{"id":74,"date":"2018-08-01T23:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T22:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2019-12-03T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T14:32:13","slug":"role-of-university-herbarium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/research-and-teaching\/role-of-university-herbarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of a University Herbarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-366\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/Herbarium_Bookshelf2-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"Herbarium Bookshelf\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/Herbarium_Bookshelf2-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/Herbarium_Bookshelf2-768x652.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/Herbarium_Bookshelf2-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/Herbarium_Bookshelf2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As a university herbarium, RNG\u2019s\u00a0main roles are to act as a source of research material and to serve as an\u00a0inspirational resource for teaching and learning. The herbarium puts students directly in touch with\u00a0ongoing research into the biodiversity of the planet, and students receive first-hand experience in specimen preparation, cataloguing, digitisation and databasing.<\/p>\n<p>Many students use the herbarium to help with their studies, including work on comparing plant morphologies and using specimens for DNA sequencing. There have even been cases of students finding and describing specimens never seen before!<\/p>\n<p>University herbaria not only\u00a0offer a space for people with similar interests to interact and work together but\u00a0also provide\u00a0a platform for different interest groups to get involved, such as archaeologists, historians, or typographists. 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