A complete package of background information and guidance for the curators and managers of natural history collections and herbaria.

A booklet describing how to use the GBIF data portal in English.

Improving EIA practice: Best Practice Guide for publishing primary biodiversity data, version 1

The guide covers the practice of issuing and maintaining Persistent Identifiers for primary biodiversity data from a beginner's perspective. It also includes information explaining the costs and benefits of implementing Persistent Identifiers. It was commissioned by the GBIF Secretariat in response...

This text is a comprehensive a glossary of over 2,100 terms used in biological nomenclature - the naming of whole organisms of all kinds. It is accompanied by a web application that enables the glossary to facilitate semantic linking on the web.

A booklet describing the uses of primary species-occurence data by Arthur D. Chapman. It is structured in chapters organised thematically, and it presents multiple online examples for the readers to consult.

Document describing the process of initiating the digitisation of a natural history collection.

Booklet on the significance of organism observations by Steve Kelling of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

A guide to principles of biodiversity data quality by Arthur Chapman in English.

A guide to principles and methods of data cleaning for primary species and species-occurence data by Arthur Chapman.

A guide to the best practices for georeferencing biological species written by the BioGeomancer Consortium.

A guide to the best practices for generalising primary species-ocurrence data (sensitive species).