<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi all,</span><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have several dilemmas regarding the organization of our collection and would be happy to hear how other herbaria deal with these subjects.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our vascular plant collection is physically divided into local collection
(Israel and neighboring countries) and general collection (rest of
the world) (Regions within each collection are separated by color codes). I was
wondering if this separation is common in other herbaria and if there is any
consideration we should  take if we want
to unite them into one main collection (any pros and cons?).<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Also, we are planning to update families, genera and species according to
the linear APG arrangement (keeping alphabetical arrangement by
families). I guess that this was done in other collections during the last decade
and I would like to ask for any advice that should be considered before
and during the process.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Neta</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;direction:ltr"><font size="1"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. Neta Manela | </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Herbarium
  collection manager</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction:ltr"><font size="1"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The </span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National Natural History
  Collections at the Hebrew University.</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="direction:ltr"><font size="1"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Hebrew
  University of Jerusalem<span lang="HE" dir="RTL"><br>
  </span>T +972.2.6584562 | F +972.2</span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">6585785</span></font><span lang="HE" dir="RTL"><br>
  </span><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:neta.manela@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank">neta.manela@mail.huji.ac.il</a></font><b><span></span></b></p>
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