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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

All posts by Martin R. Kalfatovic

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Stressors and Drivers of Food Security: Evidence from Scientific Collections

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The Stressors and Drivers of Food Security: Evidence from Scientific Collections workshop was organized by Scientific Collections International (SciColl) at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland, 19-21 September 2016.

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September 27, 2016byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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BHL paper delivered at 8th Shanghai International Library Forum in Shanghai

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I had the honor of delivering an invited paper to the 8th Shanghai International Library Forum in Shanghai, China, 8 July 2016.
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July 26, 2016byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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BHL Singapore representative and National Library Board staff visit Smithsonian Libraries

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Wai Yin Pryke ( Director, National Library, National Library Board of Singapore) visited with BHL Program Director Martin R. Kalfatovic and Program Manager Carolyn Sheffield on 19 May 2016. Ms. Pryke is visiting various libraries and other institutions on an official visit to the United States. It was also an honor to have Ms. Pryke accompanied by Elaine Ng.

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May 25, 2016byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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Report on the 2016 BHL Annual meetings, London

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In conjunction with the BHL Day event at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, BHL partner representatives got down to work. The combined 2016 BHL Joint Meeting was co-hosted by Natural History Museum, London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 12-15 April 2016. The first order of business was the 7th Global Meeting which took place on 12 April 2016 at the Natural History Museum. Representatives from all BHL’s global partners (with the exception of BHL México) were in attendance. A key outcome of this meeting was to merge the existing Global BHL group into the BHL as the newly formed BHL Global Committee (BGC).
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May 10, 2016byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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Biodiversity Heritage Library staff attend the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Boston, MA

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A number of BHL staff attended the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in an unseasonably warm Boston, MA during the run of the conference, January 8-12, 2016.
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January 26, 2016byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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Ondřej Dostál, Director of the Mendel Museum visit the BHL Secretariat Offices

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The BHL Secretariat was honored to be visited by Mgr. Ondřej Dostál, Director of the Mendel Museum of Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Dr. Dostál shared information about the digitization work being done at the museum, particularly around the works of Mendel. Special thanks to Tomoko Steen, BHL Member representative from the Library of Congress, who introduced Dr. Dostál to Program Director Martin Kalfatovic and also joined us for our meeting.

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December 28, 2015byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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Report from GBIF 22 (Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 2015)

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From the TDWG and BHL Africa Workshop, BHL Director Martin Kalfatovic traveled to Madagascar for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) 22nd Meeting. He met up with Constance Rinaldo (BHL Vice Chair and librarian at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard).

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November 30, 2015byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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