Schriften zu Genetischen Ressourcen - Genres

Central register for biological research collections in Germany - ZEFOD
Central Register for biological research collections in Germany -
ZEFOD
S. ROSCHER 1 , I. BRAKE 2 , W. BRAUN 1 , E. GROß 3 , D. GUTWEIN 1 , F. KLINGENSTEIN 3 and
K.-H. LAMPE 2
Abstract
Only occasional overviews and analyses of botanical and zoological research collections
in Germany exist at the moment, but individual collections are in various stages
of self documentation. The existing data will be combined by ZEFOD systematised
and, together with new data, presented via the Internet as an expandable, interactive
information network for a broad range of users in science, administration, and the
general public. Apart from an overview of collections, the ZEFOD information system
will provide a structural and content-oriented description of biological research collections
in Germany based on metadata provided by collection holders. To record the
metadata, questionnaires have been designed, mailed to the collection holders, and
made available via the ZEFOD homepage. Metadata areas covered include data on
the institution or collection holder (address, contacts, staff), general information about
the collection (taxonomic and geographical foci, state of documentation), and a description
of the collection’s contents (number of objects, degree of computer recording,
number of nomenclatural types).
ZEFOD stands for “Zentralregister biologischer Forschungssammlungen in Deutschland”.
Current state of the database of national zoological collections
The questionnaires for zoological collections in museums or universities were mailed
in three batches to 214 institutions. The questionnaires for zoological gardens have
1
Zentralstelle für Agrardokumentation und –information (ZADI)
Abt. IBV
Villichgasse 17
D-53177 Bonn, Germany
2
Zoolog. Forschungsinstitut u. Museum Alexander Koenig
Adenauerallee 160
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
3 Botanisches Institut u. Botanischer Garten Univ. Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 171
D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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