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Dolphins and True Love: An Ode to Frederick W. True

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The Smithsonian Field Book Project is showcasing Frederick William True in February! This post is the first in a series of blogs and social media content from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Pyenson Lab, Smithsonian Transcription Center, Smithsonian Archives, and Smithsonian Libraries celebrating #FWTrueLove. Learn more.

When you think of oceanic dolphins, chances are you don’t think of trash.

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February 5, 2015by
BHL News, Blog Reel

Notes and News from BHL

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We are pleased to announce that the latest BHL Quarterly Report and Newsletter for Winter, 2015, are now available. You’ll notice a new format for our Quarterly Reports and a new design for our newsletters. We’re restructuring our Quarterly Reports as narratives detailing our quarterly activities and presenting content based on three themes: BHL Users, Member and Affiliate Activities, and Science.
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January 28, 2015by
Blog Reel, User Stories

Finding Agriculture among Biodiversity: Metadata in Practice

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The Biodiversity Heritage Library is committed to providing free and open access to over 500 years of natural history literature from across the globe. Towards that goal, the Library currently contains over 45 million pages of biodiversity content, representing over 155,000 volumes and 90,000 titles. However, hosting the content online is just part of our vision to “inspire discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge.” Users must be able to identify content relevant to their work and interest from amongst this vast corpus.
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January 20, 2015by
Blog Reel, User Stories

Original Publications at our Fingertips

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Systematics is the branch of biology concerned with classification and nomenclature. It is sometimes used synonymously with taxonomy. In their 1970 publication Systematics in Support of Biological Research, Michener et al. defined systematic biology and taxonomy as: Identifying species, their relationships and evolutionary hierarchies, is critical to saving biodiversity.
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January 13, 2015by
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Apply to be a Paid BHL Intern!

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We are pleased to announce that the Smithsonian Libraries will be hosting a BHL intern this summer as part of its 2015 Professional Development Internship Program. These paid summer internships are six week-long opportunities for students in MLS or related graduate programs to gain valuable knowledge while working in the worlds’ largest museum library system!
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January 9, 2015by
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Happy New Year! It’s Been a Great Year

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Welcome to 2015! We’re excited for another year to see BHL continue to grow and improve. We have lots of great things planned, particularly in the global sphere. Stay Tuned on our blog, Twitter and Facebook to learn more! Today, we thought we’d take the opportunity to look back over 2014 and highlight some of the great things we’ve accomplished.
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January 1, 2015by
BHL News, Blog Reel

We Need Books To…Support Conservation

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This month, we’re publishing a series of blog posts outlining the importance of biodiversity literature, made available for free and open access through the Biodiversity Heritage Library, to today’s scientific research and conservation initiatives. With your help, we can help save biodiversity. 

Each week, 10-690 species go extinct, according to reports published via Nature.

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December 29, 2014by
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. Headquartered at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives in Washington, D.C., BHL operates as a worldwide consortium of natural history, botanical, research, and national libraries working together to digitize the natural history literature held in their collections and make it freely available for open access as part of a global “biodiversity community.”

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