Facilitating access to naturalist collections and related data
Recolnat, the national network of naturalist collections
Recolnat
Et ad inposita pleraeque nominibus
Homines enim eruditos et sobrios ut infaustos et inutiles vitant, eo quoque accedente quod et nomenclatores adsueti haec et talia venditare, mercede accepta lucris quosdam et prandiis inserunt subditicios ignobiles et obscuros. Ideo urbs venerabilis post superbas efferatarum gentium cervices oppressas
latasque leges fundamenta libertatis et retinacula sempiterna velut frugi parens et prudens et dives Caesaribus tamquam liberis suis regenda patrimonii iura permisit.
A distributed infrastructure in mainland France and the French overseas territories
Postulat ignorare postulat maiestati strepit haec et iratus rerum praefectum
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Services and tools
Explore the data of the collections, participate in their study and their description.
Collections portal
Discover biodiversity and geodiversity through this catalog of naturalist collections. This portal allows you to freely query, view and export specimen and sample data.
The Herbonauts
Come and contribute to research projects by participating in the transcription and description of naturalist collections. Les Herbonautes is a participatory science program offering Internet users the opportunity to collaborate on thematic missions from home!
Annotate-On
This tool is intended to be your virtual work bench! Annotate-On contains functions to quickly perform morphological and morphometric analyses, as well as any documentation by annotation on images, videos or sounds.
Expertise and training
Through its missions, Récolnat makes it possible to structure the working practices of a community of collection managers across a range of fields, such as description, digitisation and access to naturalist collections.
Historical
Interpretemur virosque omnino verborum Philos nusquam reperiuntur virtutem nostri eam omnino vita numeremus numeremus virosque. Latenter inlecebris exultans quam salute indicanda proliceret
2013
Launch of the e-Récolnat future investment program
2016
Récolnat included in the infrastructure roadmap of the French Ministry of Research (MESR)
Setting up of a portal giving access to nearly 11 million images and their data from over 80 institutions in France
Development of the participatory science program Les Herbonautes
Availability of tools for researchers working on digital twin of collections, such as the Annotate-On tool
2020
Consolidation of Récolnat as a scientific interest group (GIS)
The aim is to harmonize practices and build a network of scientific excellence by bringing together natural history professionals in France.
Collaboration between museums, universities and research institutions to offer enhanced and privileged access to naturalist collections and their data
Commitment to open data policy and FAIR principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable)
Récolnat piloted by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Positioning Récolnat as the French nodal point for the European mirror infrastructure DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections)
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