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BHL Update at the EOL Executive Committee Meeting
The BHL and Encylopedia of Life (EOL) share the vision of open access to knowledge about life on earth. BHL works to achieve this goal by providing open access to biodiversity literature. EOL tackles...
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Avibase, The World Bird Database
As part of our BHL & Our Users series, we recently interviewed Denis Lepage, Senior Scientist at the National Data Center, Bird Studies Canada and creator of Avibase, an impressive online resource...
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Twitterchat on Martha, Extinction, & Historic Literature
Pigeons. Selby, P. John (1845). http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20191792 Please join the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), the Smithsonian Libraries, and the National Museum of Natural History...
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BHL joins the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
The Biodiversity Heritage Library has joined the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) as an Associate Participant. GBIF operates through a network of global nodes to develop and maintain an...
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On the Case: An Internship in Detective Work, Library Style
Facade, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural HistoryMy earliest memory of the Natural History Museum is climbing the steps to see the “stuffed animal zoo.” It was a very rainy day and our plans of...
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A Global Discussion about Martha, Extinction and Conservation
Thanks to everyone who tuned in for our #Martha100 TwitterChat with @NMNH (National Museum of Natural History) and @SILibraries (Smithsonian Libraries) yesterday! The chat was a commemoration of the...
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Exploring Arachnids with Harry Potter and Logan Pierce
If you’re a Harry Potter fan, then you know what the three unforgivable curses are. And if you’ve seen the movies, you’ll remember the scene where Mad-eye Moody demonstrates those curses in Harry...
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BHL Valued by Historians
Many people tend to think of BHL as a resource for scientists. While it’s true that scientists use BHL to find species descriptions and data about earth’s flora and fauna, they are not the exclusive...
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BHL-Australia is back!
The first published illustration of the Duck-billed Platypus, from The Naturalist's Miscellany, or Coloured figures of natural objects, Vol. 10, George Shaw, 1799.For the past year, BHL-Australia has...
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A Crusade to Save the Golden Lion Tamarin
Post by Grace Costantino with significant contributions from Field Book Project blog post, "Field Notes from a Battle Against Extinction," by Sonoe Nakasone.We are in the midst of Hispanic Heritage...
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Visitors from Paradise: The Paradiseidae
Deep within the rainforest canopy of the Aru Islands, just west of New Guinea, two male Greater Birds-of-Paradise dance among the branches in carefully coordinated steps, their magnificent yellow,...
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Some Reflections on Social Media and Society
What are the impact and implications of social media on society?This question was the fundamental discussion point of the Social Media and Society 2014 conference in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 27-28, 2014....
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Hispanic Heritage Month: The Life and Work of Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Louis Agassiz Fuertes. The Osprey. v. 1 (1896-97). http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8767127 The artwork of Puerto Rican-American Louis Agassiz Fuertes has been featured a fewtimesbefore on the BHL...
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Using Data to Improve BHL Social Media
How can data analysis help us improve our social media activities?This was the fundamental question BHL's Outreach and Communication Manager, Grace Costantino, sought to address during her two-day...
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Smithsonian Libraries hosts Biodiversity Library Exhibition Training
Earlier this year, the Smithsonian Women's Committee awarded a one-year grant to Smithsonian Libraries (SIL) to build online exhibitions to showcase the scientific and historical contributions of Women...
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Biodiversity Heritage Library staff attend the 7th Annual Global Plants...
BHL Program Director Martin Kalfatovic and Harvard Botany Librarian Judy Warnement attended the 7th Annual Global Plants meeting. Chuck Miller (Missouri Botanical Garden) serves on the GPI Steering...
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Exploring the Rich History of Plant Science
Drawings of a grapevine stem showing the transport vessels, from Nehemiah Grew's The Anatomy of Plants (1682).In 1682, the first known microscopic depiction of pollen appeared in Nehemiah Grew’s...
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Down the rabbit (Lepus curpaeums) hole: Edward A. Chapin
This post is a guest submission from Julia Blase, Project Manager for The Field Book Project. Learn more about the project here.Last week, with the arrival of many more of the field books to the...
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