Percentage of entries with values for that field (data from 24 oct 2023)

possible alternative/complementary vocabulary

would it be redundant with descriptor(s)? Possible Darwin Core Term equivalent

The name of the institution (museum, research institute etc). If the institution has several names, the preferred one should be used here

Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden in Kaunas

A description for the institution that the name refers to. This may include, but is not limited to, references to the history of the institution, the scope or focus of collections, research activities and location

Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden in Kaunas (VMUBG) was founded in 1923 as the centre of botanical sciences that belonged to Lithuanian (later Vytautas Magnus) University. The spacious green area with the old park, picturesque ponds and several buildings of the former estate of Juozapas Godlevskis (Aukštosios Fredos's estate) was provided for establishing VMUBG at that time. Professor Konstantin Regel from Tartu University was invited to direct VMUBG. The detailed project for the VMUBG landscape was made in 1924 by architect Karol Rauth from Hanover. With the help of other Botanical gardens, especially Berlin’s Dahlem, Konigsberg and St. Petersburg’s Kaunas Botanical Garden built up very rapidly. The construction of the Greenhouse was finished in 1938. Presently, VMUBG occupies the area of 62.5 ha close to the city centre. VMUBG is a multifunctional botanical garden that consists of three departments: Science, Expositions and Collections, and Service and Education. The Science department is comprised of three sectors (Medicinal and Spice Plants, Dendrology and Phytopathology, and Pomology). Department of Expositions and Collections includes sectors of Plant systematics, Floriculture and Greenhouse. The unique feature of this garden is a peaceful and green environment created by an advantageous combination of cultural and natural heritage. Botanical expositions and collections, the Greenhouse, big landscape park with an interesting pond system – this is not the only place for plant conservation and research but also the area for all modern forms of interactive education, cultural tourism and community use. VMUBG carries out various educational and public engagement activities as well as implements a popular interactive program for informal education and science communication. VMUBG accepts more than 90 thousand visitors per year.

The primary code that identifies the institution as a whole. If no already established (commonly used) or registered code (e.g. through Index Herbariorum) exists, generate one. This would frequently be an acronym of the institution name

Please select one of the values in the enumeration (see link). If none of the other values apply, choose 'OTHER_INSTITUTIONAL_TYPE', or leave empty if unknown

Multivalue with controlled vocabulary (see institutionType vocabulry sheet)

The vocabulary should be reviewed

Is the institution still active, or is it a historical listing for an institution that no longer exists?

The field is used to show historical entries (especially the ones coming from Index Herbariorum). The same term exists for collections. We could remove it and only have active entries in GRSciColl (in other words, not keep the inactive ones from Index Herbariorum). We could also just keep the term for collections. See also: https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/447

Institutional phone number. Typically a central number, reaching the institution's administrative unit, rather than an individual. Preface the number with the country code where available, e.g. in the format '+45 ' or '[45] '

Note that we also have institution staff contact information in a separate field

Institutional email address. Typically, this would be a functional address ('info@museum.org') rather than a personal one

Note that we also have institution staff contact information in a separate field

If your specimens are digitized and available online, you can put here the link to access them

http://arctos.database.museum/cumv_all

The field also exists for collections

Same as Catalogue URL, if your institution exposes its records via an API (relevant mainly for iDigBio entries).

http://herbmalg.biologi.um.ac.id/index.php/services/

The field also exists for collections

The kind of governance (state, academia, for-profit, etc) that the institution falls under. Select a textual value from the list (see link). If none apply, choose 'OTHER', or leave empty if unknown

Multivalue with controlled vocabulary (see institutionalGovernance vocabulary)

The vocabulary should be reviewed

The research disciplines the the institution houses. Select textual value(s) from the list (see link) at the most fitting level of granularity. Leave empty if none apply or unknown

Multivalue with controlled vocabulary (see discipline vocabulary)

AGRICULTURAL_AGRICULTURAL_HORTICULTURAL_PLANT_BREEDING;AGRICULTURAL_FOREST_SCIENCES_AND_FORESTRY;AGRICULTURAL_HORTICULTURAL_SCIENCE;AGRICULTURAL_NATURAL_RESOURCES;AGRICULTURAL_PLANT_SCIENCES;BIOLOGICAL

DISSCO has developed several vocabularies that could be used (they are LtC compatible). Appendix A Collection Classification Scheme for Disciplines https://know.dissco.eu/bitstream/item/457/1/

The vocabulary should be reviewed

Geographical location of the physical institution (address): decimal latitude, numeric value. Example: -28.46009

is used to display institutions on maps

Geographical location of the physical institution (address): decimal longitude, numeric value. Example: -65.784278

is used to display institutions on maps

Additional / alternative names that the institution is known under, e.g. historically or in another language

Geographic scope of the institution's collection holdings. Which regions of the world / countries do the collection objects (predominantly) originate from? Free-text description

Afghanistan; Iran; central Asia; central and northern Europe; Spain; Mediterranean; Israel; Australia; southern Africa; U.S.; Costa Rica; Ecuador; high mountain areas; halophytes.

could be covered by collection decriptors (see all the DwC possible terms for location)

also exists for collections

For biological and palaeontological collections: taxonomic scope or focus of the institution's collection holdings. Which taxon groups do the collection objects (predominantly) belong to? Free-text description

Actinopterygii, Elasmobranchii, Sarcopterygii, Holocephali, Petromyzonti

could be covered by collection descriptors: scientificName

also exists for collections

Estimated total number of biological / palaeontological specimens in the institution's collections, if known

the numbers could be in the collection description tables

also exists for collections, often this number is 0

If the information from your institution is or should be synchronized with an Index Herbariorum entry (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-list/): indicate yes (if no information is supplied, this defaults to 'no')

Is redundant with the identifiers section. We also have an identifier type called IH where editiors can let us know the IH equivalent of their entries.

Should this institution be displayed on Natural History Collection portals? By default yes

by default, the value is true. See why this field was introduced here: https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/436

Full URL for an online image file (png, jpg) of the institutional logo, for inclusion in e.g. web pages for the institution. Leave empty if unavailable

https://rim-pleven.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-2.png

If relevant CITES permits on the regulation of trade in specimens of species (https://cites.org/eng/prog/Permit_system) are known, list the permit numbers here. Otherwise leave empty

Is redundant with the identifiers section as we have an identifier type called CITES

In addition to the primary institution Code, above: any additional code that is already in use for the same institution in other contexts (Index Herbariorum; self-representation; references used in published collection data etc) should be identified here

mailing address + departments and divisions (see https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/394)

mailing address post code

mailing address city

Institutional mailing/administrative address: province, if relevant. Otherwise leave empty

mailing address province

mailing address country

address + departments and divisions (see https://github.com/gbif/registry/issues/394)

address post code

address province