201. Strategies for the sustainability of online open-access biodiversity databases.
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Costello, Mark J., Appeltans, Ward, Bailly, Nicolas, Berendsohn, Walter G., de Jong, Yde, Edwards, Martin, Froese, Rainer, Huettmann, Falk, Los, Wouter, Mees, Jan, Segers, Hendrik, and Bisby, Frank A.
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SUSTAINABILITY , *BIOLOGICAL databases , *OPEN access publishing , *BIODIVERSITY conservation , *ENDANGERED ecosystems , *PROPERTY rights , *SUSTAINABLE development - Abstract
Highlights: [•] Open-access online scholarly biodiversity databases are threatened by a lack of funding and institutional support. [•] Strategic approaches to aid sustainability are summarised. [•] Issues include database coverage, quality, uniqueness; clarity of Intellectual Property Rights, ownership and governance. [•] Long-term support from institutions and scientists is easier for high-quality, comprehensive, prestigious global databases. [•] Larger multi-partner governed databases are more sustainable; i.e. ‘bigger (multi-partner) databases are better’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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