Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 15-165
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Website Records, 2011-2015
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of one website and one blog maintained by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), an international initiative devoted to developing DNA barcoding as a global standard for the identification of biological species since 2004. The CBOL Secretariat operates from the National Museum of Natural History. The Barcode of Wildlife Project website, crawled February 11, 2015, provides information about the Project which enables its six member countries to use DNA barcodes to identify species from minute samples in the investigation and prosecution of wildlife crimes. The Project is administered by CBOL. The "Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference" blog, crawled February 19, 2015, provides information for attendees at the 2011 event. Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Barcode of Wildlife Project
- International Barcode of Life Conference
- Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference (Blog)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-165, Website Records