<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>This paper describes a project aimed at digitizing and openly sharing the natural history collections (AMUNATCOLL) of the Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). The result of this project is a database (including 2.2 million records) of plant, fungal and animal specimens, which is available online via the AMUNATCOLL portal and on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website. This article presents selected aspects of the “life cycle” of this project, with a particular focus on its preparatory phase.</p>
</abstract>

This paper describes a project aimed at digitizing and openly sharing the natural history collections (AMUNATCOLL) of the Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). The result of this project is a database (including 2.2 million records) of plant, fungal and animal specimens, which is available online via the AMUNATCOLL portal and on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website. This article presents selected aspects of the “life cycle” of this project, with a particular focus on its preparatory phase.

Digitization of and online access to data from the natural history collections of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: Assumptions and implementation of the AMUNATCOLL project

Department of Systematic and Environmental Botany

Project Support Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University

Biological Spatial Information Laboratory

Faculty of Biology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

This paper describes a project aimed at digitizing and openly sharing the natural history collections (AMUNATCOLL) of the Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz...

Digitization of and online access to data from the natural history collections of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: Assumptions and implementation of the AMUNATCOLL project

Published Online: Nov 11, 2022

Page range: 23 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2022-0004

Keywords
biodiversity collections, data analysis and repositories, digitization project, open access to data, open science cloud, project workflow

© 2022 Bogdan Jackowiak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Digitization of and online access to data from the natural history collections of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: Assumptions and implementation of the AMUNATCOLL project

Published Online: Nov 11, 2022

Page range: 23 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2022-0004

Keywordsbiodiversity collections, data analysis and repositories, digitization project, open access to data, open science cloud, project workflow

© 2022 Bogdan Jackowiak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
biodiversity collections, data analysis and repositories, digitization project, open access to data, open science cloud, project workflow