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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To the Herbarium and Botanical Research Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are very pleased to let you know that the NSW Government has announced a $60 million investment this week for a new facility, the Centre of Innovation in Plant Sciences, which will house the
more than 1.4 million item botanical collection of the National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This project will see a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility created to protect our nationally and internationally significant collection including specimens dating back to those collected
by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on James Cook’s voyage on the <i>Endeavour</i> in 1770. Our collection has recently been valued at $200 million so it is imperative we have a facility that protects and safeguards this collection for our future generations.
You can read more about the project on our <a href="https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/stories/2018/$60-million-win-for-our-vital-botanic-sciences">
blog here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The new facility is to be based in Western Sydney at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan next to our PlantBank facility.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The preparation and relocation of the collections to the new facility will have a substantial impact on the operations of the Herbarium until the end of 2021.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note the following dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Access to the Herbarium collections, including the actioning of loan requests and visitors, will be restricted beginning January 2019.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visitors will not be able to be accommodated from July 1, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Requests for loans, images, and destructive sampling after July 2019 will not be actioned and we recommend you resubmit your request early in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It is likely that the preparation of the collection will potentially include the complete digitization of the botanical collections which may be made available online during the closure of the
Herbarium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NSW would appreciate the immediate return of any outstanding loan materials for processing and imaging at this time. Please contact us via
<a href="mailto:herbarium.nsw@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au">herbarium.nsw@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au</a> for critical shipping and Australian Biosecurity information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We greatly appreciate the inconvenience of not providing physical access to the collections during this process, but we firmly believe the outcome of the relocation and the digitization effort
will be beneficial for the collections and the botanical community at large. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Specific requests for visitation or possibility of materials being loaned should be sent to the Collections Manager, Dr Shelley James, as soon as possible to ensure that we can assess and accommodate
ongoing research needs. You can contact her via <a href="mailto:shelley.james@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au">
shelley.james@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr Brett Summerell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Director, Science and Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">T</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> (02) 9231 8113 (Sydney);
(02) 4634 7972 (Annan) | <b>M</b> 0419 243 613<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">E</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<a href="mailto:brett.summerell@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au"><span style="color:blue">brett.summerell@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Twitter: @BrettSumm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Instagram: @BrettSumm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">President, Australasian Plant Pathology Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Adjunct Professor, Kansas State University</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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