ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories: Fifth Edition (ISBER Best Practices, 5th Edition)

By Emma Snapes

ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories is a guidance document that reflects the collective experience of its members and other repository professionals. This document provides clear guidance to novices and experienced professionals on how to recognize and fulfill their responsibilities, while offering practical advice on how to manage and support all types of repositories. In the context of this document, a repository is where part(s) of or entire organisms and/or environmental specimens and/or associated data are stored for safekeeping and distribution. Although the focus is on research and development, the fundamental principles and guidance offered herein for specimens and data management may also apply for other sectors and disciplines. The term repository is used to refer to any entity focused on management of processes and activities around specimens and associated data intended primarily for research purposes. Alternative terms may include biobank, biorepository, biological resource center, collection (e.g., microbial collection center, data collection center), cryogenic biobank, digital repository, biodiversity biobank seed bank, virtual biobank, veterinary biobank, culture collection, gene bank, environmental specimen bank, tissue bank, and cell bank among many others. The ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories ( ISBER Best Practices ) is designed for use by all types of repositories and biobanks around the world. This document is intended to be of use to repositories operating within or for research sectors worldwide, as well as individuals or organizations that may be managing specimens outside the formal structure of a repository. The fundamental principles and guidance offered herein can additionally be applicable for other sectors and disciplines (including for analysis, development, and education). The ISBER Best Practices can form a foundation for repositories, guiding a repository's policies, practices, procedures, and operations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CQTPSSYH
• ISBN13: 9798864211014
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"