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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m pleased to share two new articles from BRIT Library’s Collections Lens and Botany Stories series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Collections Lens<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">BRIT Librarian, Brandy Watts, interviews Sean Lahmeyer of the Huntington Herbarium who discusses the history of the collection and its growth through the years.
<a href="https://brit.org/phytophilia-blog/collections-lens/sean-lehmeyer-of-the-huntington-herbarium/">
https://brit.org/phytophilia-blog/collections-lens/sean-lehmeyer-of-the-huntington-herbarium/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Botany Stories<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">BRIT’s new Conservation Research Botanist, Megan O'Connell, discusses her interest in Texas prairie ecosystems and Texas Blackland Prairie.
<a href="https://brit.org/phytophilia-blog/botany-stories/megan-oconnell-on-texas-prairie-ecosystems/">
https://brit.org/phytophilia-blog/botany-stories/megan-oconnell-on-texas-prairie-ecosystems/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#574240">Brandy Watts, MLIS, MFA</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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