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2017 BHL Open Day at the Singapore Botanic Gardens

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On 15 March 2017, the Singapore Botanic Gardens hosted a Biodiversity Heritage Library Open Day in conjunction with the BHL Annual Meeting, the latter of which occurred March 14-17 and was hosted by the National Library, Singapore.

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March 29, 2017byMichelle Strizever
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Inspiring Discovery at the 2016 BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival in Washington, D.C.

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BHL participated in BioBlitz 2016 in Washington, D.C. on 20-21 May. A BioBlitz focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. In this special edition of the BioBlitz, held in conjunction with the National Park Service’s centenary, the D.C. BioBlitz was accompanied by a two-day Biodiversity Festival on the National Mall at Constitution Gardens.
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May 24, 2016byGrace Costantino
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BioBlitz 2016 in Washington, D.C.

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BioBlitz 2016 is coming to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. May 20-21, and BHL is participating! According to the National Geographic website: “A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time.

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May 11, 2016byGrace Costantino
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Celebrating Women In Science and Museum Day Live

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March is Women’s History Month, a month dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. In recognition of this celebration, the Smithsonian is coordinating a special edition of its signature Museum Day Live!
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March 3, 2016byGrace Costantino
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A Tribute to America’s Conservation President

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In 2012, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), one of BHL’s founding members, celebrated the grand reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial. For three years, the Memorial was closed to the public as part of a 37.5 million dollar renovation plan to re-imagine this permanent exhibit. Theodore Roosevelt, America’s Conservation President, was intimately tied to the museum since its founding in 1869.

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October 25, 2012byJJ Dearborn
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BHL and EOL at ALA Midwinter 2012!

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The American Library Association’s 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, Texas, is just around the corner. January 20th-24th, thousands of librarians and other interested parties will descend upon the city to participate in the five day conference focused on everything you could possibly want to talk about regarding libraries. For more information about the conference, visit the ALA Midwinter 2012 website.

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January 12, 2012byMichelle Strizever
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BHL: 2 Years: 13 million pages: 12 million names: Chrismania!

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Two years ago, on May 9th, Jonathan Fanton of the MacArthur Foundation officially launched the Encyclopedia of Life and it’s key literature component, the Biodiversity Heritage Library.Though the member libraries of the BHL had been working together in various ways since 2005, the official launch at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. can be marked as the jump start to the project.

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May 9, 2009byMartin R. Kalfatovic
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