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1 The Natural History Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk Speaker: Charles Hussey Science Data Co-ordinator Department of Information and Library Systems c.hussey@nhm.ac.uk

2 2-year project funded by New Opportunities Fund (£135K) Nature Navigator project A finding-aid for information on wildlife in the British Isles Designed for the general public Uses names that they will be familiar with Maps these to scientific names Encourages exploration of relationships Helps with understanding of scientific classification Provides onward links to on-line resources

3 In essence – a multilingual thesaurus

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38 www.nhm.ac.uk/naturenavigator - launching 16 th November


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