Blog 5
After a lot of searching through items I was looking to get away from European type botanical garden libraries and found a link via Wikipedia to the botanical library in Hawaii which seems a nice counterpoint to the other libraries.
The gardens were established in 1972, because the selected location was ideal for tropical plants due to the humidity and the rich soil.
Over a period of time the library and herbarium were added with the help of grants ,government assistance and bequests making the research centre much younger than the European and American libraries already looked at, Unfortunately the buildings and large swathes of the gardens were damaged firstly by Hurricane Andrew,then a few weeks later Hurricane Iniki in 1992, causing the library and herbarium to be fortified to withstand future hurricanes.
Then in 1997 the estate of Loy McCandless Marks donated her extensive botanical collection of items to the library and in a show of respect the library was named after her,she had collected over 5000 books on botany with the emphasis on tropical and sub tropical plants.
There are currently four sections as part of the overall gardens,The McBryde, Allerton, Limahuli,and Kahanu gardens.
The library now houses over 44,000 books ,prints and images,with the oldest item going back to the 1500s.
In 2005 the library began digitalizing all their material making it accessible to researchers and students around the world,
The library acquisition policy is weighted heavily towards items about plants from Hawaii and the Pacific region,
Allertonia is a periodical that presents research results from NTBG scientists.and is distributed to other botanical libraries around the globe.
National Tropical botanical garden 2011,Botanical research centre,National tropical botanical garden,viewed 11th May2012,<http://ntbg.org/programs/research-brc.php>.
National Tropical botanical garden 2011,Botanical research centre,National tropical botanical garden,viewed 11th May2012,
<http://ntbg.org/about/history.php>.
Tiny Froglet 2011,"Garden Bench'',[Image] in Tiny Froglet's photostream Flickr,viewed 12th May2012,<http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinyfroglet/5584367068/
Mariko Reed Photos, Home Projects:Juliet Rice Wichman Botanical Research Centre 2011[image] in Mariko Reed photos,viewed 12th May 2012,http://www.dsarch.net/projects/botanical_research center.html#
The gardens were established in 1972, because the selected location was ideal for tropical plants due to the humidity and the rich soil.
Over a period of time the library and herbarium were added with the help of grants ,government assistance and bequests making the research centre much younger than the European and American libraries already looked at, Unfortunately the buildings and large swathes of the gardens were damaged firstly by Hurricane Andrew,then a few weeks later Hurricane Iniki in 1992, causing the library and herbarium to be fortified to withstand future hurricanes.
Then in 1997 the estate of Loy McCandless Marks donated her extensive botanical collection of items to the library and in a show of respect the library was named after her,she had collected over 5000 books on botany with the emphasis on tropical and sub tropical plants.
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There are currently four sections as part of the overall gardens,The McBryde, Allerton, Limahuli,and Kahanu gardens.
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In 2005 the library began digitalizing all their material making it accessible to researchers and students around the world,
The library acquisition policy is weighted heavily towards items about plants from Hawaii and the Pacific region,
Allertonia is a periodical that presents research results from NTBG scientists.and is distributed to other botanical libraries around the globe.
National Tropical botanical garden 2011,Botanical research centre,National tropical botanical garden,viewed 11th May2012,<http://ntbg.org/programs/research-brc.php>.
National Tropical botanical garden 2011,Botanical research centre,National tropical botanical garden,viewed 11th May2012,
<http://ntbg.org/about/history.php>.
Tiny Froglet 2011,"Garden Bench'',[Image] in Tiny Froglet's photostream Flickr,viewed 12th May2012,<http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinyfroglet/5584367068/
Mariko Reed Photos, Home Projects:Juliet Rice Wichman Botanical Research Centre 2011[image] in Mariko Reed photos,viewed 12th May 2012,http://www.dsarch.net/projects/botanical_research center.html#
