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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

All posts from July 2014

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The Walrus as you Never Knew Him

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Conrad Gessner desired to reconcile ancient knowledge about the animal kingdom with the modern discoveries of the Renaissance. This endeavor spurred him to produce his magnificent Historia Animalium, a work synonymous with the beginning of modern zoology.
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July 31, 2014byGrace Costantino
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The Latest News from BHL!

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Want to catch up on all the juicy news from BHL? You’re in luck! Our latest quarterly report and newsletter are now available! Check them out! Stay up to date on all the latest news by joining our mailing list.

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July 29, 2014byGrace Costantino
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BHL Welcomes Two New Affiliate Members

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We are pleased to announce that the Research Library at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden have joined the Biodiversity Heritage Library as BHL Affiliates.
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July 24, 2014byGrace Costantino
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Happy Moth Week!

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Happy Moth Week! National Moth Week is an annual event that celebrates the diversity and magnificence of moths. By partnering with online biological databases, National Moth Week encourages everyone to become a citizen scientist by helping map moth distributions and provide information about these amazing species. BHL is celebrating moth week by highlighting select species gleaned from one of our favorite BHL books: Butterflies and Moths: Shown to the Children (1910).

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July 22, 2014byGrace Costantino
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Growing Globally: Digitization Developments in Africa

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On April 15, 2013, during a ceremony hosted at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden in Pretoria, South Africa, BHL-Africa officially launched as our sixth global node. Working within the BHL consortium, BHL-Africa aims to provide open access to the valuable information held in Africa’s biodiversity institutions.

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July 17, 2014byGrace Costantino
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From Billions to None: The Story of the Passenger Pigeon

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Ohio, 1854. A dense, black shadow begins to creep across the northern edges of the horizon, slowly but incessantly blotting out a bright cerulean sky. Residents take notice, and pour out of their homes and businesses to stare in wide-eyed awe and trepidation at the phenomena edging towards them. Hours pass, and the sky is hurled into unwavering darkness. Finally, as the day fades, the sun itself succumbs to this nameless power. Men and women fall to their knees in prayer, begging for deliverance from the Revelational apocalypse.
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July 15, 2014byGrace Costantino
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Once There Were Billions: Heath Hen

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To help tell the story of four extinct bird species, BHL and the Smithsonian Libraries co-curated an exhibition–Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America–at the National Museum of Natural History.  The exhibit runs through October 2015 and provides insights into the fragile connections between species and their environment.  If you’re not in the area, you can still enjoy the online exhibit or browse digital versions of the select exhibit books in BHL.

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July 9, 2014byCarolyn Sheffield
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