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Connecting Content on BHL!

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The California Academy of Sciences Library (CASL) is pleased to announce that The Rollo Beck Galapagos Expedition Journal is now accessible online via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.  The Beck field notes are the first test submission to the Connecting Content field note scanning project. Their successful inclusion into BHL marks many months of planning, effort, and collaboration between the Academy staff and the amazing Connecting Content partner institutions.
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May 3, 2012byYolanda Bustos and Kelly Jensen
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BHL and Our Users: Christine Giannoni

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Today, we feature another of our own: Museum Librarian Christine Giannoni at the Field Museum in Chicago, IL. Christine is an active member of the BHL consortium, managing the workflow to scan Field books for BHL, as well as participating in a variety of BHL groups and committees, including the BHL Institutional Council. She is an avid fan and proponent of the BHL project, tirelessly promoting it among her researchers and patrons. We are very thankful for her valuable contributions to the project. What is your title, institutional affiliation, and area of interest?

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May 1, 2012byGrace Costantino
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Happy Birthday John James Audubon

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Today in 1785, John James Audubon was born. A famous French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter, Audubon is responsible for one of the most celebrated ornithological books ever published, Birds of America. Baron Cuvier praised this work as “the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology.”
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April 26, 2012byMichelle Strizever
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A New & Improved BHL Search & Interface

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In October, 2011, BHL Staff conducted a usability test of the BHL US/UK portal, assessing its functionality and comparing it with that of the BHL-Australia portal. While several recommendations arose from that exercise, two of the most emphatic were a need to improve the BHL search functionality and a desire to make the BHL US/UK portal more aesthetically pleasing.

You spoke, and we listened. Today, we’re excited to announce the release of a new and improved BHL interface and search capability! 

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April 23, 2012byGrace Costantino
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Happy Earth Day 2012!

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Happy Earth Day 2012! Here at BHL, we believe we can all make a difference to improve the health of our planet and its biodiversity. By providing researchers (and the public) with free access to literature about the world’s species, we’re empowering them with the knowledge necessary to better understand and protect life on earth. If you believe in the importance of this mission as much as we do, consider giving a gift to BHL. Together, we can make a difference for generations to come.

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April 22, 2012byGrace Costantino
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Book of the Week: The Birth of Microscopic Plant Anatomy

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There are groundbreaking biodiversity works that most of us are familiar with, including Systema Naturae and On the Origin of Species. Then there are other works that, though just as monumental for their impact on scientific knowledge, are less universally known than others. One such book is Anatomy of Plants, a seventeenth century work by Nehemiah Grew.
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April 19, 2012byGrace Costantino
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BHL and Our Users: Anders Hagborg

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This week, we’re proud to feature Anders Hagborg, an associate at the Field Museum with an academic background in theoretic and applied physics. Though his professional career centered on information technology, he took up an interest in botany after retirement and currently applies this newfound passion to work at the Field Museum. As an additional note of interest, Anders grew up, studied and worked in Sweden until moving to Chicago in 1985.

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April 17, 2012byGrace Costantino
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