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Open Scientific Digital Libraries: The Biodiversity Heritage Library
The document outlines the achievements and goals of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), emphasizing the digitization of biodiversity literature and the creation of a global partnership for sharing taxonomic information. It discusses the extensive resources available, including 33+ million pages of taxonomic literature and tools for accessing over 1.4 million unique names. Moreover, positive feedback from users highlights the significant impact of the BHL on research efficiency and accessibility.
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- 1. Open Scientific Digital Libraries Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Libraries The Biodiversity Digital Libraries for North Africa / Maghreb Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology Heritage Library Washington, DC 24-25 January 2011
- 2. Taxonomic Impediment Specimen collections Databases Publications Observations ‘Gray’literature Index cards Field notebooks
- 5. Biodiversity Heritage Library 2005-2009 American Museum of Smithsonian Institution Natural History Libraries Field Museum Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew California Academy of Sciences Missouri Botanical Garden Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) New York Botanical Garden Marine Biological Laboratory/WHOI Natural History Museum (London) Harvard Botany Libraries
- 7. Goals > Digitization ofbiodiversity literature > Creation of a global partnership > Engagement of the research community
- 8. 33+ million pagesof Taxonomic literature
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- 11. Global BHL Based onopen access Open content Collaboration Shared development
- 13. Services Names Service Return alloccurrences of a name throughout BHL digitized corpus Documentation: http://bit.ly/2e6sg9 Access to 51million name strings using TaxonFinder 1.4million unique names Working out a strategy for obscure species Algorithm improvements to detect nomenclatural & taxonomic acts OpenURL Facilitate links to citations: protologues, articles, references Documentation: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurlhelp.aspx Useful to Nomenclators, Reference Systems IPNI Tropicos
- 17. Global data sharingrequires a social infrastructure
- 19. What Users Say Dear Sir / /Madam Can I Ijust congratulate Dear Sir Madam Can just congratulate you on an absolutely brilliant online you on an absolutely brilliant online resource. I Iam compiling aareport on an resource. am compiling report on an invasive hydromedusae and could not invasive hydromedusae and could not believe the ease and efficiency of this believe the ease and efficiency of this web page which genuinely saved me web page which genuinely saved me weeks of my life weeks of my life Just aaquick line to thank Just quick line to thank Dear Biodiversity Heritage Library: I I Dear Biodiversity Heritage Library: you and your organisation am in awe of your work. Thank you am in awe of your work. Thank you you and your organisation for the foresight and so much. As an illustrator who scans so much. As an illustrator who scans for the foresight and aalot of my work, I Iknow how very generosity in allowing these generosity in allowing these lot of my work, know how very works to be dowloaded. onerous the task is. Many thanks! onerous the task is. Many thanks! works to be dowloaded.
- 20. The Biodiversity HeritageLibrary Extensive. Open. Global.
- 21. Thank You Thanks to: ChrisFreeland & Team BHL Global
- 22. Open Scientific Digital Libraries Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Libraries The Biodiversity Digital Libraries for North Africa / Maghreb Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology Heritage Library Washington, DC 24-25 January 2011