The Science Collections website launched in 2013, allowing public access to information on all research samples held at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Currently we have accessioned more than 4,950 genetic samples, which come from a broad variety of sources including living collections (Tankersley), Seed Bank (Vitt, Yates, and Sollenberger), DNA collections (Fant), and herbarium (Zerega and Masi). Plans are also underway to add important rare species and research samples that will increase the value of this collection (Fant and Rosenbaum). In 2013, the herbarium increased its collections by 823 specimens, bringing the total collections to nearly 17,500. In addition, the herbarium continues to work toward digitizing its entire collection. Currently, 70 percent of the collections are digitized. The herbarium serves as a resource for scientists, students, and conservation practitioners, and hosts visitors throughout the year. The seed bank continues to create high-resolution microscope images of all incoming seed collections (Sollenberger, Yates, and volunteers) and x-ray images for assessment of seed viability (Sollenberger and volunteers) to be displayed in the public Science Collections database.