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Farewell from BHL Program Director Martin R. Kalfatovic
It’s time to say farewell to my official time with the Biodiversity Heritage Library! As I outlined in my presentation at the 2024 BHL Annual Meeting, when I took over as BHL Program Director in April...
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The Power of Community Science: How Smithsonian Volunpeers Transform...
Last month, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA), Smithsonian Transcription Center (STC), and the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) celebrated a significant milestone – technical staff worked...
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Advancing BHL’s Data for a Sustainable Future: Meet Tiago, Our New...
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Tiago Lubiana as the new Wikimedian-in-Residence (WiR) at the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)! This crucial role, shaped by community-driven...
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Biodiversity Heritage Library Datasets Now Openly Accessible on the Amazon...
Sixty-two million pages of scientific text, images, and metadata, representing 500 years of biodiversity data will be openly accessible via the Registry of Open Data on AWS The BHL Technical Team is...
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BHL Newsletter (December 2024) Now Available!
Our latest newsletter is now available! From collaborative transcription projects to a new Wikimedian-in-Residence, don’t miss the latest news from the BHL community.
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BHL Technical Development: Year in Review
Building a More Resilient BHL: Improving Accessibility and Expanding Global Reach What does it take to make millions of pages of biodiversity literature accessible to a global audience? For the...
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A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more than...
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Reflecting on the 2025 BHL Annual Meeting in Berlin
From April 7–11, 2025, the global Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) community gathered at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin for the BHL Annual Meeting. Hosted at one of Europe’s premier natural...
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BHL Transition Update #1
Leadership, Fiscal Sponsorship, and Hosting Opportunities In April 2025, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) released a public statement announcing that the Smithsonian Institution, our...
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BHL Transition Update #2
Help us shape the future of the Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is at a turning point. After nearly two decades of calling the Smithsonian Institution home, BHL...
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