1. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Status Report: Most recent additions Old favourites recently updated Upcoming additions Data at GBIF, awaiting updates and validation Data on its way to GBIF State of digitalisation & georeferencing GBIF possibilities

2. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Most Recent Additions: NRM Mammals (added October 2006) Accession data from 1998-2005 General database (updated monthly) On the way: Legacy RUBIN dataset

3. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Most Recent Additions: NRM Herpetology Collection (added September 2006) Currently no active herpetology staff, so few updates expected from NRM

4. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Most Recent Additions: NRM Cryptogams (added September 2006, updated November 2006) Mosses: 106,915 records Lichens: 68,285 records (have now been incorporated into the fungus database) NRM Porpoises (added this week) 376 records

5. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Recent Updates: NRM Cryptogams (updated November 2006) Algae, Mosses (Fungi & Ferns coming soon) Artdatabanken (updated daily) Birds, Butterflies, Fungi, Plants Bird occurrence records: Approximately 80% of the data provided through GBIF- Sweden Fourth-largest data source in GBIF

6. Nov. 5, 2006

7. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Upcoming Additions: Data at GBIF, awaiting validation, update to Darwin Core, or insertion GNM Vertebrates Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Fish, and Eggs Museum of Evolution (Uppsala) Animals NRM Entomology Diptera Data on its way to GBIF-Sweden NRM Bird Ringing Database: Awaiting notification of bird ringers Museum of Evolution (Uppsala) Botany NRM Paleobotany NRM Palynological Laboratory NRM Phanerogamic Botany

8. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Digitalisation in Sweden: Statistics current as of March 2006

9. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Swedish Collections: Information needs updating! Institution # of Specimens % Specimens Digitized # of Objects # Objects Digitized Bergius Botanic Garden86,5001.87%86,5001.87% Göteborg University Botanical Museum1,600,0001.00%1,600,0001.00% Herbarium of Oskarshamn124,35196.80%124,35196.80% Herbarium UME, Umeå250,00022.40%250,00022.40% Lund University, Botanical Museum2,485,0001.75%2,485,0001.75% Lund University, Museum of Zoology100,0000%100,0000% Museum of Evolution, Uppsala4,900,0008.57%4,900,0008.57% Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm20,880,94314.16%8,281,46611.65%

10. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas CollectionDatabase NameRecords% GeoreferencedSoftwareWeb Presentation Vertebrate Department Fish 42000 records (55,000 objects) 68.18% MS Access (Artedian) GBIF / WebArtedian Maintenance Dependency MetadataStandardsValidators GBIF Export Routine In GBIF? Database (D) or Application (A) Sven Kullander (code is OS and has been modified successfully by others); relationships designed to be obvious and to ensure no data loss in the future Help manual & Documentation within field descriptions, both within the database exports as Darwin Core; internally based on the Berkeley model ISO Country Names, Customized taxonomy from Phylum to Genus, Name list, Locality table, links to online mappers, lookup tables and validators Yes A

11. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas Digitalisation in Sweden: Update statistics: Ascertain areas where GBIF-Sweden can offer support Collection management systems Standards Darwin Core Validation tables Georeferencing tools

12. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas

13. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas

14. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas http://www.biogeomancer.org/

15. G BIF GBIF-Sweden Där all biologisk mångfald samlas What GBIF would like: Data What GBIF can provide: Access to datasets from around Sweden and the world More hands-on support Database formatting / functions Standardisation Export functions Data cleaning through Coordex & MapServer Access to sponsored workshops on georeferencing, digitisation, etc. Please discuss (or email) further suggestions, interests or ideas!