Abstract
In the last few years, the number of networks of scientific collections, which by definition include zoological collections, has increased enormously. The resulting increased visibility of these collections’ holdings has made it possible to considerably improve not only awareness and appreciation of them but also their usability and use as scientific resources.
This article provides a brief overview of the most important zoological and natural history collection networks and focuses especially on university collections, which represent an important part of scientific infrastructures for research and teaching.
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http://zefod.genres.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.universitaetssammlungen.de, English version: http://www.universitaetssammlungen.de/?setLocale=en (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.gbif.org (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://portal.wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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Shortly before its 200th anniversary on 1 January 2009, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin was transformed into a public foundation and admitted to the Leibniz Gemeinschaft. The museum is the successor to three museums established in 1810 when the Berlin University on Unter den Linden was founded: the Anatomical-Zootomical Museum, the Mineralogical Museum (from 1814) and the Zoological Museum.
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See the web portal Wissenschaftliche Sammlungen, http://portal.wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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See news on that website of the Coordination Centre for Scientific University Collections in Germany (in German): http://wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de/de/nachrichten/aktuelles (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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Now Universeum—European Academic Heritage Network, see: http://universeum.it (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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University of Amsterdam, Humboldt University of Berlin, Bologna University, University of Cambridge, University of Groningen, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, University of Leipzig, Royal College of Surgeons of England, University of Oxford, University of Pavia, Uppsala University, Utrecht University.
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Declaration of Halle, 16 April 2000.
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http://universeum.it (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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See http://universeum.it/working_groups.html (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://icom.museum (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://umac.icom.museum (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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See the brochure about UMAC at http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/umac/pdf/UMACFlyer.pdf (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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Universitätsmuseen und –sammlungen im Hochschulalltag. Aufgaben – Konzepte – Perspektiven, http://universitaetsmuseen.hu-berlin.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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See key figures: http://portal.wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de/kennzahlen/1/global (as of July 2015).
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http://wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de/de/netzwerk/netzwerk-universitaetssammlungen (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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The German Council of Science and Humanities, Recommendations on Scientific Collections as Research Infrastructures, Drs. 10464-11, Berlin 28 January 2011, available at http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/10464-11.pdf (German) and http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/archiv/10464-11-11_engl.pdf (English) (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://gesellschaft-universitaetssammlungen.de (Retrieved on 15 September 2016).
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http://scicoll.org/about.html (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://scicoll.org/research.html (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://scicoll.org/about.html (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.do-g.de/fachgruppen (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.gfbs-home.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.dnabank-network.org (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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Deutsche Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungssammlungen (DNFS), http://www.dnfs.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.dnfs.de/seite/mitglieder (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://humboldt-ring.de/index.php/de/mitglieder (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://humboldt-ring.de/index.php/de/ziele (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.cetaf.org/about-us/what-cetaf (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.biocase.org (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.spnhc.org (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.icom-cc.org/33/working-groups/natural-history-collections (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://icom.museum/icom-network (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.icom-europe.org (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.ne-mo.org (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.ne-mo.org/about-us.html (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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http://www.icom-deutschland.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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Deutscher Museumsbund, http://www.museumsbund.de (Retrieved on 27 July 2015).
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Weber, C. (2018). National and International Collection Networks. In: Beck, L. (eds) Zoological Collections of Germany. Natural History Collections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44321-8_4
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