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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

All posts from December 2012

BHL News, Blog Reel

BHL Surpasses 40 Million Pages!

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May we have a drum roll please…….The Biodiversity Heritage Library is pleased to announce that we have just surpassed 40 million pages in our online collection!That’s 40 million pages of open access biodiversity literature that was previously available only in the collections of a few select libraries around the world. Making this literature freely available removes these boundaries to access, thus increasing the efficiency of scientific research and discovery of the natural world for anyone with an Internet connection.
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December 26, 2012byMichelle Strizever
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Is that an Elephant on Your Christmas Tree?

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We hope you’re having a marvelous time celebrating the Holidays today! We wanted to do something fun and different for our Christmas post. So, we decided to present (pun intended!) you with your own truly biodiverse BHL Christmas tree – with a twist!Our tree has been decorated with 15 species ornaments. Each species on the tree is identified by its common name. Below the tree is a list of 20 scientific names. All 15 of the species on the tree are listed among the binomials, as well as 5 that are not on the tree.Can you associate our ornaments with their scientific names? Simply click on the 15 binomials you believe are represented on the tree and hit “submit.” The subsequent results screen will tell you whether you’re a taxonomy master or beginner.

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December 25, 2012byMichelle Strizever
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It’s The End of the World as We Know It. Do You Feel Fine?

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If you are reading this post then the world hasn’t ended…but, you probably already knew it wasn’t going to end.

Don’t look so disappointed. Yes, the human race regrettably has always had a collective death wish, eagerly awaiting the promise of the end of times since the beginning of times. Or have we?

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December 21, 2012byJJ Dearborn
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The Wright Brothers, the Piping Plover, and the Seaside Amaranth

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Today is the 109th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ historic first flight. That flight, which took place on the barrier island beaches off the North Carolina coast was witnessed not only by the camera that took the iconic photo of Orville piloting and Wilbur running alongside the wing, but also by a host of now threatened and endangered species.
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December 17, 2012byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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Honoring the Man Who Revolutionized Bird Identification

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A Celebration of Chester A. Reed on the 100th Anniversary of his Death
by Michel Chevalier

In the early 1930s, the name of Chester A. Reed was known to all amateur and professional ornithologists in the United States and Canada. Today, there are few who remember him. And yet, he was the first to develop the concept of the “Field Guide ” by publishing his Bird Guide Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies (1905)*, which presented for  the  first time colored illustrations of birds in a small format book convenient for use in the field (3 X 5 ½ inches).

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December 16, 2012byMichel Chevalier
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Spreading Holiday Cheer

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As a project, we work to raise awareness about the plight facing the Earth’s biodiversity today and provide ways to help preserve scientific knowledge, support research, and conserve species. As a consortium, our BHL member institutions spread some fantastic holiday cheer by featuring some exciting seasonal exhibits.

We decided to celebrate the holidays this year by taking you through a virtual tour of the seasonal exhibitions at some of our member institutions and, as an added bonus, showcase this year’s BHL “superstars” for each member. What’s a BHL “superstar,” you ask? Well, today, it’s each member’s most popular book in BHL this year. Some of them just might surprise you!

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December 14, 2012byGrace Costantino
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The Perfect Holiday Gift

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In 1918, the last known surviving Carolina Parakeet, the only parrot species native to the eastern United States, died. While museum specimens may help us retain some information about this species, for many others, everything we know is contained in a single description found within a hard to find book or article. While there is nothing we can do to bring these extinct species back, we can preserve our knowledge of them to help avoid future extinctions.
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December 11, 2012byMichelle Strizever
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