23. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Anna Saltmarsh.pdf - OpenUp!
23. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Anna Saltmarsh.pdf - OpenUp!
23. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Anna Saltmarsh.pdf - OpenUp!
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Opening up the European Natural<br />
History Heritage for Europeana<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, <strong>Kew</strong><br />
<strong>Anna</strong> <strong>Saltmarsh</strong><br />
a.saltmarsh@kew.org
Who we are<br />
Mission: To inspire and deliver science‐based plant<br />
conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.<br />
‐ this aim is carried out through science and research in systematics,<br />
biological interactions, economic botany, conservation and horticulture.<br />
Collections:<br />
Herbarium –a reference collection of over 7 million specimens of dried plants<br />
and fungi, the most comprehensive in the world.<br />
Living plant collection –the largest and most comprehensive in the world, with<br />
representatives of > 1/8 of all flowering plant species.<br />
Millennium Seed Bank –conserving >10% of worlds’ wild plant species<br />
Economic Botany –over 83,000 specimens<br />
Library, Art & Archives ‐ >500,000 items
What is our content<br />
Herbarium specimen images:<br />
Currently over 200,000 of <strong>Kew</strong>‘s dried plant specimens<br />
have images available.<br />
Largely, but not exclusively, ‘type specimens‘,.<br />
Broad botanical coverage – vascular plants only.<br />
Broad geographical coverage – worldwide collections.<br />
Original images are all stored as 600ppi TIFFs (c.<br />
8000x10000 pixels).<br />
JPEG surrogates (c. 1500x2000 pixels) available via the <strong>Kew</strong><br />
online Herbarium Catalogue.
What is our content<br />
Images of specimens collected by historically significant<br />
figures in the world of botany and beyond:<br />
Richard Spruce >6,000<br />
George Gardner >3,000<br />
William Burchell >2,000<br />
Joseph Hooker >1,500<br />
Gustav Mann >1,500<br />
Nathaniel Wallich >1,250<br />
Arthur Kerr >800<br />
John Kirk (Livingstone expedition) >800
RBGK in <strong>OpenUp</strong>!<br />
WP1 – Task 1.4 – IPR Framework: Identify, collect and<br />
provide access to IPR working documents<br />
WP5 – Task 5.1 – Data Quality Service for <strong>Botanic</strong>al<br />
Names<br />
WP5 – Task 5.3 – Data Quality Enhancement Process and<br />
Data Provision
RBGK in <strong>OpenUp</strong>!<br />
Content Provision + Project Management<br />
Alan Paton – a.paton@kew.org<br />
<strong>Anna</strong> <strong>Saltmarsh</strong> – a.saltmarsh@kew.org<br />
IPR Framework:<br />
Monique Simmonds – m.simmonds@kew.org<br />
Alison Scott‐Brown – a.scott‐brown@kew.org<br />
<strong>Botanic</strong>al Names<br />
Abigail Barker – a.barker@kew.org<br />
Nicky Nicolson – n.nicolson@kew.org<br />
Bob Allkin – b.allkin@kew.org
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