Linnaeus Link
Founded in 1999, the Linnaeus Link Project is an international collaboration between libraries with significant holdings of Linnaean material.
Between 2000 and 2025, it also acted as an online union catalogue of Linnaean material held in institutions worldwide. This phase of the project concluded in June 2025.
Linnaeus Link still acts as the official bibliography of the works and legacy of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), and continues the bibliographic work of Basil H Soulsby.
The Linnaeus Link Union Catalogue permanently closed on 30 June 2025. A list of alternative resources can be found on the Linnean Society of London website, and enquiries can be directed to the Collections team.
The post-Soulsby bibliography of Linnaean works will continue to be maintained, and is available from the Linnean Society on request.
Partners
Since the inaugural meeting in 1999, many important institutions have committed to moving the project forward. Linnaeus Link welcomes new partner institutions with significant holdings of Linnaean material. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Full list of LLUC partners:
- Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)
- British Library (London, UK)
- Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Hagströmerbiblioteket-Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (Pittsburgh, USA)
- Det Kongelige Bibliotek. Nationalbibliotek og Københavns universitetsbibliotek (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien,(Stockholm, Sweden)
- Linnean Society of London (London, UK)
- Meise Botanic Garden (Meise, Belgium)
- Musée et jardins botaniques cantonnaux, Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
- Natural History Museum (London, UK)
- New York Botanical Garden (New York, USA)
- Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London, UK)
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK)
- Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (London, UK)
- Science Museum (London, UK)
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin, Germany)
- Stockholms universitetsbibliotek (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Svenska Linnésällskapet (Uppsala, Sweden)
- Uppsala universitetsbibliotek (Uppsala, Sweden)
Linnaeus Link Partners meet once a year, generally at the same time as the European Botanical and Horticultural Libraries annual meetings.
