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BHL is happy to be a charter signatory of the Bouchout Declaration for Open...
The Biodiversity Heritage is a charter signatory of the Bouchout Declaration for Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management. The Declaration is a call to action for institutions to support biodiversity...
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BHL and EOL co-host a Smithsonian Associates event
On May 28, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) co-hosted an evening program on digital volunteerism. The event was organized by The Smithsonian Associates (TSA)...
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Global BHL visitors in Washington, Patricia Mergen and Abel Packer visit BHL...
Patricia Mergen at Smithsonian LibrariesStaff from BHL Europe and BHL SciELO visited with BHL Secretariat staffDr. Patricia Mergen, Liaison Officer, Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR) at the...
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Once There Were Billions: The Great Auk
Once an amazing diversity of birds--some in breathtaking abundance--inhabited the vast forests and plains of North America. But starting around 1600, some species began to disappear, as humans altered...
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Russian librarians visit Smithsonian Libraries' BHL operations
On 17 June 2014, a visiting delegation of librarians from across Russia visited Smithsonian Libraries and our BHL operations. Coming from a wide variety of institutions in Russia, the group was...
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Welcoming Grace Costantino, BHL Outreach and Communication Manager
Grace Costantino, BHL Program Manager. Image Credit: MYH Photography.We are pleased to announce that Grace Costantino has joined BHL as our new Outreach and Communication Manager!Grace is no stranger...
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Breathing Life Into a Museum Exhibit About Extinction
Once There Were Billions, the new Smithsonian Libraries/BHL exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. The Passenger Pigeon on the left, with her back to the viewer, is Martha, the last...
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Game Laboratory Tiltfactor Selected for the Purposeful Gaming and BHL Project
BHL and the Missouri Botanical Garden are pleased to announce a major milestone reached in the project, “Purposeful Gaming and BHL”. Dartmouth College’s Tiltfactor was chosen to design the game that...
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Once There Were Billions: Carolina Parakeet
At this time of year, those of us in the U.S. often find our eyes turned skyward to admire a brilliant array of colors lighting up the night sky in celebration of America’s independence. Up until...
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BHL at the 2014 American Libraries Association Annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV
A number of BHL staff attended the 2014 Annual meeting of the ALA in Las Vegas, Nevada. BHL Program Director Martin Kalfatovic and BHL Program Manager Carolyn Sheffield attended and met with various...
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Once There Were Billions: Heath Hen
To help tell the story of four extinct bird species, BHL and the Smithsonian Libraries co-curated an exhibition--Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America--at the National Museum of...
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From Billions to None: The Story of the Passenger Pigeon
Ohio, 1854. A dense, black shadow begins to creep across the northern edges of the horizon, slowly but incessantly blotting out a bright cerulean sky. Residents take notice, and pour out of their homes...
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Growing Globally: Digitization Developments in Africa
From left to right: Cindy-Lee Daniels and Lidia Swart (staff at the Digitization Office, Library Services, University of Pretoria); Gemma Waterston (IA Satellite Coordinator) and Robert Miller...
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Happy Moth Week!
Happy Moth Week! National Moth Week is an annual event that celebrates the diversity and magnificence of moths. By partnering with online biological databases, National Moth Week encourages everyone to...
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BHL Welcomes Two New Affiliate Members
We are pleased to announce that the Research Library at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden have joined the Biodiversity Heritage...
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The Latest News from BHL!
Want to catch up on all the juicy news from BHL? You're in luck! Our latest quarterly report and newsletter are now available! Check them out!Stay up to date on all the latest news by joining our...
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The Walrus as you Never Knew Him
Conrad Gessner's Walrus. 1558. Historia Animalium. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42165842Conrad Gessner desired to reconcile ancient knowledge about the animal kingdom with the modern discoveries...
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BHL Update at the 2014 North American GBIF Meeting
The North American Regional Node Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) occurred in Ontario, Canada on July 21-22, 2014. The meeting, themed "Advancing Informatics, Engagement...
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BHL Africa Report from Internet Archive's Global Director
Since it's initial organization in 2012 and launch in 2013, BHL Africa has been hard at work developing a strategy, framework, and methodology for contributing the valuable biodiversity information...
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The Sea Dog: Exploring Man's Discovery & Classification of the Shark
It's that time of year again! That special week set aside to celebrate the fabulously diverse Selachimorpha clade: Shark Week!If you were to ask an average person to differentiate between a tiger...
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