The OpenUp! Network - an international collaboration of some of the most outstanding Natural History and Science Museums, Botanical Gardens and University Collections worldwide.
Our partner institutions from many countries across Europe and beyond provide millions of records with multimedia objects from the field of natural history to Europeana.
BROWSE OpenUp! Data at www.europeana.eu!
The OpenUp! Natural History Aggregator encourages all kinds of natural history or scientific institutions to join and share their collections with the world.
Especially for smaller or medium size institutes we offer tailored support, a helpdesk and training events.
OpenUp! is accredited Natural History Aggregator for Europeana, coordinated by AIT-Graz (Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH) and the Botanic Garden und Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM), Freie Universität Berlin.
For more information on Biodiversity & Europeana, digital heritage and capacity building please visit the OpenUp! Knowledge Space!
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Do spiders creep you out? If so, Atrax robustus could be a nightmare for you! This guy often lives in courtyards in Sydney's suburbs. And did you know that in some parts of Australia, Atrax spiders are considered more dangerous than poisonous snakes?
Do you know how the content from the collections actually reach the Eropeana portal and could be then demonstrated for example as our content highlight? Today we would like to explain to you, the OpenUp! technical architecture and content workflow.
Christmas Holidays are behind us, but why not extend a little bit of this wonderful feast atmosphere by presenting our new content highlight - holly? Did you know that tradition states that a sprig of holly placed inside the entry-way doorframe guards the home against lightning strikes? Or that holly was also revered by Celts, Romans and Germans as a symbol of eternal life?
It is Friday, time for the Spice of the week, but we have something special for you today. We would like to introduce a new BLE topic describing various poisonous species from different parts of the world – Poisonous Nature.
Our new content highlight comes from the collections of invertebrates and represents a large group named 'gastropods'. Did you know that Conus geographus has a poisonous stinger? It is located on the tip of a long, extensible tentacle, which can reach up to three-quarters of the length of the shell.
We are pleased to inform you that the 3rd OpenUp! Newsletter was published today. The 20 pages of this issue are full of interesting articles and news of the project from previous half-year.
Briefly, this 3rd issue includes articles about our dissemination activities, OpenUp! content on Europeana and its actual status, and for the techies in the audience, we included the actual OpenUp! technical workflow. The last six months were full of conferences, and of course we presented our project at every opportunity.
Did you know that some trilobites may have lived similarly to social insects?
Trilobites were one of the most significant inhabitants of the Paleozoic oceans and today rank among the most popular fossils ever. Their abundance allows us to conduct detailed investigations of their morphology, lifestyle and evolutionary history.
Did you know which organism was the inspiration for Velcro? An unimpressive plant, at first glance, which spreads its seeds through "furry" animals – a burdock (Arctium lappa).
Did you know that gobies from the family Gobiidae are one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera? We would like to introduce you to one member of that species: Gobius kolombatovici.
We are glad to inform you that the BiodiversityLibrary Exhibition (BLE) is now connected to the Europeana portal via all images on informative cards.
