Linnaeus Link


	Project

Project

Carl Linnaeus is one of the great scientific figures of the 18th century. His works and those influenced by him are of great historical significance and continuing scientific relevance. The Linnaeus Link project aims to improve access to these key resources by the creation of high quality digital records.

Linnaeus Link is a collaboration between the following organisations:

The Natural History Museum

The British Library

Danmarks Natur- og Laegevidenskabelige Bibliotek

The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien

The Linnean Society of London

Stockholms universitetsbibliotek

Uppsala universitetsbibliotek

Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Gen�ve

Linnaeus Link now provides an online union catalogue of Linnaean material from institutions worldwide. There are two options you can choose from:

1. View descriptions of the Linnaean collections held by participating institutions.
2. Search for Linnaean material held by participating institutions based on the Soulsby catalogue.

Other information on the Linnaeus Link project (currently available on the Natural History Museum website) is as follows:

1. Project description.
2. Partners.
3. Documents.
- a. Bibliography and index.
- b. Collections survey results.
- c. Collections survey form.
4. Funding.
5. Links.