The Fifth European Botanic Gardens Congress, EuroGard V, will be held in Helsinki, Finland, on June 8-12. The title of the Congress is Botanic Gardens in the age of Climate Change.

We hope to meet you at this exciting congress at which we will inform you in various ways about the latest development concerning our collection management application Altantis Botanic Garden. In corporation with participating Botanic Gardens we also inform you about The Botanic Portal. This Internet Portal provides access to the plants and taxa information from the databases of connected botanic gardens.

Atlantis Botanic Garden is a standard application for collection management in Botanic Gardens. Check out these resources for more information:

· A paper which gives a comprehensive overview of the Atlantis BG application

· The product information on Atlantis BG

· The Atlantis BG Poster that states the highlights of the application in a nutshell

· A link to the information about the use of Atlantis Botanical Garden at the University of Utrecht

· A link which gives access to the collections of the University of Utrecht through the Internet

DEVENTit is attending this congress as a sponsor, stand holder and participant. Take this congress as an opportunity to get more information about the Atlantis Botanic Garden collection management software and the Botanic Portal. There are various ways to get in touch:

· Visit our information stands. We can give you demonstrations, provide pricing information and answer questions.

· Attend the in-depth session  about Atlantis-BG.

· Call: +31 6 51268468 to make an appointment to meet or reserve timeslots at the information stands of DEVENTit.

The Botanic Garden of the Finnish Museum of Natural History

The Botanic Garden of the Finnish Museum of Natural History of the University of Helsinki has decided to choose for Atlantis Botanic Garden.

“We were looking for a 'third generation' information system. The first generation was on paper (paper maps, index cards). The second generation was a computerized database and computer-drawn maps separately. The third generation solution is one where the database and maps are interconnected, and where the whole system is usable through the internet.”, states  Dr. Leif Schulman,  Director of Botanic Garden of the Finnish Museum of Natural History. “Of the systems currently available, Atlantis was the best solution for us, because it has those features and still has not compromised the scientific rigour required for a proper Botanic Garden database.- And, on top of this, Atlantis is affordable.”

Botanic Garden of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Calabria

The Botanic Garden of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Calabria, Italy, has decided to choose for Atlantis Botanic Garden.

“Atlantis BG will make it possible for our Botanic Garden to do our collection registration and management in a more efficient and professional way. “, states Dr. Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Curatore Responsabile sez. Orto Botanico, Museo di Storia Naturale della Calabria ed Orto Botanico Università della Calabria.

 The Thematis Botanic Portal (http://www.thematis.nl/botanicportal) is an initiative to bring plants and taxa information from different gardens together in an easy and cost-effective way using modern Internet technologies.

Most portals today with the same aim die in their effort to centralize information because it’s hard to maintain lists of links, centralized search indexes or copied collection information. The Thematis Botanic Portal avoids those downfalls.

Every kind of Botanic Database, regardless the type or supplier of the database can be connected to this portal.

Click here for more information about this portal or if you’re interested to connect your own database.

Acquire Atlantis BG for FREE!

Atlantis Botanic Garden is available for testing and purchase. If you’re able to give us access to your system through the Internet, we can install a test version of the application. Please contact us for more information about this option. Based on your needs, a suitable offer can be made. For every first organisation of a country or region which purchases the software and is willing to serve as a reference to other gardens , we’ll provide Atlantis BG for FREE! Only maintenance (15% of the license costs) will apply on a yearly basis. This offer is restricted in time so don’t hesitate to ask for more information.

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