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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

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Avibase, The World Bird Database

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As part of our BHL & Our Users series, we recently interviewed Denis Lepage, Senior Scientist at the National Data Center, Bird Studies Canada and creator of Avibase, an impressive online resource on the birds of the world.

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August 21, 2014byCarolyn Sheffield
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BHL Update at the EOL Executive Committee Meeting

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The BHL and Encylopedia of Life (EOL) share the vision of open access to knowledge about life on earth. BHL works to achieve this goal by providing open access to biodiversity literature. EOL tackles this challenge by gathering, generating, and sharing biodiversity knowledge in an open, freely accessible digital repository. BHL and EOL have been collaborating since 2007, sharing content, best practices, and expertise. Both websites are also extensively interlinked. Taxa identified on pages in BHL are linked to the corresponding species page in EOL.

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August 19, 2014byGrace Costantino
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The Sea Dog: Exploring the Discovery & Classification of the Shark

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It’s that time of year again! That special week set aside to celebrate the fabulously diverse Selachimorpha clade: Shark Week! If you were to ask an average person to differentiate between a tiger shark, Great White, whale shark, bull shark, or mako, most could probably do so, or would at least be aware that such varieties existed. This wasn’t always the case.

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August 12, 2014byGrace Costantino
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BHL Africa Report from Internet Archive’s Global Director

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Since it’s initial organization in 2012 and launch in 2013, BHL Africa has been hard at work developing a strategy, framework, and methodology for contributing the valuable biodiversity information held within the node’s participating institutions to BHL.

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August 7, 2014byGrace Costantino
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BHL Update at the 2014 North American GBIF Meeting

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The North American Regional Node Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) occurred in Ontario, Canada on July 21-22, 2014. The meeting, themed “Advancing Informatics, Engagement and Content,” focused on progress updates and ongoing implementation tactics for the North American regional strategy. Discussions included the use of digital object identifiers (DOIs), collections and specimens in the GBIF context, organizational structure, and membership in both GBIF and the North American node.

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August 5, 2014byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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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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