Task Force Document Library

Program of Work

• Develop and strategically expand the GGBN Document Library for biodiversity biobanking

Current Activities

• Expand document library functionality, including platform upgrades, streamlining
• Partner with CryoArks, ESBB and other GGBN partners to expand document library content
• Spanish translation of Document Library General User Guide and expansion of Spanish-language content

Accomplishments

• As of February 2021, the GGBN Document Library has over 700 documents

Related Resources

GGBN Document Library Users

• Request a login: e-mail library@ggbn.org
• Login page: https://library.ggbn.org/share/page/
• General User Guide
• Suggest resources/submit feedback: email library@ggbn.org

Task Force Members

• Category Managers Guide
• Login to Task Force site

Getting Involved

Email us at library@ggbn.org to:

• Obtain a login for the Document Library
• Join the Task Force and help curate a specific tag or category
• Suggest additional resources for addition to the Document Library

Current Members/Category and Network Tag Managers

Category Managers

• Biobank Management (including Governance, Business Models, Health and Safety)
  • Jeremy deWaard, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
• Curation Protocols (including specimen and sample field collection, sample preparation, shipping, laboratory curation and storage methods)
  • Animals: Kim Labuschagne, South African National Biodiversity Institute Biobank
  • Plants: Tim Fulcher, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Microorganisms: library@ggbn.org
• Education and Training Tools (including workshop documents and publications, interactive session protocols and technology)
  • library@ggbn.org
• GGBN Conferences (Conference documents archive)
  • Katie Barker, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • Alysha Chadderdon, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • Gabi Droege, Berlin Botanic Garden
• GGBN Information (GGBN-specific information and GGBN-produced materials)
  • Katie Barker, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • Alysha Chadderdon, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • Gabi Droege, Berlin Botanic Garden
• Information and Data Management Systems (Data standards, data workflows, pipelines, portals, database interoperability)
  • Muriel Rabone, Natural History Museum London
  • Gabi Droege, Berlin Botanic Garden
• Regulation and Legislation (including publications regarding access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (ABS), Permit/PIC/MAT/MTA examples and templates, shipping regulations, and more):
  • Kim Labuschagne, South African National Biodiversity Institute Biobank
• Research Protocols (including laboratory specimen and sample analysis: e.g. species-specific extraction, amplification, sequencing for fresh and archival/ancient material)
  • Laura Forrest, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Network Tag Managers

• CryoArks Content (animal biobanking for conservation research)
  • Kirsty Lloyd, Natural History Museum London
• Darwin Tree of Life Content
  • Heather Allen, Natural History Museum London
• ESBB Content
  • Rosita Kammler, International Breast Cancer Study Group
  • Dominik Lermen, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering
• SYNTHESYS Content
  • Andreas Plank, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
  • NA3.1: Carolina Corrales, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
  • JRA2: Peter Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

At Large Task Force Members

• Gilberto Alejandro Ocampo Acosta, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
• Ana Lourdes Medrano, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes