The Biological Collection Access Service for Europe, BioCASE, is a transnational network of biological collections of all kinds. BioCASE builds on the predecessor projects CDEFD, BioCISE, and ENHSIN. BioCASE enables widespread unified access to distributed and heterogeneous European collection and observational databases using open-source, system-independent software and open data standards and protocols. ... [Information of the supplier]
Biological collections are one of the main sources of information on biological diversity. The large quantity of information they represent and the fact that they are dynamic require, for their consultation and updating, the use of specialized computer tools. Gathering these collections in an information network allows not only for the connection of the main databanks, the updating of information and direct contact with specialists, but also access, exchange and consultation of data open to the public in general throughout the world. The World Biodiversity Information Network (REMIB) is a computerized system of biological information (it includes databases of a curatorial, taxonomic, ecological, cartographic, bibliographic, ethno-biological type, use of catalogues on natural resources and other subject matters), based on an academic inter-institutional decentralized and international organization, formed by research and higher education centers, both public and private, that possess both scientific biological collections and data banks. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The aim of the project is the registration of all university collections in Germany, and also taking into consideration collection holdings which are no longer available, eliciting relevant data about their holdings and history, as well as the presentation of the results in the internet. In this project, university collections are defined as collections belonging to a scientific, theological and liberal arts university, that contain representational and audio-visual items with scientific and/or cultural values, collections of living organisms (e.g. botanical gardens, aquaria) and memorial institutions connected with the university, which are specially used for teaching and research and/or fulfil the function of a museum. Not considered are photographic slide libraries found in the universities since they deal predominantly with secondary sources, and classics collections in libraries and central archives since these are already registered elsewhere. Exceptions are bequests and special archives that are housed in various places in the university and are usually not centrally registered. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
Originally conceived as a research project, Metafro - Infosys stands for Metadata African Organization - Information System. Any information tool dedicated to providing access to and dissemination of research information can be regarded as a CRIS. This includes records of People, Projects, Organizations, Results, Facilities and Equipment. Indeed, our objective is to reference all of these data types and data sources in a central database accessible on-line. Metafro - Infosys is also the Digital Information Centre (DICE) of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA). As such, all our data set focuses on Central Africa (including Angola, Burundi and Rwanda). We also provide a Content Management System to help our researchers (and members) manage and publish their content on-line. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
GRBio is the first-ever consolidated, comprehensive clearinghouse of information about biological collections in natural history museums, herbaria, and other biorepositories. This online-registry is a source for authoritative information about collections as well as validated, standardized data such as addresses, contacts, and values for the Darwin Core identifiers for institutions (InstitutionID) and collections (CollectionID). Personal collections can also be registered here, whether they belong to private collectors or are research collections that haven't yet been accessioned into an institutional collection. The Global Registry of Biorepositories is a merger of three prior registries and an ongoing collaboration among them: Index Herbariorum at the New York Botanical Garden, Biodiversity Collections Index (BCI) at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Biorepositories.org created by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) at the Smithsonian Institution. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
