The summary below lists collections available from each data provider, and the number of records per resource.
Not all collections listed are available or searchable at all times.
Click on the name of the data provider to jump to their website (external links).
There is a lag between display with GBIF and NBII.
If a data provider service (at the institution) has been "stopped" or deactivated, the records will not be searchable through NBII's portal. NBII's DiGIR search is a decentralized search, querying each data provider as the search is requested. Searching can still be done through GBIF's portal, since all records have been indexed for faster retrieval.
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is a coordinated international scientific effort to enable users throughout the world to discover and put to use vast quantities of global biodiversity data, thereby advancing scientific research in many disciplines, promoting technological and sustainable development, facilitating the equitable sharing of the benefits of biodiversity, and enhancing the quality of life of members of society.
GBIF News
A MESSAGE FROM THE GBIF SECRETARIAT
The GBIF Secretariat is happy to announce the 2009 Call for Mentoring Proposals.
The GBIF Mentoring Programme is aimed at promoting cooperation and sharing of capacity and expertise among GBIF Participant Nodes. It has been designed as a vehicle to expedite the development / establishment of Biodiversity Information Facilities at the GBIF Participant Level (Participant BIFs). This programme is implemented via capacity-building projects involving two or more Participant Nodes, and prepared in response to the annual calls issued by the GBIF Secretariat.
Participant Nodes interested in this call are encouraged to start contacting potential partner Nodes for the mentoring activities (either as mentors or mentees) as soon as possible.
A complete list of GBIF Participant Nodes and Node Managers is available.
The Secretariat (through the Nodes Programme Officer) is available to facilitate the process of finding suitable partners for mentoring activities; please contact Juan Bello for details.
The GBIF Mentoring Application Form (downloadable MS Word document) must be completed jointly by the Node requesting mentoring services and the Mentor Node/organization.
The general schedule for the 2009 call is as follows:
01 April 2009
Call for Mentoring Proposals opens
08 May 2009
Deadline for submitting Mentoring Proposals
11-15 May 2009
Evaluation and selection of proposals
18 May 2009
Announcement of results
19-29 May 2009
Preparation and signature of contracts for selected proposals
end of March 2010 (or earlier)
Selected proposals should be developed and completed
19 April 2010
Deadline for final activity and financial reports to be submitted to the Secretariat
GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit
The United States National Biological Information Infrastrure (NBII) program, led by the u.s geological survey, in collaboration with the global biodiversity information facility (gbif) have developed and are supporting the IPT to facilitate access, discovery, and use of collections and observational data. This site is currently undergoing evaluation and any feedback on it usefulness, impacts, and value should be provided via the feedback form. We encourage your comments and questions.
The new GBIF Data Portal is an Internet gateway to more than 130 million data records provided by 200+ institutions scattered over 30+ countries around the world. The GBIF Data Portal is a single point-of-entry to these millions of data records (with more to come).
Calling all collection managers, curators and administrators!
GBIF has formed a task group with the title, 'Global Strategy and Action Plan for Digitisation and Mobilisation of Natural History Collections Data.' This Task Group, in collaboration with the Collections Web Research Coordination Network and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, is pleased to announce a survey, "Natural History Specimen Digitisation: Challenges and Concerns." The purpose of this survey is to provide practical information to administrators, curators, and managers at all levels about the challenges presented by digitisation, and the ways in which these have been addressed in diverse collections. GBIF will make the findings of the survey public.
Recognising the abundance of natural history specimens (several billion globally) and the importance of associated information, digitisation must be prioritised to have the maximum impact in the shortest amount of time and at a reasonable cost. The Task Group is working to investigate and develop a plan of action for digitisation at multiple levels, from individual collections to regional, national, and global coordination.
The survey is open through June 20, 2009, and requires approximately 35 minutes to complete.
The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Office of the U.S. Geological Survey
