News Archive

25-Jul-2008 EDIT Summer School 2008 ‘Modern Taxonomy and Field Work’

The EDIT Summer School 2008 is an initiative of the European Network of Excellence EDIT (European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy). It aims to train students in “Best Practice” of field sampling and various aspects of taxonomic...

18-Jul-2008 TapirBuilder launched

Output models and query templates are special XML files that play an important role in the TAPIR protocol. They are used in search and inventory operations, but sometimes can be difficult to write, especially for those who are...

04-Jun-2008 TDWG 2008 in Fremantle

Registration for TDWG 2008 is now open at www.TDWG.org/conference2008/registration. The conference will be held at the Maritime Museum of Western Australia in Fremantle, about 20km southwest of Perth.

Details about the...

15-Apr-2008 Central African Biodiversity Information Network (CABIN)

The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) is pleased to announce that the new project called "CABIN" (Central African Biodiversity Information Network) started 1 April 2008. The aim of this project, funded for a period of 5...

14-Apr-2008 NC State University Insect Museum Implements LSIDs

The Insect Museum of NC State University has now implemented LSIDs for their collections with help from Roger Hyam, see blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/insects.

To quote the announcement-

"What does...