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Expanding Access Training Workshop

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On February 4-5, 2016, Smithsonian Libraries hosted staff from the New York Botanical Garden, the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University), and the Missouri Botanical Garden as part of a training workshop for the New York Botanical Garden’s IMLS-funded grant, Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature.

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February 16, 2016byPatrick Randall
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New Postage Stamps Featuring Images from the NYBG Nursery & Seed Catalog Collection

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Today, January 29, 2016, the U.S. Postal Service released 10 new postage stamps featuring images from catalogs in The New York Botanical Garden’s nursery and seed catalog collection. The 10 Botanical Art Forever stamps feature illustrations from American nursery catalogs printed between 1891 and 1912. NYBG’s nursery and seed catalog collection is one of the largest and most important collections in the United States.

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January 29, 2016byGrace Costantino
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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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Happy New In-Copyright Materials!

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Welcome to 2016 and BHL’s latest batch of in-copyright content! We have 8 new titles to add to the list since our last post. Over the course of 2015, BHL secured the following:

Where possible, BHL acquires permission in the form of a signed license agreement from copyright holders to digitize post-1922 publications.

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January 20, 2016byBianca Crowley
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New IMLS-Funded Project: Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature

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The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has selected the Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature project as one of nine National Digital Platform Projects funded in 2015 as part of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program.
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January 15, 2016byGrace Costantino
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BHL Receives 2015 Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives award for Field Notes Project

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The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has selected the “Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project” for a 2015 Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives award. The award of $491,713 will help support increased accessibility to original scientific documentation found in archival field notes in participating institution collections. Field notes provide valuable, primary research data about species and ecosystems that is often unpublished or unavailable through other sources.
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January 7, 2016byGrace Costantino
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Farewell from Technical Director William Ulate

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The dawn of a new year is an exciting time – a time to look forward to new possibilities and embark on new initiatives. Sometimes, however, it can also be tinged with sadness as these new beginnings may require us to say goodbye as well. For us at BHL, 2016 will also mean saying goodbye to William Ulate as our Technical Director.
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December 29, 2015byWilliam Ulate
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