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What is the Specify Software Project?

April 26, 2017project Software specify

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What is the Specify Software Project?

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The Specify Software Project is a biological collections informatics initiative. Its mission is to facilitate effective utilization of biological specimen data for scientific research and applied uses, by supporting zoological museums and herbaria with collections management software, data management, help desk services, and training. The Specify Software Lab is a part of the Informatics Department of the Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. Project staff include a director, manager, professional software developers, helpdesk support manager, data management specialist and software quality testers. Specify is available at no charge from http://www.specifysoftware.org, and it is supported for non-profit, biological collection institutions. With its predecessor, the MUSE Project, the Specify Software Project has received 20 years of funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation.