Maren Gleisberg & Walter G. Berendsohn Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

1. Please notice, the use of this compilation of charts is only allowed for presentations by GBIF-D Node Members (2010-2013). If you have any questions please feel free to ask Maren Gleisberg : M.Gleisberg@bgbm.org Many thanks for their contribution to : Sabine v. Mering and Wolf-Henning Kusber.

2. PleaseinsertIfyoulike - 1-2 pictures GBIF-D: 10 years of contributing to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility 41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland September 05. – 09. 2011, Oldenburg Maren Gleisberg & Walter G. Berendsohn Botanic Garden andBotanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem Freie Universität Berlin

3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF international • GBIF‘smission… • is to promote and enable free and open access to • biodiversity data worldwide • via the Internet to underpin • science, conservation & sustainable development. • GBIF international initiative: 57 countries, 47 organizations • GBIF network provides access to > 298 million records • specimens as well as observation data • large variety of data sets • Pleaseinsert • Ifyoulike - • 1-2 pictures Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

4. GBIF-D projects 2001-2013 • The German Federal Ministry of Research and Education funded 3 major programmes feeding into GBIF-D (www.gbif.de) • Massive investment in technical infrastructure (end of 2010) • DFG (German Research Foundation) funded DNA-Bank network and recently called for proposals on digitisation of collections and mobilisation of primary biodiversity data • German contribution to the GBIF-Secretariat shared by BMBF and DFG Key technologies used in the global network were developed in Germany: BioCASE software (Biological Collection Access Service for Europe) and the international data exchange standard ABCD (Access to Biological Collection Data). Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

5. The backboneof GBIF-D: The 8 nodes • Botanic Garden andBotanical Museum • Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM), Freie Universität Berlin: • Project coordination, Plants & Protists • Bavarian Natural HistoryCollectionsMunich (SNSB):Fungi & Lichens, Evertebrata II • German CollectionofMicrooranismsand • CellCultures Braunschweig (DSMZ): • Bacteria & Archaea • Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN): • Insects (Evertebrata I), Fossils • Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt (FIS): • Evertebrata III (mainly marine data) • Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig Bonn (ZFMK): Vertebrates Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

6. GBIF-D workprogramme 2010-13 • mainobjective: mobilizationofsuitabledata • „speciesoccurencedata“ • technicalmodernization (server-infrastructure) • data-hosting • imageserverat BGBM • extenddatacontributions • broadenthecommunityofdataproviders • Citizen Science, Algae & Protists, … • ! observation-data • Pleaseinsert • Ifyoulike - • 1-2 pictures Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

7. German contributionto GBIF & futuredatamobilisation Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

8. GBIF-D: whatkindofdata do weneed? • Pleaseinsert • Ifyoulike - • 1-2 pictures • organisations, institutions and individuals holding collection and observation data are invited to share their primary biodiversity data within the GBIF network. • Data with occurrence-info: Species Name + Location • plot data • time series • fieldwork • surveying & mapping • Databases can be connected by using provider software like BioCASE or can join one of the established databases, networks and repositories such as SESAM, OBIS, PANGAEA, DiversityWorkbench, Specify, etc. Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

9. Whyprovidingdatawithin GBIF?Whatisyourbenefit? • freeand open accesstodata • GBIF quality-check (TDWG-standard) • GBIF-D offers expertise on technical aspects of data capture & database networking • stable workflows support the provider from data entry to open and free online access • shareyourdata • publication via GBIF: • yourdatahave a highervisibility • increasesthequotationofyourwork • connectionwithyourscientificcommunity • synergieswithcolleagues all overtheworld • be a partofbiggest global biodiversity project Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

10. GBIF.D Data from Germany

11. GBIF international: IUCN GEO Bon, GEOSS, IPBES • GBIF provides scientific biodiversity data for • decision-making • research endeavours • public use • GBIF • is involved in international processes • supports international organizations • IUCN • GEO Bon • GEOSS • preparation of a future IPBES • Pleaseinsert • Ifyoulike - • 1-2 pictures Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

12. Networking: The GBIF-Community-Site> >http://community.gbif.org Visit the site… create your account … start networking! Invite your colleagues !Benefit from the collaboration tools available in the site: work groups, (micro)blogs, community news, online chat, file and image sharing and much more! Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team

13. Thankyou! gbif-d@bgbm.org www.gbif.de The joint research project GBIF-D: “Kompetenzzentren innovativer Datenmobilisierung”,is funded by the BMBF - Federal Ministry of Education and Research, grant: 01 LI 1001 A-F. Maren Gleisberg & Walter Berendsohn, GBIF-D Coordination-Team