http://betelgeuse.sunsite.utk.edu/shc en http://betelgeuse.sunsite.utk.edu/shc/?q=node/1 <p>The Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC) is a forum for discussion, action and support for herbaria. The SHC is an umbrella organization aiming to unite herbaria across the nation and around the world.</p> <p>The purpose of the society shall be to promote and expand the role of herbaria in botanical research, teaching, and service to the community at large, to provide a forum for discussion and action on all issues confronting herbaria, and to extend its efforts and interject its influence toward the protection and preservation of endangered herbaria. </p> <p>The Society publishes an annual newsletter, <I>The Vasculum</I>, and is closely affiliated with the SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC). </p> <p>___________________________________________________________</p> <p><a href="http://drupal.sunsite.utk.edu/shc/?q=node/24"><br /> <B>WHAT IS A HERBARIUM?<B></a></p> <p><IMG SRC="http://drupal.sunsite.utk.edu/shc/files/cabinet.jpg"><br /> (Photo: Derick B. Poindexter)</p> http://betelgeuse.sunsite.utk.edu/shc/?q=node/1#comment Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:40:20 -0400 drupal_adm 1 at http://betelgeuse.sunsite.utk.edu/shc