BERDS Members gain access to a wide variety of useful resources that can improve the management of organisational data and resources. Whether through our Library Services or Site Monitoring System, BERDS provides the tools you need to make the most of your data and your time - increasing your institution's information capacity at a fraction of the cost. BERDS' use of data standards enables your organisation to share your data easily, make comparisons with other members data and use others' data in your own analyses [ Learn more].
Compare Member services to those of Data Providers to see the additional organisational and data management tools available exclusively to BERDS Members.
BERDS is not simply a data storage facility. It is a series of tools for information management and research that is driven by the community [ Learn more]. By contributing data at the Member level, your organisation is able to fully leverage the power of the BERDS system and its enormous geodatabase, enabling your organisation to work smarter, turning mere data into useful information and ensuring data integrity at a substantial cost savings.
Details of BERDS Membership Services are detailed below. Membership is available to qualified NGO/CBO groups working on environmental issues in Belize. Membership is available for an annual financial contribution to offset BERDS running costs and there is a modest set-up fee to begin.
- Customised Map Explorer
- Full access to the public Map Explorer Application
- Access to your own private, customised Map Explorer Application
- Select the map extent (dimensions) to be displayed (limit the GIS to the area of interest (i.e., a protected area, town or district)
- Choose the Map Explorer display size
- Select the BERDS layers you want to use
- Add up to 10 of your own GIS layers (updateable semi-annually)
- Add the ability to view/query your monitoring sites/localities
- Choose the number of species you want to view/query at once
- Monitoring Database Services
Monitoring Database
- Ability to add information about a locality or monitoring site
- Ability to add a site visit report (physiographic details)
- Ability to link specimen data to localities and site visits
- Integration with BERDS geodatabase and all BERDS data including historical/existing specimens
- Ability to profile a locality, including:
- Summary of information for individual Site/Locality
- Summary statistics/graphs for specimens sampled at Site/Locality
- View profiles of specimens from Site/Locality profile
Monitoring Reports
- Geographical Distribution
- Temporal Distribution
- Population Dynamics
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- Library Catalog Service
- Develop your own on-line document library catalog including ability to add your own catalog number, abstract and physical location of document
- Share your bibliographic holdings with other members
- Data Report Generation Services
- Access to Report Generation Services for ALL data, not just your own data
- Private Document Access
- Full access to all public and private documents, reports, journal articles and other documents not for use in the public domain
- Forum Services
- Access to public forums
- Access to private, community-driven forums
- Access to your own private, member-only forums, up to 3. You control all aspects of the forums including subject, moderation and participation.
- Email Services
- One email address (biodiversity.bz) with anytime, anywhere webmail access
- Data Management & Backup Services
- Ability to export all data in .xls format
- Ability to add, edit or delete your data records at any time
- Ability to backup your data at anytime as a downloadable ZIP archive
- Control what data is contributed, how your data is shared and when it is removed
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