Learn about new Specify updates, release announcements, collaboration news, and other news from the Specify Collections Consortium.

This is the place for raising and discussing any specific issue, including workflows, tasks, data wrangling, software issues, and getting things done.

This category includes all of the documentation for the Specify 7 application.

This is the spot for suggesting and championing new capabilities for Specify platforms.

Seeking feedback on the design of future Specify releases.

Share recommendations, advice, projects, workflows, data, and issues by discipline.

This category will include information related to governance and activities of the SCC Board and Advisory Committees.

The Policies category brings together the core guidelines and procedures that shape SCC’s operational, technical, and security practices. It includes documentation on data protection, encryption, disaster recovery, incident response, accessibility and compliance, secure coding, privacy, patch management, and the SCC Systems Development Life Cycle. These resources outline the standards the Consortium follows to maintain secure, accessible, and reliable services for all member institutions.

Promoting Specify Open Source Collaborations

News from SCC Members–events, jobs, projects.

SCC members are invited to ignite Specify-related discussions using the Specify Community Forum.

Documentation for the Specify 6 application.

Ideas and perspectives on extended specimen data linking and integrations of collection management system collections within the broader data community.

The About the SCC category includes foundational materials that describe the Consortium’s purpose, values, and guiding principles. These documents outline the vision, mission, and core commitments that shape SCC’s community‑driven model and long‑term approach to supporting collaborative collections infrastructure.