Repository details
BRC
Name of repository
BRC
Additional name(s)
- Biological Records Centre
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
The Biological Records Centre (BRC), established in 1964, is a national focus in the UK for terrestrial and freshwater species recording. BRC works closely with the voluntary recording community, principally through support of national recording schemes and societies. It provides an application, IRecord, for people to use to record and submit their own wildlife observations to the repository. Map and access datasets via the NBN Gateway, an Internet based data delivery service.
Keyword(s)
Repository size
12 Mio records of more than 12.000 species
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (4)
Additional name(s)
- Biological Records Centre
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1964
Additional name(s)
- JNCC
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NBN
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- CEH
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (4)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (3)
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- other
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown
Alerting services (1)
Type of alerting service
Remarks
Remarks
The work of BRC is a major component of the National Biodiversity Network (NBN)
Entry date
2013-02-04
Last update
2024-01-24
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