Zasoby informacji o różnorodności biotycznej w kolekcjach przyrodniczych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

In this article, the history of the formation of scientific collections of nature specimens of the Jagiellonian University, currently stored at the Faculty of Biology (Institute of Botany, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research) and the Nature Education Center is presented, as well as the current state of their knowledge, and the contributions of naturalists who have the greatest share in their creation and magnifying. The oldest collections come from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Scientific collections of the Jagiellonian University have been the basis for research and development of science and education, not only in Poland. Due to the wide systematic and biogeographic scope of the gathered collections, many of them require scientific elaboration, ordering, inventorying, digitization and conservation. It is a continuous process, also generated by the constantly changing state of knowledge and new discoveries. Currently, the botanical and entomological collections of the Jagiellonian University are being digitized as part of the Integration and mobilization of data on the biodiversity of Eukaryota in the resources of Polish scientific institutions (IMBIO) project.