[NHCOLL-L:156] FENSCORE National Database

[Charles Pettitt]

The FENSCORE [Federation for Natural Science COllections REsearch] 
Committee, with sponsorship by Manchester Museum and the Museums and 
Galleries Commission, have now posted the UK 'national' register of 
natural science collections as a searchable database.

There are over 15,000 entries, covering most of the UK, although currently 
the South West is under-represented, and Northern Ireland is absent 
(although we hope to add it soon)

The URL is http://www.man.ac.uk/fenscore

It is good to be able to announce this, as at long last it makes readily
available the results of dedicated efforts by more than two hundred 
natural science curators who over the last two decades have laboured to 
gather the information.

I welcome any comments or suggestions about this site; it does not have 
lots of pretty graphics, but concentrates on providing useful content.

Bill Pettitt
FENSCORE Webmaster
c.pettitt at man.ac.uk