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2016: A Banner Year for In-Copyright Content Added to BHL
The last quarter of 2016 continued the year's steady growth in new permissions for in-copyright titles: 46 in October, November, and December, bringing the year-end total to 154! Major drivers of this...
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Orchidelirium: The Orchid Craze Takes Printed Form
By Diane M. Rielinger Digital Projects Librarian Botany Libraries, Harvard University Herbaria Puydt, Émile de. Les orchidées, histoire iconographique, organographie, classification, géographie,...
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Announcing the New Valentine's Day Collection in the BHL Store
Get your valentine the perfect card or gift with the new Valentine's Day Collection in the BHL Store!The collection includes products featuring vintage botanical art from the Biodiversity Heritage...
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Interconnected Naturalist : Edmund Heller and the Field Notes Project
By Adriana MarroquinProject Manager, BHL Field Notes Project One of the great aspects of the BHL Field Notes Project is how the field notes we are digitizing – and the naturalists who created them –...
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Color Our Collections: The Art of Woodcuts
This year for Color Our Collections, we've produced a coloring book with illustrations from books that represent the evolution of the art of printing. This week on our blog, we'll explore the books...
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Color Our Collections: The Art of Engraving
This year for Color Our Collections, we've produced a coloring book with illustrations from books that represent the evolution of the art of printing. This week on our blog, we'll explore the books...
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Coloring Our Collections: The Art of Lithography
This year for Color Our Collections, we've produced a coloring book with illustrations from books that represent the evolution of the art of printing. This week on our blog, we'll explore the books...
View ArticleUPDATE 13 Feb 2017: BHL Website Back Online
UPDATE: The BHL website is back online as of 16:25 GMT. Thank you for your patience!----------------------------The BHL website is currently unavailable due to technical difficulties. We're working to...
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'What’s in a Name?' Launched at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Why are names important in science? What is the difference between scientific names (also known as Latin names or taxonomic names) and common names? Why do some species have multiple names? The grant...
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Expanding Access at ALA Midwinter
Last month, two Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature (EABL) team members attended ALA Midwinter as exhibitors. The conference was held in downtown Atlanta, Georgia from January 20th until the...
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BHL Workshop for NDSR Team
On February 1 – 3, the 2017 National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) BHL cohort convened in Washington, DC for an intensive two-day BHL Workshop followed by tours of local library and museum...
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Introducing the NDSR at BHL Cohort and Blog!
This year, five NDSR residents will help us plan the next generation of BHL. You can stay up-to-date with their progress and findings on the new NDSR at BHL blog!As part of "Foundations to Actions:...
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The First Singapore Bird Book
By Ong Eng ChuanSenior LibrarianNational Library, National Library Board, SingaporeDespite its relatively small size and urbanized environment, Singapore has a rich avifauna which has attracted...
View ArticleNotice: Changes Coming to BHL API Methods on February 27, 2017
Effective February 27, 2017, the API methods GetPartEndNote and GetTitleEndNote will be removed. In addition, the BHL data exports that used the related format have already been removed. The removed...
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Celebrating Nature's Best with BHL
The 2011 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibit opened at the Natural History Museum on March 30, 2012. We all know that photography is a strikingly compelling means...
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Expanding Access Project: The Year in Review
Just past the halfway point of its 2-year IMLS grant period, the Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature (EABL) project has made significant contributions to BHL's collections and is well on its...
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Building Digital Field Notes Collections Together
By Elizabeth MacLeod Manager of Satellite Digitization Services, Internet Archive At Internet Archive, we are excited to provide digitization services for BHL Field Notes Project contributors from...
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19th Century Butterflies: Reconstructing a Collection’s History with BHL
The Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a recent BHL Affiliate, is home to one of the largest natural history collections in the world, consisting of over 37 million specimens. Additionally, Naturalis has...
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Ferrante Imperato: Step Into His Cabinet of Wonders!
By Laurel ByrnesBHL Outreach VolunteerCabinets of Wonder: What Are They and Why Were They Created?The term, “cabinet of wonder”, comes from the term “wunderkammer” (literally meaning “wonder chamber”)....
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Facebook Live Event 24 March: Celebrating Gesner
Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) was a Swiss naturalist whose Historia Animalium is considered the starting point of modern zoology. 26 March is the anniversary of his birth, and institutions around the world...
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