Clik here to view.
Expanding Access goes to Hollywood!
This is Mariah Lewis, Metadata Specialist for the Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature Grant Project, reporting in! Well, we didn't get that biodiversity literature television show we had been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Keeping Up With NDSR!
Hello all, BHL NDSR Cohort speaking!For the past couple of weeks we have been busy settling into our residencies, attending some conferences and preparing for future presentations. We created the NDSR...
View ArticleClik here to view.
John Torrey's Calendarium Florae for the Vicinity of New York (1818, 1819 &...
By Daniel AthaDirector of Conservation OutreachThe New York Botanical GardenWith contributions by Susan Lynch, Vanessa Bezemer Sellers and Stephen Sinon of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Celebrating Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century and Kew Gardens' most illustrious Director (1865-1885). To celebrate the bicentenary of his birth this year, BHL is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BHL Members' Council Elects New Executive Committee
The Biodiversity Heritage Library Members’ Council elected a new Executive Committee at the BHL Annual Meeting in Singapore. The Executive Committee appointments include: Constance Rinaldo (Ernst Mayr...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2017 BHL Open Day at the Singapore Botanic Gardens
On 15 March 2017, the Singapore Botanic Gardens hosted a Biodiversity Heritage Library Open Day in conjunction with the BHL Annual Meeting, the latter of which occurred March 14-17 and was hosted by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2017 BHL Annual Meetings, hosted by the National Library Board, Sinapore
During 14-17 March 2017, the Biodiversity Heritage Library held its Annual Meetings in Singapore, hosted by the National Library Board. The meetings were attended by 24 BHL partner representatives from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We All Remember the Hessian Mercenaries....
By Rick Wright Writer, lecturer, and professional tour leader.BHL Guest Blogger.The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. By John Trumbull. Depicting the death of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Notes from William Brewster: The Evolving Field of Zoology
By Elizabeth Meyer Project Assistant, Ernst Mayr Library of Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology As a part of the Field Notes Project, the Ernst Mayr Library is digitizing the journals,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BHL Booth at Earth Optimism Summit, 21-23 April 2017
This Earth Day weekend, the Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, D.C. will shift the environmental conversation from one of doom and gloom to one of optimism and solutions. The Summit will celebrate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cataloging the World's Aphids (and Their Relatives!)
In the 1950s, an introduced population of hemlock woolly adelgids (Adelges tsugae), native to Japan, was discovered on the East Coast of the United States. Since its introduction to the US, it has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New in-copyright titles for a new year
BHL licenses content under a Creative CommonsAttribution Non-commercial Share-alike 4.0 licenseThe first quarter of 2017 saw 39 in-copyright titles added to BHL, setting the pace for another...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Worcester Country Horticultural Society
In the fall of 1840, in Worcester, Massachusetts, two dozen attendees of the Worcester Agricultural Society's Annual Cattle Show put on a display of local fruits and flowers. The attention it received...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BHL Booth at the Earth Optimism Summit
This Earth Day weekend, the Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, D.C. celebrated conservation successes and fueled discussions about how to expand conservation impact. Organized by the Smithsonian,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring Migration Notes...By a Murderer
By Gretchen RingsReference & Interlibrary Loan LibrarianThe Field MuseumOn November 5, 1950, The Field Museum [the Chicago Museum of Natural History at the time] Curator of Mammalogy Colin Sanborn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
George Engelmann’s Botanical Notes Can Now Be Seen!
By Randy SmithMetadata librarian and Senior image technician, Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical GardenThe Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), a partner in the Biodiversity Heritage Library Field...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BHL Goes to Chicago for DPLAfest2017
For two days in April, a group of librarians, archivists, developers and other members of the digital library community came together in Chicago for DPLAfest, an annual conference organized by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ole Worm's Cabinet of Wonder: Natural Specimens and Wondrous Monsters
By Laurel ByrnesBHL Outreach VolunteerPortrait of Ole Worm (Credit: Wellcome Library, London; Creative Commons)Ole Worm (1588-1654) was the first, and most well-known, collector in Scandinavia during...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old Literature, New Discoveries: BHL Supports Cutting Edge Whale Research
In the early 20th century, the British Colonial Office and the Discovery Committee of the British Government undertook a series of major investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Designs to Help Save Biodiversity: Shop the New BHL Store Collection Today
We've launched a whole new collection of product designs in the BHL Store! Check out the new designs and start shopping today!Products in this collection are original designs inspired by the BHL brand...
View Article