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Setting priorities for the ALA

The ALA is seeking input for setting its priorities for the next few years. The goal is to identify the best set of projects, tools and services to meet the needs of our users, based on the findings of the ALA user needs analysis and other documents. Please review these documents andprovide your comments by 28 February 2009. More...

ALA user needs analysis

A team from the Australian Museum has recently completed a project to analyse user requirements for biodiversity information and to identify areas in which the ALA can assist users. This document will be an essential tool in setting the direction for the work of the ALA over the next few years. More....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Memorandum of Cooperation with Earthwatch Australia

The ALA has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Earthwatch Australia to work together on developing tools for capturing observations of Australian organisms. 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...

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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