Dr. Monfils found this cool video of Barbara Thiers, Ph.D., Director of the Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Gardens, discussing her collection of over 7 million specimens. It is absolutely flabbergasting what they have managed to accomplish! I don’t know what Sascha and I would do if we had to digitize that many! I guess we would do the same thing we are doing now: digitizing one shelf at a time. Still, to Barbara Thiers, Ph.D., we say: we admire your tenacity!
Here's the link for all interested parties: The New York Botanical Garden: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium | THIRTEEN - New York Public Media
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