAELEMENTS:• Whatgroups,regions,timeperiodsare

represented?

• Whatresearchvoucheredincollection?

• Howdoesitcomparewithotherregional

orthematiccollections?

“HerbariumXhasthebest/largest/oldest collectionof

algae/bryophytes/fungi/plants inregionY”

MaintainProfessionalStandards:

vSpecimencuration athighestpossiblestandards;pestcontrol,disasterrecoveryprotocolsarticulatedandimplementedworkspaceclean,

vwell-lit,appropriatelyfurnishedandunclutteredClearlydefinedandenforcedrulesconcerninguseoffacilities

vProfessionalstaff• hiredwithtraining(preferred)• Professionaldevelopmentincludedaspartofjob

Identity Mission Friends Publicity

SustaininganHerbarium

External Financial Support

BasicMissionObjectives

Identification

Mounters

Digitization

Filing

ContributetoLargerObjectives

SupportUndergraduate EducationMaximizeusebyresearchers

InformthePublicProvidejobtrainingforIncarceratedCitizens

Identity Mission Friends Publicity

SustaininganHerbarium

ExternalFinancialSupport

AnIdealized,DiversifiedHerbariumBudget InstitutionalFunds(40%)

Govt.grantstoHerbarium(20%)

ResearchGrants(10%)

Privategrants/donations(10%)

Contracts(10%)

In-Kind(5%)

Endowment(5%)

AnIdealized,DiversifiedHerbariumBudget InstitutionalFunds(40%)

Govt.grantstoHerbarium(20%)

ResearchGrants(10%)

Privategrants/donations(10%)

Contracts(10%)

In-Kind(5%)

Endowment(5%)

AnIdealized,DiversifiedHerbariumBudget InstitutionalFunds(40%)

Govt.grantstoHerbarium(20%)

ResearchGrants(10%)

Privategrants/donations(10%)

Contracts(10%)

In-Kind(5%)

Endowment(5%)

AnIdealized,DiversifiedHerbariumBudget InstitutionalFunds(40%)

Govt.grantstoHerbarium(20%)

ResearchGrants(10%)

Privategrants/donations(10%)

Contracts(10%)

In-Kind(5%)

Endowment(5%)

AnIdealized,DiversifiedHerbariumBudget InstitutionalFunds(40%)

Govt.grantstoHerbarium(20%)

ResearchGrants(10%)

Privategrants/donations(10%)

Contracts(10%)

In-Kind(5%)

Endowment(5%)

Identity Mission Friends Publicity

SustaininganHerbarium

ExternalFinancialSupport

Herbaria:613Addedsince1990:60Lostsince 1990:51

Specimens :74,428,000

Addedsince 1990:14,411,000

Lostsince 1990:maybe20,000

Herbariadigitizing :213(35%)Recordsshared:19,781,000(26%)

U.S.Herbaria

OrganizationsforCollectionsProfessionals

Computervisioncrackstheleafcode.Wilfetal.,PNAS2016

Long-termrelationshipsamong

atmosphericCO2,stomata,andintrinsic

wateruseefficiencyinindividualtrees.Miller-Rushingetal.,Amer.J.Bot.2009

ResearchCommunity

Herbariumspecimensrevealthefootprintof

climatechangeonfloweringtrendsacross

north-centralNorthAmerica.Calinger etal.,Ecol.Let.2013

Impactof70yearsurbangrowth

associatedwithheavymetalpollution.RodriguezMartin,etal.2015

NewFriends

OtherNaturalHistoryCollections

Libraries- Here,theDataVisualization LaboratoryattheRockefeller Library,BrownUniv.

Identity Mission Friends Publicity

SustaininganHerbarium

ExternalFinancialSupport

SocialMedia

Publicityatunexpectedvenues– ScienceMeetups

Publicityatunexpectedvenues– othermuseums

Formalpresentation abouttheherbarium

VisitorsviewingAmorphophallus titansatNYBG,July2016

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Acknowledgements

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