Specify Collections Consortium

Join a community of institutions collaborating to advance open-source collections management. Together, we support the digitization, management, and publication of data worldwide using Specify software.

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Incredible Collections Management.
100% Open Source.

Specify supports a wide range of scientific and research disciplines, including botany, ichthyology, herpetology, paleontology, ornithology, entomology, geology, and many more.

We have partnered with natural history museums and biological repositories for more than 30 years. Today, Specify handles research data at biological collections institutions and consortia around the globe.

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Specify running on a desktop, laptop, and tablet device.

19+ million

Published specimens in GBIF

470+

Member collections

Countries around the world

Most customizable

Years of continuous development

100%

Open Source

Get a better return on collections.

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Power Data Entry Tools

Efficiently manage and catalog specimen information, including taxonomic classifications, geographic data, and associated media, all within a user-friendly interface.

Manage transactions

Manage accessions, deaccessions, permits, loans, gifts, borrows, and exchanges directly from the interface. Add items to these transactions easily and keep track of physical counts.

Deliver instant answers

Build simple to comprehensive queries, map item locations, identify trends, detect data quality issues, and create reports on digitization activities.