News about this site
Release 1.8
New functionality included in this release:
- Download of data records is now working again
- Better performance through replacement of IT infrastructure
- Improved indexing for images
06 December 2007
Release 1.7
New functionality included in this release:
- Drop down list for families added on the Advanced Search Page
- Improvements to the user interface and downloads
- Performance improvements
- Intelligence built into session handling
30 October 2006
Release 1.6
New functionality included in this release:
- User choice of number of records displayed per page
- User informed of search query implemented
- Links to “Related specimen records” included in Details page
- Intelligent searches for specific barcode or identifier numbers
- Performance improvements
- Simpler design for interface
- Data downloads date stamped
- Downloads of individual records now include details of related collections
04 September 2006
Release 1.5
Improvements to this release include:
- Improved pagination indicators at top & bottom of results pages
- Validation messages to users made specific for each data field
- Escape characters removed from downloaded data sets
- System errors communicated direct to development team
- Data Source fields validated
11 August 2006
Release 1.4
Improvements to this release include:
- Dynamic statistics added
- Improved search indexes
- Maintenance release
- Browser identifier included
14 July 2006
Release 1.3
Improvements to this release include:
- Database Statistics included
- News Page integrated
- Reporting of System availability impoved
- Maintenance release
20 June 2006
Advance warning re image availability
We advise users that between 21 June 2006 and 27 June 2006 they may experience some difficulties when viewing images of specimens from the Kew Catalogue.
Essential electrical work is to take place at Kew during this period and communication with the Kew image server will become less reliable. A temporary generator will be in use which may cause some instability and there will be short periods during which the image server will be unavailable as components of the infrastructure are replaced.
Our apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause.
15 June 2006
Release 1.2
The second release of the Herbarium catalogue is now available. Improvements to this release include:
- Improved data download facilities
- More intelligent search for families
- More intelligent search for countries
- Automatic updates of data search indices
- New and improved pages containing background information
09 June 2006
Launch of Herbarium Catalogue
We are pleased to announce the internet launch of Kew’s Herbarium Catalogue.
02 June 2006
