CollectiveAccess is free, open-source software for cataloguing and publishing museum and archival collections. We are currently evaluating and configuring the application for the INBO collections (https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/institution/df2f787b-e54a-4902-8212-390bb2bc7b21), in the context of the DiSSCo Flanders project (https://dissco-flanders.be/).

The INBO collections that will make use of this application

• the DNA collection (45k DNA samples)
• the soil archive (35k soil samples)
• the Genbos living plant collection (400 plots = ? woody plants)
• the Genbos seed collection (500 seed lots)
• the autopsy collection (??k tissue samples of mammal autopsies)

More information

• manual https://manual.collectiveaccess.org/providence/user/dataModelling/profiles/XMLSchema.html
• demo-website https://demo.collectiveaccess.org/
• collective-access https://www.collectiveaccess.org/

The basic functionalities this application covers

• provide an inventory (what + where is it stored) of all the objects archived at INBO
• log re-use of objects ~ loans, both internal and external

Additional functionalities that this application could cover

• log the value of the objects so future decision making can occur without the lead scientists' involvement
• log curatorial activities that can influence the quality of the objects