Natural History Archives and Information Network (NATARC)
http://natarc.ut.ee/index.php?lang=eng
Core Data
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
University of Tartu
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Location
Vanemuise 46, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu, PO: 51014 (Estonia)
Structure
Type Of RI
Distributed
Coordinating Country
Estonia
Status
Status
Current Status:
Being upgraded
since 2008
Scientific Description
Mission and objectives
The Natural History Archives and Information Network (NATARC) is a central infrastructure for natural history archives, consisting of storage facilities conforming to international standards, and necessary equipment required for the storage, research and recording of the collections in a database. Central to the project and participating centres is a public information system that utilizes most of the existing Estonian biodiversity information for conducting analyses. Among other things, it is indispensable for resolving issues in nature protection, for nature monitoring, discovering changes in ecosystems caused by climate change, and so on. In addition to a digital information system, it is also important to regularly preserve complete organisms or their DNA in the collections. They can be used for analysing temporal changes in ecosystems based on taxa, genes and chemical compounds.
RI Keywords
Systematic biology, Data networks, Biodiversity information, Data repository, Taxonomy, Natural history archives, Paleobiology, Biological collections
Classifications
RI Category
Databases
Collections
Research Data Service Facilities
Repositories
Data Mining and Analysis (Methodological) Centers, including statistical analysis
Data Archives, Data Repositories and Collections
Natural History Collections
Collections
Research Data Service Facilities
Repositories
Data Mining and Analysis (Methodological) Centers, including statistical analysis
Data Archives, Data Repositories and Collections
Natural History Collections
Scientific Domain
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ESFRI Domain
Environment
Services
High-resolution scanning and photography
Scanning of plants and entomology objects, up to 600 dpi resolution and max A1 page size.
Software development
Developing thin-client access portals.
Sample preparation and handling
Taxonomic collections preservation, processing and analysing service.
Sample storage and preservation
Archiving and preserving taxonomical objects and samples in collection storage facilities (drawers on rails).
Database storage and data handling
Scientific databases for storing and handling of data.
Equipment
Disk array
Disk storage system for digital archives.
Scanner with workstation
Automatic scanner for herbal and entomological collections.
Cabinet storage system
System of cabinets and drawers on rails for storing collections and archives.
Additional Data
Collaborations
Networks
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
CETAF - Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities