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Specimen and observation data
The ALA aims to help researchers to understand the distribution of Australian plants and animals. We are therefore inviting anyone to let us know of data they hold on the occurrence of any Australian species. More…
TDWG Conference in Fremantle
TDWG held its annual conference in Fremantle, WA, 19-26 October 2008. This meeting was highly relevant to the ALA and all presentations are available online. More…
Biodiversity Collections Index
The Biodiversity Collections Index is an international initiative to build an online catalogue of herbaria and natural history collections. More…
Sharing images through Flickr
The ALA encourages photographers to share their images of Australian species through a new Flickr group established by the Encyclopedia of Life. More…
Sharing data with the ALA
Draft guidelines have been prepared to assist data providers with making data accessible through the ALA. Comments are welcomed on these guidelines. More…
Bioinformatician positions advertised
Two positions have been advertised for bioinformaticians to work with the ALA to manage data captured by the Australian Phenomics Network and the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility. More…
Input to ALA Business Plan 2008-2009
The ALA has been developing its Business Plan for the coming year and would value comments from any interested parties on its content. More…
ALA user needs analysis
What can you do for the ALA today? We need your contacts in biodiversity – lots of them, and from as many different fields as you can identify. We want to ask them (and you) a few simple questions. More…
TDWG 2008 conference to be held in Perth
TDWG, the international biodiversity information standards organisation (http://www.tdwg.org/), will hold its annual conference at the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Perth, 19-25 October 2008. More…
ALA Review of Online and Desktop Tools
Paul Flemons and John Tann from the Australian Museum have carried out an extensive review of software components which could feed into the development of the Atlas or which could be of benefit to data providers or users. More…
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Giant squid collected in Tasmania, July 2007 - Photograph © Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
